Airbags dead? Rust?
Was this car front-ended?
First, bear in mind, i'm writing this for a friend, so its not my
> car., just trying to help her out
>
> She has a silver )5 camry, bought in late november at the earliest. >
> 1) in an area around the passenger headlight (for the US)a line of
> point has come off, with assorted spots of rust there. Is this
> repearable under the warentee? I have a picture that i will try and
> upload, but the line starts at the leading edge, and goes along the
> pannel, parellel to the edge of the headlight above it, with rust
> visable only on the trailing edge of the section, and not near the
> sharp-edged end where i would expect rust to accumulate first. note as
> well, this is Georgia, where there has maybe been 5 rainy days since
> the car was bought.
>
> Second, and more important, The airbags are disabled, and have been
> since she bought the car. Both the red dash light and the orange
> indicator at the top center of the dash says the airbags are disabled.
> the car has been back to the dealership twice, for oilchanges (its now
> got 13k miles on it) and the dealers say they are mystified.
>
> If anyone could throw some light on these, it would be appreciated. As
> it is, she's beginning to regret getting this in place of her 85
> deville that she's had for the last 15 years.
>
> K`Tetch
>