Consumer Complaint Detail

TOYOTA / COROLLA / 1995

Recalls
1 Injured
Investigations
1 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 996087958 Incident Date: Oct, 05 1996
Consumer's City: NEW ORLEANS Consumer's State: LA
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: Toyota Motor Corporation
Model Name: COROLLA Model Year: 1995
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes Component's Description: Air bags
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 1
Vehicle's VIN#: INXAE09B8SZ Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Aug, 01 1999 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: Yes Purchase Date: -
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Both air bags deployed in a low speed collision that was beneath the toyota threshhold, resulting in serious injury to mrs. ruhlman, from which she died the following march. the possibility of low-speed deployment or deployment with relatively minor collision damage was not referred to in the owner's manual. mrs. ruhlman was sitting upright prior to the accident and was wearing a seatbelt.