Owner-reported complaints naming the airbag system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the air-bag system — deployment behaviour, inflators, sensors and warning lights. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1993 Honda Accord submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 34 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
The 25 most recent of 34, in the owner's own words
1993 HONDA ACCORD. CUSTOMER WANTED TO KNOW IF THE DRIVERS AIR BAG WAS DESIGNED ONLY TO DEPOLY DURING FRONT AND/ OR REAR IMPACT. CUSTOMER WOULD LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT ANY AIR BAG RECALLS FOR THIS VEHICLE. *KB
MY SRS (AIRBAG) SENSOR LIGHT IS ON. RECENTLY VIRGINIA PASSED A LAW FOR STATE INSPECTIONS THAT THIS UNIT MUST WORK BEFORE PASSING INSPECTIONS. THE PRICE WENT UP FROM $400 TO $1200 TO FIX IN LESS THAN A YEAR. MANY HONDA OWNERS ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. THE AIRBAG WILL NOT DEPLOY IF THE LIGHT IS ON. HONDA TELLS ME IT COULD BE AS SIMPLE AS FIXING A SEAT BELT (WHICH IS UNDER WARRANTY). THIS JOGGED MY MEMORY. IT WAS AFTER MY DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT SENSOR STARTED INTERMITTENTLY WORKING THAT THE SRS LIGHT CAME ON. IN OTHER WORDS, WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, I TAKE OFF MY SEAT BELT THEN RE-ATTACHED IT, THE SENSOR DID NOT WARN ME THAT IT WAS OFF. OR SAY THOSE RARE OCCASIONS WHEN I WOULD GET INTO THE CAR, DRIVE OFF AND REMEMBER THAT I WAS NOT SECURE, THERE WOULD BE NO LIGHT TELLING ME SO. THEN SOMETIMES IT WORKED FINE. WHEN THE SEAT BELT ISSUE FIRST OCCURRED SO DID THE SRS. HONDA WILL BE REPLACING THE SENSOR FOR $1200, IN ORDER FOR ME TO PASS VIRGINIA INSPECTION. HOW IS IT THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM IN SO MANY WIDE SPREAD YEARS AND MAKE OF HONDAS? IT COVERS RECENT YEARS AS WELL. I GOOGLED AND FOUND AN ENTIRE OF FAMILY OF HONDA OWNERS WITH THIS SRS PROBLEM. THIS IS THE SECOND HONDA I HAVE OWNED. I HAVE NEVER HAD A SAFETY ISSUE LIKE THIS BEFORE. I AM HOPING THIS FIXES THE PROBLEM AND I REALLY HAVE AN AIRBAG, G-D FORBID I SHOULD NEED IT! DISAPPOINTED IN HONDA. *JB
AIRBAG FAILED TO DEPLOY ON A FRONT END COLLISION IN WHICH CAR WAS TOTALED. *JB
WE HAD AN ACCIDENT WITH THE ACCORD AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. IT RESULTED IN A SERIOUS INJURY. *JB
CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION AND THE FRONT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE SEAT BELTS DID NOT LOCK. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PH
CONSUMER STATES THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE SUPPLEMENTAL RESTRAINT UNIT. *JB
AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATES AND STAYS ON FROM HEAT, POSSIBLY FROM DIRECT SUN. PROBLEM HAS EXISTED FOR 2 YEARS AND VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN FOR SERVICE SEVERAL TIMES. DEALER WILL REPLACE ENTIRE SRS UNIT TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AK THE DEALER WILL ONLY FIX AT A COST TO THE CONSUMER BY REPLACING THE FULL SYSTEM. THE SERVICE MANAGER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE AIR BAG WILL NOT DEPLOY IF THE SRS LIGHT IS ILLUMINATED. *JG
WHILE DRIVING 25MPH WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION, AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.*AK
WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, ANOTHER VEHICLE SUDDENLY MADE A QUICK STOP IN FRONT OF CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. CONSUMER'S VEHICLE REARENDED OTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, FRONT AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. *AK *TT
WHILE DRIVING AND MAKING A LEFT TURN CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS STRUCK BY ANOTHER VEHICLE ON FRONT SIDE, AND AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED, AND DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES. *AK.
I WAS IN AN ACCIDENT ON SATURDAY 1/13/2001 THERE WAS MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE FRONT OF MY HONDA ACCORD THAT THE RADIATOR WAS MOVED THE HOOD WAS SMASHED TOWARD WINDOW, BUT DRIVER'S AIR BAG DIDNT COME OUT SHOULD IT HAVE POPPED OUT? AND WHEN I PLUG SOMETHING INTO MY CIGARETTE LIGHTER IT MAKES A FLICKER LIKE WIRES ARE NOT CONNECTED RIGHT SHOULD I BE CONCERNED?????*AK
I REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY AND THE SEAT BELT DID NOT HOLD. I HIT THE STEERING WHEEL AND FRACTURED MY STERNUM.*AK
VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION, AND THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, RESULTING IN MINOR INJURIES. *AK
CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A 30 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH DRIVER'S AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
WHILE CONSUMER WAS AT A STOP SIGN AND WAS REAR ENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. CONSUMER, IN TURN, STRUCK ANOTHER VEHICLE IN FRONT. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
NO INFLATION OF AIR BAG DURING COLLISION, BURNING HANDS FROM GASES.
DURING FRONTAL IMPACT AT 25 TO 30 MPH, THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS.*AK
FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG.
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE, ABS LIGHT WOULD COME ON. WHILE TURNING VEHICLE, DRIVER'S AIR BAG PARTIALLY DEPLOYED. NOTHING WAS HIT. DEALER WOULD NOT REINSERT AIR BAG BECAUSE NO ACCIDENT OCCURRED & THEY WOULD BE LIABLE. INSURANCE CO. SAID NOTHING CAN BE DONE DUE TO NO ACCIDENT. DUP 530160,P OSTED ON 03-NOV-98. *AK
DURING VEHICLE OPERATION THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL AND THE CAR ROLLED OVER 3 TIMES, THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY, RESULTING IN AN INJURY. *AK
DURING A FRONTAL IMPACT ACCIDENT AT 35 MPH, THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK CONSUMER'S SON DROVE THROUGH 3 STOCKADE FENCES, ACROSS TO AVOID A COLLISON AND ENDED UP IN A DITCH.*JB
CONSUMER STATES THAT VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN TWO FRONTAL CRASHES IN WHICH THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.*AK
AIR BAG, FAILURE ON THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG, THE CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION AND THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
VEHICLE HIT A RAILROAD CROSSING; AIRBAG DEPLOYED CAUSING ABRASIONS/URNS TO EYE LIDS, DRIVER NOT HIT DIRECTLY IN FACE BUT ON CHIN BY ABRASIVE CHEMICAL. *AK
DRIVER AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY AFTER A FRONT COLLISION, THEN SOMEBODY HIT THE VEHICLE IN THE REAR. TT
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