2000 Toyota Tundra Air Bags & Restraints Problems

Hit a power pole going 55mp,broke the pole in half.Airbags did not deploy,seat belt did not engage.I hit my face on the glass and the steering wheel,nearly broke my face.My dog was in the back thankfully.My hips took the brunt of the impact, they still hurt. A Idaho state trooper investigated with video showing our totaled truck around a broken pole, no air bag or seat belt employed,My smashed face covered in blood. Did a little research and found that our 2000 tundra isnt in a recall???What does it take to set off a tundra airbag?? Also found out that I should be thankful it didnt go off or I may have been injured by a discharge of schrapnel??Found several victims of that. My wife takes a blood thinner and often goes with me to town,but now shes not going to be able to safely ride in her own vehicle anymore?? This reminds me of how CPS drops the ball and just lets kids die before they ever do anything. I will be doing alot more with my pen as my sword my video as my witness,I loved my tundra but this is more way more dangerous than my 1990 truck with basic mechanics.If you have a tundra or other vehicle that is dangerous ,speak out about it,get an attorney,Save SOMEONES LIFE.These are dangerous airbags,no doubt in my mind. Ps Our truck is 100% unmodified other than tire changes.Now a death trap, until this is resolved

HEAD TO HEAD COLLISION. BOTH VEHICLES ON U.S. HIGHWAY RT. 40. IN BREAK POSITION, MY VEHICLE WAS NOT IN MOTION AT THE TIME OF IMPACT. OTHER VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION APPROACHING FROM OPPOSITE DIRECTION TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH. BOTH VEHICLES WERE LEFT INOPERABLE.

DRIVER SEAT BELT UNLATCHES ON IT'S OWN, RANDOMLY WHILE DRIVING.

TAKATA RECALL. 2000 MODEL YEAR APPEARS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL, YET THE BREADTH OF THE INSTANCES OF FAILURE TO INFLATE PROPERLY APPEARS EXTENSIVE FOR VEHICLES INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT.

DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT DOES NOT RETRACT PROPERLY AND MUST BE MANUALLY RETRACTED. AT TIMES SEAT BELT JAMS AND IS DIFFICULT TO REPLACE,

TENSIONER EXTREMELY SLOW TO RETRACT ON DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE OF MY 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA SR FIVE FOUR-WHEEL-DRIVE. CONTACTED 1-800 TOYOTA NUMBER AND TOLD IT WAS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE ALTHOUGH I HAD HAD IT FIXED TWO TIMES UNDER WARRANTY AND TO GET THE DEALER TO FIX IT ALTHOUGH IT IS VERY EXPENSIVE. WHY IS THIS NOT A VEHICLE SAFETY ISSUE LIKE ON MY 2007 PRIUS. WHY HASN'T THE VERY KNOWN TOYOTA SEAT BELT TENSIONER ISSUE ON ALL TOYOTA, ALEXIS, SCION VEHICLES BETWEEN 2000 AND NOW BEEN RECALLED. I DON'T LIKE TAKING MY LIFE IN MY HANDS EVERY TIME I DRIVE IF THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE.

TAKATA RECALL , AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY AT HARD IMPACT AT 40 MPH.

TAKATA RECALL INQUIRY, I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, I HIT A DEER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND WAS DOING BETWEEN 40 TO 45 MPH WHEN I WENT INTO A DITCH NOSE FIRST AND TOTALED OUT THE TRUCK BECAUSE OF THE DAMAGE TO THE FRONT BUMPER, RADIATOR, ETC AND THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, SUFFERED ALOT OF FACIAL DAMAGE AND BROKE BONES IN MY FACE DUE TO HITTING THE STEERING WHEEL THANK YOU, [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO A DEER AND THEN AN EMBANKMENT. THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUFFERED BROKEN BONES TO THE NOSE, CHEEK, AND BODY BRUISES. MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS REQUIRED. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 201,000.

SEAT BELT TENSIONERS, ONGOING PROBLEM. ADDRESSED AS SERVICE COMPLAINTS AT 25, 797, 26,266, 40,366, 49,331MILES ON RESORD AND 65K, 80K, 100K AND 125K NOT RECORDED. NOW TOYOTA WONT HONOR THE FACT THAT THESE HAVE BECOME DEFECTIVE YET AGAIN. CALLED THEIR 800 NUMBER AND WAS TOLD 80K WAS THE WARRANTY PERIOD THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO EVEN THOUGH THIS IS A KNOWN SAFETY RELATED ISSUE...

I WAS DRIVING BEHIND A HONDA ACCORD GOING AROUND 65 MPH GIVE OR TAKE 5 MPH, WHEN THE CAR IN FRONT OF THE HONDA MADE A LATE SIGNAL AND SLOW DOWN. BY THE TIME I WAS ABLE TO REACT I REAR ENDED THE HONDA AND CRUSHED THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE OF MY TRUCK. THE SEAT BELTS DID NOT LOCK AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. MY TRUCK WENT ALL THE WAY INTO THE BACK SEAT OF THE HONDA. THE DAMAGE TO THE FRONT OF MY TRUCK STARTED AT THE PASSENGER HEAD LIGHT AND WENT ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE DRIVERS SIDE AND WAS PUSHED INTO THE FRONT OF THE ENGINE. TO MY KNOWLEDGE THE AIR BAGS SHOULD OF DEPLOYED AND THE SEAT BELTS SHOULD OF LOCKED. IF IT WASN'T FOR THE STEERING WHEEL I WOULD OF WENT THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD. ALSO THE PASSENGER AIRBAGS WERE ON BUT DIDN'T DEPLOY EITHER. *JS

SEAT BELTS DONT RETRACT. *TR

FRONT DRIVER SIDE AND FRONT PASSENGER SIDE SEATBELT TENSIONERS HAVE FAILED AND DO NOT RETRACT THE SEATBELTS. DEALER SAID IS NOT A RECALL ITEM. HAVE WASHED CLEAN BOTH BELTS TO ONLY MINOR EFFECT. HOW IS THIS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE FOR TOYOTA AND THE NHTSA?

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA. THE CONTACT STATED THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEAT BELTS WOULD NOT RETRACT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OUTSIDE OF WARRANTY AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE TO REPAIR THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE WHO ADVISED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THE FAILURE AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 167,487.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT DISENGAGED WITHOUT WARNING. AS OF MAY 27, 2008, THE DEALER HAD NOT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 104,000. UPDATED 07/29/08 *BF THE SEAT BELT MOUNTING BOLT DISENGAGED FROM THE ROOF POST MOUNTING BRACKET. THE CONSUMER STATED AT LOOKED AS THOUGH IT WAS INSTALLED INPROPERLY. UPDATED 08/01/08

DT: CONTACT STATED WHEN FACING UPHILL IN THE VEHICLE THE PASSENGER SEAT BELT RETRACTOR LOCKS INTO PLACE AND SEAT BELT CANNOT BE PUT ON. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE SEAT BELT WAS WORKING AS DESIGNED. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED IF THE PASSENGER SEAT BELT WAS DESIGNED THIS WAY, WHY WERE THE OTHER SEAT BELTS IN THE VEHICLE NOT DESIGNED THE SAME WAY.*AK THE CONSUMER THE ORIGINAL SEAT BELTS DID NOT EXHIBIT THE PROBLEM HE IS EXPERIENCING NOW WITH THE REPLACEMENT SEAT BELTS. *JB

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND HIT A CLIFF HEAD ON. UPON IMPACT, BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER AND PASSENGER SUSTAINED INJURIES. *AK

CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT THE AIR BAGS ON THE VEHICLE. ALSO STATED THAT WAS INVOLVED ON A COLLISION WHERE THE AIR BAGS ON THE VEHICLE DID NOT DEPLOY AT THE TIME OF THE IMPACT. DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED AT THE TIME OF THIS CALL. TS

SEE PICTURES AT HTTP://WWW.BICKFORDPC.COM/TUNDRA/PIC01.JPG . . . PIC17.JPG. I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND IF THIS IS AN EXCEPTION OR A DESIGN PROBLEM. LOVE THE TRUCK OTHERWISE AND WOULD LIKE TO PURCHASE A NEW ONE. LOOKING FOR ADD'L INFORMATION TOYOTA IS INVESTIGATING BUT I HAVE CONCERNS WITH A COMPANY INVESTIGATING THEMSELVES. THANKS, SCOTT. *AK

CONSUMER IS UNABLE TO TIGHTEN SEATBELT, CAUSING IT TO BE LOOSE.*AK CONSUMER STATES THE DRIVERS SIDE SHOULDER/LAP BELT CONSTANTLY GETS WEDGED IN THE SIDE PILLAR BELT GUIDE, WHEN CONSUMER FIRST GETS INTO THE VEHICLE, AND LATCHES THE BUCKLE HE HAS TO PULL AN EXCESS AMOUNT OF BELT OUT AND EXPECTS THE EXCESS TO RETRACT WHEN THE BUCKLE IS LATCHED, HOWEVER THE SLACK STAYS IN THE BELT, IN ORDER TO TIGHTEN UP THE BELT CONSUMER HAS TO REACH THE PILLAR GUIDE AND ELIMINATE THE BUNCHING THAT CAUSES THE HANG UP OF THE BELT.*JB