2000 Toyota Tundra Airbags Problems

Your airbags and seat belt failed to deploy during a high-speed collision with a power pole at 55 mph, resulting in facial injuries from impact with the steering wheel and windshield. You're concerned that your 2000 Tundra lacks a recall for this safety system failure and worried about the vehicle's safety for future passengers, particularly your wife who takes blood thinners. Resolving this issue will likely require a complete inspection and replacement of the airbag system and seat belt pretensioner components.

2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA. CONSUMER STATED THAT DURING AN AUTO ACCIDENT THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONSUMER STATED AFTER THE CRASH, HE HAD TO HAVE EXTENSIVE DECOMPRESSION SURGERY. THE CONSUMER STATED HE BROKE HIS BACK AND BADLY DAMAGED HIS NECK. THE CONSUMER WAS PERMANENTLY DISABLED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE.

HEAD TO HEAD COLLISION. BOTH VEHICLES ON U.S. HIGHWAY RT. 40. IN BREAK POSITION, MY VEHICLE WAS NOT IN MOTION AT THE TIME OF IMPACT. OTHER VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION APPROACHING FROM OPPOSITE DIRECTION TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH. BOTH VEHICLES WERE LEFT INOPERABLE.

TAKATA RECALL. 2000 MODEL YEAR APPEARS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL, YET THE BREADTH OF THE INSTANCES OF FAILURE TO INFLATE PROPERLY APPEARS EXTENSIVE FOR VEHICLES INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO A DEER AND THEN AN EMBANKMENT. THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUFFERED BROKEN BONES TO THE NOSE, CHEEK, AND BODY BRUISES. MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS REQUIRED. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 201,000.

TAKATA RECALL , AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY AT HARD IMPACT AT 40 MPH.

TAKATA RECALL INQUIRY, I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, I HIT A DEER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND WAS DOING BETWEEN 40 TO 45 MPH WHEN I WENT INTO A DITCH NOSE FIRST AND TOTALED OUT THE TRUCK BECAUSE OF THE DAMAGE TO THE FRONT BUMPER, RADIATOR, ETC AND THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, SUFFERED ALOT OF FACIAL DAMAGE AND BROKE BONES IN MY FACE DUE TO HITTING THE STEERING WHEEL THANK YOU, [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

I WAS DRIVING BEHIND A HONDA ACCORD GOING AROUND 65 MPH GIVE OR TAKE 5 MPH, WHEN THE CAR IN FRONT OF THE HONDA MADE A LATE SIGNAL AND SLOW DOWN. BY THE TIME I WAS ABLE TO REACT I REAR ENDED THE HONDA AND CRUSHED THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE OF MY TRUCK. THE SEAT BELTS DID NOT LOCK AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. MY TRUCK WENT ALL THE WAY INTO THE BACK SEAT OF THE HONDA. THE DAMAGE TO THE FRONT OF MY TRUCK STARTED AT THE PASSENGER HEAD LIGHT AND WENT ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE DRIVERS SIDE AND WAS PUSHED INTO THE FRONT OF THE ENGINE. TO MY KNOWLEDGE THE AIR BAGS SHOULD OF DEPLOYED AND THE SEAT BELTS SHOULD OF LOCKED. IF IT WASN'T FOR THE STEERING WHEEL I WOULD OF WENT THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD. ALSO THE PASSENGER AIRBAGS WERE ON BUT DIDN'T DEPLOY EITHER. *JS

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND HIT A CLIFF HEAD ON. UPON IMPACT, BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER AND PASSENGER SUSTAINED INJURIES. *AK

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT, AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY.*JB

CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT THE AIR BAGS ON THE VEHICLE. ALSO STATED THAT WAS INVOLVED ON A COLLISION WHERE THE AIR BAGS ON THE VEHICLE DID NOT DEPLOY AT THE TIME OF THE IMPACT. DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED AT THE TIME OF THIS CALL. TS

SEE PICTURES AT HTTP://WWW.BICKFORDPC.COM/TUNDRA/PIC01.JPG . . . PIC17.JPG. I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND IF THIS IS AN EXCEPTION OR A DESIGN PROBLEM. LOVE THE TRUCK OTHERWISE AND WOULD LIKE TO PURCHASE A NEW ONE. LOOKING FOR ADD'L INFORMATION TOYOTA IS INVESTIGATING BUT I HAVE CONCERNS WITH A COMPANY INVESTIGATING THEMSELVES. THANKS, SCOTT. *AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT IN WHICH THE AIR BAGS EXPERIENCED NON-DEPLOYMENT, ONE PERSON WAS INJURED IN THE ACCIDENT. *TT

ACCIDENT OCCURED WHILE DRIVING AT 65-70 MPH. DRIVER AND PASSENGERS WERE INJURED, THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND THE SEAT BELTS DID NOT TIGHTEN UP AND LOCKED UPON THE IMPACT. NLM *SLC

ACCELERATER WENT DOWN TO THE FLOOR AS IF THE CRUISE CONTROL TOOK OVER, AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY ON INPACT.*AK

CONSUMERS VEHICLE WAS STOLEN & IN AN ACCIDENT. THE VEHICLE HIT A CONCRETE BRIDGE & THE AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. THE CONSUMER SAYS THE MANUFACTURE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE CONCERN ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE VEHICLE.*AK

WHEN TRUCK REAR ENDED A TOYOTA 4 RUNNER IT HIT A CURB AND BROADSIDED A FORD PICKUP. UPON IMPACT, THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S SIDE OR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS. IT'S MORE THAN LIKELY THAT THE TRUCK WILL BE TOTALLED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK