2010 Toyota Prius air bags problems
86 complaints about air bags have been filed for the 2010 Toyota Prius, which is 2% of all its NHTSA complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 86 3% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 61,000 miles 42 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 28 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 24 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When air bags problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 9 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 1 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 10 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 8 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 4 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 2 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 2 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 2 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 1 |
| 200k+ miles | 2 |
What the data shows
Of the 42 air bags complaints that report mileage, the median is about 60,000 miles, and 48% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 28 crashes, 24 injuries.
What owners wrote
I was on the freeway in traffic, going 60 MPH. There was road construction coming up ahead. I depressed the brake pedal and nothing happened. The car didn't slow down at all and I crashed into another vehicle. My car was manufactured when the 'voluntary safety recall' by toyota was supposed to address this, but I received no notification, nor did thousand oaks toyota, where I had the car serviced, communicate about it.
Tl*the contact owns a 2010 toyota prius. The contact stated that while driving 40 MPH, the 2010 red prius was hit from the driver's left front side and upon impact may have pushed the prius 2 left tries off the ground at 45 degrees, but the vehicle came back down to the ground. The front air bags partially deployed and the side curtain air bags failed to deploy. The contact was injured and suffered a fractured neck. The vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure.
Other problems reported for the 2010 Toyota Prius
- Brakes 2,023 complaints
- Cruise control 287 complaints
- Electrical system 194 complaints
- Engine 172 complaints
- Lighting 152 complaints
- Fuel system 71 complaints
- Drivetrain & axles 62 complaints
- Stability control 58 complaints