1993 Toyota Previa Air bags Problems
- Complaints
- 8about this part
- Share
- 20%of 41 total for the year
- Median mileage
- 217,424miles
- Trend
- Not enough dataFewer than 15 complaints, too few for a reliable trend.
NHTSA recorded 8 complaints about the air bags of the 1993 Toyota Previa, 20% of the 41 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 217,424 miles. 2 of these say a crash was involved, according to the filers.
Fewer than 15 complaints name this part, so treat the figures as a rough indication only.
Example complaints
Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.
“Vehicle has driver-side airbag only. Airbag deployed on tuesday, july 2 at about 5pm while driving on a san diego freeway at 60mph. There was no collision or warning to driver. Minor injury to driver. Vehicle was ultimately towed from road to service center.”
NHTSA complaint #11229675, filed 2019-07, 307,848 miles“Letter from congressman defazio on behalf of constituent re 1993 Toyota Previa airbag warning light. The consumer was informed her vehicle was not on the recall list.”
NHTSA complaint #10806915, filed 2015-11“Airbag light came on after not driving for a couple days. Took it to the dealer, it will cost $800 to fix it. I think this is very unreasonable. It was never in a wreck and never deployed. There are also some other electrical problems with the lights in the dash.”
NHTSA complaint #10130743, filed 2005-08“While driving a 65mph drivers air bag deployed, there was no impact. Consumer was told by dealer that the resaon air bag depolyed was because of major damage to undercarriage.”
NHTSA complaint #986534, filed 1996-07Related service bulletins
- 10244113Aug 17, 2023TSB: Replacement certification labels (the vinyl label installed on the driver door or door post) and VIN plates (the metal plate riveted to dashboard) (see Figure 1) for most…
- 10131961Jan 14, 2014Toyota vehicles are equipped with Supplemental Restraint Systems (SRS), including various airbags and in some models, seat belt pre-tensioners, to help reduce the risk of injury…
- 10133915Jan 3, 2013Toyota vehicles are equipped with SRS, including various airbags and in some models, seat belt pre-tensioners, to help reduce the risk of injury in a collision. If a customer…
Air bags: other model years
Other parts of the 1993 Toyota Previa
8 complaintsTires
7 complaintsElectrical system
5 complaintsOther or unknown
4 complaintsTransmission and drivetrain
4 complaintsEngine cooling
2 complaintsEquipment
2 complaintsSeat belts
2 complaintsBody and structure
2 complaintsSuspension
2 complaintsExterior lighting
1 complaintsFuel system
1 complaints
← All problems reported for the 1993 Toyota Previa
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