general problems of the 2006 Toyota Highlander

The contact's client owned a 2006 Toyota Highlander. The contact stated while his client was driving at unknown speed, when the front passenger tire blowout and he crashed into a tree. The contact stated the front driver side air bag did deploy but the front passenger side air bag failed to deploy causing the client's wife to have fractured clavicle and spine, and internal injuries. The contact stated the wife was having a third surgery on 10/6/2021. The driver sustained 6 fractured ribs and did seek medical attention at a hospital. The contact also stated the client was traveling with their dog who was injured in the accident and decided to put down the dog due the extended injuries. A police report was filed. The vehicle was not driver. The vehicle was towed to towing lot. The contact called the local dealer and spoke to them about possible air bag recall inquiry. The manufacturer had been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 120,000.

We heard on the news that there is a recall on air bags on different make cars, and Toyota was on the list. This was on news October 22,2014. The air bag was called taecota, or taycota.

I swerved to avoid a deer and hit a concrete abutment on the side of the road. The Toyota Highlander was totaled . The Highlander airbag did not work properly; I hit the steering wheel column very hard and received a concussion. Also a damaged disk in my neck, whiplash, chest contusions, and facial abrasions.

Basics are the wheel on my 2006 innova split inhalf while driving down the road at 25kph. Innova was maintaned by Toyota so improper wheel installation would also be their problem. This wheel was recalled in vietnam around Dec. 2009, a mechanic at Toyota of philippines has told me Toyota knew of the bad philippine wheels but they could not track them and same wheels may be in the USA! for a longer story as to what has happened and what Toyota has not done can be found on my old site. . Read more...

: the contact stated while driving 20 mph on rainy, wet and slippery conditions, an approaching vehicle struck the contact's vehicle on the passenger side. The contact's vehicle spun and was thrown onto the curb. The contact lost consciousness for a short period of time. A seatbelt was worn and none of the 6 airbags deployed. There was no warning signals prior to the incident. The vehicle was partially wrecked on the passenger side, and a police report was taken. The manufacturer was notified and promised a call back within 2 business days. The consumer was told by Toyota that the force was not strong enough for the airbags to deploy. Updated 10/30/06.