1997 Honda Civic Air Bags

THE SRS CAME ON AND WILL NOT GO OFF. I CONTACTED HONDA USA AND THEY SAID THAT SINCE IT WAS OUT OF WARRENTY IT WAS AT THE DEALERS DISCREATION IF THIS WOULD BE COVERED. I THEN RECEIVED A CALL FROM MY LOCAL HONDA DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE LABOR TO FIND THE PROBLEM AND THEN THEY WOULD DECIDED IF THEY WOULD COVER THE REST UNDER WARRENTY. I FEEL THAT SINCE IT SO CLOSE TO THE WARRENTY PERIOD AND SOMETHING THAT SHOULD NEVER FAIL IT SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER THE WARRENTY JUST LIKE THE SEAT BELTS ARE.*AK

AIR BAG LIGHT SENSOR WAS REMAINING ON. VEHICLE HIT A DOG AT 50 MPH, AND BOTH AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WITHOUT INFLATING. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

ON DEC.10,1999 WAS INVOLVED IN ACCIDENT.HIT ON DRIVER SIDE OF VEHICLE THEN PROCEEDED TO HIT A LIGHT POLE HEAD ON.RECEIVED SERIOUS AMOUNT OF DAMAGE.CONSISTING OF BROKEN NOSE,BROKEN RIBS,LOSS OF BONE TEETH AND TISSUE,BRUISED LIVER AND LUNGS ,BLEEDING ON THE BRAIN. *AK

THE AIRBAG SENSOR LIGHT STAYS ILLUMINATED WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. DEALER HAS SET THE SENSOR PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT. MANUFACTURER WILL BE NOTIFIED.*AK

WHEN VEHICLE HIT A GUARDRAIL HEAD-ON THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S SIDE OR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS. VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING 40 MPH WHEN THIS HAPPENED. VEHICLE WILL BE REPAIRED. *AK *ML

INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AND DRIVER'S AIR BAG DEPLOYED, CAUSING SECOND DEGREE BURNS NEAR WRIST, POSSIBLY DUE TO GUN POWDER IN THE AIRBAG. *AK

THE AIR BAG DEPLOYED AND APPARENTLY BURST CAUSING SEVERE EYE INJURY A TWELVE YEAR OLD CHILD (MY SON) WHO WAS WAERING HIS SEAT BELT. FROM THE INITIAL DIAGNOSIS OF THE AMBULANCE CREW TO HIS CHIEF CORNEA & OTHER EYE SPECIALIST - ALL OF THE DAMAGE WAS CAUSED BY THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIR BAG. WE WERE STRUCK FROM THE DRIVER'S SIDE BY A SPEEDING VEHICLE AT AN INTERSECTION IN SAGINAW MICHIGAN. BECAUSE OF THE INTENSIVE INJURIES TO MY SON, HIS CARE WAS TRANSFERED TO THE KELLOGG CENTER, THE REGIONAL EYE TRAUMA & CARE EXPERTS IN MICHIGAN. ACCORDING TO CHRIS SURGEONS - HE SUSTAINED THE MOST MASSIVE INJURIES (VOID OF A FATALITY) SURGEONS HAS SEEN AT THE REGIONAL CENTER. EVERY MAJOR PART OFO HIS EYE WAS DAMAGED, THE CORNEA- BURNED, THE IRIS TORN IN SEVERAL PLACES, THE LEND DISLOCATED & ERUPTED (IT HAS SINCE BEEN REPLACED), RETINA SCARRING, OCCULAR BONE FRACTURES, LOST HIS UPPER TEAR DUCT, TORN, SEPERATED EYE LID, AND SEVERAL OTHERS INJURIES INTERNAL TO THE EYE AND THE FACIAL AREA AROUND HIS LEFT EYE, THE LEFT EYE WAS THE ONLY EYE DAMAGED. MY SON IS STILL UNDERGOING SURGERIES, AND OTHER RESTORATIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES TO RESTORE HIS VISION & HIS APEARANCE. I TRIED TO CONTACT THE HONDA CORPORATION TO NO AVAIL. I ALSO CONTACTED THE U.S. DEPT OF TRANSP SAFETY TO REPORT THE ACCIDENT SHORTLY AFTER THE ACCIDENT - I WAS SENT A FORM AND SPOKE WITH A REPRESENTATIVE. I AM FILING THIS REPORT AS AN ASSURED WAY OF HAVING THIS CASE INVESTIGATED, NOTED OR LOOKED INTO, THIS MUCH DAMAGE SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN DONE TO MY CHILD. HIS PHYSICIANS AGREE TO THIS GIVEN THEIR HISTORY OF TREATING AIR BAG INJURIES. THUS, ONE COULD CONCLUDE THE AIR BAD MALFUNCTIONED. I HAVE SINCE DISCOVERED SCORES OF ARTICLES ABOUT THE DANGERS OF AIR BAGS - IT BOTHERS ME THAT THE PUBLIC IS MADE AWARE OF THIER DANGERS TO INFANTS BUT NOT AS THEY RELATE TO YOUNG CHILDREN. I SEEK SOME FOLLOW-UP T O THIS PROBLEM. THE CAR DISPLAYED A MADE IN AMERICA STICKER ON THE BACK. I DON'T THINK THAT MATTERS BUT I HAVE OWNED HOND

WHILE TRAVELING NOTICED AIR BAG INDICATOR LIGHT ON AT ALL TIMES. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

VEHICLE WAS AT A STOP WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE TRAVELING AT HIGH SPEED REAR ENDED THE HONDA CIVIC, CAUSING IT TO HAVE A FRONTAL IMPACT WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, WHICH DID NOT PROTECT THE OCCUPANT IN THIS CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING AT 40 MPH CONSUMER HAD A HEAD-ON COLLISION, AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING IN THE RAIN, AND RAN IN TO BACK OF THE ANOTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S AIRBAG DIDN'T DEPLOY. *AK

DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY AFTER A REAR END COLLISION AT APPROX. 55 MPH IMPACT. DEALER/MFR. HAVE NOT BEEN CONTACTED AT THIS TIME. *AK

CONSUMER HAD HEAD-ON COLLISON AND NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. CONSUMER SUSTAINED MUSCULAR INJURIES. *AK

NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAGS DID DURING ACCIDENT. *YC

FRONTAL COLLISION NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAGS.

WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEED, DRIVER STRUCK THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HER AND MAY HAVE BEEN STRUCK FROM BEHIND. AIR BAG DEPLOYED, DRIVER SUSTAINED THERMAL 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO THE MEDIAL ASPECT OF BOTH HANDS, WRISTS/BICEPS AND CHIN. *AK

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A 30 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH THE DRIVER'S OR PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A 35 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH THE DRIVER'S OR PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHILE EXITING A PARKING LOT IN AN ACCELERATING RIGHT-HAND TURN, VEHICLE WENT OVER A SMALL CURB AND BOTH AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, TEMPORARILY IMPAIRING THE DRIVER'S VISION AND KNOCKING HIS HANDS FROM STEERING WHEEL. VEHICLE LOST CONTROL, HIT CINCRETE CURB OF MEDIAN, BENDING RIMS OF THREE WHEELS AND FLATTENING THE TIRES. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 40-50 MPH ON THE FREEWAY HAD DIRECT FRONTAL IMPACT WHERE THE DEFECTIVE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIRBAGS SYSTEM DID NOT DEPLOY, AND DID NOT PROTECT THE OCCUPANT IN THIS ACCIDENT. MANUFACTURER SAID AIRBAG SENSOR IS MOVING BACK TOWARDS THE VEHICLE DUE TO EARLIER CIVIC MODEL HAVING INADVERTENT DEPLOYMENTS. *AK

DUAL AIRBAGS DEPLOYED DURING FRONT END COLLISION. IMPACT FROM DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG CAUSED OPEN WOUNDS/BURNS FROM CHIN TO CHEST, FORCE OF PASSENGER'S AIRBAG SHATTERED FRONT WINDSHIELD, VEHICLE AT BODY SHOP, DRIVER HIT ANOTHER MOVING VEHICLE, WET WEATHER. *AK

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING EAST AT APPROX 45 MPH, TRUCK JUMPED OUT IN FRONT, HIT HEAD ON OTHER VEHICLE SIDE, BUMPER WAS COMPLETELY PUSHED IN. AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. DUE TO THIS DEFECT, CONSUMER HIT DASHBOARD WITH HEAD, HIT STEERING WHEEL WITH CHEST. SEAT BELTS WERE NOT WORKING AT TIME OF INCIDENT. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE REARENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE AT 30-35 MPH, AND THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S OR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAGS. CAUSE HAS NOT BEEN FOUND. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIRBAGS DEPLOYED WITHOUT ANY IMPACT. DLR HAS SEEN VEHICLE.