general problems of the 2002 Toyota Tundra

The Toyota Tundra 2002 truck did not deploy driver's side and passenger's side airbags in a collision consisting of frontal and left-sided collision with immobile objects, with frontal/top profound impact from standing tree. The car was up to date on its inspections and maintenance. The breaks, though appropriately checked and tested, would take longer than normal to break the vehicle. The seatbelt, if pulled hard enough, would easily dislodge from buckle, coming undone. The driver of this vehicle collided as described above and due to the failure(s) of the safety mechanisms in place, resulted in the death of the driver. The driver was restrained with seatbelt, however dislodged from buckle upon impact and no airbags deployed. The issue(s) have been confirmed by the police report, the county police documented. The vehicle has been inspected by police officers, and possibly others, including the employees of the towing company. There was no indication thats the airbag deployment was either "off" if possible, and or indications of airbag defect. No messages or lights were indicated for the failure of the deployment of the airbags. No messages or lights were indicated for the defect and or failure of the seatbelt not remaining intact with force. The person in reference passed away on impact at scene. The failures of the safety mechanisms put into place for this vehicle are absolutely unacceptable and beyond subpar.

I've owned this vehicle for 18 yrs. During that time air bags have been replaced on models above and below my year model. Every two or three years, I inquired at dealerships when this series will be replaced. Always with the same answer, not required because not enough accident reports to warrant replacement. During that time I've only had one small finder bender not affecting the air bags to deploy. Curious why this year and model was never required to replace air bags?.

Air bags didn't deploy in a serious head on collision.

Takata recall Toyota does not recognize that our 2002 Toyota Tundra has a factory faulty airbag/ seatbelt system, and say that there is no recall for our vehicle, and that we have to pay to fix it. The seat belt is always loose, there is a permanent lit light related to the airbag.

Takata recall although a test of my VIN number in the NHTSA database came up negative on the takata recall, there have been credible reports, by the new york times ,USA today, and automobile enthusiast websites, that 2002 Tundras do have defective takata airbags. Some reports are specific in saying the bags are in Tundras sold in the gulf states, which is the distributor for my dealer in jackson, miss. Can you investigate this discrepancy? it is troubling that credible sources seems to be in conflict, especially in light of the very specific facts relating to Tundras sold in the gulf states region. Thank you. . Read more...

Tl- takata recall. The contact owns a 2002 Toyota Tundra. The contact received notification of nhsta campaign number :15v285000 (air bag)however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The vehicle had not experienced a failure. Kh.

Vehicle has driver & passenger air bags - in front end collision at 45 mph neither air bag deployed, driver side seat belt did not lock so driver hit steering column with full impact - there was no passenger in the vehicle at the time of the accident. Nlm.