2000 Hyundai Elantra Air Bags

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2000 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED BROKEN RIBS AND A HEAD INJURY THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200,000.

THE AIR BAG LIGHT IS ON AND WILL NOT GO OUT. *TR

THE AIR BAGS IN THE CAR DID NOT DEPLOY. IT WAS A FRONT END COLLISION. THE CAR STRUCTURALLY HELD UP VERY WELL BUT WE ARE NOT QUITE SURE WHY THE AIR BAGS DID NOT WORK? *NM

2000 HYUNDAI ELANTRA HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN A REAR END CRASH WITH SUV. AIR BAGS NEVER DEPLOYED. CAR IS TOTALLED. *NM

WAS DRIVING DOWN A HILL IN HOOKSETT NEW HAMPSHIRE, ON MY WAY TO WORK. THE ROADS WERE ICY, AND SNOW COVERED, HIT A PATCH OF ICE, AND HIT A TELEPHONE POLE, TOTALING MY CAR. THE AIR BAG NEVER DEPLOYED. *AK

WHILE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING INADVERTENTLY A POWDER LIKE SUBSTANCE WAS RELEASED FROM AIR BAG WITHOUT DEPLOYING. CONSUMER INHALED THE SUBSTANCE, AND HAD TROUBLE BREATHING. THE CAUSE OF THIS WAS UNDETERMINED.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A THREE CAR CRASH. AS A RESULT, VEHICLE WAS THROWN ACROSS THE MEDIAN, CRASHING INTO A POLE. UPON IMPACT, DUAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER SUSTAINED MAJOR HEAD AND NECK INJURIES. *AK

DURING A COLLISION, THE FRONT AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, BUT DID NOT INFLATE. THE CONSUMER SUFFERED INJURIES TO THE FACE AND UPPER TORSO. THE CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED.(POINT OF IMPACT UNKNOWN). PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *JB

WHILE GOING AROUND A BEND APPROXIMATELY 50-60 MPH VEHICLE HIT A DITCH, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SPIN OUT OF CONTROL, AND HIT A TREE ONE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH VEHICLE COLLIDED WITH A DEER IN THE ROAD. UPON IMPACT, DUAL AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

IN HEAD ON COLLISION, ESTIMATED SPEED ON IMPACT ROUGHLY 20-25 MPH--AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY---SHOULD IT HAVE? NOT SURE WHAT SPEED WOULD CAUE AIRBAG TO DEPLOY- IF THERE IS A DEFECT IN MY AIRBAG SYSTEM,BECAUSE IT DID NOT DEPLOY, RESUME WITH A CLASS ACTION, WHICH I WILL CHECK OFF, IF THERE IS NO RECOURSE OR REASON WHY MY AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY, I FEEL THAT IT SHOULD HAVE, BUT ANYWAY, IF THERE IS REASON TO SUBSTANCIATE THE AIR BAG NOT GOING OFF, THE I WILL DISREGARD THE CLASS ACTION. PLEASE REPLY ASAP IF POSSIBLE. AND YES, I RECEIVED MINOR INJURY ANYWAY. THANK YOU. CAROL COYLE

WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL CRASH, AND BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION WHILE DRIVING AT 40MPH, AND NEITHER AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

CONSUMER STATED SHE WAS IN A HEAD ON COLLISION AND THE AIR BAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. PH

THIS CAR WAS PURCHASED BY A TEENAGER AS IT WAS MARKETED AS INEXPENSIVE WITH THE BEST WARRANTY. THE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON AND THE DEALER NOW SAYS THAT THE MODULE IS NO GOOD AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF OVER $500. THE AIRBAGS WILL NOT DEPLOY IF IN AN ACCIDENT. THIS CAR HAS NOT BEEN IN ANY TYPE OF ACCIDENT AND ACUTALLY SAT IN OUR YARD FOR OVER A YEAR. HOW CAN SUCH AN IMPORTANT MODULE GO BAD SO QUICKLY! MR

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AT 40MPH. UPON IMPACT THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. NLM *YD

THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOYED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. *YH

DURING A FRONT END CRASH SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH TO TOTAL THE CAR, THE DRIVER'S AIR BAG DID NOT PROPERLY DEPLOY. UPPER PART OF PLASTIC HOUSING DID NOT COME OFF, ALLOWING BAG TO ONLY COVER LOWER PART OF DRIVER'S BODY AND PERMITTING HEAD TO STRIKE STEERING WHEEL. FORTUNATELY, NO SERIOUS INJURY WAS SUSTAINED. *AK

DRIVER WAS GOING UNDER SPEED LIMIT (35) AND REAR-ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. DRIVER'S HEAD HIT STEERING WHEEL, NEITHER DRIVER NOR PASSENGER AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. POLICE AND PARAMEDICS EXPRESSED SURPRISE THAT THEY DID NOT.*AK

WHEN VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL CRASH AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH FRONTAL AIR BAGS FAILED TO OPERATE PROPERLY. DRIVER'S AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY PROPERLY BY POPPING OUT OF THE STEERING COLUMN, AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAG FAILED TO EVEN DEPLOY. DRIVER WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR HEAD/ NECK, AND CHEST PAINS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 70 TO 75 MPH VEHICLE HIT A GUARDRAIL HEAD-ON AND NEITHER DRIVER'S SIDE NOR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. ALSO, AIRBAG LIGHT WAS ON, AND GAS FUMES WERE PRESENT. NO ONE HAS SEEN VEHICLE. *AK

I WAS INVOLVED IN A (HIT & RUN) REAR END ACCIDENT. REAR END DAMAGE ONLY. BOTH AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. FRONT END IS NOT ALIGNED. I'VE ALREADY CONTACTED HYUNDAI ABOUT THIS INCIDENT.*AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON IMPACT, HITTING A POLE AT 25 MPH. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY, FORCING DRIVER INTO THE WINDSHIELD, AND DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES. *AK

I WAS IN A CAR ACCIDENT ON 4/22/01. MYCAR STRUCK A TELEPHONE POLE AT A SPEED OF 20-25 MPH AND SUSTAINED HEAVY FRONT END DAMAGE AND A BROKEN FRONT WINDSHIELD. THE AIRBAGS DID NOT GO OFF ON EITHER SIDE. I FEEL THIS IS A DEFECT AND WOULD LIKE TO REPORT THIS. I HAVE CONTACTED MY HYUNDAI DEALER AND THEY HAVE NOT RETURNED MY CALL AS OF YET.

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 35MPH ON A BRIDGE. BRIDGE ROADS WERE COVERED BY BLACK ICE, VEHICLE INVOLVED IN A COLLISION, AND DUAL AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. THER WERE NO INJURIES. *AK