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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005021120 | Incident Date: Apr, 25 2005 |
| Consumer's City: CHANDLER | Consumer's State: AZ |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Toyota Motor Corporation |
| Model Name: CAMRY | Model Year: 2004 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes | Component's Description: Air bags |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 3 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 4T1BF30K44U | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: May, 20 2005 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: Yes | Purchase Date: Sep, 14 2004 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: On april 26, 2005, my daughter driving a 2004 toyota camry le (v6) rear-ended another vehicle (an acura) at an speed of 50+ mph and none of the airbags in the camry were deployed. drivers of both cars were taken to hospital for further evaluation. later, i contacted toyota corp. which had one of its inspector inspect the wrecked vehicle and determined "the airbags operated as designed." i have requested on at least two occasions a copy of the inspection report and other related documents and memos from toyota corp and they have refused to provide me with the requested documents. in a may 16, 2005, letter sent to me by toyota, they have stated that "the srs airbags are not designed to inflate if the vehicle is subjected to a rear impact, if it rolls over or if it is involved in a low speed frontal collision." in reality, our camry was not rear-ended, did not roll over, and had a high speed frontal collision of 50+mph. |
