Airbag recall

yes, i believe there is a takata thread somewhere. but i think you're right about prius. the whole thing is a disaster that should never have happened.

 

really? that's crazy. the recall is free to you, correct?

 

i think the fear is that it goes off while you're driving, due to corroded wiring from warm, humid climates.

 

Actually it is detonation instead of rapid inflation. Detonation blows the bag apart instead making an energy absorbing bag.

Bob Wilson

 

ya, i was never an airbag fan. they've performed better than i expected though, i thought we'd have more problems on a regular basis.

 

just got the recall notice. 'sorry, we don't have any replacement parts at this time. we'll notify you when we do.'
in the meantime, please do not get in an accident.

i just rec'd notice on my '05 dakota. unfortunately, they do not have the parts to do the recall yet. so, i guess drive safely and avoid accidents is the mantra.

 

You live in a fairly humid place.
When your schedule permits, and things slow down at your local Toyota stealer, please reconsider.
It's not an immediate action item, but I'd pencil it in for sometime in the near future.

Contrary to popular contrary rumors, I've never suffered a brain injury from a motorcycle accident, but I still wear the helmet whether my state requires one or not.
There's just no advantage to not doing so.

Good Luck!

 

? I assume the replacements will not use the same ammonium nitrate pyrotechnic that was the root cause of the problem?

Everything You Need to Know About the Takata Airbag Recall - Consumer Reports News

Toyota
Immediate action is recommended if your vehicle registered in the coastal areas around the Gulf of Mexico, including Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. Or if the car is in Florida, Puerto Rico, Guam, Saipan, American Samoa, Virgin Islands and Hawaii.

Toyota will replace the front passenger airbag. If the part is not available, the dealership can disable the front passenger airbag until a replacement part is available, and then recommends that the front passenger seat not be occupied.

Toyota also says that if you do not follow the instructions in the owner letter to have the work performed, then you should not drive your vehicle.


Note: I'll probably bump this CR guide up to a stand alone thread, but give me any feed back on that...in particular I'd like to know if any plug-ins or hybrids are impacted by the recall. So far Civic Hybrid 2003-2005 is the only hybrid or plug-in I see.

Honda partial list: American Honda Motor Co. (Honda) is recalling certain model year 2001-2005 Honda Civic, 2003-2004 Civic CNG and Element, 2002-2005 CR-V, 2002-2004 Odyssey, 2003-2005 Accord, Pilot, Civic Hybrid, and Acura MDX, 2005 Acura RL and 2006 Honda Ridgeline vehicles originally sold, or ever registered, in geographic locations associated with high absolute humidity. Specifically, vehicles sold, or ever registered, in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Saipan, Guam, and American Samoa are addressed by this recall. Upon deployment of the passenger side frontal air bag, excessive internal pressure may cause the inflator to rupture.

Recall Information for Safety & Defects | Honda Owners Site

 

i guess we won't get parts until the south is done.

 

their decision making up to this point is certainly suspect.

 

Nice to have a reason to drive safe?

 

In Boston no less.

 

i know, hard to believe, right? but times have changed. as i've toured the country over the past 15 years, i'd say we're on a pretty level playing field. the disease has spread from boston, and the whole country is sick.

 

We got the recall for the passenger side airbag on our CRV last summer. We thought were done, till we got the recall notice for the driver side airbag last week!

Same thing happened on one of our 3-Series BMW's... we got the driver side airbag recall notice last summer.... last month we then got the passenger side airbag recall notice for the same car.

We since bought a second 3-Series and got no notices for that car- but upon calling the dealership we find it's on the list to have both airbags replaced.

This whole airbag recall campaign has been handled terribly!