19th Nov 2008, 20:12

Original reviewer.

That makes sense, however, my son is 15. When we slammed through the guard rail, the speedometer said 45 miles per hour. I would think that at 45 miles per hour the air bags (if functioning properly) would deploy.

The car was a fine car, but the air bag issue turned me off of Toyota vehicles.

5th Jan 2016, 08:43

I'm sure the sensors are set up more for an impact, not cars sliding off the road at what I'm sure was less than 45mph. How in the world would you consider having a child in the car without at least putting chains on your tires. It's extremely dangerous to take a 2WD car out on ice.

21st Feb 2016, 05:00

Hello,

I understand panic happens when accidents happens, but no car put correctly in Park would ever record the speed on the dashboard.

2nd May 2019, 19:29

To quote from the TOS:

"Warning:

Adverts are not allowed"

I suspect this site has been infiltrated by astroturfing PR companies, and the one that wrote this review is a Ford shill. I have no proof, but - mentions Ford as a preferable alternative twice; has a story that seems a little unlikely and mechanically naive; emotional hot button appeal ("my son... my son...") and lacks certain details: how icy was it, what tires did you have on the car, why did the Fords have good traction but you didn't (no car is going to have dramatically less traction than others). I drive my Camry all the time and never had that problem, etc., etc. I just think this seems a little fishy.

4th May 2019, 11:56

Right. The review was posted 11 years ago. No one else even cares whether it has the appearance of validity or not.

7th May 2019, 15:34

Anyone care to discuss if an all wheel drive vehicle has better traction than a 2 wheel drive? I can assure you there is a difference. You can do a Ford to Ford comparison if you feel there is bias. Factors like this have validity. Even if a vehicle has 2WD with modern traction control that you can turn on and off, it can assist traction better vs an earlier gen without. You can’t compare vehicles until you have all the specs. One can easily outperform the other. Then you can point fingers if at all applicable.