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Showing 127,896 complaints — component: AIR BAGS
Incident date: Mar 28, 1998
THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATES, AND THERE IS AN ELECTRICAL BUZ HEARD THROUGH THE RADIO. WHEN TURNING THE RADIO OFF AND ON THE LIGHT GOES OFF. THE COMPUTER WAS REPLACED IN APRIL AND THE LIGHT CONTINUES TO COME ON. *AK
Incident date: Mar 10, 1998
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING COLLISION RESULTING IN INJURIES TO HEAD.
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Aug 7, 1997
AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT WAS NOT A RESULT OF ANY COLLISION, ONLY MINOR DAMAGE TO UNDERCARRIAGE.
WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 40-50 MPH HIT A CONCRETE POST DIRECT CENTER OF VEHICLE. THEERE WAS DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S OR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAGS. ALSO THIS VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH SIDE AIRBAGS WHICH DID NOT DEPLOY. CAUSE UNKNOWN.
Crash
Incident date: Apr 2, 1997
WHILE BRAKING TO AVOID COLLISION FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG PRIOR TO COLLISION.
Incident date: May 4, 1997
AIR BAG HAS NEVER WORKED SINCE PURCHASE (UNSPECIFIED).
Incident date: May 1, 1997
AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT CAME ON, DEALER SAID INCASE OF AN ACCIDENT THE AIR BAGS WOULD NOT DEPLOY.
Incident date: Dec 30, 1997
WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 40-45 MPH, VEHICLE SUDDENLY BEGAN TO SHAKE VEERING INTO THE ON COMING LANE AND WAS STRUCK BY BROAD SIDE BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE ROADS WERE SLIGHTLY COVERED WITH SNOW HAVING BEEN SALTED AND CINDERED 30 MINUTES PRIOR TO CRASH AND NO ICE WAS FOUND ON ROADWAY. AIR BAGS MAY HAVE DEPLOYED INADVERTENTLY CAUSING DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL. BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER WERE KIL... Read more
2 deaths
AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY WHEN VEHICLE STRUCK ANOTHER AT 40 MPH.
Incident date: Nov 15, 1996
DURING COLLISION THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAGS.
Crash
1 injured
AIRBAGS FAILED IN ACCIDENT, CAUSING INJURIES. (ATTORNEY FOR CLIENT).
Crash
1 injured
VIOLENT DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG, CAUSING INJURIES TO CONSUMER.
Crash
1 injured
MITSUBISHI
MIRAGE
(1995) — AIR BAGS
Apr 29, 1998
Incident date: Jan 26, 1997
DURING REAR END COLLISION THERE WAS VIOLENT DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIR BAG, CAUSING INJURY TO FACE.
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Aug 21, 1997
DURING COLLISION NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG.
Crash
1 injured
OWNER WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF RECALL REGARDING PROBLEMS WITH AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT.
Incident date: Jan 2, 1998
FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG CAUSEDING BRUISES TO CONSUMER.
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Nov 19, 1997
VIOLENT DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG, CAUSING INJURY TO FACE.
1 injured
Incident date: Apr 23, 1998
WHILE DRIVING THINKS THAT THE AIR BAG IS GOING TO DEPLOY. DOES NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THE GOVERNMENT HAS THE RIGHT TO TELL CONSUMERS WHAT THEY CAN OR CANNOT DO TO VEHICLES THAT THE HAVE PAID FOR. THE AIR BAG LIGHT STAYS ON, AND THAT DOES NOT SEEM TO BE SAFE. *AK
Incident date: Jan 2, 1998
CLOCK SPRINT IN THE STEERING WHEEL GRINDS. REPLACED FAULTY CLOCK SPRING ASSOCIATED WITH AIRBAG. *AK
JEEP
WRANGLER YJ
(1997) — AIR BAGS
Apr 23, 1998
Incident date: Mar 24, 1998
NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S/PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS IN CRASH. NO INJURIES. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED.
Incident date: Mar 8, 1998
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAG IN AN ACCIDENT.
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Jul 28, 1997
FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAG, CAUSING ACCIDENT.526822 DUP OF 532939; POSTED ON 09-07-1999. *AK
1 injured
Incident date: Mar 5, 1997
VIOLENT DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAG CAUSED INSTRUMENT PANEL TO COME LOOSE, CAUSING INJURY.
1 injured
Incident date: Feb 28, 1998
VIOLENT DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING COLLISION, CAUSING INJURY TO CONSUMER'S FACE.
Crash
2 injured
VIOLENT DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAGS CAUSED DAMAGE TO INSIDE OF VEHICLE.
Incident date: Mar 4, 1998
DURING A MINOR COLLISION THERE WAS VIOLENT DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIR BAG CAUSING INJURY TO CONSUMER (BRUISED FACE) AND BROKEN GLASSES.
VIOLENT DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAGS DURING ACCIDENT.
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Oct 1, 1996
FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG WHILE DRIVING.
Incident date: Feb 9, 1998
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING VEHICLE COLLISION.
Crash
2 injured
MERCEDES BENZ
190 SERIES
(1989) — AIR BAGS
Apr 20, 1998
Incident date: Mar 19, 1998
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING A COLLISION.
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Nov 9, 1997
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAGS DURING A VEHICLE COLLISION.
Crash
2 injured
Incident date: Feb 23, 1998
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING A VEHICLE COLLISION .
Crash
1 injured
FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG, CAUSING INJURY TO CONSUMER (BACK, CHEST, NECK , ARMS, SHOULDERS, FACE).
1 injured
OLDSMOBILE
ACHIEVA
(1996) — AIR BAGS
Apr 20, 1998
Incident date: Feb 27, 1998
DURING A COLLISION NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAGS.
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Apr 20, 1998
VIOLENT DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S/PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DURING FRONT END COLLISION. DEPLOYMENT OF PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG SHATTERED THE FRONT WINDSHIELD/BROKE REARVIEW MIRROR, AND SENT GLASS THROUGHOUT THE VEHICLE.
Incident date: Apr 20, 1996
BOTH AIR BAGS DEPLOYED IN A LESS THAN FIVE MPH FRONT END COLLISION. THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED NO FRONT END DAMAGE. THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG SHATTERED THE FRONT WINDSHIELD, BROKE THE REAR VIEW MIRROR FREE OF ITS MOUNTING BRACKET, AND SENT GLASS THROUGHOUT THE VEHICLE.
Incident date: Aug 29, 1997
AIRBAG CONTROL MODULE ON RECALL, DEALER TOLD CONSUMER TO REPORT TO SELLING DEALER TO GET REPAIR.
MERCEDES BENZ
280
(1994) — AIR BAGS
Apr 16, 1998
Incident date: Apr 16, 1998
WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN DRIVE WITH FOOT ON BRAKE PEDAL, THE VEHICLE SURGED FOWARD, HIT A WALL IN GARAGE, CAUSING PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG TO DEPLOY, WHILE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS. *AK
Crash
Incident date: Apr 13, 1998
WHILE DRIVING THE AIRBAG DEPLOYED, CAUSING THE VAN TO COLLIDE WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. DRIVER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THE DEALER HAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Jan 23, 1998
WHILE TRAVELING LESS THAN 25 MPH, THE BRAKES FAILED TO RESPOND ALLOWING COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY EITHER.
Incident date: Mar 28, 1998
DRIVER'S AIR BAG WOULD NOT DEPLOY.
BOTH SIDES OF THE AIR BAG MODULE ARE COMING APART, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Incident date: Apr 2, 1998
NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S AIR BAG DURING HEAD-ON COLLISION, RESULTING IN INJURY. ALSO VEHICLE SUSTAINED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE. DUP 0F 822622; POSTED ON 09-07-1999. *AK
Crash
1 injured
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40-50 MPH WHEN A VEHICLE CAME OUT UNEXPECTEDLY, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL AND HIT AN OAK TREE HEAD ON . AIRBAGS ON BOTH SIDES DID NOT DEPLOY. SEATBELTS WAS WORN AT THE TIME AND DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
Crash
OLDSMOBILE
98
(1995) — AIR BAGS
Apr 9, 1998
Incident date: Nov 4, 1997
AIR BAG LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON. TOOK TO DEALER & SERVICE MECHANIC TOOK DASH APART TO LOCATE PROBLEM. COULD NOT LOCATE IT. AIR BAG LIGHT OFF WHILE VEHICLE WAS OFF. CAME BACK ON WHEN VEHICLE TURNED ON. *AK