Air Bag Not Deploy problems of the 2008 Toyota Prius

Struck a car at approx 50 mph spun then crashed into a tree dead center of car. Air bags did not deploy.

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?.

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 of the car and driver door enough where it was pushed an 1-inch and the driver door could not be opened. Firefighters at the scene were concerned that the curtain airbags did not deploy. I am also concerned. I would like to know if this is a defect that could involve other cars and other people in an accident.

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.

Tl-the contact owns a 2008 Toyota Prius. The contact stated while driving approximately 45 mph, the vehicle was involved in a head on collision and the air bags did not deploy. The vehicle was towed to the contact home. The vehicle has not been repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 85,000. Kw.

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.

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 problem was because of a cable under the passenger seat that is part of the system that determines if a person is sitting in the seat and the air bag should be turned on. The report said the cable could be damaged by moving the seat fore and aft. That could either cause the air bag not to deploy in a crash or to deploy without being in a crash.

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.

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.

2008 Toyota Prius. Consumer writes in regards to air bags never deployed in accident. 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.

I was in a car accident with a 2008 Toyota Prius. I was traveling approx 30 miles per hour and hit a parked car with my front passenger tire. The car is potetially totalled. My airbags did not deploy and I hit the streering wheel and sustained a concussion.

In January 2008, I bought the new Prius 2008. On January 11, 2011 I am driving with speed 35 mph and car from opposite direction lost control and hit my car with speed 40 mph head on collision on 2/3 of the car from a driver side were damage, the Prius engine split and an half. The car were total loss. . But the airbag did not deploy. I called Toyota experience (1-800-331-4331) but they provide them all information and pictures and request for them for reason why airbag did not deploy. I have not heard back from Toyota and no actions. Has been taken. I I hit the steering wheel hard chip 2 of my teeth, loosing 4 and severly suffered neck,back, shoulder,chest, rib, hipand knee, cut and bruises.

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 (1-800-331-4331) but they do not want to take any actions. I hit the steering wheel hard chip 2 of my teeth, loosing 4 and suffered neck,back, shoulder,and knee, cut and bruises.

The contact owns a 2008 Toyota Prius. While driving approximately 5 mph into a parking space. The contact engaged the brake pedal and the engine revved extremely high with an increase in the acceleration. The vehicle would not stop and traveled over a cement parking block. The vehicle continued to accelerate and crashed into a brick wall. The air bags failed to deploy with the impact involved. There was no personal injury. A police report was filed of the incident. The estimated cost for the brick wall damages was $2,500. The vehicle was repaired under the NHTSA campaign id number 09v388000 (vehicle speed control: accelerator pedal) in June of 2010. The contact stated the remedy did not correct the problem. The vehicle was towed to a collision center. The failure mileage was approximately 30,000.

Right lane of freeway 134 e in burbank CA blocked and vehicle in front of me and myself were obliged to come to a full stop. My 2008 Prius was then rear-ended by a range rover and propelled into the large pickup truck in front of me. Both back and front were significantly impacted and car was a total loss. Driver (myself) was wearing seatbelt and suffered face and chest contusions. The airbag did not deploy and driver's face impacted steering wheel.

2008 Toyota Prius was hit in the rear, side and front and totaled for a loss of $20,792. 00 and air bags never deployed.

The contact owns a 2008 Toyota Prius. While driving 60 mph, the driver passed out and lost control of the vehicle. The vehicle continued to accelerate and crashed through a fence. The vehicle came to a stop when it crashed into a head stone in a cemetery. The driver was wearing her seat belt, but the air bags failed to deploy. The driver sustained head, neck, and chest injuries. The vehicle was inspected by an insurance adjuster, who stated that the air bags malfunctioned and should have deployed based on the rate of speed and frontal damage. A police report was filed and the vehicle was destroyed. The contact is in the process of notifying the manufacturer. The failure mileage was 24,000.

The contact owns a 2008 Toyota Prius. While driving approximately 30 mph, the vehicle was struck on the front passenger side by another vehicle. The air bags failed to deploy. The contact's wife sustained minor injuries and the vehicle sustained major damages. A police report was filed. The VIN was unknown. The current and failure mileages were approximately 3,000.