1999 Toyota Tacoma complaints

I AM HAVING BACK PROBLEMS DUE TO DESIGN OF DRIVERS PORTION OF THE 60/40 SEAT IN MY TOYOTA TACOMA PICKUP. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER FROM WHICH I PURCHASED IT AND FILED A COMPLAINT WITH TOYOTA CUSTOMER SERVICE. THEY REPLACED THE FOAM AND THE COVERS TO NO AVAIL. THE PROBLEM IS IN THE DESIGN AND POOR QUALITY OF THE SEAT. I BELIEVE THAT THE SEAT PLACES THE DRIVER AT RISK FOR BACK INJURY FROM EITHER AIR BAG INFLATION OR REAR END IMPACT DUE TO STEEL HORIZONTAL REINFORCING RODS IN THE SEAT FRAME. I ALSO BELIEVE THAT THE LONG TERM EFFECT OF WEAR AND TEAR ON THE LOWER SPINE FROM CONTINUAL CONTACT WITH THESE RODS CAUSES SERIOUS PROBLEMS. THESE RODS ARE PLACED PERPINDICULAR TO THE DRIVERS SPINAL COLUMN AND ARE MOUNTED HORIZONTALLY ON THE FORWARD PART OF THE SEAT FRAME. THEY ARE PADDED ONLY BY SEAT COVER MATERIAL AND LOW DENSITY FOAM. I BELIEVE THAT THE ADDITIONAL SEAT WIDTH OF THE DRIVERS SIDE OF THE 60/40 SEAT ACCENTUATES THE EFFECT OF THE PRESSURE ON THE SPINE AS OPPOSED TO A REGULAR "BUCKET" SEAT. ADDITIONALLY THE "MIDDLE" SEAT POSITION HAS SEAT BELT CONNECTORS WHICH ALLOW FOR A SEATING SPACE OF ONLY 7.5 INCHES HORIZONTALLY. NO ADULT COULD POSSIBLY FIT IN THE SPACE, THE SEAT POSITION IS USELESS BUT COULD ENCOURAGE SOMEONE TO SEAT A CHILD IN IT WITH DEADLY RESULTS. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING AT 5 MPH ANOTHER VEHICLE TRAVELING AT 15 MPH HAD A COLLISION WITH CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DELPLOY . PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

PE 00 020/TIRE TREAD SEPARATION: WHILE WASHING THE VEHICLE NOTICE ALL THE TIRES WERE WARPPING. NOTIFIED FIRESTONE, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT TIRE WAS NOT RECALLSED. ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, TIRE SIZE P265/75R15, DOT# UNAVAILABLE. FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS AT. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS:*AK

AT ABOUT 6,000 MILE THE CONSUMER NOTICED CRACKS AND CHIPS ON ALL FOUR FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT II TIRES AND IN BETWEEN THE TREADS, CONSUMER ALSO NOTICED PREMATURE WEAR OF ALL 4 TIRES. NLM

FIRESTONE TIRE EXPERIENCED BLOWOUT, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE RIM AND ANOTHER TIRE, CONSUMER REQUESTS DEALER TO REPLACE TIRES. *SLC

FIRST INCIDENT I WAS ON INTERSTATE 5 HEADED TO SAN JOSE. I WAS WITHIN 15 MILES OF MY DESTINATION, NO PLACE TO CHANGE TIRE, HAD TO DRIVE ON IT UNTIL I REACHED OUTSKIRTS OF MORGAN HILL, CA AND HAD SPARE MOUNTED, PURCHASED A WINSTON TIRE TO TAKE PLACE OF SPARE FOR MY 500 MILE JOURNEY HOME TO LONG BEACH, CA. 2ND INCIDENT, I WAS ON THE RAMP OF THE 91EASTBOUND FREEWAY AND HAD TO IMMEDIATELY GET OFF AT LONG BEACH BLVD. CONTACTED AAA WHEREUPON THE TIRE WAS TAKEN OFF AND THE WINSTON (SPARE) WAS NOW PUT ON. TOOK THE BLOWN TIRE TO THE TIRE STATION IN CARSON, CA AND THEY PRORATED THE TIRE, STATING THAT AT THE AMOUNT OF MILEAGE ON THE VEHICLE APPROXIMATELY 17,500 I HAD USED UP ALMOST 60% APPARENTLY, THE RECEIPT INDICATES THAT THEY COLLECTED 40% OF THE VALUE OF THE TIRE FROM ME, FOR A TOTAL OF $32.10 OF A SO-CALLED $65.99 TIRE. AT THIS POINT I AM LUCKY TO EVIDENTLY BE ALIVE. I'VE ALREADY REPLACED THE TIRES AT MY EXPENSE INSTEAD OF WAITING FOR FIRESTONE TO GET OFF THE DIME. I HAVE SINCE WRITTEN THEM AN E-MAIL EXPRESSING MY ANGER AND DISMAY AT A COMPANY THAT CONSIDERS THE VALUE OF THEIR PRODUCT MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE HUMAN LIVES THEY MAY HAVE BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P215SR14 )

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I WAS NOT DRIVING, I WAS WASHING MY VEHICLE WHEN I NOTICED A LONG SPLIT ON THE TREAD SURFACE. THE SPLIT WAS ABOUT FOUR INCHES LONG AND IT FOLLOWED ONE OF THE TREAD LUGS. I TOOK THE TIRE IN TO A FIRESTONE DEALER AND ASK IF IT WAS A DEFECTIVE TIRE AND THEY SAID NO THAT IT WAS A ROAD HAZARD. IT WAS NOT A ROAD HAZARD! THEY MADE ME BUY A NEW TIRE.( DOT NUMBER: W29V AWI TIRE SIZE: P265/75R15 )

FROM THE DAY WE BOUGHT THE TRUCK THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM ONE PAIR OF OUR TIRES. AS WE ROTATED THEM AT EACH 5K MILE INTRAVELS THE NOISE WOULD MOVE WITH THEM. WE TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE FRONTIER TOYOTA DEALER IN VALENCIA FOR SERVICE ON 7/13/00. THEY CHARGED US FOR A TIRE ROTATION AND BALANCE AND ALIGNMENT. AFTERWARDS THE NOISE WAS UNBEARABLE AND THE TRUCK DEVELOPED A EXTREME VIBRATION AND SHIMMY. THE TIRES WERE ON THE VERGE OF DISINTEGRATING. WE AGAIN RETURNED THE TRUCK TO FRONTIER TOYOTA WHO REPLACED THE TWO (2) SUBJECT TIRES. THE PROBLEM DISAPPERED. OUR TRUCK IS CURRENTLY RUNNING SMOOTHER THAN WHEN WE ORIGINALY PURCHASED IT. ALL OF THE ASSOCIATED SQUEAKS AND NOISES FROM THE VIBRATION HAS ALSO DISAPPEARED. WE ARE DISPLEASED THAT THE DEALER SHOULD HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THE TIRE RECALL FOR SIMILAR TIRES AND YET CHOSE TO CHARGE US FOR AN UNNECCESARY ALIGNMENT. WE BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE SERIOUS DEFECTS IN MANY MORE TIRE SIZES THAN HAVE BEEN RECALLED AND ASK THAT YOU INVESTIGATE THE ENTIRE PRODUCT LINE OF TIRES FROM FIRESTONE.( DOT NUMBER: W29V TIRE SIZE: P265/75R15 )

THERE HAS BEEN NO FAILURE, BUT THE TIRES ARE EXHIBITING COLORATION CHANGES BETWEEN THE SIDEWALL AND TREAD THAT LOOK DANGEROUS IN LIGHT OF THE SEPARATION REPORTS FOR THEIR LARGER SIZE TIRES.( DOT NUMBER: )

P265/75R15 SIZE, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON 1999, TOYOTA, TACOMA. TREAD ON THE LEFT REAR TIRE SEPARATED .*AK THE OUTER TREAD SEPARATED. THE FIRESTONE DEALER INDICATED THAT THE TIRES ARE BACKLOGGED BUT THE DRIVER REPLACED THE DAMAGED TIRE WITH THE SPARE ONE. *YH

PE-00-020; ORGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A TOYOTA, TACOMA 1999, TIRE SIZE P215/70R14, 14 INCH TIRES, AND DOT NUMBER W2HYAWA248. WHEN DRIVING CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE COMING FROM FRONT END. CONTACTED A DEALER, DEALER NOTICED FRONT TWO TIRES WERE EXPERIENCING UNUSUAL WEAR. VEHICLE WAS NOT OUT OF ALIGNMENT, TIRES WERE ROTATED EVERY SO OFFTEN. TIRES ONLY HAD 18 THOUSAND MILES ON THEM. *AK THE CUSTOMER REPLACED THE TWO FRONT TIRES. *YH

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 10MPH, AND IN THE PROCESS OF TURNING LEFT ANOTHER DRIVER WAS GOING STRAIGHT, AND BOTH VEHICLES COLLIDED. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. VEHICLE HAS DUAL AIRBAGS AND NO INJURIES. *AK

MY TIRES HAVE DEVELOPED "FLAT SPOTS" ON THEM. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE CAR DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME TO TAKE IT TO A TIRE DEALER. THE TIRE DEALER TOLD ME IT WAS THE TRUCK CAUSING THE PROBLEM AND FIRESTONE WOULD NOT COVER THE DEFECT. I HAVE KEPT THE TRUCK MAINTAINED AND TIRES ROTATED AND BALANCED. I FEEL EITHER FIRESTONE OR TOYOTA SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MY PROBLEM. I AM CONCERNED THAT IT MIGHT BE MORE OF A TIRE PROBLEM SINCE THERE HAVE BEEN PROBLEMS WITH THE OTHER SIZE OF WILDERNESS TIRES.( DOT NUMBER: W2 TIRE SIZE: P26575/R15 )

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ONE TIRE HAD A SIDEWALL FAILURE AND THE OTHER THREE ALL SPLIT. WE REPLACED ALL FOUR AT OUR OWN EXPENSE SINCE THE DEALER SAID FIRESTONE WAS AVOIDING SETTLEMENT ON TIRE PROBLEMS. THIS ALL HAPPENED BEFORE THE NEWS ABOUT EXPLORERS. I KEPT THREE OF THE OLD TIRES AS PROOF. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 10.5X31 )

PE00020; TIRE TREAD SEPARATION: OWNER IS ABLE TO SEE RUBBER BREAKDOWN BETWEEN TREAD AND EXCESS OF RUBBER WHERE THE TREAD HOOKS TO THE CAP ON ALL FOUR TIRES. THE TIRES ARE FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS, AT, P26575R15, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT. WHEN CONTACTING THE DEALERSHIP, OWNER WAS TOLD TO GO TO FIRESTONE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT, AND NEITHER DRIVER'S SIDE OR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. VEHICLE HIT A TELEPHONE POLE WITH THE FRONT END PORTION GOING 25 MPH. CONSUMER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.*AK

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY RATE OF SPEED SEVERE VIBRATION AND A NOISE OCCURS. CONSUMER IS ALSO HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS PREMATURELY WEARING. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

WAS TRAVELING ALONG THE ROAD AT 40MPH AND REARENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE THAT SEEMED TO HAVE BEEN GOING AT 5MPH. AT TIME OF IMPACT, NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. DRIVER WAS SLIGHTLY INJURED, BUT HAD NO HOSPITAL TREATMENT.*AK

DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW RATTLES AND IS NOT ABLE TO BE PROPERLY FIXED. *MJS

TOYOTA STATES IT'S GOODYEARS' PROBLEM AND GOODYEAR STATES IT'S TOYOTA'S PROBLEM. I FEEL LIKE A YOYO. MY PROBLEM STARTS AT 60MPH WHERE THERE IS A VIBRATION ON THE FRONT END. THE VIBRATION GETS WORSE AT 75 AND THEN SMOOTHS OUT AROUND 83. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO COBB COUNTY TOYOTA ,AND JESSE, A SERVICE ADVISOR, TOLD ME THAT MY TIRE WAS 42LBS. OF ROAD FORCE - - - WAY OUT OF SPECS...... NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. JESSE ADVISED ME TO NOTIFY A GOODYEAR TIRE STORE BECAUSE IT IS THEIR RESPONSIBILITY. SO I NOTIFIED TIREQUEST GOODYEAR TIRE STORE IN CARTSVILLE GA. KALVIN, STORE MANAGER, SAID THAT IS A DEALER (TOYOTA) PROBLEM. TIREQUEST BALANCED THE TIRE THE BEST THEY COULD. I CONTINUED TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. ON 4/21/2000 I CALLED GOODYEARS 1-800-321-2136 CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE , REF#3888832, SUSAN. SHE CALLED A GOODYEAR DEALER IN DALTON AND TALKED WITH MATT ACKLEN STORE MANAGER AT GOODYEAR BRYMAN'S PLAZA NORTH. HE WAS VERY HELPFUL AND TOLD ME THE WHEEL WAS THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM NOT THE TIRE. I WENT BACK TO TOYOTA ON 4/21/2000 AND JESSE STATED IT WAS THE TIRE AND GOODYEAR SHOULD STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT. I HAVE GOTTEN NOWHERE WITH EITHER COMPANY AND AM VERY FRUSTRATED. I HAVE SPENT OVER $70 ON BALANCE AND FRONT END ALIGNMENT PLUS TRAVEL AND TIME. FURTHERMORE I'M BACK WHERE I STARTED. BOTH COMPANIES ARE STATING THAT THEY HAVE SEEN THE PROBLEM BEFORE AND THAT IT IS A DEFECT IN THE OTHER COMPANIES PRODUCT. I DO NOT KNOW WHO TO BELIEVE BUT I WOULD LIKE TO RESOLVE THIS. IS THERE ANY DEFECTS YOU AR

SPEEDOMETER INCREASES TO BE OFF AT HIGHER SPEEDS 5 MPH AT 55 AND INCREASES AS SPEED GOES HIGHER. *AK

ABS BRAKES LOCKED REPEATEDLY. WHEN PROBLEM REPORTED TO THE DEALER, THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG. THEN, WHILE TRYING TO COME TO A SUDDEN STOP, THE RIGHT BRAKES LOCKED, PULLED THE VEHICLE RIGHT UNTIL IT ROLLED OVER. *AK

FRONT END HIT A GUARD RAIL AT 45MPH AND THEN SPINNED AROUND AND HIT THE FRONT END AGAINST A TREE. UPON IMPACT, NEITHER DRIVER'S SIDE NOR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. BODY SHOP COULD NOT TELL WHY AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

WHEN HEATING MOTOR COMES ON CAR ACCELERATES. DEALER CANNOT FIND SOURCE OF PROBLEM. *AK *ML

WHILE TRAVELING ON A COUNTRY ROAD AT 45 MPH NOTICED FIRE COMING FROM UNDER HOOD AREA, AND FROM TIRE ON PASSENGER'S SIDE. CONSUMER GOT OUT BEFORE VEHICLE EXPLODED. .DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ON A THREE LANE HIGHWAY AND ANOTHER VECHICLE VEERED INTO HIS LANE AND HIT HIM HEAD-ON. DRIVER WAS INTOXICATED. UPON IMPACT, DUAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

THERE IS A PINGE IN THE ENGINE. DEALER HAS REPLACED THE SPARK PLUGS AND THE OXYGEN SENSOR, AND THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.

CONSTANT VIBRATION AND BOUNCING MAKES VEHICLE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND IS A CONSTANT ANNOYANCE BELOW THAT . WHEELS SWAPPED, ALIGNMENT DONE, BUT PROBLEMS PERSISTS . *AK

VEHICLE VIBRATES @ BETWEEN 35 & 60 MPH DEALER CAN'T FIX, TRIED 4 TIMES. PERFORMANCE HESITATION AROUND 50 MPH WITH OVERDRIVE OFF (AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION.) DEALER CAN'T FIX. *AK

CAN NOT FIX WIRING HARNESS FOR TOW HITCH WITCH CAUSED HORN,RAIDO,BLICKERS,AND TAILLIGHTS TO FAIL

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT AND AIR BAG LIGHT ARE ON AND WON'T GO OFF. CONSUMER HAD HARNESS WIRES REPLACED AND OTHER ELECTRICAL WIRES REPLACED. DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK

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TACOMA PRE RUNNER, SHIFT LEVER JUMPS OUT OF GEAR INTO 1ST INTO 2ND GEAR, 2ND INTO DRIVE, AND THEN DRIVE INTO NEUTRAL ON ITS OWN. YH

CONSUMER WA SINVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION- UPUN IMPACT NEITHER SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. CONSUMER STATES WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 35-40 MPH THE VEHICLE HAD A DIRECT FRONTAL IMPACT IN WHICH THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, WHICH DID NOT PROTECT THE OCCUPANT IN THIS CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY THE TRUCK STARTED TO SWAY FROM SIDE TO SIDE. VEHICLE HAD 800 POUNDS OF EMPTY CABINETS NOT EXCEEDING 57 INCHES, NOR ANY WEIGHT FACTOR OVERLOAD ON TRUCK. *AK *MJS

TRANSFER CASE SEIZED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO COME TO COMPLETE STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF INTERSECTION. VEHICLE WAS RENDERED IMMOBILE. DEALER STATED THAT SUCH OPERATION "IS NORMAL ON HARD SURFACES." IN MY OPINION, UPREDICTABLE DRIVELINE SEIZURE IS DANGEROUS AND INDICATIVE OF A MANUFACTURING DEFECT WHICH WILL CAUSE AN ACCIDENT IF NOT CORRECTED. NORTHCUTT TOYOTA WILL NOT FIX THE PROBLEM.

WHILE DRIVING THROUGH A KNOWN RESIDENTIAL AREA NEAR MY HOME AND APPROACHING A SLIGHT S-CURVE IN THE ROAD, THE STEERING BEGAN TO NOT RESPOND AS EXPECTED. IT HAD WORKED PREVIOUSLY, LESS THAN A MINUTE BEFORE, MOVING THROUGH CURVES IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD. AS I APPROACHED THE S-CURVE I ATTEMPTED TO STEER TO THE RIGHT, AND MID-WAY THROUGH THE CURVE THE STEERING BECAME WEAKENED AND LESS RESPONSIVE. THIS CAUSED THE TRUCK TO CONTINUE IN A NEAR STRAIGHT LINE OF DIRECTION TOWARDS A YARD. TO COUNTER THIS LOSS OF CONTROL I RESPONDED BY TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL MORE TOWARDS THE RIGHT UNTIL IT WAS LOCKED ALL THE WAY RIGHT. AT THIS TIME THE TRUCK WAS STILL NOT TURNING TOWARDS THE RIGHT, AND SENT ME ACROSS MY LANE AND OFF THE ROAD. ONCE MY LEFT-FRONT WHEEL WAS OFF THE ROAD, AND DUE TO IT BEING TURNED TOWARDS THE RIGHT IN FULL, MY TRUCK SWUNG IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE LEFT-FRONT WHEEL BACK ONTO THE ROADWAY. WITH THAT SUDDEN EMERGENCY SEEMING TO BE NEARLY UNDER CONTROL I REALIZED I WAS TRAVELING TOWARDS A PARKED CAR. I BEGAN TO STEER TO THE LEFT AROUND THE NEXT CURVE AND FOUND MY STEERING WHEEL WAS STUCK TO THE RIGHT, AND WOULD NOT MOVE TO LEFT AS THOUGH IT WAS SOMEHOW LOCKED OR FROZEN INTO THAT POSITION. IN EXTREME PANIC I RIPPED THE WHEEL TO THE LEFT AS HARD AS POSSIBLE AND BROKE IT FREE OF IT'S LOCKED POSITION, ONLY TO FIND THE WHEEL SPINNING FREELY TO THE LEFT AND STILL ROLLING TOWARDS THE OTHER CAR. ONCE THE WHEEL HAD SPUN TO THE LEFT COMPLETELY AND I WAS STILL GOING IN A FORWARD DIRECTION

NUT ON LEFT FRONT BALL JOINT BECAME DETACHED WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION, CAUSING LEFT FRONT AXLE ASSEMBLY TO STRIKE & DRAG ON ROAD SURFACE.

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ABOUT 50 MPH DRIVER WAS FORCED OFF THE ROAD, CRASHING VEHICLE HEAD FIRST,AND NEIGHTER OF AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. *AK

CONSUMER STOPPED AT STOP SIGN, TURNED RIGHT AND SHIFTED TO SECOND GEAR, AND THE ACCELERATOR GOT STUCK TO THE FLOOR. VEHICLE BROADSIDED ON THE LEFT SIDE OF ROAD AND ROLLED INTO AN ENBANKMENT. *AK

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH. UPON IMPACT, VEHICLE WAS STRUCK AT DRIVER REAR TIRE, VEHICLE FLIPPED IN AIR APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET AND LANDED ON THE FRONT BUMPER, AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. VEHICLE THEN FLIPPED ON ITS TOP AND BEGAN TO SLIDE, AND PASSENGER'S SEAT BELT BUCKLE CAME UN LATCHED. *AK

WHEN PASSENGER'S AIR BAG DEPLOYED THE SUBSTANCE MELTED A HOLE IN THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER OF THE DASH. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

DRIVING APPROX. 55MPH WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED. VEHICLE STARTED TO SKID. ANOTHER VEHICLE MAKING LEFT TURN WAS BROADSIDED. UPON IMPACT, NEITHER AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. OWNER SUFFERED SPRAINED WRIST & SLIGHT BACK INJURY. OTHER DRIVER HOSPITALIZED. MANUFACTURER SENT AN INSPECTOR & WAS TOLD THE ACCIDENT DID NOT MEET THEIR CRITERIA.

I WAS TRAVELLING NORTH ON HWY 3 AT 55MPH WHEN I SAW A LADY, MRS KEEVY, TURNING LEFT ACROSS TRAFFIC. I WAS WEARING A SEAT BELT. I LOCKED UP MY BRAKES, BUT THE ROAD HAD BEEN SANDED FOR ICE THE NIGHT BEFORE. I BROADSIDED HER AT A SPEED OF AT LEAST 35 MPH. MY VEHICLE WAS A TOTALED. HER VEHICLE WAS ALSO TOTALED. SHE WAS AIR LIFTED TO A HOSPITAL. NONE OF THE EMERGENCY WORKERS COULD UNDERSTAND WHY MY AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. BOTH AUTO BODY PLACES, AND A MASTER MECHANIC SAID THEY SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED. A 1999 TOYOTA SAT NEXT TO MINE IN THE REPAIR FACILITY WITH SEVERE FRONT END DAMAGE AND HIS DID NOT DEPLOY. I HAVE PICTURES OF MY VEHICLE, MRS. KEEVY'S VEHICLE, AND THE OTHER TOYOTA. I HAVE ALSO ORDERED A POLICE REPORT. I NOTIFIED TOYOTA ON THEIR HOTLINE, THEY SENT AN INVESTIGATOR WHO SAID I DID NOT MEET THE CRITERIA. I SENT THEM TWO CERTIFIED LETTERS, ONE WITH PICTURES OF ALL VEHICLES. THEY FINALLY CONTACTED LAST WEEK, REQUESTING A POLICE REPORT AND HOSPITAL RECORDS. *AK

VIBRATION FELT IN STEERING WHEEL BETWEEN 35 AND 65 MPH. VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER 4 TIMES AND GOODYEAR DEALER 2 TIMES. THE TRUCK STILL SHAKES.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 31X10.5 15 )

WHEN DRIVING FROM 35 TO 65MPH THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES, MAKING IT HARD TO CONTROL THE STEERING. VEHICLE HAS BEEN LOOKED AT 3 TIMES, STILL NO SOLUTION. TIRES HAVE BEEN CHANGED 5 TIMES.