Problems with 2004 Toyota Camry AIR BAGS

Crash on 8/4/07. neither of our air bags deployed or shoulder straps on the seat belt worked. we were stopped for a vehicle making a left turn on a highway. there was a pick-up waiting in front of us. a driver failed to stop and rear-ended us. my husband's head went through the windshield. we both suffered injuries, that we are still being treated for. *jb

Tl*the contact owns a 2004 toyota camry. while driving 20 mph, the contact's vehicle was struck on the driver side door by another vehicle. the side and front air bags failed to deploy. the contact suffered a head injury. the insurance company or the dealer will not investigate the failure. a police report was filed. the vehicle is currently being repaired. the current and failure mileages were 20,016.

I was entering a parking space. my toyota camry (2004), had a surge of acceleration while i was depressing the brake. it would not stop causing my vehicle to lunge forward through a parking sign and a cement curve. the air bags failed to deploy at the time to crash. *nm

Dt*: the contact stated while driving 40mph, the vehicle was struck by another vehicle in the right passenger side door and the passenger side door glass shattered onto the occupant. additionally, the airbags did not deploy. the contact was wearing a seatbelt, but minor injuries were sustained. there was moderate damage to the vehicle. the police were alerted and a report was taken at the scene. the vehicle was towed to the body repair shop for inspection of the damage by an insurance adjustor. the manufacturer was not alerted.

Dt: the contact stated while 2004 toyota camry was not moving it was rear ended and pushed across the highway into a parked van. the impact was mainly on the front passenger's side. the driver's side air bag deployed, but the passenger's side air bag did not deploy. the vehicle was totaled. a police report was taken at the scene. there has been no inspection to the vehicle since the accident. the contact sustained an injury, a fractured wrist. *ak updated 1/11/2006. *nm

Dt*: the contact stated while accelerating from a stop at about 25 mph at a crossroad a truck turning left hit the contact's vehicle head on. upon impact, the air bags did not deploy. both occupants were wearing seat belts but sustained injuries. the crash was documented by the police. the dealer and manufacturer speculated that the speed was not fast enough or not hit properly for the air bags to deploy. the vehicle was deemed totaled. *ak

On april 26, 2005, my daughter driving a 2004 toyota camry le (v6) rear-ended another vehicle (an acura) at an speed of 50+ mph and none of the airbags in the camry were deployed. drivers of both cars were taken to hospital for further evaluation. later, i contacted toyota corp. which had one of its inspector inspect the wrecked vehicle and determined "the airbags operated as designed." i have requested on at least two occasions a copy of the inspection report and other related documents and memos from toyota corp and they have refused to provide me with the requested documents. in a may 16, 2005, letter sent to me by toyota, they have stated that "the srs airbags are not designed to inflate if the vehicle is subjected to a rear impact, if it rolls over or if it is involved in a low speed frontal collision." in reality, our camry was not rear-ended, did not roll over, and had a high speed frontal collision of 50+mph.

On 2/17/05 i was traveling south @50mph on a 4 lane highway. a dodge ram p/u truck turned in front of me at an intersection. i ran into the side of the truck going at least 35 mph. the point of contact was a full frontal impact that resulted in an inoperable vehicle that was towed from the scene of the accidient. police report listed the vehicle as totaled. the front airbag did not deploy. the front left airbag sensor located on the frame was sheared from the wiring assembly. i was transported from the accident in an ambulance. my mouth and then my chest hit the steering wheel. my head also hit the windshield. the impact resulted in a broken tooth that was imbedded in my chin, a laceration on my chin that required stitches, head, arm, and leg abrasions in addition to pulled muscles in my neck and back that still require medical attention. *ak

Approaching intersection the stop light changed and attempting to stop vehicle, the brake pedal went to floorboard, but did not stop vehicle before impact with another vehicle. speed at impact was approx. 20 mph and neither airbag deployed. just recently had vehicle at dealership to have soft brake pedal checked, and was told of other complaints concerning same problem. *jb

Vehicle was involved in a frontal collision with a metal fence pole at 35 mph, and neither frontal air bags deployed. consumer sustained injuries, and was transported to the local hospital. vehicle was towed to a body shop. mechanic informed the consumer that there were no air bags in the vehicle.*ak

My son was driving my toyota camry in a bad rain storm. he went off the road and hit a pole. he broke his collar bone and missed 30 days of work. when the vehicle was inspected we were told the reason the air bag did not deploy was because there was not an air bag in the drivers side of the vehicle. *ak

The passenger side air bag of our 2004 camry repeatedly disengages. the dealership has re-calibrated the computer five times now and the dealership service manager says this is a known problem to toyota but their engineers have not figured out how to fix it. they refuse to replace any parts, saying that there are too many parts that could be the problem and they'd just be "throwing parts" at it. they also claim the lemon law does not apply to this problem specifically because they are not replacing parts but simply re-calibrating. i don't know what to put in here for incident date because there have been so many. i will use the last one below, but this is a repair we've had to seek again five times. the only reason we have not had to seek it more than that is that normally my wife drives this car alone and rarely has a passenger. the airbag only disengages when there is a passenger. it appears there may be some connection between seatbelt use and putting car in or out of gear. this last time it went out we were stuck in traffic for about an hour. at one point the passenger released the seatbelt. we were taking the car in and out of gear every 5-10 minutes to move just a few yards. another time the airbag disengaged was somewhat similar. we had pulled into a rest area. i was in the passenger seat and got out. my wife later moved the car (driving) and was waiting for me to get back in with the car running, in gear. when i got back in, shortly thereafter we noticed the airbag disengage light came on. *jb

The air bag on and air bag off, indicator lights indicate the activation of front passenger airbag, side airbag on front seat failure. *bf the dealer advised the consumer that a person 70 lbs or more should activate the air bag on light and afford the front passenger protection. *sc

Air bags failed to activate in direct head-on collision at o/a 35 mph. personal injuries from shoulder restraints which could/would have been averted if air bags bhad inflated. sensors apparently failed to operate dersite sufficient impact to virtually destroy entire front end.*ak

Unexpectedly, without pressing on the gas pedal, car rapidly accelerated. *bf the consumer stated he hit a building and the air bag did not deploy. *jb

While driving 20 mph consumer's was involved in a frontal collision. upon impact, both frontal air bags failed to deploy. driver sustained major injuries, and was transported to a hospital. driver's husband drove the vehicle to a garage. *ak *tc

While driving 10 mph both frontal air bags deploy unexpectedly. passenger sustained minor injuries. consumer lost control of the vehicle and it crashed into a parked vehicle. vehicle was towed to a garage for inspection. the cause had not been determined at this time. *ak

Tl* the contact owns a 2004 toyota camry. while driving at various speeds, the air bag warning indicator continuously illuminated. the failure recurred on numerous occasions. the vehicle was taken to a dealer. the dealer stated that they re-calibrated the passenger side air bag indicator, but the failure recurred. the manufacturer was notified of the failure. the approximate failure mileage was 12,632.

I was in an accident on 5/10/04 in which i was hit in the front of my camry by another vehicle nearly head on. the other vehicle was traveling between 35 and 50 mph on impact and neither air bag deployed.

Consumer noticed in front passenger's seat the passenger side air bag system became disabled. dealer admitted there was problem with the design of the air bag system.*ak consumer is heavy set and well over the manufacturers threashold of 80lbs, 6.2 in height and the psir will not activate almost 100% of the time wneh seated in the pasenger front seat. when other people get into the seat that weight less then consumer the psir classification system will activate. currently in arbitration. dealer can not fix vehicle.cw

Difficulty shifting from park to reverse, then upon shifting into drive the car accelerated uncontrollably, would not stop, collided with a mobile home, air bags did not deploy, resulting in the death of one passenger and injury of driver *la see also voq 10171110. *dsy. updated 03/05/10 *bf updated ivoq 08/23/10*jb updated 9/21/2011*cw

A serious and dangerous flaw exists in the 2004 toyota camry le v6 which the company refuses to correct. our car contains driver and front passenger side and curtain airbags. this was specificially purchased as optional equipment ($650. additional) for the safety of the front passenger. the system is such that "airbag on" and "airbag off" indicator lights indicate the activation of the front passenger airbag, side airbag on the passenger seat and front passenger's seat belt ptensioner. i have been advised by the dealer that a person weighing 70lbs. or more should activate the "airbag on" indicator light and afford protection for the front passenger. my spouse wieghs 95 lbs. she does not presently activate the "airbag on" indicator light although it did activate the first two months we had the car. what we have been doing to have the front passenger protected is for me (the driver) to press down on the seat while i start the car with my spouse in the front seat. this works about once every four or five attempts. the above is bad enough, but on two occasions, the indicator light went from "airbag on" to "airbag off" while we were driving. i had to pull over to try to activate the "airbag on" to afford protection for the front passenger. as i mentioned above, the company has refused to correct this dangerous situation. i spoke to the dealer (prestige toyota of ramsey, nj) and to the toyota customer assistance center to no avail.*ak

- new toyota camry le purchased january 2004 - on february 25th key would not turn (took 10 - 15 minutes to start it) - later while parking, the car the steering locked turning the car to the right - the car accelerated and surged despite depressing th