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2009 Toyota RAV4 Seat Belts Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1552248
Internal NHTSA #	11194011
Manufacurer	Toyota Motor Corporation
Brand	TOYOTA
Model	RAV4
Model Year	2009
File date	26/05/16
Component	SEAT BELTS
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	On may 26, 2016, my mother was traveling north on i-69 near eddyville, kentucky in her 2009 toyota rav4 with my son in the front passenger seat. A driver traveling south on i-69 crossed the median into the northbound lane, and collided with my mother's vehicle head-on. At the time of the collision, both my mother and son were wearing their seat belts, however, the seat belts did not work properly and contributed to my mother and son's serious injuries. During the collision, the lap belt on both seat belts tightened substantially, while the shoulder restraint never tightened or locked. As a result of the seat belt issue, my son and mother sustained significant abdominal injuries due to the extreme tightening of the lap belt, and head injuries as a result of the failure of the shoulder restraint to properly lock. Specifically, my son sustained a liver laceration, pulmonary contusion, and superior mesenteric artery thrombosis as a result of the extreme tightening of the lap belt without tightening of the shoulder restraint. Additionally, because the shoulder restraint failed to work properly, it did not stop his forward momentum, causing him to strike his head on the dashboard or windshield and sustain a traumatic brain injury. My mother sustained multiple rib fractures, a left pneumothorax, small bowel enterotomy, mesenteric tear, avulsion of the sigmoid colon, and tearing of her abdominal musculature as a result of the seat belt. dtjb
Vehicle Mileage at Failure
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	PORTABLE SAFETY COMPLAINT FORM (PDF)
City and State	ALMO, KY
VIN pattern	JTMZF33V49DXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	Y
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?	Y
Was part original equipment?
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
Number of cylinders	4
Drive train type	FWD
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Vehicle speed	52
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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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2009 Toyota RAV4 Seat Belts Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2009 Toyota RAV4 Seat Belts Problems, Complaints and Defects

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