1992 Toyota Toyota Truck

TOYOTA HAS THEIR OWN "INITIATIVE" (V06) TO REPLACE DEFECTIVE HEAD GASKETS ON A LINE OF ENGINES THAT INCLUDES MY OWN. I NEVER RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF THE DEFECT OR INITIATIVE TO REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE PARTS, PROBABLY DUE TO MY CHANGE OF ADDRESS. MY HEAD GASKET FAILED CAUSING A SERVICE APPOINTMENT AT THE CARL HOGAN DEALERSHIP IN COLUMBUS, MS, WHEREUPON I WAS INFORMED OF THE V06 INITIATIVE. HOWEVER, TOYOTA IS REFUSING RESPONSIBILITY FOR DAMAGES CAUSED BY THE FAILURE OF THE GASKET, THEY ARE LIMITING THEIR LIABILITY TO REPLACEMENT OF THE HEAD GASKETS ONLY. I FEEL FEDERAL ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO FORCE TOYOTA TO ACCEPT LIABILITY FOR COLLATERAL DAMAGE CAUSED AS A RESULT OF THE FAILURE OF THEIR DEFECTIVE COMPONENTS.

SEATBELTS ACCORDING TO MANUFACTURE GUIDELINES WERE NOT DEFECTIVE. SEATBELT SYSTEM, SHOULDER HARNESS USED, ALLOWED THE DRIVER TO SUSTAIN FACIAL INJURIES TO THE BRIDGE OF NOSE AND OCCIPATAL AREAS. THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT SYSTEM ,SHOULDER HARNESS USED AS IN ACCORDANCE WITH MANUFACTURE DIRECTIONS: ALLOWED A CHILD OF ABOUT 55-60 POUNDS TO BE PROJECTED FORWARD OUT OF THE SHOULDER HARNESS BUT NOT THE LAP BELT . THE CHILD WAS IN THE UPRIGHT POSITION AS STATED ACCORDING TO MANUFACTURE DIRECTIONS WITH THE SHOULDER BELT COMING OVER HER SHOULDER AS PICTURED AND NOT IN HER FACE. THE CHILD 'S HEAD HIT THE WINDSHIELD AS EVIDENCED BY A "SPIDER CRACK" AND FACE/MOUTH HIT THE DASH BOARD. THE INJURY TO HER HEAD WAS ON THE TOP OF HER SCALP ABOUT 2 INCHES FROM FRONT HAIR LINE. SHE ALSO SUSTAINED LACERATIONS TO HER CHIN. AT THE SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT EMT PERSONEL AND POLICE ORIGINALLY STATED SHE HAD THE SHOULDER BELT ON UNDER HER ARM, HAVING THE SHOULDER BELT ON WRONG . UPON CONSULT WITH CHILD'S PEDIATRICIAN , SHE DID INFACT COME OUT OF THE SHOULDER HARNESS DUE TO THE FORCE OF THE ACCIDENT BY EVIDENCE THAT SHE HAD NO RIB INJURIES AT ALL BUT HAD A SIGNIFICANT BRUISE ON HER RIGHT FRONT HIP WITH "LAP BELT BURNS" THE SEATBELT SYSTEM STILL BUCKLED . THE ACCIDENT OCCURED AT A SPEED OF ABOUT 5M/HR THE VEHICLE SLIDDING ON A SNOWY DAY ATTEMPTING TO STOP.