Air Bag Recall

i got mine the other day, but haven't called yet. they have a prime there, and i want to coordinate a test drive while the airbag is being serviced.

 

i think the dealer will do it after you trade it in.

 

just tell them you haven't had it done yet. they have togo through the car anyway, easier to do it all at once.

 

IIRC, a dealer cannot sell a car that hasn't had all of its recalls performed.

 

sounds right to me, and why wouldn't they, they get paid.

 

My recall is for the passenger side seat bottom. The bag between the legs. OUCH!

 

A close friend works for the company here in the mountain west that manufactures most of the air bags after the Tacada episode.. I asked him about recent problems, and he said in the case of Toyota ... it was not the air bag, but the switch in the passenger seat that signals someone is sitting in the seat, and arms the bag.

 

Actually the GIII recall was for the side curtain airbags. A metal cover was cracking along a weld, leaving the danger of flying shrapnel in the event of airbag deploy. From the recall letter from Toyota. I think they just replaced that piece, as nothing was disconnected when they did the recall on Pearl S.

 

My recall states, that the seat airbag may accidentally deploy itself after the car has been parked, and unused for awhile. Well, if it blows while the car is empty maybe that's a good thing. Better than injuring someone.

 

Amounts to the same thing I guess, but the wording (in part) is:

...Toyota dealer will install retention brackets on the curtain shield airbag inflators...

 

You can (spoiler alert) read exactly what they'll do, here.

-Chap