| Issue ID | 1135220 |
| Internal NHTSA # | 10660745 |
| Manufacurer | Toyota Motor Corporation |
| Brand | TOYOTA |
| Model | RAV4 |
| Model Year | 2007 |
| File date | 20/05/14 |
| Component | AIR BAGS |
| Product type code | VEHICLE |
| Description of the problem | When driving with air bags light on is completely unsafe and danger to everyone including driver. Toyota send out interim recall letters to owners of certain models and years including rav4 2006 to rav4 and asked to contact local toyota dealer immediately in case of if air bag light illuminate or illuminated already. Meanwhile toyota is making arrangement for remedy part ( d squib clock spiral cable ) for those qualified models to fix the airbag light. After i received a same interim notice, the air bag light came on. I called toyota co-operate office about the my recall notice i received by mail and told that suddenly my air bag light came on . Toyota ask me to take my car to the local toyota dealer for diagnose which i did and their diagnose result came up with b1801 error ( d squib clock spring spiral cable faulty) which they updated to toyota database and told me to wait till remedy is available for this fix. I called toyota co operate office again and they told me to wait till the part is available. It has been now 7 months and i haven't received any further notice nor any remedy yet. I called toyota few times and finally they give me a wearied answer that my car is not on defective batch anymore and does not qualify for this airbag recall. My car vin #, year, model everything showing clearly based on interim recall letter that is in that defective recall qualification group but some how toyota is now playing game and telling me different story. They don't have any answer of who i do have the same faulty spiral cable defect like same exact others defective batch has. Toyota is the one who send out interim notices to those qualified recall batch based on their vin# and now after 8 months, they are denied that my car doesn't qualify for this recall fix?.?? I like to have this investigate by nhtsa's before some one life gets at risk. |
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| Number of Occurences | 1 |
| Source of the issue | NHTSA WEB SITE |
| City and State | LYNNWOOD, WA |
| VIN pattern | JTMBD35V675XXXXXX |
| Was vehicle invloved in a crash? | N |
| Was vehicle involved in a fire? | N |
| Was incedent reported to police? | N |
| Was medical attention required? | 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 | 4 |
| Drive train type | AWD |
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