Air Bag On-off Switch Problems of Toyota Tundra

Their has not been an incident yet, I am just trying to avoid a bad situation, but not getting any help from Toyota's end. I have brought in my Tundra multiple times to get the airbags checked out and they always said their was no problem. Then now I receive a recall letter in the mail and immediately call and setup an appointment because I am fixing to leave town for a new job. We set one up for July 30th and then a few days later I get a call and they cancelled the appointment because they don't have the airbag parts. I leave town this weekend, the 1st, in the Tundra with the recall and will be driving around texas doing commercial construction work. I am trying to work with the dealership to get things done but the manager, jeff, just pretty much said ol well we can't do anything for you. He never offered a rental or any other alternative to them not having the parts. I got a call from megan at the corpus dealership and she has been more than helpful trying to figure out a solution or some alternative so I am not driving around in a deathtrap for the next 6 months. Your rental policy won't work very well considering I work 6-7 days a week and won't be near a dealership so I might not be able to just leave my new job to come switch vehicles with you. The inconvenience should be on the dealership/manufacturer, not the individual who paid for the vehicle. I hope to see some better customer service from Toyota, but I guess if something happens while I have to drive the Tundra around. I will just join the lawsuit.

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Recall states serious injury of death may occur if air bag deploys. This seriously limits the utility of the vehicle since no one can ride in the front passenger seat - limiting the passengers to four. Toyota has made no effort to mitigate this problem - an unknown replacement date is not a good faith effort. Toyota needs to turn off the passenger air bags in the affected vehicles. Two door trucks have switches to turn off the air bag when children are in the passenger seat. Why not simply disconnect the switch so that the air bag will not deploy. To not do so, does not make sense. I know that if involved in a crash, air bags can save lives - except in this case when they will do more harm than good. Toyota has absolved itself of liability by providing notification - but 5 months without taking any kind of action to mitigate the problem is excessive. It is time to remedy the problem or I would suggest that you tell Toyota they need to provide me with a new truck - that would probably get their attention. (is there any other agency I can contact to register a complaint?).

Airbag light came on. Brought to dealer. Dealer found two codes tripped, b0108 and b1100. Dealer reset codes and codes did not return. After owner drove vehicle for 5 miles and upon restart, the airbag light came back on. Brought vehicle back to the dealer who found that the same codes had tripped. Corrected by dealer by replacing the passenger airbag on/off switch and airbag ecu. Parts were $599. 51 and labor was $374. 50. Background: the passenger airbag switch was never used (turned off) by owner (original owner). Owner (an engineer) suspects that a short originated in the switch assembly or associated harness which damaged the ecu. Owner did not abuse the vehicle and drove mostly on the highway. First vehicle that owner has ever had an airbag issue.

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The contact owns a 2002 Toyota Tundra. The contact stated that on two occasions after having the vehicle detailed the passenger side air bag light came on when the vehicle was started. The dealer could not find a hard computer code to turn off the light. The dealer later diagnosed the failure and stated that the air bag switch was faulty and needed to be replaced. The contact stated that the manufacturer should assume the cost for the repairs. The current mileage was 185,000 and the failure mileage was 182,000. Updated 09/01/09 updated 09/04/09.

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- the contact called regarding a recall for a safety seat. The recall stated the one should manually turn off the air bags if the child sat in the front passenger seat. Because this vehicle did not have a manual switch the contact stated the recall should state if one did not have a switch then he should have an on -off airbag switch installed. Updated 03/30/07.

Tl * - the contact has a 2003 Toyota Tundra. The contact stated that he had a safety recall number (05v254000) on his vehicle. The contact took his vehicle to the dealer 01/16/2007, and the dealer said that they would affix a new sticker to the sun visor and that was there remedy. The contact is concerned that the safety recall stated more to the remedy than what the dealer is willing to repair. The contact would like to know what is correct, what is stated in the safety recall or what the dealer stated he would do.

My complaint is against the ruling. "the national highway traffic safety administration has ruled that Toyota must recall nearly 160,000 Tundra pickups built between 2003 and 2005 in order to deactivate the front-seat passenger air bag cut-off switch in each truck. The Tundra's fail to meet any NHTSA regulations that require vehicles equipped with air bag cut-off switches to also have latch (lower anchorages and tethers for children) systems. Deactivating the cut-off switches was deemed less expensive than retrofitting the Tundra's with the latch system. " great ruling, how does this protect my 6 year old sitting in the front, in a booster seat using the seat belt. Booster seats don't require a latch system but his weight is below what is considered safe for airbag deployment. My scenario is exactly what the cutoff switch was intended for, my 6 year old occasionally riding in the front with me. This ruling has caused Toyota to factory disable the front switch in my '06 double cab Tundra, making the front seat very unsafe for a child in a booster seat. Way to go, thanks for thinking of everything.

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