# 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS — AIR BAGS
> NHTSA complaint `761030` · 2010-02-09 · Toyota Motor Corporation
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** TOYOTA
- **Model:** PRIUS
- **Year:** 2006
- **Manufacturer:** Toyota Motor Corporation
- **Component:** AIR BAGS
- **Miles at failure:** 40,000
- **Speed:** 35 mph
## Narrative
ON AUGUST 25, 2009 MY DAUGHTER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WITH OUR 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS.  THIS CAR HAD LOW MILEAGE AND A NEW SET OF TIRES.  MY DAUGHTER WAS PROBABLY GOING THE SPEED LIMIT OF 45 MPH WHEN AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE BROUGHT TRAFFIC TO A HALT, MY DAUGHTER PUT ON BRAKES BUT STILL ENDING UP HITTING THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HER RESULTING IN TOTALING THE PRIUS.  THANKFULLY, SHE WAS NOT INJURED, BUT THE PEOPLE SHE HIT HAVE A CLAIM IN FOR INJURIES, THOUGH NONE VISIBLE AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  MY BIGGEST PROBLEM WITH THIS IS THAT ALTHOUGH SHE HIT THE CAR IN FRONT SQUARE ON COMPLETELY DEMOLISHING THE FRONT END NONE OF HER AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, NONE.  ON CALLING JULISSA AT TOYOTA HEADQUARTERS I WAS TOLD THAT THEY WERE DESIGNED NOT TO DEPLOY IN THIS TYPE OF ACCIDENT.  I WAS DUMBFOUNDED, WHEN WERE THEY SUPPOSED TO DEPLOY IF NOT DURING A FRONT END COLLISION AT ABOUT 35 MPH.  AFTER I STOPPED SHAKING MY HEAD FROM DISBELIEF I CALLED BACK AND SPOKE TO A SUPERVISOR WHO IN TURN EXPLAINED THAT THE AIR BAGS REACTED AS DESIGNED, I SUGGESTED AT THAT POINT THAT PERHAPS THERE MAY BE A DESIGN FLAW.  I AM NOT A ROCKET SCIENTIST BUT I HAVE A PRETTY GOOD IDEA WHAT AIR BAGS ARE DESIGNED FOR, AFTERALL I DID PAY ALL THAT MONEY FOR THEM.  NEEDLESS TO SAY I WAS NOT HAPPY AND AM STILL UPSET THAT THEY WOULD THINK THE PUBLIC IS SO STUPID.  AS I MENTIONED THE CAR WAS TOTALED AND AT THE TIME WAS VALUED AT $17,000.  I RECEIVED A FULL PAY OFF FOR THE CAR BUT FEEL THEY OWE ME SOMETHING FOR THE EQUITY THAT WAS L
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