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What 35 owners told NHTSA about the 2012 Toyota Yaris

These are the actual owner complaints behind this car’s reliability verdict, filed with the federal government, unedited. They’re unverified reports, not confirmed defects: read them as leads for your pre-purchase inspection, not a diagnosis.

All (35)Crash / fire / injury (13)Airbags (18)Body & structure (5)Electrical system (4)Speed control (4)Wheels (4)Brakes (2)Visibility & wipers (2)Engine (1)Seat belts (1)Seats (1)

2 of 35 complaints match · Wheels · crash/fire/injury only · clear filters

Jul 6, 2020AirbagsBody & structureWheelsCrash1 injury

ON MY WAY HOME, A 70'S TRUCK HIT MY LEFT SIDE, THE AIRBAG CAME OUT BLIND ME AND MADE LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICULE. IS A MIRACLE THAT IM ALIVE. HAPPENED AT PR132 KM0.4 GUAYANILLA PR 00656.

NHTSA ODI 11337592

May 8, 2015Body & structureWheelsCrash1 injury

MY CAR CAME TO STOP DUE TO A CAR IN FRONT OF ME STOPPING SUDDENLY MY CAR DID NOT TOUCH THE CAR IN FRONT. I HAD TO BRAKE QUICKLY SINCE CAR IN FRONT BRAKE QUICKLY. CAR BEHIND ME HIT ME CAUSING MY CAR TO HIT THE CAR IN FRONT. CAR CRASHED INTO ME IN A APPROXIMATE SPEED OF 30 MPH I PROTECTED MY HEAD FROM HITTING STEERING WHEEL WITH MY OWN STRENGTH HOLDING ON TO STEERING WHEEL. I WAS INJURED FROM MY LEG AND RIBS. NO ON ELSE WAS INJURED. # CARS WERE INVOLVED, INCLUDING MINES. WHY DID MY AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY? MY GLASSES WENT FLYING AND GOT DAMAGED. MY REAR END IS TOTALLY DAMAGED AND FRONT AS WELL. *TR

NHTSA ODI 10715410

Working with the data? Download all 35 complaints as CSV · fetched from NHTSA July 19, 2026

How to use these: a complaint is one owner’s report, filed voluntarily and published unverified. Patterns matter more than any single story. If several owners describe the same failure at similar mileage, put that system at the top of your pre-purchase inspection list. Back to the full 2012 Toyota Yaris verdict →