Consumer Complaint Detail

TOYOTA / TACOMA / 1999

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 003227465 Incident Date: Jul, 23 2003
Consumer's City: VANDENBERG AFB Consumer's State: CA
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: Toyota Motor Corporation
Model Name: TACOMA Model Year: 1999
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes Component's Description: Air bags:frontal
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 4TAWM72N3XZ Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jul, 29 2003 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: Yes Purchase Date: Jun, 09 2001
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: While driving on i-5, just south of mt. shasta, at about 2:45 in the morning, i hit a 400 lb brown bear, doing the speed limit for the road in the area(65mph). the bear brought the truck to a complete stop. neither driver nor passenger side airbags deployed. i called a local toyota dealer and they said that the bear was not a stationary object, and this is why the airbags did not deploy.*ak