Front Driver Side Air Bag Inflator problems of the 2003 Toyota Sequoia

2003 Toyota Sequoia. Consumer writes in regards to remedy not available in a reasonable period of time to repair front passenger airbag inflator recall notice.

No incident or accident this is regards to a recall notice for the airbag inflator module. I received the notice to have this part replaced but I was told by Toyota that the part is not available in my region. So I have a part that is a safety problem and Toyota can not get the part to replace it. Helpful. No date given as to when available. Helpful.

I received a d3f recall notice from Toyota in the spring. I contacted the dealer about having the repair made and was told as late as July 31, the replacement part was not available. Recently the e04 recall notice was sent out, along with millions of other recall notices, for the same part. My car was not included in the eo4 recall notice. However the eo4 recall notice superseded my recall notice, so I have been informed that all of the cars covered under the eo4 notice will receive the replacement part that I have been waiting for before my car, because of the severity of the issue associated with the eo4 notice. However, the d3f notice had the following wording "in the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the front passenger's frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking and potentially seriously injuring the passenger seat occupant or other occupants. " this seems to be pretty much the same issue as the eo4 notice. In addition, because I'm not covered under the eo4 notice, the dealership will not even deactivate my passenger side airbag. They just suggest that I might not want to let anyone ride in my front passenger seat until they get the replacement part for my car - which will most likely be years! this is an unreasonable expectation. If they are unable to get the replacement part from the original manufacturer, they need to find an alternate source and seek remedial action after they have corrected the safety issues in the cars they have sold. Regardless of who manufactured the faulty part, Toyota has a corporate responsibility to safeguard the people who buy their products from harm due to their product - not suggest that they "suck it up" and make everyone ride in the back for an unspecified amount of time.