When airbag deployed the left sleeve of the garment worn by the driver on the inner arm at the wrist ignited. The driver smothered the flame on the passenger seat to extinguish it. No serious burns as a result, but a more flammable garment may have caused serious injury or death.
1996 Honda Civic airbags complaints
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Driving at 20 MPH in a parking lot, the air bags on both sides deployed for no reason, causing injures to the chest/arm an face, consumer contacted the dealer, but no one returned the call. *ak
Consumer was traveling 45 MPH when attempting to avoid an accident both driver's and passenger's side air bags deployed without cause, resulting in over 3000 dollars of damage. Consumer has contacted the dealer. Please provide any further details.
False deployment of air bag causing injury to left eye/burn to face. (qcaw)
Was traveling 30mph, started to make left turn when suddenly another vehicle merged into lane. This caused honda to rearend minivan. Upon impact, airbags did not deploy. Driver slightly injured. Have police report.
While driving 30 MPH had a direct frontal impact with another vehicle in which the other vehicle's airbags deployed. However, consumer's airbags did not deploy. No prior probelms with airbags.
Vehicle was involved in a collision, dual airbags did not deploy, resulting in injuries.
Accelerator cable stuck, vehicle accelerated out of control and ran into 2 parked vehicles and a tree before coming to a stop. Upon impact, air bags failed to deploy.
Vehicle was involved in a frontal collision and air bag didn't deploy. Before the accident the air bag light came on and off. Dealer said that there was no defect in the air bag because the light kept on going on and off.
While driving about 20 MPH in rainy weather consumer put on brakes and the vehicle swerved and turned on the other side of the road, spinned around and hit the back of a another vehicle, consumer stated that the air bags did not deploy. Has contacted the dealer. *ak also passengers seat collasped.
While vehicle was hit from the rear of the car frontal airbags deployed. Cause unknown.
When parking vehicle in garage, pressed gas pedal instead of brake pedal, causing vehicle to hit a brick wall. At that time both air bags deployed, however, passenger sustained injuries to face and eyes.
When applying the ABS brakes on dry pavement the pedal traveled to the floor, causing extended stopping distance which resulted in a vehicle collision. Consumer also states that the driver's/passenger's air bags did not deploy. Please give futher details.
Design of vehicle with air bags not conducive for smaller drivers.
While driving the vehicle there was deployment of the driver's and passenger's side air bags for no reason. Vehicle has been at dealership since dec. 4th, 1996.
Rearended a vehicle and air bags did not deploy, bubbles appeared instead of the air bags . Please describe details.
During frontal impact, the driver's and passenger's side air bags did not deploy.
Vehicle was involved in frontal collision, impact 12:00 position, speed 30mph, passenger's airbag exploded.
Driving along about 10 MPH, about to cross an intersection, hit someon on the driver's side but the air bags did not deploy, subsequently on october 16, 1996, air bags deployed spontaneously.
Hit a deer and the dual air bags did not deploy. Please describe in detail.
Driving along about 40 MPH when ABS brakes failed, did not hit anything but air bags deployed, vision blocked, causing an accident. *ak
Driving 40 MPH, another vehicle turning into shopping center was not able to stop in time, broadsided other vehicle, air bags did not deploy.
Vehicle was involved in a rearend accident and there was no deployment of the air bags.
The vehicle hit another vehicle from behind and the air bag didn't deploy.
Consumer's daughter was in an accident and both air bags did not deploy . Please describe .
Passsenger's air bag located at top of dashboard, occupant might place maps or boxes on top of dashboard which would interfere with airbag.
Recall related, ABS brake failure, when applied had extened stopping distance, impact 12:00 position, dual airbags did not deploy.
No deployment of driver's/passenger's airbags in accident, causing injuries.
In a front-end accident pasenger side air bag did not deploy.
Had a frontal collision, neither air bag deployed.
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