This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
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The contact owns a 2003 Toyota Corolla. While driving approximately 25 mph, the seat belt suddenly tightened, the air bag sensor illuminated, and sparks appeared from the driver and front passenger side air bags. The contact indicated that the front driver and passenger side air bags emitted a substance from the injectors that filled the vehicle, but the air bags did not deploy. The vehicle was included in NHTSA campaign number: 14V312000 (air bags); however, the dealer indicated that the part would not become available for months. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 190,000.
I was stopped at a traffic light when the for no apparent reason the seatbelt pretensioners deployed. The car was returned about one year before to the dealer for a recall to address a problem with the airbag control module that, if not corrected, could cause the airbag and/or seatbelt pretensioners to deploy. The dealer I returned it to was girard Toyota Scion, 543 coleman St., new london, ct 06320.
1. electrical: Driver & passenger side electric windows would not roll up after rolling them down. Drivers side window button was not broke...& physically worked when pushed down or pulled up but did not roll the window up. Passenger side window button actually broke/caved in when pushed to roll window down. Once rolled down...it would not roll up. 2. unknown or other: Air conditioner barely blows any air out of vents. When set on "highest fan option"...U can hear it working & can feel cool air but U have to have your face 2 inches in front of vent to feel it. 3. seat belts: Passenger side seat belt will not click/lock into locking device to keep seatbelt on. Don't know of anything breaking it...just wouldn't "click" into locking device one day.
Advised of recall for seat belt harness system. Made appointment took for repair. Advised by Toyota dealership that parts had to be ordered - a harness system and seat belt computer. Three months later, after several calls to dealership asking about the parts - dealership contacted us to bring car in which we did on June 13, 2013. We were advised that computer was no longer needed to "fix" the recall. Harness system was replaced. The seat belt warning light has been on for approximately 5 months and continues to be on. Dealership says problem is the spiral cable and will be $450 and advised air bags may not work in a crash if we don't have spiral cable replaced. We were told the first time the car was taken in that the dash light being on was because of the computer. Not happy with this whole situation. Not happy that Toyota issues a recall with repair parts unavailable. Not happy that seat belt light remains on - we don't feel that the recall problem has been taken care of.
The contact owns a 2003 Toyota Corolla. The contact stated the rear driver's side seat belt malfunctioned. The contact did not take the vehicle to the dealer or a mechanic. The failure mileage was 299,000.
- Kosciusko, MS, USA
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There is a problem with the drivers side seat belt not retracting. I hoped when I took my car to the Toyota dealer for the recent supplemental restraint system (SRS) electronic control module recall that the problem with the seat belt would be fixed too. This was not the case the tension is not right on this seat belt and many times the seat belt becomes so loose when I am parking my car, I can't close my car door without moving my seat belt mechanism out of the way.
No incident.........just complaint......received notice from Toyota on recall for electronic control module & supplemental restraint system.told me contact dealer to fix free, do immediately, important safety recall.dealer, dorchel Toyota, rochester, NY, says no parts, not for over a month, maybe longer. Air bags& seat belt pretenioners can deploy.how many cars driving like this with no parts?
When stopped at a traffic signal, both the driver and passenger seat belts and air bags deployed with no warning. There was no accident; the car had been completely stopped at the light. Vehicle was maintained in excellent condition before this event. No injury was sustained. A certified Toyota service center determined that it was a malfunction in the airbag sensors and a short in the pre-tensioner assemblies. Alerted Toyota manufacturing of the issue....updated 06/18/12 updated IVOQ 06/21/12
1. 2003 Toyota Corolla le seatbelt started to have problems inserting into the lock at 90K miles or my 6th year of ownership. Not sure what caused it 2. occurs almost every time 3. nothing had been done, cause out of warranty.
Problems with seatbelts. The driver seat belt locked up which impaired the safety of the consumers driving. The service dealer stated that the belt is too sensitive for locking itself. The dealer informed the consumer was told that he would have to wait 2-3 months for solving the problem. The consumer suggested the dealer to fix the belt to a higher deceleration factor or return the vehicle for full credit of all costs.
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- Aiea, HI, USA