Consumer was traveling at 25 MPH in foggy conditions when suddenly she lost sight of the road and proceeded to strike a tree head on. Upon impact, air bags did not deploy.
1996 Kia Sportage: airbags did not deploy in a crash
6 of the 57 complaints about the 1996 Kia Sportage describe airbags did not deploy in a crash.
- owner complaints
- 6
- of this car's complaints
- 11%
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
Airbags did not deploy in a crash by model year
What owners say
Consumer was traveling about 40 MPH on highway and another vehicle veered into her vehicle, causing an accident. Upon impact, frontal airbags didn't go off. There were slight injuries.
I was involved in an accident at the speed of 40 MPH and the air bag did not inflate. The impact between my chest and the steering wheel left me with bruised ribs. I am very appreciative that the accident or the injury was not severe. If you can look into a couple of my concerns, 1) at which speed should the air bag deploy, 2) if it was to deploy at 40mph then what should be my next step towards kia to verify that this doesn't happen to any one again.
When the brakes were applied in a panic stop pedal was normal, and vehicle experienced extended stopping, causing a collision which resulted in injuries. Also, airbags did not deploy. The dealer and manufacturer have been notified and will not cooperate at all.
Consumer was in an accident on nov.04 98, and air bag did not deploy. Consumer was injured.
Vehicle was involved in a head-on collision and the air bag did not deploy.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 1996 Kia Sportage no deployment
Is airbags did not deploy in a crash a common problem on the 1996 Kia Sportage?
6 of 57 owner complaints about the 1996 Kia Sportage (11%) mention airbags did not deploy in a crash. The model year with the most reports is 1997.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 1996 Kia Sportage?
There is no recall or service bulletin for this area of the car on record.
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