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1993 Toyota Corolla air bags problems

50 complaints about air bags have been filed for the 1993 Toyota Corolla, which is 32% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
50 33% of this year's complaints
Crashes and fires
36 and 0
Injuries and deaths
30 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

What the data shows

These complaints mention 36 crashes, 30 injuries.

What owners wrote

Vehicle was hit from the rear and slammed into vehicle in front. Driver side air bag did not deploy. Vehicle was struck twice more from the rear. Driver side seat was broken during impact when driver was thrown back.

April 1997 CrashInjury

On july of 1999, I was driving my 1993 toyoto corolla when I was run off the road by another driver, thus causing me to hit a guard rail ,and the cement highway divider, my air bag deployed and my passenger received permanent damage to his finger, I received burns on my stomach, arms and 5 fractured ribs, also when the air bag deployed the plastic from the steering column flew off cut me in my lip, causing permanent damage. I also received severe brusing and permanent nerve damage in my chest .

Reported at 90,000 miles, July 1999 CrashInjury

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