This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
The contact owns a 1996 Toyota Camry. While driving down a hill at 15 mph, the vehicle starting accelerating without warning. The vehicle reached speeds of 60-80 mph while running two stop signs. He had to crash into a tree and another vehicle to stop the vehicle. The air bags did not deploy. He suffered injuries to the right arm. He contacted the manufacturer in reference to recall # 96E001000 (rostra precision controls). He was advised that the recall only applied to six cylinder vehicles. The current and failure mileages were 200,500. Updated 01/12/10. The consumer stated 2 nights before the accident, the cruise control came on and then went off. Updated 01/13/10.
The contact owns a 1996 Toyota Camry. While driving 45 mph, the contact was involved in a crash and rear ended another vehicle. The air bags failed to deploy. A police report was filed. Both passengers were wearing their seat belts, but one was injured and transported to the hospital. The vehicle was severely damaged, but could still be driven. The contact has pictures. The current and failure mileages were 150,000.
While driving at 55 mph, the consumer was struck on the front passenger's side by another vehicle. The consumer was wearing a seat belt and the airbags did deploy. When the air bags deployed, they deployed in ribbons. The inflater canister sprayed the contents over the interior of the vehicle. Consumer suffered minor injuries.
My airbags deployed for no apparent reason while I was driving, with a passenger, approximately 25 mph, on a slight incline on a back country road, in the mid afternoon. I notified Toyota santa cruz, where I had purchased the Camry new in 1996, and they essentially did nothing. I notified Toyota's regional office and I met with an agent from there who inspected my car at Toyota santa cruz. He found evidence a rock had hit a stabilizing bar underneath. I reported having not seen or hit a rock on the day of the incident. I was told to await Toyota's decision in the mail within 10 days. They concluded my air bags had deployed appropriately. My witness and I wrote back to the legal department, where we had been referred, disputing their conclusion twice, and both times the response was that their conclusion was final. I am confined to only being able to communicate with the legal department by mail. Meanwhile, I am driving with no airbags now for close to 2 years. Toyota has prompted me to get my air bag light fixed since the deployment, but that is all. And my horn doesn't work normally now that the vinyl is ripped open in the center of the steering wheel. I intentionally bought the Camry for it's safety record. I am in disbelief that Toyota cares so little for safety. Please, please help me.
When older son was driving about 25 mph vehicle collided with another vehicle head-on. Younger son was riding on passenger's side when air bags deployed, causing serious injuries to passenger.
While traveling at 15 mph front end hit side of another car. Was traveling at about 15mph. Upon impact, driver's side and passenger's side airbags deployed, and consumer sustained a broken wrist. Consumer stated that an airbag was there to protect passenger, but instead it broke consumer's wrist.
Airbags did not deploy while crashing frontend of car at the speed of 35 mph into another vehicle's driver's side door. Driver injured neck & passenger injured knees!
Vehicle involved in a frontal collision with another vehicle at 30-35 mph impact and both air bags did not deploy. Dealer / manufacturer were not notified at this time. Please feel free to provide any further details on this matter.
While driving at approximately 10 mph tire slightly hit a curb, causing dual airbags to deploy. The passenger's side front airbag caught on fire, resulting in 1st degree burns to the driver, but there was no passenger seated.
While driving the vehicle at 20 mph the vehicle had a frontal impact in which the driver's and passenger's airbag did not deploy, which did not protect the occupant in this accident.
Driving at approximately 30-35 mph in wet conditions, vehicle began to skid. Applied brakes and rearended vehicle in front. Dual airbags did not deploy/inoperative, causing the consumer to hit steering wheel, and resulting in injuries. 538159 dup of 825226. Posted on 09-07-1999.
Consumer says that a bump was hit while driving the vehicle at 30 mph, the vehicle was parked for 20minutes, and when returned to vehicle the air bags had deployed on their own.
Consumer was driving approximately 40-45mph when a vehicle pulled in front at 1-2 mph, causing consumer to rearend vehicle in front. With $3,700 in damage, the air bags did not deploy, consumer was injured.
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