Air Bag Not Deploy problems of the 2008 Toyota Highlander

I have a 2008 Toyota Highlander. While driving a side city street, on a slight curve, the steering wheel locked and could not be turned. As a result, my daughter hit a tree. My daughter was going approximately 25mph and the impact was in the center of the vehicle. The air bags did not deploy.

I have a 2008 Toyota Highlander that has never been in a crash. On Thursday, Feb. 11,2016 as I was driving down the highway the airbag warnings light came on. The info screen said to take my car to the dealer immediately and there were 2 warning signals on the dash as well. My car has 88,000 miles on it. I called our local dealer where I purchased the car brand new. Atkinson Toyota in bryan, texas. I spoke to chris in service and he said how quick can I get it there. Naturally my husband was out of town so I said it would be Monday, feb15,2016 before I could get it in. I have since done research online and found hundreds of complaints, injuries and bewilderment as to why this issue has not been recalled. The service technician I spoke to gave me no information as to this problem occurring in other Highlanders,said he would need my car for an entire day and that I could rent a car onsite at my on expense. I feel that Toyota is being extremely negligent and putting passengers lives at stake. I plan to call the dealer tomorrow. Please report this problem as soon as possible before someone gets killed because their airbags did not deploy. I would call this gross negligence on the part of Toyota as it is clearly evident that they are aware of the problem. Thank you.

The contact owns a 2008 Toyota Highlander. While driving at 5 mph and parking the vehicle in the garage at home, the vehicle suddenly accelerated without the accelerator pedal being depressed. The vehicle crashed through the interior wall of the garage, only coming to a stop after damaging the outer brick facade of the building. The air bags did not deploy. There was no police report filed and no injuries sustained. The vehicle was towed to the dealer. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 98,000.

The contact owned a 2008 Toyota Highlander. While driving approximately 35 mph, another driver ran a light and crashed head on into the contact's vehicle. The air bags failed to deploy. The contact sustained shoulder injuries, but did not receive medical attention. The vehicle was destroyed. A police report was filed. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 14v168000 (air bags), but had not yet made an appointment for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 130,000.

I was driving the Toyota Highlander when I got struck on my front left side . I was hit pretty hard my head was caught between the steering wheel and the windshield . And the air bags never deployed I was rushed to the hospital along with 2 other people . And on the screen it said check system air bag failure .

Vehicle airbag light on with an indication of b1801. I was told the airbag may not deploy in an accident. Toyota has recalled other models for similar reasons. Car forums research has uncovered many other owners with same issue. Airbags are a true safety concern and Toyota, not the customer should fix issue.

While driving down highway 17 south towards santa cruz, California on a raining Wednesday morning, I suddendly felt my vehicle loosing control in a slippery downhill highway and I hit the center divider with the left front of vehichecle and car spunned multiple times and hitting the left rear bumper to the wall facing the oncoming traffic. There are 4 of us in the vehicle all wearing seat beatls and suffed injuries. The airbags did not deploy and the antilock brake system did not activate. My insurance company declared the vehicle total lost. I was advised to contact Toyota dealership in fremont to investigate the reasons why the air bag and abs did not activate. I am about to call the dealership once they open in few minutes.

Airbag sensor light deployed, and remained lit for approximately 3 days. Toyota dealership at pullman, wa diagnosed the problem as a faulty spiral cable; the spiral cable assemby was replaced at a cost of $491. 69. I wonder why there was a recall done on ~450,000 tacomas, but not on the Highlander. It sounds like a similar problem: poor engineering leads to friction, causing a short in the cable. Warning light goes on, and the driver air bag may not deploy during a wreck. I could think of 1001 better ways to spend $500!!!.

I was in an accident (my car rear-ended another car), and the body repair shop indicates that there is "significant left framerail damage. " however, my airbags did not deploy in the accident, which was very surprising to my insurance company and the body shop.