NHTSA complaint: 2007 TOYOTA CAMRY — AIR BAGS
AS I WAS TRAVELING HOME AND MY STEERING WHEEL START TO HAVE A MIND OF ITS OWN SO IT VEERED TO THE RIGHT AND I LOST CONTROL SO THE CAR SPENT AROUND WE END UP ON THE LEFT SIDE. SEATBELT WAS NOT HELPING PROTECT US AT ALL MY DAUGHTER SEATBELT ALLOWED HER TO SLIDE UNDER BREAKING HER RIGHT FEMUR AND MY RIGHT FEMUR ON PLUS MY ANKLE HAD TO BE RECONSTRUCTED. AIRBAGS CAME OUT 30 MINUTES AFTER THE WRECK. *JB *DT IN TAMPA. STATE ROAD. STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. ACCELERATING ' PULL RIGHT AND THEN LEFT. WHEN GOT CAR, WENT THROUGH BARBED WIRE FENCES. PAR INDICATES HIT TREE, DRIVER DOES NOT REMEMBER. DAUGHTER WAS IN FRONT SEAT, SEAT BELT ON. DAUGHTER FLUNG OVER SEATBELT. SEATBELT OVER ARM. DRIVER DIDN'T KNOW BROKE LEG. WAITED FOR PARAMEDICS. CAR CAVED IN ON OCCUPANTS. DRIVING APPROX 45 MPH. COULDN'T HIT BRAKES OR ANYTHING. DON'T HAVE POLICE REPORT. PAR NUMBER: 87281695. STATE TROOPER ' FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL. DAUGHTER IS 9, WEIGHS APPROX 125 LB. FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. USUALLY DON'T LET SIT THERE. STATED AIRBAG DIDN'T DEPLOY DURING INCIDENT, PICTURES AT IAA SHOW AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. DID NOT CONTACT TOYOTA ' THOUGHT NHTSA TOOK CARE OF. NO INSPECTION CONDUCTED. VEHICLE AT JUNK YARD, DON'T KNOW IF VEHICLE STILL THERE. *JB
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation