2010 Toyota YARIS LIFTBACK - Ratings, Complaints and Recalls

The 2010 Toyota Yaris Liftback has received varying safety ratings across different crash scenarios, with a high score of 5 in the front crash driver's side rating and side crash driver's side rating. However, the car is overall not rated in terms of safety. It is equipped with standard electronic stability control, which is a great feature for enhancing safety on the road. Unfortunately, it does not have forward collision warning or lane departure warning systems.

On a concerning note, the vehicle has accrued a total of 88 complaints and has been subjected to 9 recalls. These numbers indicate that there may be some underlying issues with the car that could potentially compromise its safety and reliability. Therefore, it is advised to exercise caution and conduct thorough maintenance checks if you own or are considering purchasing the 2010 Toyota Yaris Liftback.

Top stats at a glance

Complaint Count

88

Recall Count

9

Investigation Count

1

Safety Rating

Not Rated

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Safety Features

2010 Toyota Yaris Liftback 2-DR w/SAB Safety Features

Here are the safety features that come as standard on the 2010 Toyota Yaris Liftback 2-DR w/SAB

Electronic Stability Control (ESC)

ESC is an advanced safety feature in vehicles designed to help drivers maintain control during challenging driving conditions. By continuously monitoring various factors such as steering angle, vehicle speed, and individual wheel speeds, ESC can detect and reduce the risk of skidding or loss of control. It achieves this by automatically applying brakes to specific wheels to stabilize the vehicle.

Standard
Forward Collision Warning (FCW)

Forward Collision Warning (FCW) is a safety feature in vehicles that helps prevent frontal collisions by alerting the driver of an imminent collision with a vehicle or obstacle ahead. Using sensors such as radar or cameras, FCW monitors the distance and speed of vehicles in front, and if it detects a potential collision, it provides visual and/or auditory warnings to prompt the driver to take evasive action.

No
Lane Departure Warning (LDW)

Lane Departure Warning (LDW) is a safety feature in vehicles that alerts drivers when their vehicle unintentionally drifts out of its lane without signaling. Utilizing cameras or sensors to monitor lane markings on the road, LDW detects when the vehicle crosses these lines and triggers visual, auditory, or haptic alerts to notify the driver of potential lane departure.

No

2010 Toyota Yaris Liftback 2-DR w/SAB Safety Ratings

Here we have the crash and rollover ratings for the 2010 Toyota Yaris Liftback 2-DR w/SAB Where possible we've included the ratings for the oldest and latest models of this car so you can compare how the safety ratings have changed over time.

Frontal Crash Ratings

Combines Driver and Passenger star ratings into a single frontal rating. The frontal barrier test simulates a head-on collision between two similar vehicles, each moving at 35 mph.

Test 2007 Score 2010 Score 2016 Score
Overall Front Crash Rating Not Rated Not Rated Not Rated
Front Crash Driver Side Rating Not Rated 5 Not Rated
Front Crash Passenger Side Rating Not Rated 4 Not Rated

Side Crash Ratings

Combines Side Barrier and Side Pole Star Ratings into a single side rating.

Test 2007 Score 2010 Score 2016 Score
Overall Side Crash Rating Not Rated Not Rated Not Rated
Side Crash Drivers Side Rating Not Rated 5 Not Rated
Side Crash Passenger Side Rating Not Rated 3 Not Rated
Combined Side Barrier Pole Rating - Front Not Rated Not Rated Not Rated
Combined Side Barrier Pole Rating - Rear Not Rated Not Rated Not Rated
Overall Side Barrier Rating Not Rated Not Rated Not Rated

Rollover Ratings

The Rollover Resistance test measures the risk of rollover in a single-vehicle, loss-of-control scenario.

Test 2007 Score 2010 Score 2016 Score
Rollover Rating Not Rated Not Rated Not Rated
Rollover Possibility % 0% 0% 0%
Dynamic Tip Result
Side Pole Crash Rating Not Rated Not Rated Not Rated

Complaints for the 2010 Toyota YARIS LIFTBACK

This chart show the number of complaints for each car component. A Higher number of complaints could indicate that this car might have a common fault. Something to look out for when purchasing one.

Component Complaints

Choose a component to see what complaints people have made about them.

Complaint:
"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"
Components Involved: AIR BAGS
Date of incident: 2021-07-10

Complaint:
"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"
Components Involved: AIR BAGS
Date of incident: 2018-03-03

Complaint:
"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."
Components Involved: AIR BAGS
Date of incident: 2017-10-11

Complaint:
"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!"
Components Involved: AIR BAGS
Date of incident: 2017-11-12

Complaint:
"takata recall"
Components Involved: AIR BAGS
Date of incident: 2017-04-10

Complaint:
"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."
Components Involved: AIR BAGS
Date of incident: 2018-02-05

Complaint:
"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"
Components Involved: AIR BAGS
Date of incident: 2019-06-05

Complaint:
"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."
Components Involved: AIR BAGS
Date of incident: 2016-02-06

Complaint:
"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."
Components Involved: AIR BAGS
Date of incident: 2017-03-06

Complaint:
"takata recall. it has been 9 months since we have been notified of the recall and yet there is no fix available. is there any fix in sight?"
Components Involved: AIR BAGS
Date of incident: 2017-11-05

TOYOTA Overall Complaint Ranking

This table shows the ranking of car manufacturers when it comes to most complaints and recalls. The manufacturer with the most complaints is at the top. However this doesn't necassarily mean they should be avoided. Some manufacturers might just have more popular or affordable cars which a lot of people have bought. Which means there's more scope for a complaint to be made. Use the ranking table below as a part your wider research into buying a car.

TOYOTA ranks 3 out of 44 in the complaints ranking table.

Manufacturer Complaint Count Recall Count Ranking
FORD 208,358 3,259 1
CHEVROLET 111,306 2,082 2
TOYOTA 81,019 1,852 3
HONDA 61,937 1,268 4
NISSAN 56,226 930 5
DODGE 45,756 827 6
HYUNDAI 44,150 649 7
GMC 34,441 1,410 8
KIA 29,832 501 9
CHRYSLER 27,698 254 10
TESLA 26,230 730 11
BMW 24,890 1,877 12
VOLKSWAGEN 23,125 829 13
MERCEDES-BENZ 19,066 2,925 14
SUBARU 18,513 703 15
MAZDA 10,599 364 16
PONTIAC 10,430 138 17
CADILLAC 9,434 444 18
AUDI 7,865 1,093 19
BUICK 7,851 279 20
SATURN 7,672 84 21
MERCURY 7,374 135 22
LEXUS 6,373 408 23
LINCOLN 5,897 423 24
ACURA 5,722 382 25
MINI 5,585 366 26
INFINITI 4,000 187 27
MITSUBISHI 3,912 397 28
VOLVO 3,875 727 29
PORSCHE 2,646 1,231 30
SUZUKI 2,272 123 31
FIAT 2,205 80 32
SAAB 1,536 76 33
JAGUAR 1,195 198 34
SMART 528 17 35
GENESIS 436 42 36
ISUZU 249 37 37
ALFA ROMEO 161 37 38
MASERATI 76 46 39
BENTLEY 46 159 40
POLESTAR 42 2 41
LUCID 14 6 42
CODA 4 2 43
MAYBACH 0 0 44

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