Front Driver Side Air Bag Inflator problems of the 2005 Toyota RAV4

2005 Toyota rav 4. Consumer writes in regards to driver front dual stage airbag inflator recall notice. The consumer was informed the parts were not available.

My 2005 Rav4 is part of Toyota's recall action 15v-284. Leith Toyota has replaced my defective takata inflator with yet another defective takata inflator. There doesn't appear to be an engineering solution to their exploding airbag problem. According to page 6 of the July 9, 2015 letter that Toyota sent to NHTSA, and I quote, "Toyota's other recall action, 15v-284, involves driver's inflators in a relatively small number of vehicles. Inflators from a supplier other than takata have been secured, and we expect to be able to launch recall repairs first in the hah areas, followed by the rest of the nation toward the end of this year". Toyota has not satisfied this recall according to the terms it provided to the NHTSA. I was forced to return the rental car I was provided with and am having to get rides in to work and renting a car on the weekends. My car needs to be fixed properly! no more takata inflators!.

My Toyota Rav4 2005 is included in the front driver airbag inflator recall. I received my first notice from Toyota in may,2015 that my car was included in the recall but that "no remedy" was available and that I would be notified when the remedy was available. I received that notice of the available remedy a couple of weeks ago. After 4 calls to a Toyota dealership to schedule the repair to the airbag, I was told by principle Toyota in memphis, TN that the dealership is only allowed to order one part per week for repairs to Rav4 vehicles so it could be as much as a month possibly two months before they could get the part ordered. If Toyota advised me the remedy was available, I should be able to schedule that repair immediately.

I received a letter from Toyota about a safety recall mid summer. It said I would receive a second letter when a remedy was available and I have heard nothing since. The issue is that there could be a potential for moisture intrusion that could make the airbag inflator more susceptible to rupture during a crash. If this happened metal fragments could strike the driver or other passengers resulting in serious injury or death. Y 26 yr old son is driving this car now and I believe I should have been contacted with a remedy by now, considering the possible danger. I was told to file a complaint here.