Consumer Complaint Detail

TOYOTA / AVALON / 2000

Recalls
1 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005058025 Incident Date: Aug, 15 2005
Consumer's City: PURCELLVILLE Consumer's State: VA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Toyota Motor Corporation
Model Name: AVALON Model Year: 2000
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes Component's Description: Air bags:frontal
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 1
Vehicle's VIN#: 4T1BF28B0YU Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Mar, 03 2006 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: Yes Purchase Date: -
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: It was a clear day dry road, about 5:30 pm on aug. 16, 2005. i was westbound on state rt 9, in loudoun county va traveling at about 30 mph. a 2005 honda crv, suv, crossed my lane directly in front of me. i was so close that there was no time to avoid the accident, no time to slow down. i pushed the suv sideways about 30 feet before coming to a stop. during the accident my toyota avalon air bags failed to deploy, (operate). during the accident i could see the side air bags on the honda operate. as a result of the accident i was injured by the seat belt and my car was a total loss. no corrective action has been taken by toyota with respect to this accident. *nm