Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIR BAGS | |||||
| TSB-0122-11 | 09/06/2011 | 10042555 | Toyota: information provided for replacing the seat covers for vehicles equipped with side airbags. *pe | 12/16/2011 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIR BAGS | |||
| 02/28/2013 | 165268 | ||
| My 20yo daughter was at a stop light completely stopped. light turned green, everyone started to go, she took her foot off the brake rolled into the car in front of her, tapped the car and her airbags went off, broke her jaw, dislocated her jaw, broke 5 teeth in the back, and lacerated her lip. luckily no one was in the passengers side. she had her seatbelt on, her windshield was shattered by the airbags, no damage to any other part of the vehicle. she had to have surgery, and her jaw wired shut for 4-6 weeks now. she will have to have root canals and caps put on her teeth after her jaw heals. she did go unconscious at impact. luckily she had braces before and had a retainer bracket on her lower teeth which the oral surgeon said saved her teeth below or they would have all been out. i was so shocked that just a tap of the bumper in front could cause the airbags to go off and cause so much damage to someone's face. she is a full time student and has two part time jobs, so she will be out for a few weeks. | |||
| 07/02/2012 | 180000 | 1 | |
| My husband was driving on the highway. he was driving a 2001 toyota corolla. the truck in front of him was going slow-so he decided to pass the guy. as he was doing so-the truck turned left. my husband hit him head-on and then the car rolled onto its top. never did the airbags go off. fortunately he had his seatbelt on. he was taken by ambulance to hospital. the most damage he received was his left hand and arm were badly injured. he still has to have surgery this next week. why didn't the airbag deploy? *tr | |||
| 09/11/2005 | 43000 | 1 | 02/14/2001 |
| Auto accident where car was totaled and air bag did not deploy. *jb | |||
| 05/07/2004 | 35600 | 2 | 08/22/2001 |
| 1. v1(other party) was eastbound on u.s. hwy 80 turning north into walmart parking lot. v2 (myself) was westbound on u.s. hwy 80 going through the intersection of u.s. 80 and belvedere dr.,v2 (myself) then colided with with the passenger side of v1(other party) who failed to yield a right of way.v1 and v2 came to final rest approximatly 3 ft north of initial impact.my estimated speed before impact was 45 mph and had only seconds to hit the brakes. my car suffered severe frontal damage . 2. the driver or passenger airbags in my car did not deploy leading to unecessary injury to the driver(myself) and severe injury to the passenger(my mother). 3. nothing was done to correct the failure . *ak | |||
| 04/19/2003 | 2 | ||
| While driving 55 mph the vehicle hit a barricade wall yet the air bags did not deploy. the vehicle was also in a similar accident when the vehicle was first purchased and the air bags did not deploy. *nlm | |||
| 09/27/2002 | 1 | ||
| The air bags did not deploy on impact. the consumer request a refund from the dealer. scc | |||
| 10/08/2001 | 1 | 06/01/2000 | |
| No summary listed for above vehicle. *ak | |||
| 06/22/2001 | 1 | ||
| While backing out of a parking space consumer noticed a noise. depressed brakes and noise got louder. then vehicle acclerated, causing vehicle to run into wall. *ak consumer states that the acceleration took place while she was switching into drive from reverse, even though brake was pressed, vehicle continued to move, airbags deployed causing the windshield to break, consumer was slightly bruised and bumped due to deployment of the airbags. *slc | |||
| AIR BAGS - FRONTAL | |||
| 03/01/2009 | 1 | ||
| I am a slow driver and obey speed limits. i knew i was coming up to a stop sign on a 25 mph road, and i always do a real stop, not a slow down and creep forward. a block or two prior to the accident, i passed several police cars and even an unsafe driver would have carefully obeyed the traffic laws. i have no memory of the couple of seconds immediately prior to and during the accident, and my first moment i saw what was happening, i had my foot already on the brake pushing down hard on it but heading to the curb anyway. i think the curb stopped the car. my air bags did not deploy and the officer at the scene was surprised. i believe this fits the complaints about sudden acceleration. my car was totaled and i had to get a new car. i've asked my insurance company to investigate, but they have not gotten back to me. *tr | |||
| 05/26/2009 | 66000 | 1 | |
| On may 26, 2009, a nissan sentra made an illegal left turn which resulted in my 2001 toyota corolla 's' being totaled. my seat belt allowed me to fly forward and my chest hit the steering wheel. my air bags did not deploy. i find this incomprehensible. i was traveling approximately 30-35 mph. if i had been on the freeway i probably would have been killed. *tr | |||
| 02/20/2002 | |||
| Vehicle was involved in a head on collision going 40mph. front air bags did not deploy which caused serious facial injury to consumer. vehicle was totaled. please provide more information.*ak | |||
| 12/17/2001 | |||
| While driving at 60 mph, vehicle was involved in a frontal collision and neither air bag deployed. dealer was not notified at this time.*ak | |||
| 07/19/2001 | 2 | 07/16/2001 | |
| Stepped on the brakes, but they failed to stop, airbag also failed, brakes fade to the floor, resulted in hitting another vehicle. air bag did not open. | |||
| 04/24/2001 | 0 | ||
| Consumer's car rear ended another driver at about 10 mph, and none of frontal airbags deployed, but sensor light came on. *ak | |||
| 10/15/2000 | |||
| While driving 45 - 50 mph, a flatbed trailer was sideway in the dark on the opposite side of highway. vehicle did not see the flatbed truck and hit it.went under the truck which caused damage to the front end, crushed the radiator, windshield, etc. upon impact, driver's and passenger's airbags did not deploy, and did not protect occupanst in this crash. please provide further information.*ak | |||
| AIR BAGS - SIDE/WINDOW | |||
| I visited several toyota dealers because i am helping a friend in bying a new corolla. despite i advise her to include the safety fetaures: side airbags and abs no dealear make them available if not increasing the lease by 50% (while the increase in value is about 10%) and asking to wait 3 months. making so practically impossible to have them. some dealers reached the point to say that those items are not available on the corolla. such a behaviour it is not acceptable. car manufacturers are supposed to promote the sensibility toward safety not to boycott it. | |||