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Problems with 2008 Toyota Corolla AIR BAGS

On average, the 2008 Toyota Corolla starts to “feel” problems with the AIR BAGS and its various aspects after 91 264 miles.

Components Affected by AIR BAGS Issues

We have classified the 122 complaints from 2008 Toyota Corolla about AIR BAGS into the following categories.

FRONTAL 8

Recently reported AIR BAGS problems on 2008 Toyota Corolla

Tl* takata recall. the contact owns a 2008 toyota corolla. the contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 16v127000 (air bags); 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 contact had not experienced a failure. the manufacturer was not notified of the issue. parts distribution disconnect.

Inflator recall. i took my car into a toyota dealership in early may and was told the part would be in by the end of may. on july 2nd they have yet to get the part or contact me about any information. the recall info i received in the mail said if they have not done it in a reasonable amount of time to file a complaint. i believe that almost 2 months is plenty of time.

Takata recall- i contacted my local dealer -arlington toyota- and they told me that they do not have the part to replace my front passenger inflator assembly, so i will have to drive my car until the part comes in. i was under the impression that the car was unsafe to drive. other dealers have taken the affected car and provided a rental car while waiting for the new parts

Notified on may 6,2016 passanger air bag dangerous could explode.no replacement yet as of june 1,2016.need to use passanger seat!

I took my vehicle in to john roberts toyota, manchester, tn. and was promised a 'as soon as we can' replacement for passenger side airbag. that was may 04, 2016 and it is now may 27, 2016. 'as soon as we can' is over 23 days now.

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 toyota corolla. the contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 16v127000 (air bags); 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 made aware of the issue. the contact had not experienced a failure. parts distribution disconnect.

Takata recall the fact that you are losing the use of the front passenger seat for an undetermined amount of time is more than inconvenient. i have been a corolla owner since 1982. something needs to be done to get this dangerous situation corrected.

Tl* takata recall. the contact owns a 2008 toyota corolla. the contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 16v128000 (air bags) and stated that the part needed for the repair was not available. the contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. the manufacturer was made aware of the issue. the contact had not experienced a failure. parts distribution disconnect.

Takate recall. months ago i checked and my car wasn't recalled. a few months ago i received a letter that it was. told in letter to wait and i would be notified when part available. i waited and waited. finally called 5/24/16 dealer and they asked, "did you call us and order part?" are you kidding me? the letter said to wait and i would be informed. no i didn't order part!! called toyota customer center on 5/24/16 and they said within 48 hrs i would hear from someone (i assumed there). just a couple of hours later the dealer called me!! are you kidding? i talked to them already. he said i may have in 8 weeks. patiently waiting and now i'll try this. i am a senior and drive my grandchildren around and have been since 2011 when i bought this vehicle used with deadly airbags!!!! they are out for summer and i need to be able to take them places. this car is small. i need the part now, please.

Tl* takata recall. the contact owns a 2008 toyota corolla. the contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 16v128000 (air bags) and stated that the part needed for the repair was not available. the contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. the manufacturer was made aware of the issue. the contact had not experienced a failure. parts distribution disconnect.

Tl* takata recall. the contact owns a 2008 toyota corolla. the contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 16v127000 (air bags); 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 not notified of the issue. the contact had not experienced a failure. parts distribution disconnect.

Tl* takata recall. the contact owns a 2008 toyota corolla. the contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 16v127000 (air bags) however, the part to do the repair was not available. the contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for recall repair. the manufacturer was notified of the issue. the contact had not experienced a failure. parts distribution disconnect. updated 07/12/16*lj *cn

Front passenger airbag inflator module. possibly "takata recall", the letter i received didn't mention that. today (4/15/2016) i received a letter from toyota. the letter isn't dated. it mentions that the airbag inflator module needs to be replaced and that passengers in my car have been, potentially, at serious risk. this is the first and, so far, only correspondence that i have received on this. the letter says that "they are currently preparing parts for my location" -- but when i called the dealer they already had the parts in, and have been working on these repairs for some time. but then why the hell am i just hearing about it now??? i feel like toyota and the dealer (frontier toyota in santa clarita, california) hasn't remedied this defect within a reasonable period of time.

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 toyota corolla. the contact received a recall notification of nhtsa campaign number: 16v127000 (air bags); however, the parts for the recall repair were not available. the contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. the manufacturer was not notified of the issue. the contact had not experienced a failure. parts distribution disconnect.

Tl* takata recall. the contact owns a 2008 toyota corolla. the contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 16v127000 (air bags)and stated that the part was not available within a reasonable time frame to schedule the recall repair. the dealers that the contact called did not give a specific date for when the part would become available. the manufacturer could not provide an estimated date for when the contact's vehicle would receive the recall repair. the contact was not experiencing a failure. parts distribution disconnect.

Tl* takata recall. the contact owns a 2008 toyota corolla. the contact received notification of nhtsa campaign numbers: 15v285000 (air bags) and 16v127000 (air bags) however, the parts for the recall repair were not available. the contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. the manufacturer was made aware of the issue. the contact had not experienced a failure. vin confirms part not available.

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 toyota corolla. the contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 16v127000 (air bags); however, the parts for the recall repair were not available. the contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. the manufacturer was notified of the issue. the contact had not experienced a failure. parts distribution disconnect.

Takata recall manufacturer has sent recall notice for airbag replacement but has failed to provide replacement parts. all local dealerships report receiving only a few parts per week and have hundreds of requests for repairs. manufacturer is repairing at an insufficient rate. front passenger seat of car is inoperable until repair complete.

Tl* takata recall. the contact owns a 2008 toyota corolla. the contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 16v128000 (air bags); however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. the manufacturer was not notified of the issue. the contact had not experienced a failure. parts distribution disconnect.

Takata recall: i contacted auto nation toyota in centennial, co at least 4 weeks ago to get the "urgent recall" repaired. my initial call i was transferred multiple times and finally sent to a voicemail. after a week, my call was not returned, so i again called and after 15 minutes on the phone (they had to find out what the recall was and if they had parts), i was told they did not have the parts and they would order them and call me when they arrived. another week passed and i still had not been contacted by autonation. i again called automation and was again put on hold for about 15 min because they had no information that i had called the previous two weeks. i was finally told again that they found my information and my parts were on order and i would be contacted when they arrived. another week passed so i made my fourth and final call. i was eventually transferred to a voicemail and i left another message with all of my information (vin, name and that i had called 3 previous times already). this final message was on friday, april 22, 2016. as of today, thursday, apr. 28, 2016, i have yet to receive a call from auto nation to repair my urgent recall. this is totally unacceptable. on april 22, after leaving the final message with autonation, i contacted two other toyota dealerships in the area and both and the parts and were able to get me in with just a few days. if automation could not do the repairs, they should have told me that initially, instead they lead me to believe they would do it, all the while we are driving an unsafe car and four weeks passed by. definitely very poor customer service and no consideration for consumers safety.

Tl* takata recall. the contact owns a 2008 toyota corolla. the contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 16v127000 (air bags); however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. the manufacturer was not notified. the contact had not experienced a failure. parts distribution disconnect.

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 toyota corolla. the contact received a notification of nhtsa campaign number: 16v127000 (air bags); 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 not made aware of the issue. the contact had not experienced a failure. parts distribution disconnect.

Tl* takata recall. the contact owns a 2008 toyota corolla. the contact received nhtsa campaign number: 16v127000 (air bags) however, the parts to do the repair were unavailable. the contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. the manufacturer was notified of the issue. parts distribution disconnect.

Tl* takata recall. the contact owns a 2008 toyota corolla. the contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 16v127000 (air bags); however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. the manufacturer was notified. the contact had not experienced a failure. parts distribution disconnect.

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 toyota corolla. the contact received a recall notification for nhtsa campaign number: 16v128000 (air bags) and stated that the part needed was unavailable to perform the recall repair. the manufacturer was not notified of the issue. the vin was unknown. the contact had not experienced a failure. parts distribution disconnect.

Tl* takata recall. the contact owns a 2008 toyota corolla. the contact received a recall notice for nhtsa campaign number: 16v128000 (air bags) and was unable to determine when the parts would become available to receive the repair after calling the dealer for weeks. the contact made several attempts and was not able to reach the dealer. the contact was unable to determine when the vehicle would be repaired. the manufacturer was not notified. the contact had not experienced a failure. parts distribution disconnect.

Takata recall. i received a notice in march 2016 about the recall. the notice described the issue with the inflator. i was asked to immediately take my car to the dealer to have it fixed. the notice said it was urgent . it specified that i should stop using the passenger seat. it even said that if i felt uncomfortable driving the car, they would pick up the car for me. i sent to the toyota dealer the very next day. they checked and verified my car is subject to the recall, but they told me it would be a few weeks before the part would arrive. it has been almost 11 months since the notice was sent. the people at the dealer don't even know when the part will arrive. it is unrealistic that owners are expected to not be able to fully use their vehicles without receiving some sort of compensation. i am not even sure if it would be ethical for me to sell the car under this conditions. *tr

Tl* takata recall. the contact owns a 2008 toyota corolla. the contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 16v128000 (air bags); 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 made aware of the issue. the contact had not experienced a failure. parts distribution disconnect.

Tl* takata recall. the contact owns a 2008 toyota corolla. the contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 16v127000 (air bags) 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 made aware of the issue. the contact had not experienced a failure. parts distribution disconnect. updated 10/18/16*lj updated 10/27/16.*jb

Tl* takata recall. the contact owns a 2008 toyota corolla. the contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 16v128000 (air bags); 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 made aware of the issue. the contact had not experienced a failure. parts distribution disconnect.

Takata recall, dash board air bag lite is illuminated.

Tl* takata recall. the contact owns a 2008 toyota corolla. the contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 16v127000 (air bags) 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 made aware of the issue. the contact had not experienced a failure. parts distribution disconnect.

Takata recall: i received my recall notice in march 2016. i have since been waiting for a call for when the parts have arrived. i have not received any calls. it is now september 14th. i'd like to be able to drive my significant other or friends in the front passenger seat. toyota does not know when the parts will be ready, which i do not understand. this has been a very frustrating process.

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 toyota corolla. the contact received a recall notification for the air bags; 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 made aware of the issue. the nhtsa campaign number was unknown. the contact had not experienced a failure. updated 09/06/16*lj updated 09/28/16.*jb

Tl* takata recall. the contact owns a 2008 toyota corolla. the contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 16v127000 (air bags). the part to do the recall repair was unavailable. the contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. the manufacturer was aware of the issue. the contact had not experienced a failure. parts distribution disconnect.

Tl* takata recall. the contact owns a 2008 toyota corolla. the contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 16v128000 (air bags). two dealers had been unable to schedule an appointment for the recall repair withinthe part was not available within a reasonable time frame to schedule the recall repair. two dealers could not give a specific date for when the part would become available. the two dealers stated that they would call the contact back, but a call was not received. the manufacturer could not provide an estimated date for when the contact's vehicle would receive the recall repair. the contact was not experiencing a failure. parts distribution disconnect.

Tl* takata recall. the contact owns a 2008 toyota corolla. the contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 16v127000 (air bags). the part to do the repair was not available. the contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. the manufacturer was made aware of the issue. the contact had not experienced a failure.

Tl* takata recall. the contact owns a 2008 toyota corolla. the contact received a notification of nhtsa campaign number: 16v127000 (air bags); however, the parts for the recall repair were not available. the contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. the manufacturer was made aware of the issue. the contact had not experienced a failure. parts distribution disconnect.

Takata recall

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 toyota corolla. the contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 16v127000 (air bags); 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 not made aware of the issue. the contact had not experienced a failure. parts distribution connect.

Tl* takata recall. the contact owns a 2008 toyota corolla. the contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 16v127000 (air bags); 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 made aware of the issue. the contact had not experienced a failure. parts distribution disconnect. ..updated 06/08/16 *bf *cn

Tl* takata recall. the contact owns a 2008 toyota corolla. the contact stated that the recall notice for nhtsa campaign number: 16v127000 (air bags) was received. after contacting the dealer and the manufacturer on multiple occasions, the contact was informed that the parts needed to repair the vehicle were not available and no estimated time for receiving the parts could be given. the contact had not experienced a failure. parts distribution disconnect.

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 toyota corolla. the contact stated that the recall notice for nhtsa campaign number: 16v127000 (air bags) was received in march of 2016. after contacting the dealer and the manufacturer on multiple occasions, the contact was informed that the parts needed to repair the vehicle were still not available and no estimated time for receiving the parts could be given. the contact had not experienced a failure.

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 toyota corolla. the contact stated that the recall notice for nhtsa campaign number: 16v127000 (air bags) was received in march of 2016. after contacting the dealer and the manufacturer on multiple occasions, the contact was informed that the parts needed to repair the vehicle were still not available and no estimated time for receiving the parts could be given. the contact had not experienced a failure.

Tl* takata recall. the contact owns a 2008 toyota corolla. the contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 16v127000 (air bags) and stated that the part was not available within a reasonable time frame to schedule the recall repair. the manufacturer could not provide an estimated time for the recall repair. the contact had not experienced a failure. parts distribution disconnect.

Tl* the contact owned a 2008 toyota corolla. while driving 65 mph, the contact's vehicle crashed into the rear of another vehicle. the air bags failed to deploy. a police report was filed. the vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic. the contact sustained injuries to the back and neck that required medical attention. the vehicle was included in nhtsa campaign number: 16v128000 (air bags). the manufacturer was not notified of the failure. the approximate failure mileage was 108,095. the vehicle was destroyed.

I have had failure to disclose issues with this car. i have had an accident in which the airbag did not deploy and brake had difficulty. i had a bad accident and have reached out to toyota to wither repair my car or setup rental or make a payment for rental. i do not want to drive this car until repaired, therefore renting for the past 3 months

Family involved in a rear-end collision where the the air bag housing came out of the steering column but the bag itself did not deploy. the housing swung around during the wreck and hit the driver's arm resulting in minor injury (bruising). i am a police officer an have worked dozens of wrecks and have never seen this happen. i contacted toyota about it and they said that this is something that happens all of the time which i am doubtful of. i have pictures to better illustrate the malfunction...updated 09-29-15 *bf....updated 10-27-15 *bf *cn

Tl* takata recall. the contact owned a 2008 toyota corolla. while driving approximately 35 mph, the driver crashed into the rear of another vehicle. the air bags deployed and the front passenger side air bag deployed violently. the driver sustained bruising to the face and the front passenger sustained a severe contusion from the lower abdominal area to the breast, a fractured sternum, and a bruised face. the passenger required medical attention. a police report was filed. the vehicle was destroyed and towed. the manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. the vin was included in nhtsa campaign number: 16v127000 (air bags). the failure mileage was approximately 45,000. updated 09/23/16*lj *js

Tl* takata recall. the contact owns a 2008 toyota corolla. the contact received notification of nhtsa campaign numbers: 16v127000 (air bags) and 15v285000 (air bags); however, the parts to do the recall repair were not available. the contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. the manufacturer was made aware of the issue. the contact had not experienced a failure. parts distribution disconnect. updated 10/28/16*lj the consumer stated the vehicle was repaired on august 30, 2016. updated 11/03/16.*jb

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