2003 Toyota Camry air bags problems

75 complaints about air bags have been filed for the 2003 Toyota Camry, which is 8% of all its NHTSA complaints.

Complaints: 75 8% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage: 77,000 miles 44 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires: 48 and 0
Injuries and deaths: 47 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When air bags problems show up

Based on 44 complaints that include mileage. 45% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.

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Mileage	Complaints
0k to 20k miles	9
20k to 40k miles	3
40k to 60k miles	8
60k to 80k miles	3
80k to 100k miles	9
100k to 120k miles	6
120k to 140k miles	1
140k to 160k miles	1
160k to 180k miles	2
180k to 200k miles	1
200k+ miles	1

What the data shows

Of the 44 air bags complaints that report mileage, the median is about 77,000 miles, and 45% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 48 crashes, 47 injuries.

What owners wrote

When the consumer attempted to park, the vehicle surged forward. This caused the consumer to lose control of the vehicle and hit a tree head on. Upon impact, both air bags did not deploy. The vehicle was almost at a complete stop, in which the consumer had her foot lightly resting on the brake, when the sudden acceleration occurred.

June 2004 CrashInjury

Tl*the contact owns a 2003 toyota camry. While driving 65 MPH, the contact lost control of the vehicle when another motorist cut the consumer off. The consumer could not regain control due to the wind and rain. The vehicle struck the median and was destroyed. The air bags failed to deploy. The police department and paramedic's arrived at the scene. A police report was filed. Three occupants sustained head and neck injuries. The current and failure mileages were 32,000. Updated 12-12-07.

Reported at 32,000 miles, November 2007 CrashInjury

Air bags problems in other years

Air bags problems across all Toyota models