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2012 Toyota Prius air bags problems

28 complaints about air bags have been filed for the 2012 Toyota Prius, which is 5% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
28 5% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
29,000 miles 22 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
23 and 0
Injuries and deaths
17 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When air bags problems show up

Air bags complaints by mileage, 2012 Toyota Prius Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 29,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 6 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 7 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 4 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 1 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 2 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 0 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 2 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 29,000 miles
Based on 22 complaints that include mileage. 77% 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 miles7
40k to 60k miles4
60k to 80k miles1
80k to 100k miles2
100k to 120k miles0
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles2
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 22 air bags complaints that report mileage, the median is about 28,000 miles, and 77% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 23 crashes, 17 injuries.

What owners wrote

The contact owned a 2012 Toyota Prius. The contact stated that while making a left turn at 10 MPH, another vehicle crashed into the vehicle and t-boned the front passenger's side door of the vehicle. The air bags did not deploy. There was no warning light illuminated. After the impact, the front windshield slowly cracked. A Police report was filed. The contact and her husband were transported by ambulance to the hospital.

Reported at 140,000 miles, June 2026 CrashInjury

On september 8, 2012 my wife was on her way to our rental and was hit as she readied to turn to the house. Our 2012 toyota prius 3 was thrown into the air and bounced back to a diagonal position across the road. Upon impact, the steering wheel air bag did not deploy until after impact--her seatbelt did not restrain her from hitting her chest on the steering wheel nor did the knee air bag deploy until after she hit her knees on the lower dash.

Reported at 2,200 miles, September 2012 CrashInjury

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