1999 Toyota Camry Airbags Problems

I ONLY HAD MY 1999 CAMRY FOR 5 DAYS. I WAS DRIVING ON THE EXPRESSWAY DOING ABOUT 35 MPH. I WAS GOING AROUND A SLIGHT CURVE WHEN THE WHEEL LOCKED AND I COULDN'T TURN. I TRIED TO STOP BUT COULDN'T AND RAN DIRECTLY INTO THE CONCRETE MEDIAN CAUSING ME TO SPIN AROUND AND THEN HIT THE MEDIAN AGAIN. BOTH AIR BAGS CAME OUT AND MY CAR WAS TOWED TO A LOT WHERE IT WAS DECLARED "TOTALED." NO ONE OR ANY OTHER PROPERTY WAS DAMAGED. I HAD MY CAR FOR ONLY 5 DAYS AND IT MALFUNCTIONED. *TR

NHTSA ID

10923747

Incident

Oct 27, 2016

Mileage

153,000 mi

I WAS DRIVING ON EXPRESSWAY DOING ABOUT 35 MPH WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED AS I DRIVING AROUND A CURVE. I DROVE INTO THE LEFT CEMENT BARRIER, CAR SPUN AROUND AND HIT THE BARRIER AGAIN. I JUST PURCHASED THE CAR AND DIDN'T EVEN HAVE IT FOR 5 DAYS! THE CAR WAS TOWED AND SALVAGED. *TR

NHTSA ID

10920098

Incident

Oct 27, 2016

Mileage

153,000 mi

THE AIR BAG LIGHT ON DASH FLASHES. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS. I HAVE HAD IT CHECKED NUMEROUS TIMES BY AN AUTHORIZED TOYOTA SERVICE DEALER AND THEY USED TO MESS WITH SOME WIRES UNDER THE DRIVERS SEAT UNTIL THE LIGHT STOPPED FLASHING. THAT FIX LAST FOR A FEW MONTHS AND THEN THE FLASHING LIGHT RETURNS. THIS SITUATION HAS NEVER BEEN RESOLVED WHICH LEAVES ME TO WONDER IF I HAVE AIR BAG PROTECTION OR NOT. LUCKILY I HAVE HAD NO MAJOR ACCIDENTS ,FOR I SUSPICION THAT IF I DID THOSE AIR BAGS WOULD NOT DEPLOY. I NEED TO RESOLVE THIS SAFETY ISSUE !

NHTSA ID

10907270

Incident

Sep 16, 2016

I WAS TRAVELING AT A SPEED OF 45 MPH, WHEN ANOTHER CAR RAN A STOP SIGN. I T-BONED THE OTHER CAR AND MY AIR BAG DID NOT GO OFF. MY BREAST BONE WAS BROKEN DUE TO MY BODY'S IMPACT WITH THE STEERING WHEEL. I AM ONLY REPORTING THIS INCIDENT NOW BECAUSE OF AN ARTICLE I READ ABOUT AIR BAGS NOT DEPLOYING DURING ACCIDENTS. *TR

NHTSA ID

10510386

Incident

Jun 10, 2010

Mileage

80,000 mi

INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) 1999 TOYOTA LE V6 VIN [XXX] MY DAUGHTER WAS IN A FRONTAL IMPACT ACCIDENT WITH THE VEHICLE. WHILE I DON'T KNOW THE PRECISE SPEED AT THE TIME OF IMPACT, THE SPEED LIMIT IN THAT AREA IS 35 MILES PER HOUR. I WANT AN INVESTIGATION AS TO WHY THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *TR

NHTSA ID

10325691

Incident

Apr 3, 2010

Mileage

155,312 mi

I REPORTED THIS TO COMPLAINTS.COM ON 11/12/2005 BUT WANTED TO ALSO SUBMIT IT TO YOU DUE TO ALL OF THE NEWS LATELY. IN NOVEMBER 2005, MY PARENTS WERE DRIVING THEIR 1999 CAMRY AND PULLING SLOWING INTO A PARKING SPOT. JUST AS THEY WERE ABOUT TO COMPLETE PARKING AND ONLY GOING LESS THAN A MILE PER HOUR, THEIR CAR ACCELERATED VERY FAST, LEFT THE CURB AND CRASHED INTO A BUILDING. WE ASKED ABOUT IF SUDDEN ACCELERATION COULD BE INVESTIGATED AT THIS TIME BUT WERE TOLD IT COULDN'T. THE CAR WAS TOTALED. MY MOM WAS INJURED (BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA TO HER CHEST) BUT RECOVERED FAIRLY SOON AFTER. SHE DID GO TO THE ER. MY DAD, WHO WAS DRIVING, WAS OK BUT FOLLOWING THE ACCIDENT WAS STRESSED DUE TO WORRY ABOUT MY MOM'S INJURY AND HAVING THEIR CAR TOTALED SINCE HE WAS SURE HE HADN'T DONE ANYTHING WRONG.. THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. MY DAD IS SURE HE DID NOT HIT THE GAS BY MISTAKE AND MY MOM AGREES THAT HE DIDN'T HIT THE GAS EITHER. *TR

NHTSA ID

10319031

Incident

Nov 12, 2005

Mileage

30,000 mi

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 TOYOTA CAMRY. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO THE FRONT END OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED AND NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. HE SUSTAINED MODERATE INJURIES TO HIS NECK AND SHOULDERS FROM THE CRASH. THE CONTACT HAS A COPY OF THE POLICE REPORT AND PICTURES OF THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 100,000.

NHTSA ID

10233990

Incident

Jul 7, 2008

Mileage

100,000 mi

DT: THE CONTACT STATES WHILE DRIVING CONTACT'S SON VEHICLE CRASHED. THE LEFT FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT, AND THE VEHICLE CRASH. UPON IMPACT, THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. , THERE WAS ONE INJURY IN THE CRASH. THE FRONT END OF THE CAR WAS TOTALED. . THE VEHICLE IS A 1999 TOYOTA CAMARY LE. TH IS A POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN. THE AT THIS POINT, TOYOTA HAS NOT BEEN CALLED. THE MOTHER DID NOT HAVE ANY OF THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE CAR THAT WAS IN INVOLVED IN THE CRASH WITH HER VEHICLE. THE MOTHER WAS ENROUTE TO THE CRASH SCENE. *AK

NHTSA ID

10139392

Incident

Oct 12, 2005

Mileage

88,000 mi

DT: CONTACT OWNS A 1999 TOYOTA CAMRY. VEHICLE WAS PULLING INTO A LITTLE STORE. THE CONTACT WENT TO PULL INTO PARKING SPACE WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN CAR ACCELERATED AND HIT THE BUILDING . POLICE WAS CALLED BUT BECAUSE IT WAS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO TAKE A REPORT. PASSENGER HAD TO GO TO HOSPITAL AFTER SEAT BELT LOCKED SO TIGHT THAT THEY CHECKED HER FOR INTERNAL INJURIES. BODY WAS BRUISED BADLY. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY NO FIRE REPORTED. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK

NHTSA ID

10138406

Incident

Sep 24, 2005

Mileage

13,000 mi

VEHICLE WAS HIT IN FRONT BY A ANOTHER VEHICLE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, HEAD, NECK, BACK INJURIES OCCURRED TO DRIVER AND PASSENGER. *JB

NHTSA ID

10136971

Incident

Sep 9, 2005

DT: THE CONSUMER'S WIFE WAS DRIVING WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF HER, SHE THEN HIT A UTILITY POLE AND A FIRE HYDRANT WITH THE FRONT OF VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE OFFICER ON THE SCENE AS WELL AS FIREMEN, WERE SURPRISED THAT THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THEY TOLD CONSUMER THAT HE SHOULD NOTIFY SOMEONE. THE CONSUMER NOTICED THE AIRBAG LIGHT ON PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. CONSUMER SAID THAT NOTHING INDICATED THAT AIRBAGS OR ANYTHING ELSE SHOULD NOT BE WORKING CORRECTLY. NO WARNING LIGHTS WERE ON. CONSUMER HAS NOT HAD ANY PROBLEM LIKE THIS BEFORE.*AK

NHTSA ID

10127625

Incident

Jul 5, 2005

Mileage

67,000 mi

COMPLAINT VIA E-MAIL. HAD LEARNED THAT NHTSA INVESTIGATED SUDDEN ACCELERATION IN THE 2002 AND 2003 TOYOTA CAMRY. I EXPERIENCED THIS EFFECT RECENTLY WITH MY 1999 CAMRY. THE INCIDENT TOOK PLACE INSIDE THE GARAGE OF MY APARTMENT BUILDING. ALTHOUGH NO INJURIES OCCURRED, MY CAR AND ANOTHER CAR SUFFERED SOME BODY DAMAGE. I TOOK THE CAR TO A TOYOTA SERVICE CENTER , BUT THE TECHNICIANS WERE UNABLE TO FIND ANYTHING THAT WOULD EXPLAIN THE SUDDEN ACCELERATION. *AK THE CONSUMER WAS BACKING INTO HIS PARKING SPACE WHEN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LURCHED FORWARD. THE BRAKES DID NOT SLOW THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER HIT A POST, BOUNCED OF IT AND HIT A PARKED VEHICLE. THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *SC

NHTSA ID

10113456

Incident

Jan 24, 2005

Mileage

74,500 mi

VEHICLE STRUCK DEAR AT 65 MPH. UPON IMPACT, BOTH AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY (CRASH DESTROYED THE ENTIRE FRONT OF THE CAR). NO INJURIES REPORTED. DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED AT THAT TIME. *JB

NHTSA ID

10109825

Incident

Oct 1, 2003

Mileage

61,000 mi

CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT IMPACT COLLISION AT ABOUT 50 MPH. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER WILL CONTACT MANUFACTURER.*AK

NHTSA ID

10106606

Incident

Jan 2, 2005

HORN NOT WOKING, NEED TO REPLACE STEERING PAD ASSEMBLY AND ORDER LEFT AIR BAG MODULE. THEY STATED DUE TO HORN, AIR BAG WILL NOT WORK. ELECTRICAL PROBLEM WITH AIRBAG/HORN. *AK

NHTSA ID

10100647

Incident

Nov 24, 2004

Mileage

60,000 mi

WHILE DRIVING TRACTION CONTROL AT 65000 MILES FAILED. THE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD. TOOK VEHICLE TO THE MECHANIC, AND HE RESET IT. THEN, IT HAPPENED AGAIN, LIGHT CAME ON WHILE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING. CONSUMER BOUGHT THE PART; HAD IT PUT ON. WITHIN A MONTH THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH. TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE MECHANIC THEY FOUND THAT THE AIR BAG SENSOR MODULE WAS DEFECTIVE. AIR BAG ON THE PASSENGER SIDE WAS COMPLETELY INOPERABLE.*AK

NHTSA ID

10101191

Incident

Oct 1, 2004

Mileage

65,000 mi

AFTER BEING STRUCK ON THE SIDE BY A VEHICLE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH THE SIDE IMPACT AIR BAG CAME OUT TO THE SIZE OF A SMALL BALLOON, IT DID NOT DEPLOY TO FULL SIZE. THE VEHICLE WAS A TOTAL LOSS. *JB.

NHTSA ID

10097341

Incident

Oct 17, 2004

Mileage

70,000 mi

WHILE DRIVING ANOTHER VEHICLE VEERED INTO CONSUMER'S VEHICLE LANE, CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES AND PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING VEHICLE TO COLLIDE INTO THE GUARD RAIL AND CRASH. UPON IMPACT, BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. *AK

NHTSA ID

10089787

Incident

Aug 25, 2004

WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH, ANOTHER MOTORIST PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF THE CONSUMER. THE CONSUMER T-BONED THE OTHER MOTORIST. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY UPON IMPACT. THE CONSUMER SUSTAINED A STERNUM AND THE PASSENGER SUSTAINED SEVERE BACK AND NECK INJURIES. *JB

NHTSA ID

10087795

Incident

Jun 22, 2004

Mileage

160,000 mi

(1) THE VEHICLE I WAS DRIVING IN WAS PROCEEDING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN ON A GREEN TRAFFIC SIGNAL WHEN OTHER VEHICLE FAILED TO OBEY RED TRAFFIC SIGNAL THUS STRIKING MY VEHICLE BETWEEN THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT AND DRIVER'S SIDE REAR DOORS ("B" PILLAR). *AK (2) SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT INFLATE CONTRIBUTING TO MORE SERIOUS INJURIES SUSTAINED. (3) VEHICLE WAS TOTALED BY INSURANCE COMPANY. COULD NOT FIND CONTACT INFORMATION ON MANUFACTURER TO MAKE NOTIFCATION OF DEFECT.

NHTSA ID

10086082

Incident

Feb 16, 2004

Mileage

70,000 mi

WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH, THE CONSUMER FELL ASLEEP BEHIND THE WHEEL. THE CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND STRUCK ANOTHER VEHICLE, THEN COLLIDED WITH A STREET LIGHT POLE AND SUBSEQUENTLY THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONSUMER BROKE HER STERNUM AND WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR A WEEK. THE CONSUMER ALSO HAD A GRANDSON IN THE VEHICLE THAT BROKE TWO FINGERS IN THE ACCIDENT. THE POLICE DID ARRIVE, BUT THE CONSUMER WAS NOT CITED. THE MANUFACTURER AND THE DEALER ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *JB

NHTSA ID

10055779

Incident

Jan 21, 2003

Mileage

40,000 mi

ON GOING PROBLEM WITH AIRBAGS AND IT'S SENSORS COMING ON. WAS IN THE DEALERS ON TWO OCCASIONS. A WARNING ON BILL THAT A POSSIBLE RE CHECK WILL OCCUR. *CB

NHTSA ID

10054438

Incident

Dec 11, 2003

THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION, AND THE FRONT AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. *MR *TS THE DRIVER WAS INJURED. *JB

NHTSA ID

10026950

Incident

Dec 31, 2002

WHEN HIT AT 15MPH IN THE FRONT CENTER OF THE VEHICLE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

NHTSA ID

10024419

Incident

Jun 8, 2003

THE VEHICLE HIT A PATCH OF BLACK ICE AND WENT INTO A SPIN, THE VEHICLE HIT A HIGHWAY SIGN, A FENCE, AND THEN A TREE, AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY, CONSUMER SUFFERED INJURIES. *JB

NHTSA ID

10011550

Incident

Mar 12, 2003