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Showing 127,896 complaints — component: AIR BAGS
MERCEDES BENZ
280
(1996) — AIR BAGS
Apr 2, 1997
Incident date: Dec 19, 1996
NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG IN ACCIDENT.
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Jan 23, 1997
DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT WAS VIOLENT, BAG BURST OPEN AS IT DEPLOYED, CAUSING FUMES TO BE INHALED BY PASSENGER, RESULTING IN A COLLAPSED LUNG.
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Dec 1, 1996
AIR BAG INDICATOR COMES ON.
1 injured
FORD
THUNDERBIRD
(1995) — AIR BAGS
Apr 2, 1997
Incident date: Nov 4, 1996
THE AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT WAS VIOLENT, CAUSING INJURIES TO CHEST/TWO BROKEN HANDS.
Crash
2 injured
Incident date: Feb 2, 1996
FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S AIRBAG.
Incident date: Feb 13, 1996
AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT WAS VIOLENT IN TWO ACCIDENTS, ONCE CRACKING WINDSHIELD AND WRENCHING THUMB. SECOND TIME CAUSED A FRACTURED NASAL BONE AND COMPLETE CLOSURE OF RIGHT EYE.
Crash
2 injured
Incident date: May 10, 1996
OTHER: AIR BAG COVER WARPED AND REPLACED AIR BAG, ALSO AIRBAG INDICATOR LIGHT STAYS ON.
Incident date: Aug 1, 1995
AIRBAG DID NOT INFLATE IN ACCIDENT.
LINCOLN
CONTINENTAL
(1991) — AIR BAGS
Mar 25, 1997
Incident date: Jul 3, 1996
REAR AIR BAG STRUTS REPLACED.
SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED FOLLOWED BY AIRBAG GAS ESCAPING INTO DRIVER'S FACE.
Incident date: Aug 1, 1996
YOKAHOMA TIRE BLEW OUT, CAUSING ACCIDENT/AIRBAG DID NOT INFLATE IN CRASH, CAUSING SMOKE TO BURN EYES.
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: May 21, 1996
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAG DURING COLLISION, CAUSING INJURY.
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Dec 5, 1996
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAG IN ACCIDENT, CAUSING INJURY.
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Dec 4, 1996
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAG IN ACCIDENT.
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Oct 1, 1996
FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S/PASSENGERS AIRBAG.
Incident date: Nov 19, 1996
SPONTANEOUS FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAG.
Incident date: Oct 1, 1991
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAGS DURING COLLISION, CAUSING INJURIES.
Crash
2 injured
85 POUND FEMALE DRIVER COMPLAINS THAT AIRBAGS POSE A RISK TO HER SINCE SHE IS THE SIZE OF A 12 YEAR OLD.
Incident date: Oct 8, 1996
DRIVERS AND PASSENGER SIDES AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOYED FOR FIFTH TIME WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN ACCIDENT ,CAUSING TWO PEOPLE INJURED.
Crash
2 injured
MERCURY
GRAND MARQUIS
(1991) — AIR BAGS
Mar 25, 1997
Incident date: Apr 25, 1996
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAG IN THE ACCIDENT.
Incident date: Sep 1, 1996
FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVERS AND PASSENGER AIRBAGS, WHILE THE VEHICLE ROLLED FORWARD 6 INCHES OR LESS INTO A CURB.
Incident date: Sep 1, 1996
AIR BAG INDICATOR LIGHT FLASHES CONSTANTLY.
Incident date: Nov 6, 1996
AIRBAGS DEPLOYED VIOLENTLY, CAUSING ABRASION TO THE UPPER TORSO, ARM, AND CHIN.
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Apr 29, 1996
DRIVELINE FLIPPED OUT FROM UNDERNEATH VEHICLE AHEAD, WENT UNDERNEATH PLAINTIFF'S VEHICLE, IMPACTED ON THE UNDER CARRIAGE, CAUSING AIR BAG TO FALSELY DEPLOY, RESULTING IN ACCIDENT, MULTIPLE BRUISES AND HEARING LOSS.
1 injured
Incident date: May 10, 1996
BRAKES FAILED TWICE, ONCE CAUSING ACCIDENT, ALSO AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT WAS VIOLENT, CAUSING BURNED ARMS AND KNEES AND A GASHED FOOT.
Crash
3 injured
Incident date: Nov 3, 1996
AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT WAS VIOLENT UPON IMPACT WITH DEER, CAUSING HEAD, NECK, BACK INJURY.
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Jun 13, 1996
DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT WAS VIOLENT, CAUSING SUSTAINED FRACTURED EYE SOCKET , DISLOCATED RETINA AND SEVERAL DISLOCATED BONES.
2 injured
Incident date: Jun 3, 1996
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAGS DURING COLLISION, CAUSING INJURIES.
Crash
2 injured
Incident date: Dec 13, 1996
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAGS DURING COLLISION.
Incident date: Jun 1, 1995
AIR BAGS DEPLOYMENT WAS VIOLENT, CAUSING INJURIES.
Crash
2 injured
Incident date: Apr 19, 1996
OTHER: AIR BAG CLOCK SPRING FAILED.
CAN'T READ INSTRUMENT PANEL DUE TO AIRBAG MECHANISM ON STEERING WHEEL BLOCKING VIEW.
Incident date: May 30, 1996
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING COLLISION.
Incident date: Aug 1, 1996
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING COLLISION, CAUSING INJURY.
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Dec 16, 1996
OTHER: AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED.
FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG, CAUSING BRUISE ON DRIVER'S FACE.
FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG, CAUSING BURNS ON BOTH ARMS, FACE, AND CHEST.
1 injured
Incident date: Apr 11, 1995
OTHER: DESIGN OF VEHICLE IS NOT CONDUCIVE TO A SHORT DRIVER REGARDING AIR BAGS.
Incident date: Dec 31, 1996
OTHER: DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DEFECTIVE.
Incident date: Oct 4, 1996
FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF PASSENGER'S AND DRIVER'S AIR BAG, CAUSING CRACK ON FRONT WINDSHIELD.
Incident date: Nov 19, 1996
FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG, CAUSING BRUISES IN CHEST AREA AND DESTROYED WINDSHIELD .
Incident date: Dec 24, 1996
OTHER: AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED.
Incident date: Dec 3, 1995
AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT WAS VIOLENT, CAUSING SCAR ON LEFT CHEEK AND DAMAGE TO LEFT EAR.
2 injured
Incident date: Apr 29, 1996
AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT WAS VIOLENT, CAUSING MULTIPLE BRUISES, HEARING LOSS IN BOTH EARS,CERVICAL STRAIN, SEVERE BRUISING TO BOTH THUMBS, AND LOOSENED LOWER BRIDGE IN MOUTH.
Crash
1 injured
MERCEDES BENZ
300E
(1989) — AIR BAGS
Mar 25, 1997
Incident date: Jun 29, 1995
SRS WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED.
Incident date: Aug 22, 1996
NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DURING COLLISION, CAUSING INJURY.
Crash
2 injured
Incident date: Jan 22, 1997
AIR BAG SYSTEM MALFUNTIONED DURING 2 ACCIDENTS, AT BOTH ACCIDENTS THE VEHICLE WAS GOING 40-45 MPH AND A FRONTAL COLLISION OCCURRED, CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO VEHICLE WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. *AK
Crash
CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A 35 MPH FRONTAL CRASH IN WHICH THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE GIVE FURTHER DETAILS.
Crash