2018 Toyota Highlander air bags problems
19 complaints about air bags have been filed for the 2018 Toyota Highlander, which is 5% of all its NHTSA complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 19 5% of this year's complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 15 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 19 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
What the data shows
These complaints mention 15 crashes, 19 injuries.
What owners wrote
Tl* the contact owns a 2018 toyota highlander. The contact stated that while at a standstill, another vehicle driving at 50 MPH crashed into the front driver side of vehicle. There were no warning lights illuminated and the air bags failed to deploy. There were 5 injured reported and 3 needed medical treatment. A police report was filed the vehicle was towed to police lot. The manufacturer was not informed of failure. The failure mileage was approximately 33,000.
SUV was in a crash and hit a tree mid front bumper with significant damage to the front of SUV. Damage appears to be from the front passenger compartment forward. Driver was wearing seatbelt and no airbag deployed of any kind in any area of the SUV. Driver hit the steering wheel and was injured. Vehicle was in forward motion at an unknown rate of speed . Waiting to see if SUV will be a total loss via insurance company. Component system that appears to be s cause of this safety issue is the air bag system.
Other problems reported for the 2018 Toyota Highlander
- Drivetrain & axles 69 complaints
- Brakes 58 complaints
- Fuel system 36 complaints
- Engine 34 complaints
- Electrical system 24 complaints