2000 Toyota Corolla Air bags Problems

“Traveling on a local hwy and a vehicle, two cars in front, made a sudden left turn causing the vehicle in front of me to lock down their brakes thus causing me to stop abruptly. My braking system locked my wheels down causing me to slide into the car in front of me at 35 MPH. Upon impact, my airbags did not deploy and my seatbelt did not keep me from hitting the windshield causing injuries to my head, neck and body injuries from hitting the steering wheel. I am also pregnant. Wellness followups are being conducted. …”

“While driving at 10 MPH and making a left turn another vehicle collided with consumer's vehicle. The consumer's vehicle was struck on the right front side. Consumer's vehicle then hit dead center on a utility pole. Consumer was wearing seat belts, but the air bags did not deploy.”

“The problem I noticed with this vehicle, was with the brakes every time I would brake the vehicle would not stop on command the car would continue to glide. This was reported to the dealership numerous times and the response I received was basically I did not know what I was talking about and I was imagining this problem. Until this day the problem has not been resolved. The second incident happened when my fiance was in an head on collision in my car, the frontal airbag did not deploy as a result he injured his neck and back. …”

“We had the delership look at vehicle four times and they claimed my wife did not know what she was talking about. The fifth time on june 2nd we took it to another delership and they said the right front strut assembly was faulty and replaced.we have also noticed the brakes do not operate normally all the time but no action has been taken. Lastly, my wife had a wreck and the air bags did not diploy. We contacted Toyota and they said they would send someone out to look at the vehicle. So, far they have not been fully cooperative. …”

“The contact owns a 2000 Toyota Corolla. During a crash at 15 MPH, the air bags failed to deploy and the seat belts malfunctioned. A police report was filed. Due to the lack of restraint by the seat belt, the contact severely injured her ribs and had to be hospitalized for two days. The contact called the sales dealer and they were not cooperative. The current and failure mileages were 70,000. Updated 04/28/08.”