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2002 Toyota RAV4 air bags problems

Owners reported air bags problems in 23 complaints for the 2002 Toyota RAV4, 3% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
23 3% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
38,000 miles 20 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
21 and 11
Injuries and deaths
36 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When air bags problems show up

Air bags complaints by mileage, 2002 Toyota RAV4 Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 38,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 0 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 12 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 5 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 0 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 0 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 2 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: 1 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 38,000 miles
Based on 20 complaints that include mileage. 85% 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 miles0
20k to 40k miles12
40k to 60k miles5
60k to 80k miles0
80k to 100k miles0
100k to 120k miles2
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles1

What the data shows

Of the 20 air bags complaints that report mileage, the median is about 38,000 miles, and 85% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 21 crashes, 11 fires, 36 injuries.

What owners wrote

I was driving my toyota and my wife was a passenger. All of a sudden, a lady ran a stop sign and swerved and hit us head-on. We could not get out of my vehicle, the doors were jammed and the vehicle was on fire. The fire dept. And police came and quickly put the fire out and pried the front doors open. None of the airbags in my vehicle deployed. I incurred severe injuries to my head, chest, neck and left arm. My toyota was totaled and the other driver was cited for the wreck.

Reported at 33,000 miles, June 2015 CrashFireInjury

I was driving down tennessee street when a lady ran through a stop sign and hit us head-on. My air bags not did deploy which caused me and my wife injuries. The other vehicle that hit my toyota 2002 rav4 SUV. Air bags did deploy on impact, where my airbags did not deploy. If my air bags would have deployed like they were supposed to, then me and my wife would not have sustained injuries.

Reported at 38,000 miles, June 2015 CrashInjury

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