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: Dec 23, 1996
VIOLENT DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING COLLISION, CAUSING BURNS AND INJURIES TO FACE, NECK AND CHEST.
Crash
3 injured
Incident date: Aug 17, 1993
VIOLENT DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING COLLISION RESULTED IN HEAD, NECK AND BRAIN INJURY.
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Aug 24, 1996
AIR BAG DEPLOYED WITHOUT ACCIDENT OR COLLISION.
Incident date: Feb 26, 1998
AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY EVEN THOUGH THE FORCE OF THE IMPACT DROVE THE FRAME THROUGH THE BUMPER.
Incident date: Jan 29, 1996
DEALER DOES NOT HAVE THE REPLACEMENT PART IN STOCK, RECALL #639.
Incident date: Jan 27, 1994
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAG IN ACCIDENT.
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: May 24, 1996
VIOLENT DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAGS CAUSED DEATH, DURING ACCIDENT.
Crash
1 injured
1 deaths
Incident date: Nov 27, 1997
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG IN COLLISION.
Incident date: Nov 4, 1997
FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG, CAUSING ACCIDENT.
Incident date: Jan 13, 1997
VIOLENT DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING COLLISION, CAUSING INJURY AND BURNS.
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Sep 24, 1997
VIOLENT DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING COLLISION, CAUSING INJURY.
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Jul 1, 1997
FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG RESULTED IN ACCIDENT AND INJURY TO CONSUMER (BURNED AND TOOTH KNOCKED OUT).
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Aug 29, 1997
DURING COLLISION THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAGS
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Nov 24, 1997
VIOLENT DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG UPON COLLISION, CAUSING INJURY TO CONSUMERS, ALSO STARTED A FIRE ON PASSENGER'S SIDE OF VEHICLE.
Crash
Fire
1 injured
DURING COLLISION WITH DEER, VIOLENT DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG CAUSED EXCESSIVE DAMAGE AS WELL AS INJURY (BURNS AND LACERATION).
Crash
1 injured
CONSUMER CONCERNED THAT AIR BAG IS A SAFETY HAZARD DUE TO THEIR HEIGHTS, WANTS AIR BAG TO BE DISCONNECTED.
MERCEDES BENZ
320
(1995) — AIR BAGS
Feb 5, 1998
Incident date: Apr 3, 1997
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG IN ACCIDENT.
Crash
1 injured
1 deaths
Incident date: Oct 7, 1997
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAGS IN ACCIDENT, CAUSING INJURIES.
Crash
1 injured
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING ACCIDENT.
Crash
2 injured
Incident date: Sep 30, 1997
VEHICLE COLLIDED WITH DEER, AIR BAG BURNED ARM OF OCCUPANT AND FILLED VEHICLE WITH SMOKE.
Crash
1 injured
CHRYSLER
TOWN AND COUNTRY
(1994) — AIR BAGS
Feb 5, 1998
Incident date: Oct 3, 1997
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING ACCIDENT.
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Oct 11, 1997
UNSPECIFIED: DELAYED DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAG IN ACCIDENT.
Crash
1 injured
PLYMOUTH
GRAND VOYAGER
(1992) — AIR BAGS
Feb 5, 1998
Incident date: Aug 29, 1997
VEHICLE COLLISION OCCURRED WITH NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG, INJURIES DUE TO FAILURE.
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Sep 10, 1997
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAG IN ACCIDENT, CAUSING INJURY.
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Oct 14, 1997
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAGS DURING HEAD ON COLLISION.
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Aug 3, 1997
UNSPECIFIED: AIR BAG DEPLOYED IN ACCIDENT, FILLING VEHICLE WITH DEBRIS, DEBRIS CAUSED BREATHING DIFFICULTY.
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Sep 1, 1997
VEHICLE IN TWO ACCIDENTS WITH, HOWEVER THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAGS ON EITHER OCCASION.
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Nov 21, 1997
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING ACCIDENT.
Incident date: Jul 1, 1997
COLLISION OCCURRED AND NO DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIR BAG.
Crash
1 injured
MERCEDES BENZ
320
(1995) — AIR BAGS
Feb 5, 1998
Incident date: Apr 3, 1997
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING ACCIDENT.
Crash
1 injured
1 deaths
VIOLENT DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING COLLISION RESULTED IN BURNS TO DRIVER.
Crash
2 injured
OLDSMOBILE
CIERA
(1996) — AIR BAGS
Feb 5, 1998
UNSPECIFIED AIR BAG COMPLAINT, NOT PROPER FOR SIZE OF CONSUMER.
JEEP
GRAND CHEROKEE
(1993) — AIR BAGS
Feb 5, 1998
Incident date: Nov 12, 1997
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAG IN ACCIDENT, CAUSING INJURY.
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: May 5, 1997
FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG RESULTED IN A COLLISION/INJURY.
1 injured
PASSENGER WAS BLINDED IN ONE EYE DUE TO VIOLENT DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING COLLISION.
Crash
2 injured
Incident date: Sep 18, 1996
DAUGHTER KILLED WHEN AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY ON FRONTAL IMPACT. MFRS HAVE INVESTIGATED AND CONCLUDED AIR BAG WAS DISABLED, PROBABLY INTENTIONALLY, PRIOR TO CRASH. FACTS SEEM INCONSISTENT WITH THIS CONCLUSION.
1 deaths
Incident date: Dec 2, 1997
NOTICED NOISE, UPON TURNING THE CAB SHIFTED. THEN CHECKED THE PROBLEM OUT AND NOTICED. THE VEHICLE WAS LOOKED AT BY A VOLVO DEALER, AND THE CONSUMER FOUND OUT THAT PROBLEM OCCURRED BECAUSE THE WELD BROKE ON THE ELBOW WHICH HOLDS THE CAB TO THE FRAME. IN ADDITION, REPLACED ALTERNATOR/ADJUSTED REAR AIR BAGS. *AK
AFTER AN ACCIDENT, OWNER WANTS TO KNOW IF BOTH AIR BAGS HAVE TO BE REINSTALLED.
Incident date: Jan 22, 1998
AIR BAG CAUGHT FIRE DURING CRASH.
Fire
Incident date: Apr 4, 1997
FALSE DEPLOYMEN/VIOLENT DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAG DURING A MINOR ACCIDENT. CAUSED BURN INJURIES TO THE THUMB AND CHIN.
CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION, HITTING TWO DEERS/TREE AND A FENCE IN WHICH THE DRIVER'S OR PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DUP OF 816641, ADDED ON 25-FEB-98. *AK
Crash
ALFA ROMEO
164
(1991) — AIR BAGS
Dec 19, 1997
Incident date: Aug 4, 1995
OTHER: ATTEMPTED TO RESET COMPUTER TO NO AVAIL. *AK
Incident date: Aug 12, 1997
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAG IN ACCIDENT.
Crash
2 injured
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAG DURING COLLISION, CAUSING INJURIES.
Crash
1 injured
THE DRIVER'S SEAT IS TOO FAR AWAY FROM CLUTCH FOR SHORT PEOPLE, TOO CLOSE TO STEERING WHEEL AND AIR BAG.
Incident date: Oct 1, 1997
VEHICLE COLLISION OCCURRED AND THE AIR BAG HAD VIOLENT DEPLOYMENT, INJURING THE DRIVER.
Crash
1 injured