| Issue ID | 1312729 |
| Internal NHTSA # | 10899035 |
| Manufacurer | Toyota Motor Corporation |
| Brand | TOYOTA |
| Model | AVALON |
| Model Year | 2004 |
| File date | 24/06/16 |
| Component | AIR BAGS |
| Product type code | VEHICLE |
| Description of the problem | No airbags deployed in my 2004 avalon xls when a driver stated she did not see me/my car and turned left in front of me leaving me 2 seconds to brake. This was on a cityn street and she was turning from stopped position into private commercial parking lot. I was driving in lane closest to her car to reach light another 500 feet ahead so i could turn south when i got to it. My car was traveling 30-35mph(5-10mph under posted speed limit). I had just entered the roadway 400 ft before her turn from 0mph to maybe 3mph? In front of me. My car hit hers on bar between the front and back passenger doors. It caused her car to rise up-i saw the undercarriage of her car; it then rolled completely over onto its roof out of my sight. All witness descriptions of the incident and my own description of what happened were exactly the same. She was found at fault and we both were transported on backboards with c collars to closest hospital. I have injured spine(cervical, thoracic, lumbar), bilateral injuries to shoulders, elbows, wrists, hands, fingers, knees, femoral ball and socket joints, migraines, inability to get full night's rest, memory loss-search for words & just plain don;t remember things i may have done-what i had for breakfast or if i even ate breakfast; what someone has told me; what happened on a tv show or movie; experiencing frustration, anxiety, fear of dying in a car wreck-paramedic told me if i had not been in the size car i was in that i would have been a pile of broken bones or dead; the at-fault driver was also taken to hospital the same way i was; her airbags did not depoly either; impacted her car, a 1998 toyota avalon. Any plausible explanation of why airbags did not deploy in either of our cars? |
| Vehicle Mileage at Failure | 98444 |
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| Source of the issue | NHTSA WEB SITE |
| City and State | ROSWELL, GA |
| VIN pattern | 4T1BF28B24UXXXXXX |
| Was vehicle invloved in a crash? | Y |
| Was vehicle involved in a fire? | N |
| Was incedent reported to police? | Y |
| Was medical attention required? | Y |
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| No. of injured persons | 2 |
| No. of fatalities | 0 |
| Date of purchase | 07/08/26 |
| Was original owner? | N |
| Anti-lock brakes | N |
| Cruise control | N |
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| Vehicle speed | 30 |
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