2009 Toyota Prius airbags problems

Filed Oct 13, 2019 · Airbags, Body · 103,000 miles · CT · crash · 1 injury

I was turning left and was hit by an oncoming car. Most damage done to the front right. The car was totaled. I was going about 5-10mph though the oncoming car was going approximately 40mph. The firemen, police and insurance adjuster were all very concerned that the airbags did not deploy. My babies were safe in the backseat thanks to their car seats. I had to go to the hospital and suffered a concussion. We just had our car tuned up at our local toyota dealership not even 6 mos ago. They did not say anything about a concern with the airbags.

Filed Sep 24, 2019 · Airbags · 113,000 miles · CA · crash · 1 injury

Tl* the contact owns a 2009 toyota prius. While driving 30 MPH, the contact crashed into another vehicle that ran a red light. The air bags did not deploy. Police report number: 190815712 was filed. The contact sustained minor injuries to the knee and his head was injured due to striking the upper windshield and rearview mirror. Medical attention was not received. The contact suffered a headache for a few days following the crash. The contact's vehicle was towed to his house. The vehicle was not destroyed. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The dealer and manufacturer were not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 113,000.

Filed Nov 28, 2018 · Airbags, Body · 128,000 miles · MD · crash

Maybe related to takata recall: we did not receive a recall, however our car skid into a tree and had significant front end damage, however no airbags deployed. Was going 25 MPH on a suburban residential st during a mixed snow/sleet storm. Slight curve and slightly downhill. The brakes were not applied as they could have made it worse. Car sped up into the skid totalling the car with $11,000 damage. We have been given several opinions that the velocity necessary to cause the damage should have triggered the airbag sensors. Car hit the middle of the bumper and perhaps missed the sensors? No report was filed by the police as accident was caused by the road conditions/weather not driver error. I have photos I can send in a few days

Filed Sep 25, 2018 · Airbags · VA

Takata recall. I have never been contacted by toyota to inform me of a recall of takata inflators. I purchased my 2009 toyota prius in 2012. I checked my VIN against the federal safety agency database and it says no recalls for my VIN. How do I resolve the danger I and my family may be subjected to?

Filed Jan 30, 2017 · Airbags, Steering · 186,000 miles · NY · crash · 1 injury

The car was involved in a moving collision that totaled the drivers front end and caused the driver to be injured because the air bags failed to deploy. I suspect that the cars steering failed while going around a sharp curve. The car has lost steering one time before and was taken to the dealer who could not duplicate the problem. *tr*dt

Filed Jul 5, 2016 · Airbags · TN

The airbag light has been on for the last some years and I have asked to dealer to check on it for 1 hour (cuz of cost of labor) and they can not find the problem. What should I do... I do not see a recall letter on this???

Filed Jun 8, 2015 · Acceleration, Airbags · ID · crash · 1 injury

2009 toyota prius. Consumer writes in regards to vehicle acceleration issues. *smd the consumer stated the vehicle was inspected on may 10, 2010. On february 11, 2010, the consumers wife was approaching a small business in a parking lot. She was almost at a dead stop, when the vehicle suddenly went a rapid acceleration mode, jumped a curbed and sidewalk, and hit a brick wall of a business building. There was severe damage to the vehicle as well as to the brick wall of the building. The air bag did not deploy.

Filed May 20, 2015 · Airbags · 18,252 miles · PA · crash · 1 injury

I was struck by a speeding auto so hard that the force of the impact obliterated the entire front end of my vehicle. I suffered serious left knee and left shoulder injuries. Not one takata airbag deployed. Had the airbags functioned properly I might have avoided the injuries to my body. My car was considered a total loss.

Filed Sep 23, 2014 · Airbags · 96,000 miles · CA

After reading the new york times article (11 sep 2014) on takata air bags, I found out that our 2009 toyota prius was not (yet) subject to recall for the defective takata airbags, even though, according to the nyt many millions of toyotas had these air bags. I contacted toyota USA customer support to inquire if our prius had air bags manufactured by takata. I was informed by toyota USA that they considered this information as "proprietary" and would not inform me as to whether or not our vehicle had air bags manufactured by takata and therefore likely to have defective canisters should there ever be an incident that caused the air bags to deploy (or explode, as they case may be). Toyota should be required to inform customers if toyota has used takata air bags in their vehicles, even if the federal safety agency & dot has not yet gotten around to mandating a recall. To me, this seems similar to the gm starter issue for which there was plenty of blame on the federal safety agency-dot as well as gm. Thank you.

Filed Sep 19, 2013 · Airbags, Body · 18,232 miles · PA · crash · 1 injury

I was turning left into the gas station located on us 22 and e. John st. A speeding car struck me on the passenger side near the door and front fender. The speeding car continued so hard that the driver's side lower frame rail was ripped from the car. No air bags deployed. I suffered left knee and left shoulder injuries necessitating several surgeries. The car was equipped with driver's side and front right air bags. Also, dr and fr side and curtain air bags. No air bags deployed. The car was totaled by the insurance company.