# 2005 TOYOTA PRIUS — AIR BAGS:FRONTAL > NHTSA complaint `766628` · 2010-02-24 · Toyota Motor Corporation ## Severity - **Deaths:** 0 - **Injured:** 1 - **Fire:** No - **Crash:** Yes - **Police report:** No - **Medical attention:** No - **Vehicle towed:** No ## Vehicle - **Make:** TOYOTA - **Model:** PRIUS - **Year:** 2005 - **Manufacturer:** Toyota Motor Corporation - **Component:** AIR BAGS:FRONTAL - **Miles at failure:** 57,000 - **Speed:** 25 mph ## Narrative I WOULD LIKE TO FILE AN OFFICIAL REPORT OF MY ACCIDENT THAT INVOLVED MY 2005 TOYOTA PRIUS ON JANUARY 13 OF THIS YEAR. IT WAS IN THE MORNING AFTER I HAD DROPPED OFF MY CHILDREN TO THEIR SCHOOL. I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HILL AND DRIVING THE NORMAL 25- 30MPH DOWN THE HILL TO GO HOME. UPON COMING TO THE STOPLIGHT, I NOTICED THE CARS IN FRONT OF ME STOPPED AT THE STOPLIGHT SO I WENT TO HIT MY BRAKES AND DID NOT FEEL ANY POWER FROM MY BRAKES SO I QUICKLY STOOD ON MY BRAKES WITH BOTH FEET AND REALIZED I HAD ABSOLUTELY NO BRAKE POWER. I SUBSEQUENTLY CRASHED QUITE HARD INTO THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME AND EXPERIENCED SEVERE PAIN TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF MY NECK. AFTER INITIAL SHOCK, I WAS ABLE TO MANEUVER MY CAR OUT OF TRAFFIC TO A PARKING LOT AND NOTICED IT FUNNY THAT MY BRAKES WERE WORKING AT THAT POINT. AFTER EXCHANGING INFORMATION WITH THE MAN THAT I HIT, MY CAR WAS TOWED TO AN AUTOBODY SHOP. AFTER GOING TO KAISER TO LOOK INTO MY INJURY (WHICH WAS WHIPLASH) I WAS TOLD AT THE AUTOBODY SHOP THAT MY CAR WAS TOTALED AND COULD NOT BE FIXED. HE ALSO TOLD ME THAT MY AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY BECAUSE I HAD HIT A LARGER AMERICAN CAR WHICH WAS HIGHER THAN MY BUMPER. IT NEVER HIT THE AIRBAG SENSOR ON MY CAR THAT WAS LOWER THAN THE IMPACT POINT. AFTER THE ACCIDENT, I ASKED MY INSURANCE COMPANY, THE INTERINSURANCE EXCHANGE OF THE AUTOMOBILE , TO PLEASE LOOK INTO THE BRAKE SITUATION AND THEY STATED THAT THEY DID NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. I AM NOT SATISFIED WITH THIS ANSWER BECAUSE I HAVE --- *Source: [NHTSA ODI](https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/downloads/) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*