Problems with 2003 Toyota Matrix AIR BAGS

While i was sitting at a drive thru window at mcdonald's the teller was reaching me my order and all of a sudden she and i heard a loud popping sound she said what was that, i said i don't know she said it came from your car she said madam it came from inside your car, your car is smoking so i turned my head and noticed the seat belt over my shoulder was smoking and as i turned my head around the seat belt on the passenger side of the car popped open and it started smoking so i said what is going on with this car, and when i turned my head forward the airbag on the passenger side popped out so i said i don't know what is happening with this car but i need to get out of it. i noticed that there were cars behind me in the drive-thru so i pulled the car out from under the window to the middle of the parking lot so that the cars behind me would be able to get out and as i turned the wheel the driver side air bag popped out in from of me and hit me in the chest and bruised my left arm then the car started filling up with smoke so i didn't know if the car was catching on fire or what i just knew that i needed to get out of the car. i turned off the engine in the middle of the parking lot grabbed my purse and jumped out of the car. all the customers and workers at mcdonald's ran out when the car started smoking and no one could believe what was happening because all these things popped out and there was no other car there the manager at mcdonald's came to me and said he was calling the fire department since the car was smoking and we didn't know what was going to happen next. the fire dept. came and said madam what happened i told them what happened and they asked if i had hit anything and i told them no i was just sitting at the drive-thru when all of these things just started popping out of my car. the windshield also shattered when the airbag hit it. the firemen told me to stand in front of mcdonald's and they opened the ...

Tl* the contact owns a 2003 toyota matrix. while driving approximately 65 mph, the brakes were applied and the vehicle failed to stop which resulted in a crash. the air bags did not deploy upon impact. the contact sustained unknown injuries. a police report was filed. the vehicle was towed to by the insurance company. a representative with the manufacturer also inspected the vehicle and was unable to diagnose the failure. the vehicle was destroyed. the failure and current mileages were 88,208.

I have a2003 matrix since new, the airbag warning light on the dash has remained on for years, because of limited funds can not go to dealership and pay $$$$ for service fee, diagnostic fee, and parts and labor for someone to "work" their way through the problem over several visits. i now however after several years of state inspections, have to spend this money in order to pass inspection. i was informed that airbag warning lights now have to operate properly in order for a vehicle to pass inspection. upon googling any recall information online i discovered hundreds of postings of similar complaints, as well as two complaints on this website of airbags that did not deploy during crashes. did they have similar dash lighting malfunctions as mine?? *tr

I was involved in an automobile accident and my airbag did not deploy causing me more injury to my neck. *tr

We have been trying to resolve this safety issue for the last few years to no avail. this letter is in response to your 1/31/15 report re: the electronic components for the above named car. toyota has been arguing that this problem is our responsibility and not theirs. but based on your latest report, it seems that we are correct in holding them responsible for repairing it. over the last few years we have had this car into different toyota dealers in response to air bag system electronic component recalls. to date our vehicle has not been prepared properly. the air bag warning light remains on, which leads to our concern that the air bag system is defective. the dealers and toyota corporation indicate that this is not part of the recall, but we believe otherwise. if the recall was due to a faulty electronic component air bag system and the dealers were supposed to have repaired it, then why does it persist?? we believe toyota is responsible for this problem and would like it repaired once and for all by toyota, as it is a potentially dangerous safety issue and i do not want my family to become another fatality statistic. *tr

Takata recall my wife and i had an accident in the freeway on our way home more than 7 years ago. we were travelling at around 50-55 mph when suddenly the car in front of us stopped. resulted in hitting the back bumper of the car in front of us. the car sustained just minor scratched but our car was really damaged. my wife was hurt as a result of the accident who was sitting in the front passenger. the car's air bag did not deploy. i was still wondering until now, why? the damaged to the car was worth more than $8,000. our insurance company, which was state farm did not mention anything about the air bag. i just found that out when i received the recall notice last week form toyota. i can't really recall the date it happened, but i can get some information from state farm insurance. medical attention was not required when the incident happened but medical attention was required after a day or 2 after the accident.

The 2003 toyota matrix i was driving hit the back of a pick-up truck when the brakes locked up and the vehicle began to skid. the matrix went partially under the truck, causing severe damage to the front end of the matrix. none of the airbags in the 2003 toyota matrix deployed. thanks to the fact that i was wearing my seatbelt, i received only minor injuries.*ak