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2016 Toyota Corolla Air bags Problems

Complaints
65about this part
Share
30%of 215 total for the year
Median mileage
34,900miles
Trend
FallingComplaints filed in the last 3 full calendar years are at least 25% lower than in the 3 years before.

NHTSA recorded 65 complaints about the air bags of the 2016 Toyota Corolla, 30% of the 215 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 34,900 miles. 45 of these say a crash was involved and 1 a fire, according to the filers. 1 recall campaign on record is filed under a similar system.

Example complaints

Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.

“I have been in two accidents where both times I was ran off the road into a ditch. In neither accident did any of the air bags deploy but I definitely hit hard enough in which they should had. One time my child was in the back seat. I hit a ditch filled with huge rocks the first accident was settled at over $1700 and the 2nd accident is still in the claims portion of the accident, where I was ran off the road. …”

NHTSA complaint #11023892, filed 2017-09, 19,000 miles

“On 08/11/2017 my daughter was driving through a intersection when another vehicle failed to yield in front of her. She was involved in a head on collision and the airbags did not deploy on her 2016 Toyota Corolla. The body shop said the car should have been totaled but due to the airbags not deploying, the insurance company did not total the vehicle. I feel we were treated unfairly due to this. My daughter also suffered injuries from the incident. Two years later we see there is a recall for the airbags.”

NHTSA complaint #11319215, filed 2020-03, 14,000 miles

“On 08/07/2018, I was in a car (2016 Toyota Corolla) accident where another car slammed me in the rear and I've hit a chevy pickup in the back. The pick-up was coming to a stop which I was slowing down as well and I'm assuming the car that was behind did not paid attention. Therefore, he hit me between 45-50 MPH in the back which I've hit the truck abruptly at 30-35mph. My airbags did not deploy which is very shocking and my shoulder along with my arm slammed into the steering wheel. …”

NHTSA complaint #11120041, filed 2018-08, 45 miles

“I was in car accident and rear ended my airbags failed deploy and seat belt seat belt pretensioners to stop force my body felt ragged dogged as being hit my neck felt it was going snapped I was scared for life.I was on city city street stopped at red light when rear ended by large SUV. I got letter from Toyota saying I need have airbag replace, and when went dealer on friday 9:00 am the rech john keller refuse to service for recall, and told me he looked up VIN and my car didn't needed it Toyota of hb reuse to repair it.”

NHTSA complaint #11319675, filed 2020-03, 145,000 miles

“The airbag light on the passenger side of the car started blinking red when the car is off, when the car is on the light says the airbag is off. I took it to the Toyota dealer like I was recommended to do after checking the recall website. Auto nation Toyota at 12111 gulf freeway in houston texas for them to fix the problem.after in less than an hour the service attendant called me and told me that the car needed the windshield wipers replaced and the AC and engine filters needed to be replaced and it was going to cost 4 or 5 hundred dollars to fix. …”

NHTSA complaint #11394371, filed 2021-02, 94,000 miles

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Air bags: other model years

YearComplaintsShare of year
2026211%
2025619%
2024812%
202368%
20221010%
20215328%
2020186%
20193316%
20183626%
20175430%
20166530%
20155625%
20146925%
20137236%
201237083%
201141872%
201042434%
200955238%
200813844%
200743652%
200645454%
200545754%
200423649%
200333346%
20022320%
20012317%
20001712%
19991912%
19986127%
19972921%
19963225%
19955431%
19946940%
19934837%
199212%
199111%

Other parts of the 2016 Toyota Corolla

Brakes
30 complaints
Seat belts
26 complaints
Other or unknown
24 complaints
Steering
22 complaints
Transmission and drivetrain
22 complaints
Vehicle speed control
22 complaints
Body and structure
15 complaints
Electrical system
14 complaints
Engine
13 complaints
Suspension
11 complaints
Exterior lighting
10 complaints
Fuel system
8 complaints

← All problems reported for the 2016 Toyota Corolla

About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 31, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.

To check a specific vehicle for open recalls, use its VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls. Methodology