2006 Scion Xa

I WAS ALONE, PREPARING TO GET ON THE TURNPIKE ACCESS ROAD WHEN A CAR/VAN HIT THE RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF MY CAR. DETAILS OF THE ACCIDENT WERE RECORDED MANY HOURS AFTER THE CRASH. I WAS NEVER ASKED TO PROVIDE DETAILS. MY CAR ROLLED OVER TWICE DOWN A STEEP-ANGLED BUT SHALLOW EMBANKMENT AND THEN RIGHTED ITSELF UPRIGHT. MY SEATBELT WAS FASTENED AND SNUGGED BUT AT NO TIME DID THE RETAINING FUNCTION ENGAGE.THE SEATBELT FUNCTIONED LIKE A BUNJI CORD. AND THE AIRBAGS (NEITHER FRONT AIRBAG) DEPLOYED UNTIL MANY MINUTES AFTER THE CRASH, AS I WAS SLIDING ACROSS THE FRONT SEAT AND CONSOLE AS I BEGAN TO EXIT THE PASSENGER SIDE. I WAS AND AM STILL INJURED, HAVE LOST MUCH USE OF MY LEFT WRIST AND HAND, SUFFERED A BLOW TO THE BACK OF MY HEAD WHICH TEMPORARILY LEFT ME DEAF. I STILL HAVE SEVERE CONTUSIONS OF THE LEFT AND RIGHT LEGS, AND ABDOMEN BOTH EXTERNALLY AND ON THE INSIDE OF THE ABDOMINAL WALL. *TR

THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT HAS COME ON A FEW TIMES AND STAYED ON FOR ABOUT HALF A DAY, OR A FULL DAY, BEFORE GOING OFF. THIS HAS HAPPENED A FEW TIMES OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. BECAUSE THE LIGHT GOES OFF, I HAVE FIGURED IT WAS JUST AN ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTION AND EVERYTHING WAS FINE. BUT I AM CONCERNED AFTER SEEING YESTERDAY'S RECALL NOTICE ABOUT OTHER TOYOTAS IN WHICH A PROBLEM WITH AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTION BETWEEN THE STEERING AND AIR BAGS HAS MEANT THAT THE AIR BAGS WILL NOT DEPLOY. A WARNING LIGHT IS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROBLEM. DO 2006 SCION XAS NEED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE RECALL? *TR

WAS DRIVING 2006 TOYOTA SCION XA TO WORK IN MORNING GOING AROUND CURB I HAVE DRIVEN FOR 8 YEARS. AFTER BRAKING TO TAKE CURB NO LONGER HAD CONTROL OF VEHICLE. DROVE LONG WAY ON CURVY ROAD AND COULD NOT GAIN CONTROL OF CAR. ENDED UP GOING OFF ROAD AT APPROX 40MPH HIT A TREE STUMP AND THEN FLIPPED VEHICLE. NO AIRBAGS DEPLOYED OR SEAT BELTS LOCKED UP. CALLED TOYOTA AND WAS TOLD THAT AIRBAGS ONLY GO OFF IF VEHICLE REACHES A CERTAIN RATE OF DECELERATION AT POINT OF IMPACT. THIS HAPPENED 2 WEEKS PRIOR TO NEWS OF ACCELERATION PROBLEMS. I HAD NO CLUE WHY I LOST CONTROL OF CAR AT CURB. EVERYONE AROUND ME SAID IT WAS PROBABLY BLACK ICE FROM FOG BUT MY SON WHO WAS RIGHT BEHIND ME DID NOT HIT ICE OR LOSE CONTROL. AFTER RESEARCHING THE WEB, I FIND HUNDREDS OF TOYOTA OWNERS WHOSE AIRBAGS DID NOT GO OFF AND THEY WERE ALL FED THE SAME LINE I WAS. DID OUR SENSORS NOT DETECT DECELERATION BECAUSE OF BAD ACCELERATION SENSORS? DID I LOSE CONTROL BECAUSE MY CAR DID NOT DECELERATE WHEN I PUT FOOT ON BRAKE AT CURB. I HAVE BEEN DRIVING FOR 35 YEARS AND HAVE NEVER LOST CONTROL OF MY CAR. I WAS LUCKY AND MY INJURIES WERE NOT LIFE THREATENING OR CRIPPLING; BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED AND WHY I WAS NOT PROTECTED BY MY AIRBAGS WHEN MY CAR HIT A TREE DEAD ON. I DO HAVE PHOTOS FROM THIS ACCIDENT AND THIS VEHICLE IS STILL AVAILABLE AT INSURANCE TOW LOT FOR VIEWING AND TESTING. PLEASE CALL FOR DETAILS. *TR

1. STARTED THE CAR AND THE AIR BAG LIGHT ON THE DASHBOARD WOULD NOT STOP FLASHING. I BOUGHT THE CAR NEW. THE CAR NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT, NEVER HAD ANY DAMAGE AND WAS PROPERLY MAINTAINED. STILL UNDER 60,000 MILES AND IS UNDER WARRANTY. *TR 2. IT WOULD FLASH NON STOP WHEN THE CAR WAS OPERATING 3. TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER TO SEE IF THEY CAN RESOLVE THE ISSUE. THEY FOUND OUT THAT THE WIRE UNDER THE PASSENGER SEAT BECAME LOOSE. I WAS TOLD THAT A WATER BOTTLE UNDER THE SEAT COULD HAVE CAUSED THE WIRE TO DISCONNECT, BUT BEFORE I CHECKED THE CAR IN THERE WAS NOTHING UNDER THE SEAT. APPARENTLY MOVING THE SEAT BACK AND FORTH CAN CAUSE THE WIRE TO DISCONNECT. I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD IN BOTH CASES. I FEEL THAT SOMEBODY SHOULD LOOK INTO THIS. THE DEALER RECONNECTED THE WIRE AND RESET THE SYSTEM

OUR SCION XA WAS INVOLVED IN A ACCIDENT RESULTING TO INJURIES TO THE DRIVER. THE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING, BUT IN PARK WHEN IT WAS HIT IN THE DRIVER'S FRONT SIDE. THE IMPACT OF THE COLLISION PUSHED THE VEHICLE INTO A PARKED VAN WHICH THEN DID SERIOUS DAMAGE TO THE FRONT AND PASSENGER SIDE OF THE CAR. THE DRIVER'S HEAD BROKE THE WINDSHIELD AND RESULTED IN DENTAL, FACIAL INJURIES. A CONCUSSION AND BACK INJURIES. NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED EVEN WHEN BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER WERE SEAT BELTED IN THE FRONT SEATS. A CALL TO SCION ON THE 14TH WAS NOT RETURNED UNTIL TODAY WHEN I MADE A FOLLOW UP CALL. I WAS TOLD THE AIR BAGS WERE NOT DESIGNED TO DEPLOY UNLESS THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING A CERTAIN SPEED. I THINK THAT IS A TERRIBLE DESIGN. *TR