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1999 Toyota Corolla air bags problems

20 complaints about air bags have been filed for the 1999 Toyota Corolla, which is 11% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
20 11% of this year's complaints
Crashes and fires
16 and 0
Injuries and deaths
13 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

What the data shows

These complaints mention 16 crashes, 13 injuries.

What owners wrote

Was traveling 30MPH, road was wet. Applied brakes to stop. Vehicle went into a skid. Rearended another vehicle. Upon impact, the air bags failed to deploy. Driver suffered a cracked sternum. Passenger received bruises from seat belt. Driver was hospitalized.

August 1999 CrashInjury

While driving at 40 MPH consumer was involved in a front end collision. Upon impact, air bags did not deploy. Also, no air bag warning light appeared prior to the crash. Driver wore a seat belt.

Reported at 79,000 miles, March 2004 Crash

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