1998 Honda Accord Air Bags

SRS LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON EVEN AFTER HAVING CAR INSPECTED BY MY LOCAL HONDA DEALER AT A COST TO ME OF OVER $100. THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG WITH THE SRS SYSTEM AND RESET THE LIGHT. I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT MANY HONDA AUTOS HAVE THIS PROBLEM. I DON'T WANT TO KEEP HAVING TO SPEND $100+ TO HAVE THE CAR INSPECTED ONLY TO BE TOLD THERE IS NOTHING WRONG (AND THE LIGHT RESET) BUT AT THE SAME TIME I DON'T WANT TO BE IN AN ACCIDENT AND HAVE MY AIRBAGS NOT DEPLOY. *JB

I HAD A FRONT END COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE WHILE GOING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH AND MY AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. MY CAR IS A 1998 HONDA ACCORD. *JB

SRS DEPLOYMENT FAILURE. CAR WAS PARKED FOR COUPLE OF WEEKS WHEN RETURNED THE SERVICE LIGHT COMES ON AND DEPLOYMENT FAILURE IS INEVITABLE. DEALER WHAT'S $85 TO RESET LIGHT. ISN'T THIS A SAFETY ISSUE WITH THESE CARS SHOULDN'T THEY RESET THIS ITEM AT NO COST. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IT HAS HAPPENED. *NM

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 35MPH THE VEHICLE WAS IN A HEAD ON ACCIDENT. CONSUMER STATES THAT BOTH OF THE FRONT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

I WAS IN A MULTI-VEHICLE CAR ACCIDENT ON SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 2003 AND MY AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY ON MY 1998 HONDA ACCORD. I WAS GOING ABOUT 50 MPH AND THE FRONT END OF MY CAR HIT ANOTHER CAR AND THEN A DIFFERENT CAR SLAMMED INTO THE PASSENGER SIDE. GIVEN THE SPEED OF THE ACCIDENT, THE AIRBAGS SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED. *JB

VEHICLE WAS IN A HEAD ON COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

ON SUNDAY SEPT. 28, 2003 MY DOOR LOCKS FAILED, THE ELECTRIC WINDOW CONTROLS ON THE DRIVERS SIDE FAILED TO OPERATE THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDOWS (HOWEVER THE WINDOW CONTROLS ON THE INDIVIDUAL DOORS STILL WORKED) AND MY SRS INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON. I HAD THE IGNITION REPLACED AND IT CURED THE DOOR LOCK AND ELECTRIC WINDOW PROBLEM. THE SRS INDICATOR LIGHT IS STILL ON. THE DEALER REFUSES TO RESET THE CODE FRO THE SRS LIGHT AND WANTS TO CHARGE A $88.00 DIAGNOSTIC FEE. THIS PROBLEM IS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE FAULTY IGINITION SWITCH AND SHOULD BE FIXED!

AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AFTER A HEAD ON COLLISION INTO AN EMBANKMENT. MY SON RECEIVED FACIAL & HEAD LACERATIONS, AN ACUTE CONCUSSION, AND OTHER INJURIES. HE HAD TO BE AIR LIFTED TO A TRAUMA CENTER IN MISSION HILLS, CALIFORNIA FROM PALMDALE, CALIFORNIA. BECAUSE OF HIS INJURIES, HE IS HAVING A LOT OF MEDICAL PROBLEMS THAT HE WOULD NOT HAVE HAD IF THE DRIVERSIDE AIRBAG HAD DEPLOYED AS IT WAS MADE TO DO. *AK

CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLITION, UPON IMPACT THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*JB

THE DRIVER SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAGS FAIL TO DEPLOY AFTER A FRONTAL COLLISION WITH ANOTHER MOTOR VEHICLE , VEHICLE WAS TRAVEL ABOUT 30 MPH, DRIVER STRUCK HEAD ON CEILING OF MOTOR VEHICLE AND SUFFERED MINOR HEAD INJURY. *AK

WITH ONLY 38,000 MILES ON THE CAR, THE COMPUTER BOARD CONTROLLING THE SRS SYSTEM FAILED. GIVEN HONDA'S SPOTTY REPUTATION WITH AIR BAGS FAILING TO DEPLOY, IT SEEMS TO BE A PATTERN WHEREBY THE MECHANISMS CONTROLLING THE AIR BAGS ARE FAULTY. A CIRCUIT BOARD SHOULD NOT BE FAILING WITH ONLY 38,000 MILES ON THE CAR, ESPECIALLY A HONDA.*AK

CATALYTIC CONVERTER FAILS. DEALER STATES PART IS COVERED. ORDERS, AND REPLACES SAME. CAR IS RETURNED WITH SRS LIGHT LIT. DEALER STATES THAT (ILLUMINATED) INDICATOR LIGHT MEANS THE AIR BAG IS IN FAILURE MODE. DEALER STATES THAT ELECTRONIC TESTING OF AIR BAG ASSEMBLY SHOWS AIR BAG IS DEPLOYED (ALTHOUGH IT ISN'T, WHICH WOULD BE VERY OBVIOUS IF IT WERE) DEALER STATES THAT ONLY AIR BAG CONTROL MODULE IS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. AS THIS FAILURE IS OF ENTIRE AIR BAG AND REEL ASSEMBLY, I'M NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. AS I WOULD NOT DRIVE CAR WITH FAILED AIRBAG COMPONENT I HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO PAY $897.92 FOR A NEW AIRBAG AND REEL ASSEMBLY. I HAVE THE (OLD AND VISUALLY INTACT) PARTS THAT WERE REPLACED AS WELL AS THE BILL FOR THE REPAIR. DT

SKIDDED ON GRAVEL AND HIT A TREE--AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY AND I, DRIVER-OCCUPANT SUSTAINED SERIOUS PERSONAL INJURY

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VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A 50 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH DRIVER'S AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY,CAUSE HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

WHILE DRIVING WAS INVOLVED IN A 55 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH DRIVER'S AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. VEHICLE WAS ALSO EQUIPPED WITH A PASSENGER AIR BAG WHICH DEPLOYED UPON IMPACT. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 40MPH ON A SIDE STREET 0N A RAINY NIGHT. SHE HAD THE RIGHT OF WAY, AND ANOTHER VEHICLE VEERED INTO CONSUMER'S VEHICLE, AND SHE RAN INTO HIM . UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DIDN'T GO OFF AT ALL.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

CONSUMER WAS IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA GOING 40MPH IN RAIN AND ANOTHER VEHICLE CROSSED IN FRONT AND THE 2 VEHICLES COLLIDED ON FRONT END SIDE OF PASSENGER. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. HONDA DEALER WAS GIVING CONSUMER SOME PROBLEMS TO HAVE FIXED. *AK *JB

SRS LIGHT IS ON AT ALL TIMES, DEALER INSPECTED VEHICLE AND FOUND 2 SCREWS ON STEERING WHEEL AIR BAG CONNECTOR COVER WERE MISSING, DEALER STATED THAT THE AIR BAG NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *SLC

VEHICLE HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN 2 FRONT END HEAD ON COLLISIONS; ONE AT 30 MPH, AND OTHER AT 45 MPH. BOTH TIMES DUAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN BY UNAUTHORIZED DRIVER. DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING 60MPH. HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT WITH THE OTHER VEHICLE, AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY.*AK

THE WHOLE FRONT END OF THE CAR IS TOTALED AND NEITHER ONE OF THE LEFT OR RIGHT FRONT AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. MY FRIEND AND I WERE WEARING OUR SEAT BELTS AND BOTH OF US HAVE FACE AND HEAD INJURIES.*AK

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ATAPPROXIMATELY 35 MPH WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE JUMPED INTO HER LANE, HITTING CONSUMER'S VEHICLE HEAD-ON. UPON IMPACT, DUAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, AND THERE WAS NO INDICATION OR PRIOR WARNING OF DEFECT. VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT. CONSUMER AND PASSENGER RECEIVED HEAD INJURIES. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTEHR INFORMATION. *AK

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK