I OWN A 2010 TOYOTA PRIUS. WHEN I WENT CHECK TIRE PRESSURE THE LEFT FRONT COVER ON THE VALVE STEM BROKE OFF IN THE THREADS OF THE VALVE STEM JUST AT THE BOTTOM OF THE CAP. THE TIRE STILL HELD PRESSURE BUT THE INNER VALVE WAS EXPOSED DOWN TO THE POINT WHERE THE SEAL WAS. WHEN I BROUGHT THE CAR TO TIRES PLUS THE MECHANIC SAID THIS WAS COMMON. HE SHOWED ME A TROPHY JAR WITH THREE OTHER TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING VALVE STEMS IDENTICAL TO MINE. I BROUGHT THE CAR TO TOYOTA AND THEY REPLACED THE TPM MODULE IN THE TIRE. I WORK IN AVIATION AND HAVE A BACKGROUND IN MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION. THE FOUR TIRE PRESSURE MONITOR UNITS I EXAMINED WE CRACKED IN THE EXACT SAME PLACE, RIGHT AT THE BASE OF THE DUST COVER. I SUSPECT CORROSION STRESS CRACKING. MY CAR HAS 37,000 MILES ON IT, NO PHYSICAL DAMAGE TO THE CAR OR THE VALVE STEM WAS APPARENT. *TR
2012
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 TOYOTA PRIUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND THE SEAT BELTS DID RESTRAIN HER. THE CONTACT WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL VIA AMBULANCE FOR TREATMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED TO A SALVAGE YARD. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED FOR THE CAUSE OF THE AIR BAG FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 1,200.
