2004 Toyota Avalon

2004 TOYOTA AVALON, SRS LIGHT COMES ON WHILE DRIVING, TOYOTA CAN NOT GET A FIX BECAUSE THEY STATE THAT THE LIGHT HAS TO BE ON WHEN I BRING IT IN. I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO IT ONLY ONCE AND THEN IT WENT OFF BEFORE THEY COULD GET A DIAGNOSTIC READING. THE LIGHT WILL COME ON STEADY THEN FLICKER RANDOMLY. I WAS TOLD BY A TOYOTA REPRESENTATIVE AT THE DEALERSHIP THAT IF A ACCIDENT WERE TO OCCUR WHILE THE LIGHT IS ON THAT THE AIR BAGS WOULD NOT DEPLOY. THEY ALSO STATED THAT THE COMPUTER IS NOT HOLDING THE ERROR CODE WHICH WOULD ASSIST IN FINDING THE PROBLEM. I HAVE TAKEN PHOTOS OF THE LIGHT ON WHILE DRIVING AND THIS WAS AT 43952 MILES. TO DATE THE CAR IS JUST ABOVE 90K MILES AND THE SRS LIGHT IS STILL RANDOMLY COMING ON. I HAVE TRIED MANY A TIMES TO GET TO A TOYOTA DEALERSHIP WHILE THE LIGHT IS ON BUT IT EITHER GOES OUT WHILE IN TRANSIT OR GOES OUT PRIOR TO DEALERSHIP HOOKING UP DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT. I FEEL THAT THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM TO SAFETY OF MY FAMILY SINCE THE AIRBAGS WILL NOT DEPLOY IF THE SRS LIGHT IS ON. TOYOTA SHOULD LOOK FURTHER INTO THESE TYPES OF ISSUES SINCE IT IS IN MY ESTIMATION A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. I HAVE PHOTOS IF NEEDED. *TR

ON JULY 14, 2007 MY PARENTS WERE INVOLVED IN A SINGLE-CAR CRASH IN THE RESIDENTIAL AREA OF NEW BLOOMFIELD, MO. MY 84-YEAR-OLD FATHER WAS DRIVING A 2004 TOYOTA AVALON, SUDDENLY LEFT THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROADWAY, FLIPPED THE VEHICLE, AND LANDED UPSIDE DOWN, BACK ON THE PAVEMENT. MY 79-YEAR-OLD MOTHER WAS KILLED INSTANTLY FROM HEAD TRAUMA, AND MY FATHER PASSED AWAY FROM INJURIES SUSTAINED IN THE ACCIDENT 7 WEEKS LATER. THE AUTHORITIES COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT, AND MY FATHER COULD NOT REMEMBER ANY DETAILS, AS HE HAD EXTRAORDINARY INTERNAL TRAUMA AND WAS IN ICU FOR MOST OF HIS REMAINING 7 WEEKS. I HAVE PETITIONED THE AUTO INSURER, ALLSTATE SEVERAL TIMES, BUT THEY HAVE NOT RESPONDED TO MY E-MAILS, AND ALTHOUGH IT IS LIKELY THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN DESTROYED, BASED ON ALL THE MEDIA ABOUT SUDDEN ACCELERATION OF TOYOTA VEHICLES, THIS COULD CERTAINLY HAVE BEEN A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR TO, IF NOT THE CAUSE OF, THIS HORRIFIC ACCIDENT. WE HAVE BEEN VEXED BY THE WHOLE INCIDENT, AND IT NEVER OCCURRED TO ME TO REQUEST HAVING THE AVALON INSPECTED (HIGHLY RATED VEHICLE AND ALL...), UNTIL ALL THE RECENT MEDIA OF OTHER DEATHS INVOLVING TOYOTA VEHICLES. UPDATED 03/10/10 *BF *TR UPDATED IVOQ 08/03/10 UPDATED 9/21/2011*CW

AS A SCHOOL BUS APPROACHED, I MOVED OVER SLIGHTLY TO THE RIGHT TO GIVE IT MORE ROOM. UNEXPECTEDLY, THE CAR ACCELERATED AND I HIT A TREE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD. IT DID NOT OCCUR TO ME AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT THAT THE 2004 AVALON XLS HAD SPED UP. THAT HAD OCCURRED TWICE BEFORE WHILE DRIVING. I SUFFERED A SLIGHT CHIP IN MY LEFT ANKLE BONE. *TR

PROBLEMS WITH AIRBAG LIGHT BEING ON INTERMITTENTLY SINCE ABOUT 2005. JUST READ COMPLAINT ABOUT AIRBAG LIGHT IN THIS POSITION FAILING TO DEPLOY IN 2004 AVALON(SAME AS MINE) IN AN ACCIDENT WITH INJURIES. HAVE TAKEN MINE IN TO DEALER BUT LIGHT ALWAYS GOES OFF BEFORE THEY LOOK AT IT. I'M VERY SCARED NOW THAT I SEE THAT JUST THIS YEAR A 2004 WAS INVOLVED IN ACCIDENT WITH PROBLEM WITH AIRBAG LIGHT STAYING ON AND AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY ALTHOUGH VEHICLE TOTALED. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL. *TR

THE AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON AT RANDOM TIMES. IT STAYS ON FROM A FEW SECONDS TO 15 MINUTES. LAST WEEK I WAS DRIVING A DISTANCE OF 60 MILES AND MY WIFE COUNTED 19 TIMES THAT THE LIGHT CAME ON. REPEATED CONTACT WITH THE LOCAL DEALER AND TOYOTA HAVE REVEALED THAT IF THE LIGHT IS ON AT IMPACT THE AIRBAGS WILL NOT DEPLOY. TOYOTA NEVER SEES THE LIGHT ON AND WILL DO NOTHING TO TRY TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM. THEY SAY IT WOULD BE TOO EXPENSIVE. I HAVE A 7 YEAR 70K WARRANTY. I HAVE PROVIDED SERIAL PICTURES OF THE LIGHT BEING ON. TOYOTA WILL NOT ACCEPT THIS AS"WE MUST SEE IT", LIKE I AM A LIAR. *TR

ON 9/28/2006 AT APPROXIMATELY 5:20 PM, MY WIFE & I WERE TRAVELING SOUTH ON THE BULLHEAD PARKWAY, BULLHEAD CITY, AZ, WHEN WE WERE STRUCK FRONT LEFT FENDER, PUSHING OUR VEHICLE INTO A STOPPED VEHICLE, TOTALING OUR VEHICLE, A 2003 TOYOTA AVALON. THE OWNER OF THE BODY SHOP TOLD US THAT HE WAS SURPRISED THAT NEITHER THE SIDE OR FRONT AIR BAG DEPLOYED EVEN THOUGH BOTH SENSORS WERE CRUSHED. I ADVISED TOYOTA, NY CITY OF THIS SO THAT THEY COULD INVESTIGATE AND CORRECT THIS PROBLEM. I DO NOT KNOW IF THEY DID OR NOT. *NM