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2008 Toyota HIGHLANDER Air Bags Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	951147
Internal NHTSA #	10484825
Manufacurer	TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION
Brand	TOYOTA
Model	HIGHLANDER
Model Year	2008
File date	11/11/12
Component	AIR BAGS
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	I was driving my 2008 highlander on november 11, 2012 and the airbag light came on. The following day i went online to see if there was a recall on the toyota website. There was a recall for the airbag light for the side curtain air bag system. I took my vehicle to my toyota dealer to have the recall work done on november 14. The airbag light was still on after the recall work. I left them the vehicle so they could do further diagnostics. They said the squib circuit on the spiral cable for the airbag system on the steering column had a short in it. Toyota part number 84306-22010. It was not part of the recall. The dealership told me that if a repair was not done there was a good chance that the airbag system would not work in an accident. The dealership said the airbag light would light up intermittently if i didn't repair it and that they were pretty sure the airbag wouldn't go off on its own. My choice was fix it or park it. I had them do the repair, $276. 63 for the spiral cable and $150. 00 for the labor, $443. 22 total with sales tax. I have over 122,000 miles on my vehicle and the dealership has been performing the maintenance on the vehicle. I have two other vehicles (not toyota) and neither has ever had an airbag system problem and each one has over 100,000 miles. The wiring for the airbag system should never go bad. Please have someone look into this problem.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	122856
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	PEACHTREE CORNERS, GA
VIN pattern	JTEES41A882XXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
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No. of injured persons	0
No. of fatalities	0
Date of purchase	07/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
Number of cylinders	6
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Vehicle speed	50
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What is Recall?
A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
What is Failure?
Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
What is Defect?
Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2008 Toyota HIGHLANDER Air Bags Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2008 Toyota HIGHLANDER Air Bags Problems, Complaints and Defects

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