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2010 Toyota Yaris Owner Complaints

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Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Reports on file since Dec 7, 2009

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Our database holds 90 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2010 Toyota Yaris. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

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Filed Nov 29, 2024
1 injury reported

Vehicle was in Park and keys were out and I was on passenger side unloading a shelf and the shelf hit the shifter and the vehicle started rolling backwards and ran over my leg.

NHTSA ID
11627951
Incident
Nov 26, 2024
Filed Jun 27, 2024

I would like to point out that both Driver and Police Officer safety may be improved if all vehicle designers and manufacturers were to disrupt the convention of locating caches for the drivers vehicle registration information at or below driver shoulder height. It may be a fairly inconsequential to implement a design standard so that the paper copy of a drivers registration and insurance would be neatly and preferentially stored at a height relativistic of the drivers shoulders so that every driver would naturally move through the motion of raising their hands into the air to retrieve requested registration information

NHTSA ID
11597216
Incident
Jan 1, 2024
Electrical
Filed Sep 28, 2021

Malfunctioning components 1. Door locks do not lock all the time when the lock button is pressed. 2. Randomly I will find my doors unlocked, when I closed them when I got out. 3. Doors unlock by themselves and that poses a problem for me and my family. To be able to figure out the issue I have to take it to the dealer where they charge an arm and a leg to diagnose the issue, due to Covid-19 and the hardship it has caused my family I don’t have the funds to do that. Somebody has to push the dealers to help the consumers out for a change. Thank you.

NHTSA ID
11434616
Incident
Jun 12, 2021
Body & structureSuspension
Filed Apr 24, 2020

2010 YARIS, BROKEN FRAME AFTER HITTING POTHOLE, FRAME AND SUSPENSION ALL ROTTED OUT. EVEN THOUGH THERE IS NO OUTSIDE VISIBLE RUST ON ANY EXTERIOR PANELS.

NHTSA ID
11322105
Incident
Apr 23, 2020
Mileage
230,000 mi
EngineFuel system
Filed Feb 3, 2020

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA YARIS. THE CONTACT STATED THE FUEL GAUGE FAILED TO ILLUSTRATE THE CORRECT AMOUNT OF FUEL WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE STALL DUE TO A LACK OF FUEL. THE CONTACT STATED NO WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED OR INFORMED THAT THE FUEL LEVEL WAS LOW. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DRIVABLE AND WAS TOWED TO LOCAL DEALER (JOE MACHENS TOYOTA LOCATED AT 1180 VANDIVER DR, COLUMBIA, MO 65202, WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH NEEDING THE FUEL SENDER GAUGE TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED AFTER THE REPAIRS, THE VEHICLE SEIZED AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING WAS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT INFORMED THE DEALER OF THE SECONDARY FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN INFORMED OF FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 142,234. *LN*JB *DL

NHTSA ID
11306737
Incident
Jan 31, 2020
Mileage
142,234 mi
Airbags
Filed Oct 31, 2019

2010 TOYOTA YARIS. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARD TO AIRBAG SAFETY RECALL. *AS THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE DID NOT REQUIRE THE AIRBAGS TO BE REPLACE, BUT CONSTANTLY RECEIVED RECALL NOTICES. *JS

NHTSA ID
11277897
Incident
Oct 31, 2019
Seat belts
Filed Jun 16, 2019

BOTH OF THE REAR SEATBELTS ON MY 2010 TOYOTA YARUS WON'T RETRACT. INITIALLY, THE REAR LEFT SEAT BELT STOPPED RETRACTING AND THEN SEVERAL MONTHS LATER THE REAR RIGHT SIDE SEAT BELT STOPPED RETRACTING.

NHTSA ID
11220472
Incident
Jun 10, 2019
Filed Jan 31, 2019

FOR THE SECOND TIMES IN 18 MONTH MY RIGHT SIDE MIRROR EXPLODED THE BACK PART FLEW TO SOMEBODY YARD THERE WERE NO ONE ON THE BUT ME NO TRUCK NO KID TROWING ROCK I HEAD A BIG EXPLOSION THEN THE MIRROR SLAMMED ON THE SIDE WINDOW SO HARD THAT THE WINDOW HAS SOME SCRATCHES . THE FIRST TIME TOYOTA FIXED IT BUT I HAVE TO PAID $180.00 BECAUSE THEY T SAID NEVER HEARD TO A SIDE MIRROR EXPLODING LET ME TELL YOU IT IS SCRAIRRY YOU DRIVING AND YOU HEAR THAT EXPLOSION

NHTSA ID
11173323
Incident
Jan 21, 2019
BrakesDriver assistanceEngine
Filed May 29, 2018

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA YARIS. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED; HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED. THE CHECK ENGINE AND TRACTION CONTROL WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 94,000.

NHTSA ID
11098398
Incident
May 1, 2018
Mileage
94,000 mi
Airbags
Filed Mar 6, 2018

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA YARIS. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 18V025000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. WILSON TOYOTA OF AMES (2122 S DUFF AVE, AMES, IA) WAS CONTACTED AND CONFIRMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE RECALL REMEDY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND WAS NOT ABLE TO CONFIRM WHEN THE PARTS WERE TO BECOME AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT. *TT THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. *TR

NHTSA ID
11076422
Incident
Mar 3, 2018
Airbags
Filed Feb 26, 2018
Crash reported1 injury reported

NOVEMBER 10, 2017 - I WAS T-BONED BY A MOTORIST (WHO RAN THE LIGHT) ON THE DRIVERS SIDE WHILE ATTEMPTING A LEFT HAND TURN THRU AN INTERSECTION. THE 2010 TOYOTA YARIS I WAS DRIVING WAS TOTALED BY THE COLLISION ($8,266.72 OF DAMAGE TO THE DRIVERS SIDE). THE YARIS SIDE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE YARIS'S LEFT DRIVER SIDE DOOR WAS COLLAPSED INTO THE YARIS CABIN WITH ENOUGH FORCE TO BREAK MY SAMSUNG NOTE 4 PHONE DISPLAY & DAMAGE ITS INTERNAL SOLID STATE DRIVE. THE SAMSUNG NOTE 4 WAS ENCASED IN AN OTTER BOX AND ATTACHED TO MY LEFT HIP VIA OTTER BELT CLIP DURING THE TIME OF ACCIDENT. MY HEAD STRUCK A HARD SURFACE IN THE YARIS, RESULTING IN A LARGE HEMATOMA ON MY LEFT FRONTAL LOBE. TOYOTA INVESTIGATED AND FOUND THAT WITHIN THE SPAN OF 68 MILLISECONDS, THE LATERAL DELTA-V AIRBAG SENSOR WAS ACCELERATED FROM 0.0 MPH TO 11.1 MPH. YET THE SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. PER TOYOTA, SINCE THE SIDE AIRBAG SENSOR WAS DEEMED IN PROPER WORKING ORDER AND DID NOT DESIGNATE THE COLLISION WARRANTED DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAGS, EVERYTHING FUNCTIONED NORMALLY. WHEN QUERIED WHAT THRESHOLD WAS REQUIRED TO DEPLOY THE AIRBAGS (NOTING THE INSTANTANEOUS LATERAL ACCELERATION OF A 2300+ LBS VEHICLE FROM 0 MPH TO 11 MPH WAS INSUFFICIENT), TOYOTA INSISTED I HIRE MY OWN ENGINEERS TO RESEARCH. TOYOTA'S UNWILLINGNESS TO ASSIST LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THEY ARE ONLY INTERESTED IN COVERING UP A POTENTIAL FLAW IN THE SRS AIRBAG SYSTEM UTILIZED IN THE YARIS AND POTENTIALLY OTHER TOYOTA VEHICLE MODELS. TOYOTA'S CAVALIER REGARD FOR THE SAFETY OF TOYOTA CUSTOMERS POTENTIALLY PLACES MILLIONS OF TOYOTA CUSTOMERS AT RISK OF SEVERE INJURY OR EVEN DEATH.

NHTSA ID
11075138
Incident
Nov 10, 2017
Mileage
100,120 mi
AirbagsVisibility
Filed Jan 31, 2018

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA YARIS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AUTONATION TOYOTA BUENA PARK (6400 BEACH BLVD, BUENA PARK, CA 90621, (714) 627-5562) FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 16V340000 AND 14V168000 (AIR BAGS). THIRTY MINUTES AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, THE CONTACT DROVE FROM THE DEALER LOT AND THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW SHATTERED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO AUTONATION TOYOTA BUENA PARK, BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE DEALER STATED THAT NOTHING THEY REPAIRED CAUSED THE WINDOW TO SHATTER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 63,000.

NHTSA ID
11066141
Incident
Jan 30, 2018
Mileage
63,000 mi
Airbags
Filed Jan 18, 2018

TAKATA RECALL I RECEIVED SEVERAL NOTICES TO HAVE MY AIR BAG REPLACED. I CONNECTED WITH TOYOTA AND MY DEALER AND WAS TOLD THE AIR BAGS ARE ON ORDER AND I WILL BE CONTACTED WHEN IT COMES IN. IT HAS NOW BEEN OVER 2 MONTHS! THIS IS DANGEROUS AND UNACCEPTABLE! I WANT THE STUPID THING REMOVED!

NHTSA ID
11063536
Incident
Dec 11, 2017
Steering
Filed Sep 15, 2017

HI , MY CARS STEERING WHEEL HORN IS NOT WORKING.

NHTSA ID
11023637
Incident
Jul 20, 2017
Driver assistance
Filed Sep 6, 2017
Crash reported2 injuries reported

TAKATA

NHTSA ID
11021782
Incident
Nov 12, 2015
Airbags
Filed Aug 11, 2017

TAKATA RECALL

NHTSA ID
11014720
Incident
Oct 16, 2016
AirbagsFuel system
Filed Jul 8, 2017
Crash reported

MY SON WAS ON HIS WAY TO WORK AND CAR FLIPPED 4 TIMES AIR BAGS MALFUNCTIONED CAUSING HIM A BRAIN INJURY AND NOW LIVES WITH SEIZURES HE IS ONLY 23 YES OLD AND IS TAKING 6000 MG'S OF KEPRA A DAY FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE

NHTSA ID
11003761
Incident
Jul 22, 2010
Mileage
26,000 mi
Airbags
Filed Jun 27, 2017

TAKATA RECALL NOTHING IS BEING DONE AND WE HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED OF OUR CAR'S PROBLEM BACK IN MAY OF 2016. WE ARE DRIVING THIS CAR WITH A DANGEROUS PART IN IT AND TOYOTA HAS NOT CONTACTED US ABOUT THE PROBLEM SINCE LAST YEAR WHEN THEY SAID THEY WOULD CONTACT US SOON WITH A TIME FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS AIRBAG. THEY HAVE NOT CONTACTED US SINCE, AND IT'S GOING ON 14 MONTHS NOW. WE WOULD LIKE SOME HELP TO GET TOYOTA TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND REPLACE OUR AIRBAG AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THIS CAR IS EXPOSED TO HIGH LEVELS OF HEAT AS IT IS PARKED IN AN OUTDOOR PARKING LOT IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA DURING WORK DAYS.

NHTSA ID
11001572
Incident
May 26, 2016
Airbags
Filed May 30, 2017

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA YARIS. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V340000 (AIR BAGS). THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT CALLED A LOCAL DEALER, BIG ISLAND TOYOTA AT 808-969-3122, AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE RECALL REMEDY PARTS WERE ON BACKORDER, AND THAT THE CONTACT WOULD BE PLACED ON A WAITING LIST. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT TO CALL A LOCAL DEALER. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT. UPDATED 08/04/17*LJ *CN

NHTSA ID
10992194
Incident
May 30, 2017
AirbagsVisibility
Filed Apr 10, 2017

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA YARIS. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 16V340000 (AIR BAGS) AND 15V689000 (VISIBILITY); HOWEVER, THE PARTS NEEDED FOR THE REPAIR WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

NHTSA ID
10971724
Incident
Jun 2, 2016
Visibility
Filed Apr 10, 2017

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA YARIS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER DOOR SWITCHES FAILED TO OPERATE THE DOOR WINDOWS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V689000 (VISIBILITY). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 58,695.

NHTSA ID
10971658
Incident
Mar 10, 2017
Mileage
58,695 mi
Airbags
Filed Mar 22, 2017

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA YARIS. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V340000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED FOR THE REPAIR WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

NHTSA ID
10967859
Incident
Jun 2, 2016
Airbags
Filed Mar 21, 2017

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA YARIS. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V340000 (AIR BAGS). THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

NHTSA ID
10967561
Incident
Jun 15, 2016
AirbagsVisibility
Filed Mar 3, 2017

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA YARIS. THE DEALER SCHEDULED TWO APPOINTMENTS FOR THE RECALL REPAIRS CONCERNING NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V340000 (AIR BAGS). WHEN THE CONTACT ARRIVE AT THE DEALER TWICE, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE PARTS WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE DEALER DID NOT GIVE A SPECIFIC DATE FOR WHEN THE PART WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE. IN ADDITION, THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V689000 (VISIBILITY). THE MANUFACTURER COULD NOT PROVIDE AN ESTIMATED DATE FOR WHEN THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WOULD RECEIVE THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT WAS NOT EXPERIENCING A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

NHTSA ID
10958438
Incident
May 23, 2016
AirbagsVisibility
Filed Feb 22, 2017

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA YARIS. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 16V340000 (AIR BAGS) AND 15V689000 (VISIBILITY). THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME FRAME TO SCHEDULE THE RECALL REPAIR. THE RECALL NOTICE DID NOT GIVE A SPECIFIC DATE FOR WHEN THE PART WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHEN THE VEHICLE WOULD BE REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER COULD NOT PROVIDE AN ESTIMATED DATE FOR WHEN THE VEHICLE WOULD RECEIVE THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT WAS NOT EXPERIENCING A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

NHTSA ID
10956279
Incident
Nov 28, 2016

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