Six problems related to warning light on have been reported for the 2007 Toyota Yaris. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2007 Toyota Yaris based on all problems reported for the 2007 Yaris.
The contact owns a 2007 Toyota Yaris. When the front passenger seat was occupied, the passenger side air bag warning light illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 14v168000 (air bags) the manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was not provided.
Airbag warning light. Diagnostic code 51 suggests spiral cable problem.
I purchased my Yaris new in 2007. It now has 107,000 miles on it and the airbag warning light has come on. Dealer is telling me the spiral cable for airbag is shorted and needs repair - which will be about $500+ to fix, to ensure deployment if needed. Looking online I see other Yaris owners with this issue, and other Toyota vehicles with this same issue, and some recalls. I am very concerned as this is a safety issue and I feel a defect in engineering that should have a recall for Yaris also. Toyota responded with an offer to pay $200 to assist in getting it repaired or a special offer to buy another Toyota new - I took neither option believing this should be a recall for free repair, not cost me $300 plus.
Last fall, my Yaris' air bag warning light came on and I took it to the dealership for repair. They said they they fixed the spiral cable, leading to the air bag. I asked why it had happened and they did not know. The repair was around $600. Today, I heard about the recall for air bag lights coming on in the Yaris and I called the corporate Toyota headquarters and was told the recall does not cover my car because it did not have a "7 channel spiral cable," even though the repair to my car was for the spiral channel. I am concerned that not all Yaris' are being included in the recall and that my car is not safe. (as of now, they do not even have a fix for the 7-channel spiral channel recall. ).
The contact owns a 2007 Toyota Yaris. The contact was driving 30 mph when the air bag warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer. The dealer confirmed the spiral cable assembly failed and needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was contacted. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 58,450 and the current mileage was 58,506.
Air bag warning light came on at about 75,000 miles. Only the dealership could diagnose problem. Ended up being the "spiral cable". $530 for parts and labor to replace. I was given no explanation of why it had gone bad or if it was a defective item to begin with. When I type in a search on the internet for spiral cable, the majority of the posting involve Toyotas.