UPON HEAD ON COLLISION DRIVERS AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY RESULTING IN EXTENSIVE INJURIES. DETAILS. TT
1994 Toyota Corolla complaints
Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 1994 record →
INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AT 20MPH AND THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
DEFECTIVE SUNROOF. *AW
VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD AFTER BEING PARKED, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL/ACCIDENT. *SKD
UPON FRONTAL IMPACT THE PASSENGER AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE EXPLAIN. TT
DRIVER'S/PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS CAUSED BURNS TO DRIVER'S FACE DURING ACCIDENT WHEN AIR BAGS DEPLOYED/INJURY. (ATTORNEY FOR CLIENT) *SKD
UNDRDASH FIRE, CAUSE UNKNOWN. TT
THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY ON IMPACT AND THE DRIVERS DID. PLEASE EXPLAIN. TT
IN A VEHICLE COLLISION THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. TT
IN A HEAD ON COLLISION THE DRIVERS AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. THIS IS THE SECOND COLLISION WHERE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. TT
NOTICED ONE HOUR PRIOR AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT HAD COME ON, THEN SUDDENLY WHILE DRIVING AT APPROX. 5MPH THE AIRBAG DEPLOY WITHOUT IMPACT. TT
IN AN FRONTAL COLLISION DUE TO BRAKE FAILURE AND AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE EXPAIN. TT
CAR WAS IN AN ACCIDENT CONSUMER REAR ENDED A TRUCK AND THE AIR BAG DIDN'T DEPLOYED. TT
NOTICE WHITE SMOKE, FUEL ON THE GROUND, FIRE IN REAR OF THE ENGINE, POSSIBLE FUEL LEAK. TT
VEHICLE HESITATES/BUCKS WHEN SPEEDING AT 55 MPH OR MORE AND DRIVER TAKES FOOT OFF ACCELERATOR; ALSO, FUEL CUTS OFF SOLENOID, POSSIBLE FAILURE.
PROBLEM WITH LEFT DOOR PANEL.
RIGHT REAR DOOR LOCK FAILED. *SKD
TURN SIGNAL SWITCH FAILED. *SKD
LEFT REAR SEAT BELT FAILED. *SKD
MASTER CYLINDER FAILED, CAUSING BRAKE FAILURE/LOSS OF CONTROL/ACCIDENT. *SKD
CHILD PULLED ON REAR PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT, RETRACTOR BROKE, RESULTING IN FAILURE TO RETRACT. *AK
UPON FRONTAL COLLISION, AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY. VEHICLE CLASSIFIED AS TOTALED. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT
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