2008 Toyota Prius Air Bags Problems
- 29
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.
Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.
Among these 29 stored complaint records:
- 24 indicate a crash
- 16 indicate injury
- 0 indicate fire
- 2 indicate a death
What owners report
- passenger side · 4 records
- police report · 4 records
- report filed · 4 records
- floor mats · 4 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 60–100k mi | 6 |
| 30–60k mi | 5 |
| 100–150k mi | 5 |
| 150–400k mi | 4 |
| 1–30k mi | 2 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Air Bags
Went off the road into a ditch to avoid a deer. Ditch was im guessing about 4 foot deep . Air bags did not work. Hit my head and have a large bruise on my chest .
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 11191751
Air Bags
Struck a car at approx 50 mph spun then crashed into a tree dead center of car. Air bags did not deploy.
Crash reported
ODI 11099089
Air Bags
PASSENGER SIDE SEAT AIRBAG BAD
ODI 10968435
Air Bags · Electrical System · Vehicle Speed Control
The vehicle combination meter sporadically will not turn on which prevents the display of the speed of the car. During this condition, the fuel economy will not display, the car may not be powered off by normal procedure, and the fuel gauge, drive train mode indicator, and odometer are not visible. This has occurred for the past 2 years, primarily during cold weather, but also during warm weather, and i have a video…
ODI 10985436
Air Bags · Body
My daughter was driving with a passenger in the front, on a town street and a vehicle pulled out in front of her. The impact was on her front bumper and hood pushing the side quarter panels back. The other vehicle was an older pontiac grand pris, their airbags deployed. No airbags deployed on the toyota prius.why did the airbags not deploy?
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 10903463
Air Bags
I was impacted directly from the side, while in motion on a city street heading straight. I slightly swerved to the right. The other driver ran a stop sign from a cross street. The impact was hard enough to total the vehicle, and to bounce my head against the driver's side window, push me into a curb on the opposite side and cross traffic. The damage was at the majority toward the rear door, but impacted the center…
Crash reported
ODI 10883602
Air Bags
Passenger side airbag light shows off when passenger is riding in passenger seat. Precision toyota told me the weight limit is 80 pounds to turn on the airbag. My wife is between 90 and 95 pounds and sometimes the airbag will say on and other times it will say off. I had a 2015 prius v for the last week and it has the same problem with the passenger airbag not turning on when my wife is present. This is a safety…
ODI 10821563
Air Bags
Hit - t-boned. Drivers side - front quarter panel -knocked out- car totaled- four air bags in front- not one went off- want to know why ???? Car was in motion. .....updated12/07/15*bf; updated 04/27/18*jb *tr
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 10806312
Air Bags · Electrical System · Fuel/Propulsion System
I was in an automobile accident in feb of 2015 i hot another vehicle going approximately 15mph no air bags were deployed and the police officer and body shop both were surprised no air bags deployed. I'm curious if this was due to a fault you airbag and luckly i wasn't seriously injured. My dash computer sensor went out in 2015, causing me to not be able to read an odometer, speedometer, etc. I had this part…
Crash reported · 2 injuries
ODI 11079898
Air Bags
2008 toyota prius pulled into the path of a pick up truck and was struck in the driver's door. Side air bags did not deploy. *tr updated 9/19/2017*cn
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 10678525
Air Bags
Letter from senator nelson on behalf of constituent re 2008 toyota prius airbags. *smd the consumer stated no one was able to tell her, if the vehicle was manufactured with takata air bags. *jb
ODI 10679179
Air Bags
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 toyota prius. While driving approximately 45 mph, the vehicle was involved in a head on crash and the air bags failed to deploy. It was unknown if any injuries were sustained or if a police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to the contact's residence. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 85,000. Updated…
Crash reported
ODI 10650803
Air Bags
This car was in an accident and the airbags did not deploy. The airbags did not deploy at all. The car was totaled.......updated 08/14/14 *bf
Crash reported
ODI 10617914
Air Bags
My husband was t-boned on the drivers side of our 2008 toyota prius by a suv going approximately 40 mph and not one air bag deployed. Thankfully the impact was near the front driver tire instead of directly on the door. The drivers side door was impacted and my husband had to wait for the fire department to pry open the door so he could get out of the vehicle. We bought this car brand new and it has never been in…
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 10597770
Air Bags · Seat Belts
My brother was killed in a car wreck on 1/14/2014 as you can see from the article of what happened. Not one airbag went off during this wreck. There is video and pictures of the severity of the wreck. 54-year-old [xxx] was killed in a three-vehicle accident on i-75 tuesday morning, january 14, 2014. [xxx] i-75 accident.according to georgia state patrol, traffic was stopped in the northbound lanes of i-75, near exit…
Crash reported · 1 death
ODI 10563801
Air Bags
Passenger air bag light in instrument panel remains off even when an adult is in passenger seat, thus negating the deployment of air bag when other sensors might activate it. Nor does an un-buckled seat belt sensor activate the warning buzzer. Fyi similar problem. Toyota is recalling 11,153 of its 2012-13 scion iq models because the passenger air bag may malfunction. In its report to the agency, toyota said the…
ODI 10484721
Air Bags
Driving on the freeway at 68 mph when the car in front of me suddenly slammed on their brakes. I also slammed on the brakes but was not able to stop and rear ended the other car. My hood was crumpled, and the front end was pushed in. Radiator fluid was leaking. The car was not drivable and had to be towed. The air bags never deployed. *tr
Crash reported
ODI 10460596
Air Bags
My husband hit a jeep who went through his red light. We t-boned him, our air bags "did not" deploy. We were going 40 which is the posted speed. My husband hit the brakes but there was no way we could get stopped. We did get checked at the hospital. Thankfully we had minor bruises, but our 2008 toyota prius was totaled. The car took the impact well, seat belts kept us safe, as well our grandson's car seat but, the…
Crash reported · 3 injuries
ODI 10456447
Air Bags
Cpsc# i1240212a. 2008 toyota prius. Consumer stated she and her husband were in a car accident. They had the green light and a vehicle ran through his red light. Her husband wasn't able to stop, and t-boned the other vehicle, and the air bags did not deploy. Their vehicle was totaled. *ln
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 10456231
Air Bags · Fuel/Propulsion System · Service Brakes · Vehicle Speed Control
On 09/01/10, we took our 2008 prius in because there were two times the car didn't stop when we used the brakes. I told the service manager, the car was accelerating on its own. It was scary and i feared an accident. After they worked on the car, i was told that it was the floor mats that interfered with the accelerator pedal. It didn't make sense to me because i had to put my foot under the pedal to raise it up…
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 10585814
Air Bags · Fuel/Propulsion System · Service Brakes · Vehicle Speed Control
On 09/01/10, we took our 2008 prius in because there were two times the car didn't stop when we used the brakes. I told the service manager, the car was accelerating on its own. It was scary and i feared an accident. After they worked on the car, i was told that it was the floor mats that interfered with the accelerator pedal. It didn't make sense to me because i had to put my foot under the pedal to raise it up…
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 10585813
Air Bags · Front
S10 appropriate handling- letter to the secretary from re expressing concerns regarding toyota safety problems *tgw note: unable to view flash drive *tgw the consumer stated he was sitting at a red light when a 1997 chevrolet tahoe rear ended him. The chevrolet destroyed the rear of the vehicle, slamming the right front of the vehicle into the shoulder concrete wall, pitching the vehicle up into the air on its right…
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 10462620
Air Bags
2008 toyota prius. Consumer writes in regards to air bags never deployed in accident. *smd the consumer stated there was no need to keep sending recall letters, because the vehicle was totaled in an accident in december 2011. The consumer stated he struck the center guardrail, during a winter storm. *jb
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 10563052
Air Bags
Pulling away from a stop sign, in the middle of the intersection, my 2008 prius was t-boned by a 1994 van (traveling 35mph according to the driver). The van struck the center of the passenger door, crushing the door and door frame. The rear door is also damaged an unable to be opened. The rear seat passenger broke the window with her head and required staples, front passenger arm was smashed by the door, driver has…
Crash reported · 3 injuries
ODI 10436117
Air Bags
In 2008, i bought the new prius 2008. On january 11, 2008 i am driving with speed 35 mph and head-on crash it by a car from opposite direction with speed 40mph head on collision on 2/3 of the car from a driver side were damage, the engine split and an half. The car were total loss..but the airbag did not deploy. Call toyota experience ([redacted]) but they do not want to take any actions. I hit the steering wheel…
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 10378829