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 2, 1996
AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT WAS VIOLET, CAUSING FACIAL LACERATIONS/RIGHT EYE INJURY.
Crash
2 injured
Incident date: Sep 25, 1996
AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY IN ACCIDENT, CAUSING INJURIES.
Crash
3 injured
Incident date: Oct 24, 1996
FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAG, CAUSING ACCIDENT.
Incident date: Dec 1, 1995
SUDDEN ACCELERATION, CAUSING ACCIDENT/NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAG DURING ACCIDENT, CAUSING INJURY.
Crash
3 injured
4 deaths
Incident date: Oct 28, 1996
AIRBAG DID NOT INFLATE IN CRASH, CAUSING INJURY.
Crash
2 injured
Incident date: Nov 22, 1996
OTHER: AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATES.
Incident date: Sep 18, 1996
VIOLENT DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAGS, CAUSING INJURY TO HEAD, NECK AND FACE.
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Oct 22, 1996
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAGS DURING COLLISION.
Incident date: Dec 11, 1996
FAILURE OF THE STEERING WHEEL AND COLUMN, CONSUMER PULLED THE STEERING WHEEL TO THE RIGHT TO PREVENT AN ACCIDENT AND THE STEERING GAVE WAY, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ROLLOVER AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK*JB
Crash
Incident date: Oct 6, 1996
SEAT BELT FAILED/NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAG DURING COLLISION, RESULTING IN INJURIES
Crash
2 injured
MERCURY
GRAND MARQUIS
(1990) — AIR BAGS
Dec 5, 1996
WHEN TURNING ON THE CAR THE AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON AND OFF. PLEASE DESCRIBE .
AFTER HAVING THE AIR BAGS REPLACED, WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE AIR BAG LIGHT WILL BLINK ON AND OFF. THIS HAPPENS INTERMITTENTLY. *AK
Incident date: Aug 9, 1996
WHEN DRIVING AND HITTING A BLOCK OF WOOD THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, RECEIVED RECALL # 96V217000 . PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK
Incident date: Oct 29, 1996
DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY IN 11:00 POSITION ACCIDENT, 45MPH, THE SENSOR WAS CONTACTED. *AK CONSUMER STATES IT WAS RAINING AND VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HIM MADE AN ABRUT STOP WHICH CAUSED HIM TO HIT THAT VEHCILE AND ANOTHER VEHICLE HIT THE CONSUMER.*JB
Crash
Incident date: Nov 11, 1996
POOR ABS BRAKE PERFORMANCE, DURING A PANIC STOP, EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE OR UNEVEN BRAKING, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO CONTINUE TO ROLL FORWARD. *AK CONSUMER ALSO STATES AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.*JB
Crash
2 injured
Incident date: Nov 14, 1996
THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT KEEPS GOING ON AND OFF. *AK
Incident date: Apr 1, 1996
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAG DURING COLLISION, CAUSING INJURY.(TENNESSEE POLICE REPORT)
Crash
2 injured
Incident date: Mar 31, 1996
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAGS DURING ACCIDENT.
Crash
Incident date: Sep 28, 1996
OTHER: RINGING IN EARS AFTER AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT.
Crash
1 injured
MITSUBISHI
GALANT
(1995) — AIR BAGS
Nov 14, 1996
Incident date: Apr 23, 1996
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAG/SEAT BELT FAILURE DURING REAR END COLLISION, CAUSING INJURY.
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Oct 7, 1996
FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAGS WHEN VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN OVER A PIECE OF WOOD (2X4).
Crash
Incident date: Apr 4, 1996
OTHER: AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED.
Incident date: Jun 9, 1996
OTHER: DEFECTIVE AIR BAG, CAUSING ODOR OF BURNT WIRES.
Incident date: Mar 27, 1994
OTHER: AIRBAG FAILURE.
Crash
Incident date: Sep 28, 1996
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING COLLISION, CAUSING INJURY.
Crash
1 injured
MITSUBISHI
GALANT
(1994) — AIR BAGS
Nov 14, 1996
Incident date: Aug 28, 1996
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAGS/SEAT BELT DID NOT RESTRAIN DRIVER DURING COLLISION, CAUSING INJURY.
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Sep 1, 1996
OTHER: AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED.
BUICK
PARK AVENUE
(1992) — AIR BAGS
Nov 14, 1996
Incident date: May 17, 1996
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAG DURING COLLISION.
Crash
MITSUBISHI
DIAMANTE
(1993) — AIR BAGS
Nov 14, 1996
Incident date: Apr 9, 1996
DEPLOYMENT WAS VIOLENT, CAUSING FIRST DEGREE BURNS TO FACE/CHIN/WRIST DURING COLLISION.
Crash
1 injured
MITSUBISHI
GALANT
(1994) — AIR BAGS
Nov 14, 1996
Incident date: Oct 23, 1996
RIGHT REAR STEERING KNUCKLE BROKE, CAUSING ACCIDENT, ALSO NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAG DURING ACCIDENT, CAUSING TWO FATALITIES.
Crash
2 deaths
EXPRESSES A DESIRE THAT A SOLUTION SHOULD BE FOUND TO MAKING THE PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS SAFE FOR SMALL WOMEN AND CHILDREN. *AK
Incident date: Aug 7, 1996
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAG DURING COLLISION, CAUSING INJURY.
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: May 1, 1996
SUDDEN ACCELERATION, CAUSING ACCIDENT/NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAG DURING COLLISION.
Crash
MITSUBISHI
GALANT
(1996) — AIR BAGS
Nov 5, 1996
Incident date: Mar 28, 1996
INVOLVED IN THREE VEHICLE COLLISION THAT RESULTED IN FRONT SMASHED. NEITHER DRIVER'S NOR PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DEPLOYED ALONG W/SHOULDER BELT NOT RESTRAINING. *AK THERE WAS ONE INJURY IN ACCIDENT. *SLC
Crash
1 injured
PONTIAC
BONNEVILLE
(1994) — AIR BAGS
Nov 1, 1996
Incident date: Feb 9, 1996
WAS IN AN ACCIDENT AND BOTH AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, DRIVER BROKE ARM IN FOUR PLACES. *AK CONSUMER STATES SHE WAS HIT IN THE FOWARD PART OF THE REAR DOOR ON DRIVER'S SIDE WHILE IN THE PROCESS OF TURNING ONTO A HIGHWAY, AT IMPACT THE AIR BAG RELEASED AND CAUGHT CONSUMER'S ARM IN THE STEERING WHEEL AS THE VEHICLE SPUN AROUND AND THE STEERING WHEEL TURNED CONSUMER'S ARM HAD NO WHERE TO GO.*JB
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Oct 30, 1996
WHEN MAKING A TURN, THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND CRASH. *AK THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY IN THE ACCIDENT. *SLC
Crash
Incident date: Oct 24, 1996
DURING A FRONTAL IMPACT ACCIDENT, AT 45 MPH. THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
Crash
Incident date: Jul 24, 1996
OTHER: AIR BAG SENSORS GOT WET CAUSING AIR BAGS TO DEPLOY VIOLENTLY WHEN THE IGNITION WAS TURNED ON, SHATTERING THE WINDSHIELD/INJURING THE DRIVERS RIGHT ARM/LEFT LEG.
1 injured
Incident date: Apr 1, 1996
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAG DURING COLLISION AND FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAG IN A MINOR COLLISION.
Crash
1 injured
LINCOLN
CONTINENTAL
(1989) — AIR BAGS
Oct 29, 1996
Incident date: Sep 23, 1996
OTHER: AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED.
Crash
Incident date: Jul 19, 1996
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAG DURING COLLISION/INJURY.
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: May 26, 1996
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAGS DURING COLLISION/SEAT BELTS DID NOT RESTRAIN DRIVER AND PASSENGER PROPERLY.
Crash
2 injured
Incident date: Oct 29, 1996
HIT A DEER AND THE DUAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE DESCRIBE IN DETAIL. *AK
Crash
Incident date: Jul 19, 1996
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAG DURING COLLISION. (ATTORNEY FOR CLIENT)
Crash
Incident date: Jul 24, 1996
SEAT BELT FAILED TO RESTRAIN DRIVER DURING COLLISION, CAUSING DRIVER'S HEAD TO GO THROUGH WINDSHIELD, RESULTING IN LACERATIONS TO THE FACE. (ATTORNEY FOR CLIENT)
Crash
1 injured
OLDSMOBILE
98
(1992) — AIR BAGS
Oct 10, 1996
Incident date: Aug 25, 1996
OTHER: AIRBAG COVER ON THE STEERING WHEEL HAS AN OPENING OF APPROXIMATELY 1 1/2".
PONTIAC
BONNEVILLE
(1993) — AIR BAGS
Oct 10, 1996
Incident date: May 18, 1996
LOSS OF CONTROL DUE TO BRAKE FAILURE, CAUSING ACCIDENT/NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAG DURING ACCIDENT.
Crash