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 | |
Investigations
| NHTSA ID | Manufacturer | Date open | Date close | Subject | Recall campaign | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIR BAGS | ||||||
| DP11001 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 04/07/2011 | 08/19/2011 | Frontal Air Bag Non-deployment | ||
| The office of defects investigation (odi) received a defect petition requesting that it open an investigation of model year (my) 2008 toyota corolla vehicles for the failure of the frontal air bags to deploy during an alleged serious crash. the petitioner alleges that the frontal air bags in their my 2008 corolla failed to deploy during a 55-mph frontal impact with a large animal (a deer).the petitioner also filed a complaint with the agency (see odi 10327470 for further details of the incident and the petition submitted to the agency).odi has reviewed the petition, assessed consumer complaints on the my 2008 toyota corolla and similar vehicles, analyzed statistics derived from nhtsa's fatality analysis reporting system (fars) and its national automotive sampling system (nass), and evaluated crash tests of the subject vehicles.based on its review, odi does not believe that a safety-related defect trend currently exists for air bag non-deployment in the subject vehicles.therefore, in view of the need to allocate and prioritize nhtsa's limited resources to accomplish the agency's safety mission, the petition is denied.however, the agency will continue to monitor this event and will take further action if warranted by changing future circumstances.for more information, see the federal register notice in the dp11-001 file (www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/defects). | ||||||
| DP11001 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 04/07/2011 | Frontal Air Bag Non-Deployment | |||
| The office of defects investigation (odi) received a defect petition requesting that it open an investigation of model year (my) 2008 toyota corolla vehicles for the failure of the frontal air bags to deploy during a serious crash.the petitioner alleges that the frontal air bags in their my 2008 corolla failed to deploy during a 55-mph frontal impact with a large animal (a deer).during this crash neither the driver nor front passenger was seriously injured in the incident, according to the statements the petitioner provided.the petitioner also filed a complaint with the agency (see odi 10327470 for further details of the incident and the petition submitted to the agency).odi will evaluate the defect petition for a grant or deny decision.the analysis will focus primarily on complaints of air bag non-deployment on my 2008 corolla and peer vehicles reported to the agency as well as other crash data available from databases nhtsa maintains. | ||||||
| AIR BAGS - FRONTAL | ||||||
| DP11001 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 04/07/2011 | 08/19/2011 | Frontal Air Bag Non-deployment | ||
| The office of defects investigation (odi) received a defect petition requesting that it open an investigation of model year (my) 2008 toyota corolla vehicles for the failure of the frontal air bags to deploy during an alleged serious crash. the petitioner alleges that the frontal air bags in their my 2008 corolla failed to deploy during a 55-mph frontal impact with a large animal (a deer).the petitioner also filed a complaint with the agency (see odi 10327470 for further details of the incident and the petition submitted to the agency).odi has reviewed the petition, assessed consumer complaints on the my 2008 toyota corolla and similar vehicles, analyzed statistics derived from nhtsa's fatality analysis reporting system (fars) and its national automotive sampling system (nass), and evaluated crash tests of the subject vehicles.based on its review, odi does not believe that a safety-related defect trend currently exists for air bag non-deployment in the subject vehicles.therefore, in view of the need to allocate and prioritize nhtsa's limited resources to accomplish the agency's safety mission, the petition is denied.however, the agency will continue to monitor this event and will take further action if warranted by changing future circumstances.for more information, see the federal register notice in the dp11-001 file (www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/defects). | ||||||
| DP11001 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 04/07/2011 | Frontal Air Bag Non-Deployment | |||
| The office of defects investigation (odi) received a defect petition requesting that it open an investigation of model year (my) 2008 toyota corolla vehicles for the failure of the frontal air bags to deploy during a serious crash.the petitioner alleges that the frontal air bags in their my 2008 corolla failed to deploy during a 55-mph frontal impact with a large animal (a deer).during this crash neither the driver nor front passenger was seriously injured in the incident, according to the statements the petitioner provided.the petitioner also filed a complaint with the agency (see odi 10327470 for further details of the incident and the petition submitted to the agency).odi will evaluate the defect petition for a grant or deny decision.the analysis will focus primarily on complaints of air bag non-deployment on my 2008 corolla and peer vehicles reported to the agency as well as other crash data available from databases nhtsa maintains. | ||||||
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIR BAGS | |||
| 01/08/2013 | 37000 | ||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2008 toyota corolla. the contact stated while driving 30 mph, she was involved in a head on collision and the air bags failed to deploy. the contact mentioned that the seat belt failed to retract causing her to go slide forward and hit her head on the steering wheel. a police report was filed. the contact sustained minor bruises. the vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic. the technician was unable to diagnose the failure and deemed the vehicle destroyed. the manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. the failure and current mileage was 37,000. | |||
| 01/08/2013 | 37000 | ||
| Tl - the contact owns a 2008 toyota corolla. the contact stated while driving 30 mph, she was involved in a head on collision and the air bags failed to deploy. the contact mentioned that the seat belt failed to retract causing her to go slide forward and hit her head on the steering wheel. a police report was filed. the contact sustained minor bruises. the vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic. the technician was unable to diagnose the failure and deemed the vehicle destroyed. the manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. the failure and current mileage was 37,000. rvk | |||
| 01/08/2013 | 37000 | ||
| Tl - the contact owns a 2008 toyota corolla. the contact stated that while driving 30 mph, she was involved in a head on collision and the air bags failed to deployed. the contact mentioned that the seat belt failed to retract causing her to go forward and impacted her head on the steering wheel. a police report was filed and the contact sustained minor bruising. the vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic. the technician was unable to diagnosed the failure and deemed the vehicle destroyed. the manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. the failure and current mileage was 37,000. pm | |||
| 06/27/2012 | 61000 | ||
| Airbag light on dashboard came on while sitting in traffic. there was no accident or incident. i took it to my mechanic and was told that oem spiral cable to the srs bag wasn't operational and wouldn't deploy in an accident and could potentially blow out. | |||
| 12/09/2011 | 60090 | ||
| I was driving 40 mph on state route 315 south. cars in front of me stopped for a jack-knifed truck. i hit my breaks and slid on black ice. i slid 50 yards into the rear of another vehicle. my front in was smashed in, bending the radiator and frame, causing the hood to crumple and the side panels to jam the front doors shut. my head snapped forward and hit my chest upon impact, and then snapped back against the headrest. my car is totaled from this, and the airbags did not deploy. the collision impacted the entirety of the front of my vehicle. | |||
| 06/25/2010 | 75607 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2008 toyota corolla. while driving at 50mph another vehicle stop in front of her and she crashed into the back of the vehicle and the air bags did not deploy. their was slight injured to neck and shoulders and the front of the vehicle was damaged. the vehicle was driven to her home and parked. driver was the only occupant at time of accident and was belted at the time of impact. there was no maintenance or serviced ever performed on the air bags.the police was not called and there is no report. the manufacturer was not called. the failure and current mileage was 75,607....mw | |||
| 12/17/2009 | 31000 | 1 | |
| Had a car accident. my 08 toyota corolla flipped and spun. the airbags did not deploy. the seatbelt latch got broken. *tr | |||
| 04/25/2008 | 6660 | 1 | |
| My son was involved in a head-on collision where the front air bags did not deploy. he was driving a 2008 toyota corolla le. attempts to contact toyota have been answered with condescension. *tr | |||
| AIR BAGS - FRONTAL | |||
| 04/17/2011 | 48486 | ||
| My daughter had a frontal collision while driving through an intersection at approximately 30 mph. our 2008 toyota corrolla s struck another vehicle on its front left fender. our 2008 corrolla sustained major frontal damages, including the disintegration of the bumper, damage to the hood, both fenders, radiator, etc. the front stabilizer bar was ripped off the chassis. during the impact, the seat belts locked, however, the front air bags never deployed!! the car was taken back to east coast toyota, rt. 17, wood-ridge, nj where the car was purchased on feb. 22, 2011 as a certified used vehicle. we complained about the faulty air bags & that they did not deploy in a frontal crash of 30 mph. the gm of the dealership & gm of the service department kept the vehicle for inspection & to have a toyota corp. rep. look at the car to determine why the front air bags did not deploy. the dealership attempted to tell us that the airbags should only deploy during a front impact, but the car did in fact sustain heavy damages do to the impact but the airbags did not deploy. the impact was so great that the steel stabilizer bar was completely ripped off. that alone should have triggered the airbags to deploy. the car is currently not drivable due to the numerous damage sustained to the front end, motor, radiator & other parts. we are waiting to hear from the dealer, my insurance adjuster & toyota to find out why this important safety feature did not work as it was designed to. | |||
| 02/19/2011 | 46000 | ||
| While driving my 2008 toyota corolla le at 55 mph, i encountered a deer and was involved in a collision with the animal, on saturday, february 19th, 2011. the collision totaled the vehicle, resulting in nearly 11k dollars in damage. the driver's side airbag during the accident became dislodged from the steering wheel, and fell out into my lap. the two torque screws used to hold it in the steering wheel assembly failed to function properly. i reported the incident to toyota's complaint department and filed a formal grievance. a factory representative came out to see the vehicle and inspect the screws, and said that they are not at fault and that the problem had to be my fault after comparing my vehicle to other toyota corolla vehicles, stating that i or someone else had to of removed the airbag at some time during the vehicle's life. i purchased the vehicle used in january, 2011 from a reputable dealer and received a vehicle history. at no time was the airbag reported to have been deployed or serviced, and the screws require a specialized torque screwdriver to remove. at the time of the accident, i had owned the vehicle only a month, and had not driven it more than three times, as i own another primary vehicle. this is a serious safety defect, and i have several witness statements showing that the airbag assembly was not properly secured. had the airbag deployed while in my lap, i could have been killed or seriously injured. the entire airbag assembly, carriage, charge, and wires came out of the steering wheel itself. | |||
| 04/28/2010 | 26000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2008 toyota corolla. the contact was involved in a crash. while driving approximately 35 mph attempting to make a left turn another vehicle hit the contacts vehicle from the front and the air bags did not deploy. the dealer was not contacted. the contact did not inform the manufacture. the vehicle has not been repaired. the current and failure mileages was approximately 26,000. a police report was unavailable. bw | |||
| 05/08/2010 | 33000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2007 toyota corolla. while driving at approximately 20mph approaching the intersection she attempted to slow down the brake didn't respond the vehicle went into the intersection a vehicle crashed into the contact drivers door. the air bags didn't deploy. the contact received injurie to the neck. the insurance company investigated the failure the investigation found the brakes were working properly. the vehicle was destroyed. the manufacturer advised the vehicle was not moving fast and the crash wasn't hard enough for the air bag to deploy, but they also stated the air bag wasn | |||
| 11/10/2009 | 1 | ||
| S10 appropriate handling-memo to the secretary from -petition for an investigation into toyota's safety system failures (full document not imaged) *tgw the consumer hit a large dear and the air bags failed to deploy. the consumer stated as he saw the deer, he immediately removed his foot from the accelerator to slow down, but the vehicle did not respond, so he tried to maintain the speed he had been driving. the consumer applied both feet to the brake pedal in an effort to stop the vehicle, but it was too late. prior to the accident, the catalytic converter failed. the dealer stated a sensor was stuck which caused it to fail. *jb | |||
| 02/16/2010 | 59069 | 1 | |
| Driving on my way to work was involved in a crash in which my brakes did not come to a complete stop, causing me to crash in to a car in front of me. *tr | |||
| 02/09/2010 | 13000 | 1 | |
| I backed my 2008 toyota corolla out of my garage, with the steering wheel turned left. i used the remote control to close the garage door. i put my foot on the brake and put the car in drive, intending to pull forward and to the right up the drive. i gently gave the car some gas, but the car accelerated suddenly before i could turn the wheel. as a result, the unstoppable car shot off the driveway and down a slope where i crashed head on into a tree. the airbags failed to deploy. *tr | |||