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1998 Toyota Avalon air bags problems

17 complaints about air bags have been filed for the 1998 Toyota Avalon, which is 8% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
17 8% of this year's complaints
Crashes and fires
15 and 0
Injuries and deaths
15 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

What the data shows

These complaints mention 15 crashes, 15 injuries.

What owners wrote

The consumer was in the intersection making a left turn when another vehicle ran into consumer's vehicle at about 35 MPH, hitting her on right passenger's front side. Upon impact, passenger's side air bag didn't go off.

February 2000 CrashInjury

While driving, the vehicle was involved in a crash, and neither of the air bags deployed. Also the seat belts failed to restrain the consumer properly.

Reported at 50,000 miles, May 2001 CrashInjury

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