This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
In an accident vehicle went under a truck, and none of the air bags deployed on impact, the driver sustained a cuncussion, facial and chest bruises, three broken bones in the right foot and now suffers from headaches (sometimes severe).
One in February 2001, I started up the car. The air bag light started flashing. It was 30 days before I could get it in to slidell Nissan. The mechanic manager told me that the air bag had just gone bad. He could not tell me specially why it failed. But, he said that it would cost be $652 to get it fixed. I have never had to use the airbag, and now I find that if I have a collision, I will not have air bag protection at all. I then searched the internet and found Nissan is on record as having problems with their older air bags, 1996 included. Nissan will not fix this for me for free.
- Slidell, LA, USA
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1) while car parked in driveway passenger. Airbag light began blinking & hasn't stopped 2) automatic transmission/ 3rd gear failed; 1st & 2nd slipped badly after car has warmed up.
Consumer was involved in a collision in which the vehicle was hit from the side, resulting in a frontal collision. Vehicle, in turn, hit a pole. Upon impact, driver's and passenger's air bags did not deploy.
Consumer was involved in a head-on crash traveling at 50 mph and hitting a deer. Neither driver's side nor passenger's side air bags deployed. Also, driver's side seat belt did not operate correctly which forced the driver forward. Consumer has contacted dealer.
I was hit from behind (while stopped) and was pushed into the person in front of me. The mechanics and the other person's insurance co. Said the air bags should not have deployed. We weren't going fast enough. Well they did, and now I'm stuck with the bill.
During vehicle collision violent deployment of driver and passenger air bag resulted in injury to consumers (ear, hand, face and body), driver has suffered hearing damage, passenger suffered slight brain damage. Mjs
Consumer was involved in a head-on collision, impact 11:00, traveling about 30 to 35 mph. Both driver's and passenger's side air bags did not deploy, causing injuries to the passenger's side occupant.
While driving at 55-60 mph, had a frontal accident, the defective driver's and passenger's airbag system in which the driver's side deployed, and the passenger's did not deploy, causing extreme injuries to the occupant, including bone breakage in the face.
Air abgs: Sitting at traffic light when vehicle came up behind and hit in rear/slammed into a vehicle in front of consumer and the air bags did not deploy. Dealer doesn't know why air bags did not go off.
The vehicle drove over a curb, hitting the undercarriage of the vehicle, causing both driver's and passenger's airbags to deploy at very low speed which resulted injuries to the occupant.
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- Madera, CA, USA