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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: Jul 16, 1997
FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAG, CAUSING INJURY TO OCCUPANTS.
2 injured
VIOLENT DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING COLLISION, BRUISES ON CONSUMERS ARMS AND SMOKE WITHIN THE VEHICLE.
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Mar 1, 1997
AIR BAG SHORTED OUT SEVERAL TIMES.
DURING COLLISION AIR BAG EXPERIENCED VIOLENT DEPLOYMENT.
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Dec 3, 1997
DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED WITHOUT COLLISION WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION.
1 injured
Incident date: Jul 29, 1997
AIR BAG MONITOR MODULR CONTROLS SEVERAL UNRELATED FUNCTIONS IN ADDITION TO ITS PRIMARY PURPOSE TO TRIGGER THE AIR BAGS IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT. HOWEVER, AN INTERNAL COMPONENT FAILURE OF THE MONITOR GIVEN AN UNPREPARED DRIVER THE SIGNAL THAT THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIR BAGS MAY BE IMMINENT. ALSO OTHER UNRELATED ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS STOP OPERATING, SUCH AS THE INTERNAL FANS WHICH CAUSE THE WINDOWS TO ... Read more
MITSUBISHI
MITSUBISHI
(1995) — AIR BAGS
Dec 4, 1997
Incident date: Aug 19, 1997
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG IN ACCIDENT.
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Jul 24, 1997
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG IN ACCIDENT.
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Sep 19, 1997
FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S/PASSENGERS AIR BAG.
Incident date: Sep 24, 1997
FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG CAUSED INJURY TO LEFT ARM.
OLDSMOBILE
ACHIEVA
(1996) — AIR BAGS
Dec 4, 1997
Incident date: Aug 16, 1997
UNSPECIFIED FAILURE OF AIR BAGS.
1 injured
1 deaths
Incident date: Dec 1, 1996
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAG IN ACCIDENT.
Incident date: Aug 28, 1997
FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAGS CAUSED ACCIDENT/INJURY.
1 injured
Incident date: Oct 8, 1997
AIR BAG DID NOT INFLATE IN ACCIDENT.
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Sep 10, 1997
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAG DURING ACCIDENT, CAUSING INJURY.
Crash
1 injured
1 deaths
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(1994) — AIR BAGS
Nov 21, 1997
Incident date: Oct 29, 1997
DRIVING AT APPROX 25-35 MPH REAR ENDED VEHICLE IN FRONT DUAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. $9000 WORTH OF DAMAGE TO FRONT END ALONE. *AK
Crash
Incident date: Aug 24, 1997
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAG IN AN ACCIDENT.
THE CONSUMER IS SHORT AND SITS CLOSE TO STEERING WHEEL AND WOULD LIKE AIR BAG DISCONNECTED, DUE TO POSSIBLE INJURY THAT WOULD OCCUR IF AIR BAG DEPLOYED.
OLDSMOBILE
CUSTOM CRUISER
(1992) — AIR BAGS
Nov 19, 1997
Incident date: Jul 19, 1997
LITTLE TINY SPRING (LOOKS LIKE CLOCK SPRING) CAUSES DRIVER'S FRONT AND FRONT/REAR SEAT/PASSENGER RETRACTABLE HOUSING TO BECOME INOPERATIVE. *AK
CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE ON THE PASSIVE AIR BAG. SHE HAS BEEN TRYING TO GET THE RECALL REPAIRED SINCE APRIL OF 97. OWNER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER AND LEFT MESSAGES, AND NO ONE HAS RESPONDED TO HER. THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
Incident date: Oct 26, 1997
AIRBAG LIGHT ON VEHICLE WILL NOT GO OFF. DEALER DOESN'T KNOW IF IT MEANS IT WILL GO OFF OR IT WON'T GO OFF DURING IMPACT. *AK SRS UNIT WAS REPLACED AT CONSUMERS COST. *SLC
AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT WAS VIOLENT, CAUSING INJURIES TO THE DRIVER: CUTS ON THROAT, CHIN AND MOUTH, BRUISES ON CHEST, LEFT ARM AND HAND, BROKEN RIGHT FINGER.
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Jul 23, 1997
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAG IN A HEAD ON COLLISION ACCIDENT. DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES.
Crash
1 injured
WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIRBAGS DEPLOYED WITHOUT ANY IMPACT. DLR HAS SEEN VEHICLE.
Incident date: Oct 18, 1997
WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET ABOUT 25 MPH A TRUCK SMASHED THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE FRONT AND AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. THE COMSUMER REFUSED GO TO HOSPITAL. *AK
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Jul 26, 1996
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 45 MPH VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN HEAD ON COLLISION AND THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. THE OWNER HAS CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER ABOUT THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash
Incident date: Dec 14, 1996
NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S AIR BAG DURING FRONTAL COLLISION. *AK
Incident date: Jul 29, 1997
AIR BAG MONITOR FAILURE WITHOUT CAUSE, CAUSING INTERIOR FANS AND AIR CONDITIONING TO MALFUNCTION, RESULTING IN WINDOW FOGGING UP.526377 DUP OF 525160; POSTED ON 09-07-1999. *AK
Incident date: Jul 11, 1997
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAGS IN ACCIDENT.
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Jul 22, 1997
FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAGS CAUSED VEHICLE COLLISION.
1 injured
Incident date: Jul 24, 1997
WHILE IN COLLISION THE AIR BAG HAD NO DEPLOYMENT, DRIVER ENDED UP IN THE BACK SEAT OF VEHICLE.
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Jul 23, 1997
AIR BAG HAD VIOLENT DEPLOYMENT UPON COLLISION, CAUSING BURNS, SCRAPES AND BRUISES.
Crash
2 injured
Incident date: Jul 29, 1997
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAG IN ACCIDENT, CAUSING INJURY.
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Jul 1, 1997
AIR BAGS: NHTSA RECALL #97V080, RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE IN JULY. HAS TAKEN VEHICLE IN 6 TIMES SINCE RECEIVING THE NOTICE, AND IT HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED YET. EACH TIME THEY GIVE A DIFFERENT REASON WHY THEY HAVE'NT FIXED IT. *AK
JEEP
GRAND CHEROKEE
(1997) — AIR BAGS
Oct 6, 1997
Incident date: Sep 17, 1997
RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE (#97V08000). CALLED DEALER 3 OR 4 TIMES TO SET UP APPOINTMENT. INFORMED THEY CAN DO THE WORK. NO PARTS. *AK
Incident date: May 9, 1997
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAGS IN CRASH. (ATTORNEY FOR CLIENT)
FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG CAUSED ACCIDENT/INJURIES ON FACE AND EYES. (ATTORNEY FOR CLIENT)
Incident date: Jul 3, 1997
FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAG DURING ACCIDEN, CAUSING INJURY TO DRIVER.
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Nov 21, 1996
FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAGS CAUSED ACCIDENT.
1 injured
Incident date: May 29, 1997
NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S/PASSENGERS SIDE AIR BAGS DURING ACCIDENT, CAUSING INJURY.
Crash
1 injured
CONSUMER IS DISATISFIED WITH THE FACT THAT AIRBAGS ARE DANGEROUS FOR SHORT PEOPLE.
Incident date: Apr 19, 1997
THE AIR BAG DID NOT INFLATE DURING FRONT END COLLISION, RESULTING I N INJURY.
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Oct 7, 1996
THE CONSUMER HAD COLLISION WITH REAR BUMPER AND POLE, DURING COLLISION SHE FEELS THAT THE AIR BAGS INFLATED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LOOSE CONTROL.