Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIR BAGS | |||
| 05/17/2002 | 1 | ||
| Some of the airbag wires are connected and some are not.*ak consumer bought vehicle in which the driver air bag was used and the connections had been cut off, the air bag monitor was also bad, dealer replaced driver air bag and passenger air bags cover. right axle seal shaft was beginning to leak, dealer replaced. *slc | |||
| 02/01/1995 | |||
| Air bag warning light illuminated while driving - wife had cleaned car interior including center console 2 days prior to illumination. recall initiated in corolla's and prizm's probably utilize similar system in tercel - please research because hundreds of thousands of tercels have been sold. *ak | |||
| 01/17/1999 | 1 | 03/01/1995 | |
| During a rain storm car slid out of control, then down embankment without air bags ever deploying. bushes, trees, etc were hit, but car landed on drivers side. driver sustained severe head injury. | |||
| 05/31/1997 | |||
| After an accident, owner wants to know if both air bags have to be reinstalled. | |||
| 01/26/1996 | |||
| Involved in a frontal collision at 30mph and neither airbag deployed. please describe. *ak | |||
| AIR BAGS - FRONTAL | |||
| 06/04/2002 | 1 | 04/30/1996 | |
| The vehicle was parked and without prior warning the driver side airbag deployed. *mr when the key was turned in the igniton the air bag deployed. *scc | |||
| 06/04/2002 | 1 | 05/01/2096 | |
| Airbags deployed while being parked all day. *ak | |||
| 08/19/2001 | 01/01/1997 | ||
| Low speed impact accident, airbags deployed, passenger side airbag caught fire. toyota was contacted but after inspeciton send memo that fire was not caused by a manufacturing or design defect. no assistance was offered. car was totalled by insurance due to cost to replace airbags. if this is a safety feature why would it catch fire? luckily there was no passenger in the car. driver's side airbag also deployed and singed the jeans that my son was wearing.*ak | |||
| 1 | |||
| While travling about 50 mph, vehicle hit a ditch and guardrail, there was no deployment of driver's or passenger's side air bag, vehicle was totalled. *cj | |||
| 02/03/2000 | |||
| Consumer involved in a head-on collision travaeling 30-40 mph in which neither driver's side nor passenger's side air bags deployed, causing injuries to the driver's side occupant. also, vehicle is was totaled. please provide any further details. *ak | |||
| 12/31/1999 | |||
| While driving at approximately 55 mph driver hit a deer head-on,without braking, and dual airbags did not deploy, causing injuires.prior to this incident, vehicle was involved in head-on collision on 11/98, and dual airbags didnot deploy at that time also. *ak | |||
| 1 | |||
| While making a turn at 25 mph vehicle struck another vehicle, creating a direct frontal impact in which there was no deployment of drivers or passengers side airbags. cause unknown. *ak | |||
| 06/08/1996 | |||
| Vehicle was involved in car accident, hit a tree and there was no deployment of the air bags. the vehicle was totalled. *ak | |||
| 07/15/1995 | 1 | 04/01/1995 | |
| No deployment of air bags in accident. | |||
| 07/08/1996 | |||
| Failure on the driver and passenger side air bag, the consumer was involved in a head-on collision and the driver and passenger air bag did not deploy. *ak | |||
| 04/01/1996 | |||
| Frontal collision, impact 12:00 position, speed 30 mph, drivers side airbag did not deploy. *ak | |||
| 01/27/1996 | |||
| Air bag; the consumer was in an accident and the driver and passenger side air bags did not deploy. *ak | |||