2010 Toyota Corolla: airbag warning light

Filed Jul 22, 2026 · Airbags, Electrical · CA · crash · 3 injuries

While driving at highway speeds, the vehicle suffered a sudden, simultaneous failure of multiple electrical and safety systems. Without warning, the Check Engine light, VSC (Vehicle Stability Control) light, Traction Control light, and SRS Airbag light all illuminated simultaneously on the dashboard. Immediately upon illumination of these fault lights, the vehicle lost computer-assisted stability control, began swerving violently, spun out of control, and collided with another vehicle, suffering severe front and rear impact damage. The vehicle was declared a total loss. Despite severe impact forces to both the front and rear structure, the SRS airbags completely failed to deploy. Both occupants sustained injuries due to the impact and lack of airbag protection. The simultaneous illumination of the airbag and VSC lights prior to impact strongly points to a sudden failure of the steering column spiral cable (clock spring) assembly—a known safety defect under the federal safety agency Recall Campaign 14V‑168 (Recall E0M). The illumination of the airbag fault light appears to have deactivated the SRS system prior to impact, leaving occupants unprotected during a major collision. The vehicle is currently held at IAA San Diego and contains unread Event Data Recorder (EDR) crash data proving the pre-impact system shutdown. I request that the federal safety agency review this safety system failure and airbag non-deployment. CHP Crash Report #[9645-2026-02967] and Insurance Total Loss Evaluation are available upon request.

Filed Jan 9, 2026 · Airbags · TX

In 2018, my 2010 Toyota Corolla was taken to the dealership for the Takata Airbag Recall. After the repair the airbag warning light would intermittently display and go away only to come back later. The light was never consistent and was always randomly on so in turn could be off some times during the start up of the vehicle. In 2021, I took the vehicle to the dealership in which at the time the light was still intermittent. The dealership did not present any diagnostic and instead had reset the code during that time. The light would continue to still intermittently show afterwards. Currently the airbag warning light has been solid. Today 1/9/2026, the dealership has indicated they would not remediate this situation under workmanship warranty work despite previously resetting the code. The dealership insists the customer should pay for this remediation work. I have currently declined the work to seek external advise. The dealership work invoice states the code B1806 for the front passenger side squib circuit, this continued error puts passengers at risk in a car accident. Upon request of the previous dealership service history, the customer noted that there is a missing gap for service records on the dealership side. Most importantly the customer stated concern for the 2021 requested remediation was not documented. These appointments are still visible via the customer's service appointment reminder emails.

Filed Oct 9, 2018 · Airbags, Electrical · TX

Tl* takata recall. The contact owns a 2010 toyota corolla. The contact stated that the horn began to fail after the vehicle was repaired per the federal safety agency campaign number: 16v340000 (air bags) by toyota of pharr (1625 w expy 83, pharr, tx 78577, 1‑800‑347‑2360). In addition, the air bag warning indicator remained illuminated after the repair. The contact was uncertain if the part that was replaced caused the failure or if the remedy was the cause. The dealer indicated that a service appointment needed to be scheduled for the horn failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified. The failure mileage was not available.

Filed Mar 8, 2018 · Airbags · FL

Takata recall. I did bring my car to toyota of south florida dealer to replace inflator. Tree days after repair my air bag warning lights came again, and now the sound is frecuent. Also my car computer is no working well. We belive mechanic did not do the job properly. Mecvhanic was fired or he did leave miami. Why? And asking about this mechanic but no answers. Also manager of relations of the dealer phoned me and her words were without care about possible accidents and lost of human lives. Please to contact the dealer about it. ...toyota of south florida.

Filed Dec 1, 2017 · Airbags · 55,000 miles · HI

Tl* the contact owns a 2010 toyota corolla. The contact stated that the passenger side air bag indicator illuminated. The dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the issue. The approximate failure mileage was 55,000.

Filed Nov 7, 2017 · Airbags · NJ

Tl* the contact owns a 2010 toyota corolla. The contact stated that the SRS warning indicator illuminated. The dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the issue and the contact was advised to take the vehicle to the dealer. The failure mileage was unavailable.

Filed Aug 27, 2017 · Airbags, Driver assistance · 107,000 miles · IL · crash · 1 injury

"takata recall" I was in an accident in my 2010 toyota corolla exiting a major interstate on 07/07/2017. The off ramp had a very sharp curve where I lost control (possibly a failure in the stability control system?) and was traveling at around 45mph. I went into a spin and the left rear of my car hit the guardrail, spinning out still my car then hit the guardrail head-on causing the front end to collapse into the motor cavity. The airbags did not deploy causing bruising to my shoulder and abdomen areas. My neck and back were injured causing me to be immobile for a couple of weeks. I have had cat-scans and mri's trying to find out what my injuries are. I have to go to pain management to deal with the everyday pain and my life has been affected greatly. I informed toyota about the airbags and they seemed very concerned. The are investigating the issue and sent out a company called bosch to download information from the cdr box. I am still waiting on toyota's answer to this problem. I was never aware of this recall as I had purchased the car pre-owned from a toyota dealership october of 2015. I also reported the airbag lights going off and on along with other electrical problems to two different toyota dealerships along with allstate insurance company, my provider.

Filed Jul 24, 2017 · Airbags · 231,000 miles · CA

Tl* the contact owns a 2010 toyota corolla. The contact stated that the vehicle was serviced per the federal safety agency campaign numbers: 16v340000 (air bags) and 17v006000 (air bags) at gosch toyota (350 carriage cir, hemet, ca 92545 (951) 808-3134). After retrieving the vehicle from the dealer, the passenger side air bag warning indicator illuminated, an audible chime was heard, and the driver side air bag warning system activated. The contact stated that there were no issues with the air bag warning system until after the recall remedy was completed. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and advised the contact to take the vehicle to the dealer for diagnostic testing. The vehicle was taken back to gosch toyota where it was diagnosed with a passenger seat and driver seat air bag sensor failure. The sensors needed replacement. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 231,000.

Filed Jun 19, 2017 · Airbags · 79,132 miles · PR

Tl* takata recall. The contact owns a 2010 toyota corolla. The contact stated that the air bag warning indicator remained illuminated while driving. The vehicle was taken to the dealer (atlantic toyota located in hatillo pr) where it was diagnosed that the passenger seat sensor (b1773) failed and needed to be repaired. The vehicle was not repaired because the part was not available. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 16v340000 (air bags). The part needed for the repair was not available. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer stated that the contact would receive another letter when the part became available. The failure mileage was 79,132. Parts distribution disconnect. Updated 08/30/17*lj

Filed Jun 2, 2017 · Airbags, Visibility · 61,000 miles · FL

Tl* takata recall. The contact owns a 2010 toyota corolla. The contact stated that the air bag warning indicator remained illuminated while driving. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign numbers: 16v340000 (air bags) and 15v689000 (visibility); however, the part needed for the repair was not available. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The contact called the dealer, toyota headquarter in miami, fl, who stated that the remedy parts would become available in june of 2017. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 61,000. Parts distribution disconnect.

Filed Mar 17, 2017 · Airbags · TX

Tl* takata recall. The contact owns a 2010 toyota corolla. The contact stated that the air bag warning indicator illuminated. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 16v340000 (air bags); however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The dealer stated that the parts were not available. The contact inquired about recall part availability and was informed that owners would receive a second notice when remedy parts become available. The failure mileage was unknown. Vin tool confirms parts not available.

Filed Jan 16, 2017 · Airbags · 80,000 miles · CA · crash

Takata recall. The federal safety agency recall number is 16v340. The manufacturer recall number is g1p. My complaint is in regards to the recall effort. Before receiving the official letter from toyota for this recall, I had taken my car to my local toyota dealer because for a time the airbag light was turning on and staying on longer than the other lights after ignition. I had heard the news about defective airbags and was concerned. When I took my car in for the first time in early 2016, they told me everything was fine and that there was no need to return unless the light stayed on during trips. When I asked them if it was safe to have someone sit in the front passenger seat, they said it was fine. Then, months later, when I got the recall notice from toyota, the letter clearly stated that, I should not have anyone sitting in the front passenger seat. When I took my car in again, they said they were still working on a fix and that it could take months or perhaps even years. Apart from the fact I cannot use my front passenger seat for people, the most infuriating part of this is that I was told by people at my local toyota dealer (before receiving the official recall notice), that I could safely have people in the front passenger seat. In addition, I have driven for months concerned about an airbag in my car which could harm or kill me or other people in my car. Slightly before learning about the defective airbags, I was involved in a single-car crash with a yellow safety post in a subterranean parking lot entrance in january 2016 (fender bender). While my front bumper had to be repaired, no airbags were deployed at the time.