2015 TOYOTA CAMRY HYBRID — Complaint #1546355
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NHTSA Complaint about AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE filed March 7, 2019
NHTSA complaint #1546355 (ODI reference 11184980) concerns a 2015 TOYOTA CAMRY HYBRID and was filed on March 7, 2019. The owner reports the failure occurred on July 13, 2018. The vehicle had 65,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Pennsylvania based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as air bags:frontal:passenger side:inflator module, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: yes, fire: no, injuries: 1, fatalities: 0. A complaint that flags a crash, fire, or fatality is escalated on NHTSA's internal review queue and factors more heavily into any Preliminary Evaluation decision on this make and model. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same TOYOTA CAMRY HYBRID cohort independently describe similar air bags:frontal:passenger side:inflator module failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2015 TOYOTA CAMRY HYBRID shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
I WAS DRIVING MY 2015 TOYOTA CAMRY LE AFTER DROPPING OFF MY SON AT DAY CARE ON JULY 13, 2018. I EXPERIENCED A SEIZURE WHILE ON THE HIGH WAY TRAVELING AT A SAFE SPEED WITH THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC. I BECAME UNCONSCIOUS, AND WAS AWAKENED BY A NURSE WHO KINDLY GAVE ME MEDICAL CARE TO PREVENT FURTHER INJURY. THE POLICE OFFICER STATED THAT MY VEHICLE BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN AND VEER TO THE LEFT, HITTING GUARD WIRES ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGH WAY. MY DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW WAS SHATTERED, AND THE LEFT AND RIGHT QUARTER PANELS WERE DEMOLISHED. THE ROOF WAS CAVED IN AND BODY WAS DESTROYED. MY AIRBAGS ON THE 2015 TOYOTA CAMRY NEVER DEPLOYED. I WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL BY AN AMBULANCE AND TREATED WITH IMAGING ORDERED BY THE PHYSICIAN, THEN DISCHARGED.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1546355 |
| ODI Number | 11184980 |
| Date Filed | March 7, 2019 |
| Failure Date | July 13, 2018 |
| VIN | 4T1BD1FK7FU |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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