Consumer Safety Complaints
Search 2,192,899 safety complaints filed by vehicle owners with NHTSA — including 137,559 crashes, 55,854 fires, and 8,555 deaths.
Showing 127,896 complaints — component: AIR BAGS
Incident date: Oct 1, 1994
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAGS DURING ACCIDENT.
Crash
1 injured
FORD
FORD TRUCK
(1995) — AIR BAGS
Apr 7, 1998
Incident date: Feb 4, 1998
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG IN ACCIDENT.
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Dec 4, 1997
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG IN ACCIDENT.
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Jan 7, 1998
FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAGS, NO IMPACT OR CRASH.
Incident date: Aug 17, 1997
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING ACCIDENT
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Sep 30, 1997
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAGS DURING COLLISION.
DURING COLLISION VIOLENT DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG CAUSED INJURY TO FACE, HAND, CHEST AND KNEE.
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Dec 14, 1997
FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING LOW IMPACT, LOW SPEED COLLISION, CAUSING DAMAGE TO VEHICLE AND LOSS OF VISION TO CONSUMER FROM AIR BAG GAS.
WINDSHIELD WIPERS INTERMITTENTLY GO OFF BY THEMSELVES WHEN HITTING A NORMAL BUMP IN THE ROAD, AND WHEN THE FRONT/REAR HEATER OR AIR CONDITIONER CONTROLS ARE USED. IN ADDITION, DRIVER'S INFORMATION MESSAGE CENTER IN THE EXTENDED OVERHEAD CONSOLE HAS NEVER WORKED PROPERLY. TEMPERATURE GAUGE INCREASES AT LEAST 1/8 TO 1/4 INCHES AND STAYES THERE. AIR BAG WIRES ARE STILL EXPOSED TO REA RPASSENGER'S SE... Read more
Incident date: Dec 2, 1997
STEERING WHEEL LOCKED CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL DUE TO A DEFECTIVE AIR BAG.
Incident date: Sep 9, 1995
VIOLENT DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING COLLISION, RESULTING IN INJURIES TO HEAD,NECK AND FACE.
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Feb 21, 1998
FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG CAUSING ACCIDENT.
2 injured
DURING COLLISION THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAGS.
Crash
1 injured
PONTIAC
BONNEVILLE
(1995) — AIR BAGS
Apr 2, 1998
Incident date: Jan 26, 1998
BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING ACCIDENT.
Crash
1 injured
PONTIAC
BONNEVILLE
(1995) — AIR BAGS
Apr 2, 1998
Incident date: Jan 26, 1998
VIOLENT DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAGS DURING COLLISION CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO VEHICLE.
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Jun 7, 1996
VIOLENT DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING COLLISION, CAUSING INJURIES TO CONSUMERS (BURNS ON HANDS AND ARMS).
Crash
2 injured
Incident date: Dec 16, 1996
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING TWO SEPARATE ACCIDENTS.
Crash
2 injured
Incident date: Feb 7, 1995
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING COLLISION, RESULTING IN INJURIES.
Crash
2 injured
FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAGS CAUSING DAMAGE TO INTERIOR OF VEHICLE.
Incident date: Nov 2, 1996
COLLISION WITH THE FRONT RIGHT QUARTER PANEL HIT A VEHICLE AND THEN HIT A STONE WALL HEAD ON AT 25MPH, AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY.
Crash
Incident date: Mar 17, 1998
DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BACK FAILED DURING ACCIDENT. IN ADDITION, DURING A SECOND IMPACT WITH STONE WALL CAUSED AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT. MOTHER WAS THEN THROWN FORWARD FROM A POSITION OF LYING FLAT ON HER BACK AND STRUCK INFALED AIR BAG, SUSTAING SERIOUS INJURIES TO FACE/HEAT AND ANKLE.
Crash
1 injured
RECALL 96V-1100000; MS. RUSSO WAS NEVER NOTIFIED ABOUT THIS RECALL. MS. RUSSO HAD THE PROBLEM TO BE FIXED BEFORE HEARING ABOUT THIS RECALL, AND LATER SHE WAS INFORMED THROUGH SOMEONE THAT THERE IS A RECALL. SO, MS. RUSSO CHECKED OUT THE RECALL AT BELL IMPORTS AND THEY TOOK CARE OF THE RECALL . *AK
Incident date: Oct 17, 1997
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG IN ACCIDENT, RESULTING IN INJURY.
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Aug 1, 1997
VIOLENT DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAGS CAUSED BURN INJURY.
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Jun 7, 1997
VIOLENT DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAGS DURING COLLISION, CAUSING BURNS AND INJURIES.
Crash
2 injured
MERCURY
GRAND MARQUIS
(1995) — AIR BAGS
Mar 23, 1998
Incident date: Jan 7, 1998
VIOLENT DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING COLLISION CAUSED BURNS AND INJURIES TO CONSUMER.
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Oct 8, 1997
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING FRONT END COLLISION.
Crash
1 injured
OLDSMOBILE
CUTLASS
(1996) — AIR BAGS
Mar 23, 1998
Incident date: Jul 21, 1997
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING COLLISION.
Crash
2 injured
Incident date: Jan 22, 1998
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAGS IN ACCIDENT, INJURIES RESULTED.
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: May 1, 1996
AIR BAG HAS FAILED SEVERAL TIMES (UNSPECIFIED REASONS).
Incident date: Dec 18, 1996
FRONTAL COLLISIONS ON TWO OCCASIONS AND NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAGS.
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Jan 13, 1998
DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG FALSLY DEPLOYED CAUSING DAMAGE TO VEHICLE.
Incident date: Feb 2, 1998
FRONTAL COLLISION NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAGS.
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Jan 8, 1998
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG IN ACCIDENT
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Nov 1, 1997
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAGS DURING ACCIDENT.
Incident date: Feb 24, 1998
NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S/PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION, RESULTING IN INJURIES AND EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO VEHICLE.
Crash
2 injured
Incident date: Mar 18, 1998
THE AIR BAG WARNING LABELS CANNOT BE REMOVED. THESE LABELS ARE VERY DISTRACTING AND UGLY. DEALER CLAIMS THAT GOVERNMENT REQUIRES THEM TO BE PERMANENT. *AK
WANTS INSTALLMENT OF AN AIR BAG ON-FF SWITCH SINCE CHILD RIDES IN FRONT SEAT.
WHILE DRIVNG VEHICLE AT 30-40MPH, OWNER REARENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE, CAUSING MAJOR DAMAGE TO FRONT END OF VEHICLE. THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'SS OR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAGS. ALSO AUTOMATIC LOCKING SEATBELTS ON DRIVERS SIDE DID NOT RESTRAIN OCCUPANT, CAUSING MORE INJURIES. PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN FOUND. DUP OF 542455. *AK
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Jun 8, 1996
PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED AFTER A COLLISION RESULTING IN INJURIES TO THE PASSENGER.
Crash
PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG STICKS UP ON LEFT SIDE. OIL PAN SEAL LEAKS.
Incident date: Aug 22, 1996
AFTER BEING HIT ON THE RIGHT FRONT BUMPER, BOTH AIR BAGS DEPLOYED AND THE FORCE OF THE IMPLOSION BLEW THE SUN ROOF, IT COVER, AND THE REAR VIEW MIRROR FROM THEIR LOCATIONS, ALSO RESULTING IN INJURIES TO THE DRIVER.
DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG THAT MALFUNCTIONED AND CAUSED ADDITIONAL INJURIES.512052 DUP OF 511656; POSTED ON 09-07-1999. *AK
VIOLENT DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING COLLISION, CAUSING BURNS/NECK INJURY.
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Dec 21, 1997
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG IN ACCIDENT, RESULTING IN INJURY.
Crash
2 injured