The manufacturer filed it. Here it is, by model.
Toyota bZ4X: deaths and injuries the manufacturer reported to NHTSA
Toyota reported 43 incidents alleging a death or injury in a Toyota bZ4X, model years 2023–2025, in its quarterly Early Warning reports to NHTSA (49 CFR 579.21), through 2026 Q1. Each is a claim the manufacturer received, not a finding; NHTSA does not verify them.
By model year
Source: manufacturer EWR death and injury reports and production reports| Model year | Incidents | Killed | Injured | Built | Per 100,000 built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 21 | 0 | 25 | 11,515 | 182 |
| 2024 | 19 | 0 | 22 | 20,522 | 93 |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8,128 | 37 |
The model year is the one the manufacturer named in the report. A model year with its own page links to it. “Built” is the manufacturer’s cumulative production for the model year from its latest Early Warning production report; the rate is incidents per 100,000 of them.
By the system the claimant named
Source: as the manufacturer reported it| System named | Incidents | Killed |
|---|---|---|
| Other | 11 | 0 |
| Service Brake System | 8 | 0 |
| Air Bags | 8 | 0 |
| Forward Collision | 6 | 0 |
| Electrical System | 5 | 0 |
| Vehicle Speed Control | 5 | 0 |
| No System/Component Specified | 4 | 0 |
| Seats | 4 | 0 |
| Structure | 3 | 0 |
| Fire | 2 | 0 |
| Lane Departure | 1 | 0 |
| Steering System | 1 | 0 |
| Engine and Cooling System | 1 | 0 |
| Service Brake System, Air | 1 | 0 |
| Rollover | 1 | 0 |
| Parking Brake System | 1 | 0 |
| Power Train | 1 | 0 |
| Wheels | 1 | 0 |
An incident naming several systems is counted under each. “Fire” and “Other” are categories in the rule, not systems.
Every one of these, dated and numbered
The defect dossier for the Toyota bZ4X puts each report beside the recalls, investigations, bulletins and owner complaints on the same system, as a PDF and two CSVs: the Toyota bZ4X, one system, every model year, numbered as exhibits.
The incidents
Source: VIN shown as NHTSA publishes it: the first eleven characters| Incident | Model year | State | Killed | Injured | Systems named | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-21 | 2024 | CA | 0 | 1 | Lane Departure | 2026 Q1 |
| 2025-12-05 | 2025 | FL | 0 | 2 | Service Brake System · Air Bags | 2026 Q1 |
| 2025-11-25 | 2024 | CA | 0 | 1 | Electrical System · Forward Collision | 2025 Q4 |
| 2025-11-03 | 2024 | CA | 0 | 1 | Other | 2025 Q4 |
| 2025-10-08 | 2024 | WA | 0 | 1 | Fire · Steering System | 2025 Q4 |
| 2025-10-03 | 2025 | WA | 0 | 1 | Other | 2025 Q4 |
| 2025-10-02 | 2024 | CA | 0 | 1 | Service Brake System · Vehicle Speed Control | 2025 Q4 |
| 2025-09-24 | 2024 | NY | 0 | 1 | Service Brake System | 2025 Q4 |
| 2025-09-24 | 2025 | CA | 0 | 1 | Air Bags | 2025 Q3 |
| 2025-06-30 | 2024 | OR | 0 | 1 | Vehicle Speed Control · Forward Collision | 2025 Q3 |
| 2025-05-14 | 2023 | OR | 0 | 1 | Structure · Other | 2025 Q3 |
| 2025-05-09 | 2024 | NH | 0 | 1 | Service Brake System · Vehicle Speed Control | 2025 Q2 |
| 2025-03-12 | 2024 | MN | 0 | 1 | Other | 2025 Q1 |
| 2025-02-25 | 2024 | VA | 0 | 1 | Air Bags | 2025 Q1 |
| 2025-02-17 | 2024 | NY | 0 | 1 | Electrical System | 2025 Q1 |
| 2025-01-30 | 2024 | MA | 0 | 1 | Service Brake System · Forward Collision | 2025 Q3 |
| 2024-12-30 | 2023 | SC | 0 | 1 | Electrical System | 2025 Q1 |
| 2024-12-12 | 2023 | NY | 0 | 1 | Air Bags | 2024 Q4 |
| 2024-11-15 | 2024 | NY | 0 | 1 | Other | 2024 Q4 |
| 2024-11-09 | 2024 | NJ | 0 | 2 | Air Bags | 2025 Q3 |
| 2024-10-20 | 2024 | CA | 0 | 1 | No System/Component Specified | 2026 Q1 |
| 2024-10-18 | 2023 | NV | 0 | 1 | Air Bags | 2024 Q4 |
| 2024-08-16 | 2024 | NY | 0 | 1 | Other | 2024 Q3 |
| 2024-08-16 | 2023 | FL | 0 | 1 | Forward Collision | 2024 Q3 |
| 2024-08-13 | 2023 | CA | 0 | 1 | Seats · Other | 2024 Q3 |
| 2024-08-12 | 2023 | NY | 0 | 1 | Service Brake System · Vehicle Speed Control | 2024 Q3 |
| 2024-08-08 | 2024 | MO | 0 | 2 | Seats · Other | 2024 Q3 |
| 2024-07-08 | 2023 | AZ | 0 | 1 | Fire · Service Brake System · Engine and Cooling System · Electrical System | 2024 Q3 |
| 2024-07-03 | 2024 | CA | 0 | 1 | Seats · Other | 2025 Q3 |
| 2024-05-27 | 2023 | OH | 0 | 2 | Structure · Other | 2025 Q2 |
| 2024-05-17 | 2023 | CO | 0 | 2 | Air Bags | 2024 Q2 |
| 2024-05-15 | 2023 | OH | 0 | 1 | Structure · Other | 2025 Q3 |
| 2024-05-11 | 2023 | NY | 0 | 1 | Rollover · Air Bags | 2024 Q2 |
| 2024-04-23 | 2024 | NY | 0 | 2 | Vehicle Speed Control | 2024 Q2 |
| 2024-04-17 | 2023 | CA | 0 | 2 | Service Brake System · Forward Collision | 2024 Q2 |
| 2024-04-15 | 2023 | CA | 0 | 1 | Seats | 2024 Q3 |
| 2024-04-11 | 2023 | CA | 0 | 2 | Service Brake System, Air · Forward Collision | 2024 Q2 |
| 2024-02-07 | 2023 | MA | 0 | 1 | No System/Component Specified | 2024 Q1 |
| 2024-01-20 | 2023 | CA | 0 | 1 | Parking Brake System · Power Train | 2024 Q1 |
| 2023-11-02 | 2023 | NY | 0 | 1 | Electrical System | 2026 Q1 |
| 2023-03-06 | 2023 | CA | 0 | 1 | No System/Component Specified | 2023 Q2 |
| 2023-01-26 | 2023 | CA | 0 | 1 | No System/Component Specified | 2024 Q3 |
| 2022-06-03 | 2023 | CA | 0 | 1 | Wheels | 2022 Q2 |
Each row above is a claim or notice Toyota received alleging a death or injury in a Toyota bZ4X and reported to NHTSA as 49 CFR 579.21 requires; NHTSA does not verify it, and a bZ4X that sold more will have more rows. All Toyota models · What these reports are, and are not.