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2021 Toyota Corolla air bags problems

53 complaints about air bags have been filed for the 2021 Toyota Corolla, which is 20% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
53 21% of this year's complaints
Crashes and fires
12 and 1
Injuries and deaths
12 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

What the data shows

These complaints mention 12 crashes, 1 fire, 12 injuries.

What owners wrote

I was rear ended. During the impact, which was enough to accelerate my vehicle from 9 mph to 36 mph, the steering wheel came completely off of the car and hit me in the head. The steering wheel was in the back seat immediately following the impact and my vehicle was traveling at 36 mph with no way to steer out control it and no airbags in front of me in case of a secondary collision. This happened on a busy interstate with dozens of drivers endangered by my out of control vehicle.

November 2022 CrashInjury

The contact owns a 2021 Toyota Corolla. The contact stated that while the vehicle was parked, upon approaching it, he observed flames emanating from both the driver's and passenger's side air bags, overtaking the entire dashboard. The local fire department arrived and was able to extinguish the flames. Both police and fire reports were filed following the fire, but no injuries were reported. No warning lights were illuminated on the instrument panel.

Reported at 55,000 miles, July 2023 Fire

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