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Showing 127,896 complaints — component: AIR BAGS
Incident date: Jul 29, 1996
WHILE TRAVELING , VEHICLE STOPPED IN FRONT, CAUSING FRONTAL IMPACT, DUAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.*AK
Crash
MITSUBISHI
GALANT
(1995) — AIR BAGS
Aug 5, 1996
Incident date: Jul 29, 1996
DURING FRONTAL COLLISION DRIVER'S /PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Mar 22, 1996
DURING A FRONT IMPACT ACCIDENT. THE AIR BAG DEPLOYED. THE CHEMICALS FROM THE AIR BAG CAUSED SKIN, AND EYE DAMAGE.*AK
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Jul 7, 1996
DUAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY UPON FRONT END IMPACT, DRIVER LOST CONTROL, HIT TELEPHONE POLE, SPEED 25 MPH.*AK
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Jul 27, 1996
CONSUMER HIT ANOTHER CAR AND THE BOTH AIR BAGS DIDN'T DEPLOYED . CONSUMER STATES AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY WITH A FRONT END COLLISION. *SLC
Crash
2 injured
Incident date: Jul 30, 1996
FRONTIAL COLLISION, IMPACT 12:00 POSITION, SPEED 45MPH, DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
Crash
1 injured
UPON IMPACT, DURING FRONTAL CRASH IN MULTI-VEHICLE CRASH, 12:00 ON FRONT BUMPER, DUAL AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY.**AK
Incident date: Jul 6, 1996
DURING FRONT IMPACT ACCIDENT . DRIVERS SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY.*AK
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Jul 27, 1996
DURING FRONT IMPACT ACCIDENT. DRIVERS SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY.*AK
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Jul 23, 1996
CONSUMER WAS IN AND ACCIDENT AND BOTH AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. PLEASE DESCRIBE .*AK
Incident date: Jul 24, 1996
DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WHEN CONSUMER'S DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING AT LOW SPEED AND HIT A DITCH. AIR BAG HIT DAUGHTER'S FACE. SHE WAS BURNED AND CUT BY THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIR BAG.**AK
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Jul 26, 1996
THE VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED AND THE FRONT SEATBACKS BROKE BACKWARDS AND THE CAR HIT ANOTHER AND NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED.*AK
Crash
3 injured
Incident date: Jul 13, 1996
DRIVERS SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. DURING A FRONT IMPACT ACCIDENT. DRIVER WAS WEARING HIS SEAT BELT.
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Jul 22, 1996
FAILURE ON THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DPELOY.
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Jul 25, 1996
FAILURE ON THE DRIVER ANAD PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: May 13, 1996
VIOLENT DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAG, CAUSING INJURY. (ATTORNEY FOR CLIENT)*SD
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Jun 21, 1995
FALSE/VIOLENT DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAGS, CAUSING BURNS TO DRIVER'S HANDS/BRUISES ON CHEST/ARMS/PASSENGER'S LOWER LIP BLISTERED. *SD
Crash
2 injured
Incident date: Feb 19, 1996
FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAGS WHEN DRIVING OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD. *SD
Crash
Incident date: Oct 23, 1995
AIR BAG DID NOT FULLY DEPLOY AND BROKE THE SKIN OF THE STEERING COLUMN. *AK
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(1995) — AIR BAGS
Jul 23, 1996
Incident date: Jul 5, 1996
THE U JOINT STEERING SPHERE BROKE IN HALF AND LEFT THE STEERING WHEEL INOPERATIVE. *AK CONSUMER STATES AIR BAG LIGHT COMING ON AND RADIO CONTROLS ARE NOT WORKING, ALSO 2 ND GEAR START NOT WORKING, WHICH CONTAIN A GEAR SHORT, ALSO HEAD LAMP BEZELS ARE WARPED AT BOTTOM, HEADLAMP WAS REPLACED .*JB
Incident date: Jul 18, 1996
WHEN THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED THE BAG EXPLODED TO PIECES.PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Jul 20, 1996
THE AIRBAG WAS SLOW IN DEPLOYMENT. INVOLVED IN A COLLISION, DRIVER HIT HER HEAD ON STEERING WHEEL AND THEN THE AIRBAG DEPLOYED.PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Jul 8, 1996
THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
OLDSMOBILE
88
(1992) — AIR BAGS
Jul 15, 1996
Incident date: Apr 30, 1996
VEHCILE WAS A COMPLETE STOP AND IMPACT 12:00 POSITION, DRIVER LAP/SHOULDER BELT FAILED ALSO THE DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Jun 26, 1996
THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY IN THE ACCIDENT. *AK CONSUMER WAS INJURED IN ACCIDENT. *SLC
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Jul 25, 1995
FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAG, CAUSING INJURY. *SD
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Jun 14, 1995
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAGS DURING ACCIDENT, CAUSING INJURIES. *SD
Crash
2 injured
Incident date: Oct 24, 1994
OTHER: AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. *SD
FORD
CROWN VICTORIA
(1992) — AIR BAGS
Jul 11, 1996
Incident date: Feb 23, 1996
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING ACCIDENT, CAUSING FATALITY. *SD
Crash
1 deaths
Incident date: Apr 3, 1996
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG IN ACCIDENT, CAUSING INJURY. *DH
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Jan 18, 1996
FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG, CAUSING ACCIDENT/INJURY. *SD
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Jun 24, 1996
OTHER: AIR BAG MODULE FAILED.
Incident date: Jul 7, 1996
WHILE PARKING THE DRIVER AND PASSENAGER AIRBAG DEPLOYED, NO HIT, SMOKE FILLED THE VEHICLE. *AK WHEN PARKING VEHICLE BOTH AIR BAGS DEPLOYED PASSENGER ONE SMASHED WINDSHILED UPON DEPLOYMENT VEHICLE DID NOT HIT ANYTHING, NOR DROVE OVER ANYTHING LIKE A CURB OR A POT HOLE THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO VEHICLE FRONT OR UNDERNEATH, DRIVER SUFFERED CONSUSSION, BURN, FRACTURE OF RIGHT ELBOW AND INJURY TO KNE... Read more
1 injured
Incident date: Jul 5, 1996
VEHICLE WAS PARKED, RADIO ON, ANOTHER VEHICLE HIT EAGLE HEAD ON, AIR BAGS ON DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK CONUMER'S VEHICLE WAS KNOCKED AT LEAST 10 FEET AND WAS PARKED AT THE TIME OF INCIDENT, CAUSING LEFT SIDE OF FACE OF DRIVER SIDE TO SIT STEERING WHEEL AND THE PASSENGER HEAD TO HIT FRONT WINDSHIELD CAUSING IT TO BREAK.*JB
Crash
2 injured
Incident date: Apr 17, 1996
DURING FRONTAL IMPACT, THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK *JB
Crash
Incident date: Jun 3, 1996
AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON/STAYS ON OR FLASHES. *AK
Incident date: Aug 9, 1995
DESIGN OF AIR BAGS IS SUCH THAT AIR BAGS WILL NOT DEPLOY UNLESS COLLISION IS HEAD ON. (ATTORNEY FOR CLIENT) *DH
Incident date: Mar 15, 1996
OTHER: AIR BAG FAILED. *DH
CHEVROLET
C SERIES(LIGHT)
(1995) — AIR BAGS
Jun 28, 1996
Incident date: Mar 18, 1996
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG. (ATTORNEY FOR CLIENT) *DH
Incident date: Mar 12, 1996
FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG. (ATTORNEY FOR CLIENT) *DH
MERCURY
GRAND MARQUIS
(1991) — AIR BAGS
Jun 28, 1996
Incident date: May 22, 1996
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG UPON IMPACT, ALSO AIR BAG DID NOT INFLATE. *DH
Crash
JEEP
GRAND CHEROKEE
(1994) — AIR BAGS
Jun 28, 1996
Incident date: Apr 27, 1996
NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVERS AIR BAG IN FRONT END COLLISION.
Incident date: Jun 20, 1996
THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED AND THE ENTIRE DASHBOARD SPLIT IN HALF.PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Jun 26, 1996
OTHER: AIRBAGS FAILED BURST TESTS IN THE GMC C/K TRUCKS. *AK
Incident date: Jun 24, 1996
APPLIED BRAKES, REAR ENDED VEHICLE, DRIVER'S AIR BAG DEPLOYED. *AK DRIVER AND PASSENGER SUFFERED INJURIES.*JB
Crash
2 injured
FORD
THUNDERBIRD
(1995) — AIR BAGS
Jun 24, 1996
Incident date: Jan 6, 1995
OTHER: RATTLE FROM RIGHT SIDE OF AIR BAG. *SD
Incident date: Mar 22, 1996
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING COLLISION. *SD
Crash
Incident date: Apr 3, 1996
OTHER: AIR BAG PROBLEMS. (ATTORNEY FOR CLIENT) (FIRST VEHICLE ON 601422, 601423, 601428) *DH
Incident date: May 20, 1996
FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAGS, CAUSING ACCIDENT/INJURY. *SD
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Apr 3, 1996
OTHER: AIR BAG PROBLEMS. (ATTORNEY FOR CLIENT) (SECOND VEHICLE ON 503129, 601423, 601428) *DH