2003 optima air bag deployed when swerving to avoid a manhole. *ts when the vehicle was placed on a diagnostic machine it registered that there had been a collision. The manufacturer sent a district parts and service manager to inspect the vehicle. The manager concluded that the driver's side impact air bag properly deployed in the incident experienced by the consumer.
2003 Kia Optima airbags complaints
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Dt*: the contact stated, while traveling through an intersection at 25 MPH., the vehicle was struck on the driver's front door by a police vehicle running a red light, without the emergency lights on. Both frontal and side airbags failed to deploy. Injuries were incurred in the collision. A police report was filed and pictures were taken at the scene. The airbag sensor light was replaced by a service dealer, approximately one-year prior to the accident.
Dt: the caller stated that air bag light was on all the time. Dealer claimed that the driver's side airbag was defective, and did not have the part to fix it. Manufacturer said did not have the part anywhere.
I was involved in an accident where the front and side airbags failed to deploy. My car was a 2003 kia optima. The site of impact was on the left front end but substained major damage to the entire front of the vehicle. I have several photo's of the car, which was totaled by my insurance adjuster. My concern is if there is a defect with this car regarding the airbags. A close male friend, who was a mechanical engineer for chysler, could not explain/understand why the airbags failed. Please help me get to the bottom is this matter.
Air bag light is on. Dealer ordered the part. However, they have been unable to obtain the part, this makes driver's side air bag inoperable.
The consumer rear ended another vehicle. The consumer was wearing his seat belt, however the air bags did not deploy. The dealer claimed that the collision was under the truck's bumper. The consumer's vehicle was totaled. The consumer suffered shoulder and head injuries in the collision.
The air bag sensor was defective.*ak
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