According to a recent New York Times article by Christopher Jensen and recent filings with the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) Toyota will recall nearly 308,000 Highlanders and RAV4s due to defects in the curtain shield airbag system. According to the summary on file with the NHTSA, if the two sensors in the airbag sensor assembly fail nearly simultaneously the curtain shield airbag could deploy and the seatbelt pretensioner can activate which could injure an occupant. Toyota's recall covers about 214,000 RAV4s from the 2007-8 model years and 94,000 Highlander and Highlander hybrids from 2008. Affected owners can call Totyota at 1-800-331-4331, or the NHTSA vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov. for more information.
If you have been injured by a defective Toyota Highlander or RAV4 airbag you should consider contacting a personal injury trial attorney to investigate this matter further and to help you determine what rights you may have to hold Toyota responsible.
