In an attempt to avoid oncoming calves on a county dirt road driver inadvertantly pulled steering wheel to the right and hit a tree at road side. Tree is twelve inched from road surface. Before seat belt restrained driver, driver's forward momentum broke the steering wheel. Driver was not injured. Went to local hospital er. Sheriff investigated. With the extensive damage to the front end of the vehicle the air bag should have deployed. It did not. Photos taken. Your organization is being notified as we feel the air bag should have deployed. We will also contact toyota. Thank you. [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
2009 Toyota Prius airbags complaints
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2009 toyota prius. Consumer states steering wheel air bag did not deploy during a fatal car accident *tgw according to the police report, the driver rear ended another vehicle.
Good day, I am a 19 year police veteran for a medium size police department in alaska. I wanted to pass along on observation that myself and other officers are seeing in the field. Specifically, we have noted that with the increase in icy conditions and increased vehicle collisions, that many of the smaller vehicles such as subaru's and toyota prius are not having their airbags activated. We have seen about a half dozen wrecks where the collision has caused the car to slam into a vehicle in front of it at a stop light or similar and the bumper doesn't touch the rear of the standing vehicle causing the airbag to deploy, however, the hood/engine compartment is crumpled. Additionally, side curtain airbags are also not deploying on angled impacts. I do not know if you have had other observations of this but wanted awareness in case there is a trend in design or sensors.
I own a prius 2009. I was involved in an accident in which a truck run a red light, broadsided a vehicle at the intersection. This vehicle spun and hit the right front part of my car. The problem is that the driver airbag deployed about 2 min after the hit, but the airbag was torn and the inflation gas leaked into the cabin. The passenger bag was not deployed. I was alone in the car and was not injured. I have reported the incident to toyota.
Tl*the contact owns a 2009 toyota prius. The contact stated that the vehicle was at a complete stop when it suddenly accelerated. The vehicle crashed into the brick wall although the driver was attempting to apply the brakes. The driver experienced severe whiplash, swelling in her chest, bruising on her ribs and shoulder. The air bags did not deploy. A police report was filed. There was no mention of the vehicle being destroyed. A few months prior to the failure the dealer performed an complete vehicle inspection and dealer stated that there was nothing wrong it. The manufacturer was not notified. The current and failure mileages were approximately 8,000.
2009 toyota prius was hit from behind and pushed into the vehicle in front. At no time did the seat belts catch nor did the airbags deploy. My daughter's face collided with the dashboard due to the seat belts not working and no airbag deployment. So far toyota says that there is nothing to fix, the car performed as it was designed to.
Tl*the contact owns a 2009 toyota pruis. While driving between 30-40 MPH on normal road conditons, the contact rear-ended the preceding vehicle. The air bags failed to deploy and there were no warning indicators illuminated on the instrument panel. There were no injuries, but the vehicle sustained severe damage. The police department was called to the scene and a report was filed. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic. The vehicle is currently under investigation and the cause of the failure has not yet been determined. The insurance company was notified. The VIN was unknown. The failure and current mileages were 2,500.
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