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2010 Toyota Prius seat belts problems

Owners reported seat belts problems in 16 complaints for the 2010 Toyota Prius, <1% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
16 1% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
20,000 miles 12 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
6 and 0
Injuries and deaths
8 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When seat belts problems show up

Seat belts complaints by mileage, 2010 Toyota Prius Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 20,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 6 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 1 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 1 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 1 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 2 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 1 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 20,000 miles
Based on 12 complaints that include mileage. 67% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles6
20k to 40k miles1
40k to 60k miles1
60k to 80k miles1
80k to 100k miles2
100k to 120k miles1
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 12 seat belts complaints that report mileage, the median is about 20,000 miles, and 67% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 6 crashes, 8 injuries.

What owners wrote

Tl*the contact owns a 2010 toyota prius. The contact stated that while driving approximately 25 MPH, she crashed head-on with another vehicle. She stated that the air bags did not deploy and the safety belt did not restrain her properly. The contact and a passenger received major injuries to the liver, ribs, neck, ankle, and hands. Police report was filed. The vehicle had not been inspected or repaired. The manufacturer stated that an investigator would be sent to inspect the vehicle.

Reported at 9,000 miles, December 2010 CrashInjury

2010 toyota prius, with 29000 miles. Pulling into a parking lot at a very slow speed, applied brakes to stop car, but it did not stop it, it started jerking forward, until it stopped when it struck a fence, injuries occured as a result, seat belt did not old back driver, and driver wipped forward and back striking steering wheel. Vehicle was towed to toyotta dealer. Still wating for toyota corp to advise of error that occured, data from cmputer has been downloaded by a private firm and delivered to toyota.

Reported at 29,980 miles, July 2011 CrashInjury

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