Toyota to recall 308,000 RAV4s, Highlanders for airbag fix

[DainBramaged]

Toyota Motor Corp. said today it would recall about 308,000 RAV4 and Highlander SUVs because of the risk airbags sensors could fail and cause the curtain airbags to deploy.

About 214,000 RAV4s and 94,000 Highlanders and Highlander HVs will be recalled from the 2007 and 2008 model years, according to a company statement.

The recall only affects vehicles sold in North America, Toyota said.

Toyota said owners of the vehicles would be notified of the recall by mail in May.

Toyota said that, in cases where two sensors fail at almost the same time, the side curtain airbags designed to protect passengers in a rollover accident could be inflated outside such an accident.



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[HopeHoops]

1. Why bother? The airbags are a sales gimmick in those death-trap shitboxes.

I have a buddy who had a RAV4. The few times I rode in it I almost shit my pants when he went around corners - it damn near fell over, and he wasn't even going that fast. Pure junk. But he's one of those people who swears by whatever brand he chooses and he's always gotten Toyota shitboxes. He's been through more of those go-carts than I can count.