This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
"takata recall", I had an accident in which my vehicle front end collided with a tree. My air bag did not deploy, and upper seat belt did not lock causing injury to my face. I was on a city street in motion. I was taken to hospital via ambulance.
The contact owns a 2006 Toyota Rav4. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 16V096000 (seat belts) and stated that the part needed for the repair was not available. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect.
The contact owns a 2006 Toyota Rav4. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 16V096000 (seat belts); however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. VIN tool confirms parts not available. Updated 08/30/16
The contact owns a 2006 Toyota Rav4. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 16V096000 (seat belts) however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. VIN tool confirms parts not available.
I want to voice my concern about a recent experience with the rear seat belt in our Rav4. My 5 year old son, while in his car seat( attached via the latch system), pulled the adult seat belt down (since it was not being used for his car seat) and looped it around his head. We could not remove the seat belt from his head because the seat belt did not release. The belt kept tightening and we had to cut the seat belt to avoid him being strangled to death. The belt left marks on his neck for a day but he was uninjured.
I have 2006 Rav4 with 62,800 miles on it. The seat belts do not retract properly and some times they do not hold the body tight enough when in locked position. I called up the dealer (northway Toyota dealer, latham, NY) and he says there would be charges to look at this problem at the rate of $94 an hour. I was under the impression that safety related items like seat belts should be taken care by the manufacturer free of cost.
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