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Air Bags & Restraints Problems

116,411 owner-reported air bags & restraints complaints across all covered vehicles in our database. Below are the vehicles with the most reports in this category. Complaint counts are unverified consumer reports submitted to NHTSA and may not indicate confirmed defects.

This group counts stored reports whose component label starts with one of this site's matching prefixes, ignoring case. Each matching report counts once within the group. Components mentioned later in the label or only in the narrative are not searched. How component counts work

Key Takeaways

  • The total covers matching stored reports across the database; the table shows up to 30 published vehicle-year pages, not the entire dataset.
  • The current leaderboard spans 10 makes and 14 models, so it works best as a browsing and comparison surface, not a defect verdict.
  • The highest-volume tracked page right now is 2006 BMW 3 Series with 641 complaints in this category.
  • A high complaint count can reflect sales volume, age, or reporting behavior. Use the linked vehicle and recall pages to understand context before drawing conclusions.

Useful Next Steps

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What This Category Means

This page groups NHTSA owner complaints by matching prefixes at the start of the stored component label. Vehicles are ranked by matching report count, not by every mention of air bags & restraints in a report. These counts are browsing signals - a high number reflects reports, not a confirmed failure rate or a count of distinct owners. Click any vehicle to view its full complaint breakdown by component.

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#VehicleReports
12006 BMW 3 Series641
22008 Chevrolet Silverado638
32008 Ford Fusion624
42007 Ford Fusion603
52002 Jeep Liberty577
62009 Toyota Corolla577
72010 Ford Fusion549
82007 Chevrolet Silverado522
92005 Toyota Corolla514
102002 Jeep Grand Cherokee492
112007 Chevrolet Tahoe490
122006 Toyota Corolla486
132007 Toyota Corolla466
142013 Nissan Altima440
152000 Honda Accord426
162006 Hyundai Sonata423
172008 Ford Edge422
182011 Toyota Corolla420
192010 Toyota Corolla410
202012 Ford Fusion398
212001 Honda Accord387
222003 Toyota Corolla370
232012 Toyota Corolla369
242008 Honda Accord363
252003 Jeep Liberty361
262007 GMC Yukon350
272011 Hyundai Sonata348
282009 Pontiac Vibe348
292009 Ford Fusion347
302007 Ford Mustang342

Start With These Vehicles

2006 BMW 3 Series2008 Chevrolet Silverado2008 Ford Fusion2007 Ford Fusion2002 Jeep Liberty2009 Toyota Corolla2010 Ford Fusion2007 Chevrolet Silverado

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Data sourced from NHTSA public records. A high complaint count may reflect a vehicle's popularity or sales volume, not necessarily a higher defect rate.

Latest vehicle import recorded anywhere on this site: Oct 8, 2026. Individual vehicles and datasets may have older records; this is not this page's update date.