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1994 Honda Accord Airbags Problems

Owner-reported complaints naming the airbag system, filed with NHTSA

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Airbags reportsComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
46
Latest Dec 16, 2014
Share of all reportsThis category as a share of every owner report on file for this model year. One report can name more than one component, so the categories overlap.
12%
of 369 total
Crash or fire reportedReports in this category whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. The reporter's own answer on the NHTSA form, not a verified finding.
43
Injuries or deaths reportedTotals the submitters entered on their own reports in this category. Not verified by NHTSA and not a casualty statistic.
36

What this page shows

Reports naming the air-bag system — deployment behaviour, inflators, sensors and warning lights. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1994 Honda Accord submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 46 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.

Owner reports naming airbag

The 25 most recent of 46, in the owner's own words

Airbags
Filed Dec 16, 2014

1994 HONDA ACCORD EX. POSSIBLE AIRBAG DEFECT. *TA THE CONSUMER DOES NOT FEEL SAFE IN HIS VEHICLE. *JB

NHTSA ID
10659571
Incident
Dec 1, 2014
Airbags
Filed Mar 27, 2013
Crash reported1 injury reported

I WAS INVOLVED IN A CAR ACCIDENT TRAVELING 35 MPH, WHERE I HIT THE PASSENGER SIDE OF ANOTHER VEHICLE WITH MY FRONT END. DURING THE IMPACT I RECALL MY BODY MOVING FORWARD, THE SEAT BELT RESTRAINING ME, AND MY HEAD CONTINUED TO MOVE FORWARD HITTING MY CHEST. DUE TO THE LATE DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIRBAG, THE IMPACT OF THE AIRBAG OCCURRED ON TOP OF MY HEAD. I WAS KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS AND IT COMPLICATED THE INJURIES TO MY NECK AND HEAD. I ALSO RECEIVED AN AIRBAG BURN ON MY RIGHT WRIST FROM THE ESCAPING GAS FROM THE AIRBAG VENT. *TR

NHTSA ID
10504741
Incident
Aug 21, 2012
Mileage
155,000 mi
AirbagsDriver assistanceOther / unspecified+1 more
Filed Jun 17, 2010
Crash reported

I BOUGHT A 1994 HONDA ACCORD ON FEBRUARY 2, 2010. AFTER HAVING THE VEHICLE FOR ABOUT A WEEK, THE LEFT TIRE ROD BROKE ON THE CAR.,,,, IT WAS TOWED TO A SERVICE CENTER TO GET REPAIRED ON 2/13/2010, THEN AS I DROVE THE CAR ON 2/16/2010, THE STEERING WHEEL PULLED VERY HARD TO THE RIGHT ENABLING ME TO STEER, AND CRASHED ME INTO A BIG CURVE...I WAS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL AND HAD TO UNDERGO 2 SURGERIES WITH HAVING TO GET A TRACHEOSTOMY IN PLACE..I STILL HAVE IT AS OF TODAY. I AM UNDERGOING THERAPY,OUTPATIENT SURGERY AND FREQUENT ER VISITS.. *TR

NHTSA ID
10336728
Incident
Feb 16, 2010
Mileage
27,000 mi
Airbags
Filed Oct 14, 2005
Crash reported1 injury reported

DT: ON SEPTEMBER 9, 2005 THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH. . UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. ANOTHER CAR ATTEMPTED TO TURN IN FRONT OF CONSUMER'S VEHICLE AND HIT IT ON THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A WHIPLASH FROM THE CRASH. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. IT HAD TO BE TOWED. DEALER SAID THE AIR BAGS WOULD NOT WORK IF HIT ON THE SIDE. MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED YET. THE POLICE CAME AND A REPORT WAS TAKEN. *AK

NHTSA ID
10139719
Incident
Sep 9, 2005
Mileage
200,000 mi
Airbags
Filed Jan 10, 2005
Crash reported1 injury reported

WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. DRIVER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A BODY SHOP FOR INSPECTION. *AK

NHTSA ID
10107140
Incident
Jan 5, 2005
AirbagsDriver assistance
Filed Aug 5, 2003
Crash reported1 injury reported

MY WIFE WAS PARKING THE CAR AT APPROX 5 MPH. SHE HAD HER FOOT ON THE BRAKE BUT SUDDENLY THE CAR ACCELERATED ITSELF AND CRASHED INTO THE WALL 2-3 FEET AWAY. THE 2 AIRBLAGS DEPLOYED, BREAKING THE WINDSHIELD, THE FRONT OF THE CAR HAVE SEVERE DAMAGES ,AND MY WIFE BROKE 4 BONES ON HER RIGHT FOOT TRYING TO STOP THE CAR BY STEPPING HARD ON THE BRAKE.*AK

NHTSA ID
10030863
Incident
Jul 31, 2003
Mileage
128,620 mi
AirbagsBrakesOther / unspecified+3 more
Filed Jul 27, 2003
Crash reported

ACCIDENT. NO DETAILS LISTED. *AK

NHTSA ID
10029293
Incident
Jul 25, 2003
Mileage
127,998 mi
Airbags
Filed Jan 30, 2002
Crash reported1 injury reported

WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION, CONSUMER STATED THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY.*AK. CONSUMER STATED THE AIR BAGS DID DEPLOY AFTER THE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP AND HER DAUGHTER WAS ALREADY OUT OF THE VEHICLE, WITH THE PASSENGER AIR BAG DEPLOYING FIRST, AND THEN THE DRIVER SIDE, CONSUMER STATED THE AIRBAG DID NOT FULLY INFLATE, THE VEHICLE WAS HIT ON THE DRIVER SIDE NOT THE PASSENGER SIDE AND, THE DRIVER SUFFERED INJURIES.*JB

NHTSA ID
8003260
Incident
Dec 6, 2001
Airbags
Filed Nov 20, 2001
Crash reported2 injuries reported

DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY DURING COLLISION.*AK

NHTSA ID
754716
Incident
Nov 19, 2001
Airbags
Filed Apr 9, 2001
Crash reported1 injury reported

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A 35 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK CONSUMER HIT GUARD RAIL HEAD ON, VEHICLE WAS TOTALED, ONE PERSON WAS INJURED. *SLC

NHTSA ID
885452
Incident
Feb 25, 2001
Airbags
Filed Mar 28, 2001

AIRBAG LIGHT IS COMING ON. CONSUMER HAS AN APPOINTMENT ON MONDAY TO TAKE CAR IN. CONSUMER FEELS AIRBAG COULD DEPLOY AT ANY TIME.*AK

NHTSA ID
884439
Incident
Feb 28, 2001
Airbags
Filed Feb 15, 2001
Crash reported

CONSUMER WAS ENTERING INTO AN INTERSECTION AND ANOTHER MOTORIST RAN RED LIGHT, HE WAS GOING STRAIGHT, AND RAN INTO CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DIDN'T GO OFF. HONDA DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF ACCIDENT. *AK

NHTSA ID
880641
Incident
Jan 22, 2001
Airbags
Filed Feb 15, 2001
Crash reported2 injuries reported

THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED. A DRIVER GOING THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION RAN A RED LIGHT AND CRASHED HIS VEHICLE INTO THE FRONT END OF MY VEHICLE. ESTIMATED SPEED OF OTHER VEHICLE AT IMPACT WAS APPROXIMATELY 45 MILES PER HOUR (ACCORDING TO VERBAL REPORT OF INVESTIGATING POLICE OFFICER). NEITHER OF THE DUAL AIRBAGS DEPLOYED! *AK

NHTSA ID
740939
Incident
Jan 22, 2001
Airbags
Filed Nov 14, 2000
Crash reported

VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED USED & HAD BEEN REPAIRED FROM A CRASH. AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY IN AUG99 CRASH. SUSPECT AIRBAGS WERE NEVER REPAIRED FROM FIRST CRASH AND DEALER THAT REPAIRED & SOLD VEHICLE MISREPRESENTATED AIRBAG STATUS. RULES, REGULATIONS, RECOURSE??? BODY SHOP THAT REPAIRED HONDA FROM AUG99 CRASH SAID "THE AIRBAGS IN THOSE HONDAS NEVER GO OFF". HE HAD A 99 ACCORD IN SHOPAT TIME THAT HAD THE ENTIRE FRONT END TORN OFF ($10K+) AND THE AIRBAGS HAD NEVER DEPLOYED??? BY THE SAMR TOKEN HE HAD A CHEVY WITH MINOR FRONT END DAMAGE FROM A CURB & ALL BAGS HAD DEPLOYED.???? BUT MY QUESTION IS: IF MY AIRBAGS WERE NEVER PROPERLY REPAIRED/REPLACED AFTER THE FIRST CRASH WHAT ARE RECOURSE/OPTIONS. WHAT DOES THE NHTSA REQUIRE. HAVE FULL DOCUMENTATION.?*AK

NHTSA ID
736301
Incident
Jul 7, 1999
Airbags
Filed Jan 24, 2000
Crash reported

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY ON ICY ROADS TRAVELLING ABOUT 50MPH, TRAFFIC IN FRONT WAS SLOWING DOWN BECAUSE OF A PATROL CAR WHICH WAS ASSISTING WITH AN ACCIDENT. VEHICLE IN FRONT OF THE CONSUMER SPUN OUT OF CONTROL AND A DIESEL TRUCK HIT THE CAR, CAUSING THAT CAR TO SPIN INTO THE RIGHT LANE WHERE THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS. CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES AND SLID IN BETWEEN THE CAB AND BED AREA OF THE VEHICLE IN FRONT, AND NEITHER AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. *AK

NHTSA ID
855436
Incident
Dec 23, 1999
Airbags
Filed Oct 21, 1999
Crash reported

WHEN TRAVELING 40 MPH CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER FRONT AND THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

NHTSA ID
851346
AirbagsEngine
Filed Sep 30, 1999
Crash reported

1) CAM SEAL BLEW, OIL EXPELLED, SATURATED BELTS; REQ'D CAM, CRANK, & AXLE SEALS, REPLACE TIMING BELT, BALANCE BELT; 2) DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG DIDN'T DEPLOY IN HEAD ON ACCIDENT 25 MPH, WHIPLASH RESULT

NHTSA ID
712597
Incident
Sep 23, 1999
Airbags
Filed Sep 14, 1999
Crash reported2 injuries reported

COMSUMER WAS IN A FRONT END COLLISION. HIT ANOTHER AUTOMOBILE FROM BEHIND, AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING AT APPROX 25-30 MPH. TWO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. *AK

NHTSA ID
847711
Incident
Sep 3, 1999
Airbags
Filed Mar 22, 1999
Crash reported

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN TWO ACCIDENTS. ON BOTH OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 20-30 MPH HIT A VEHICLE HEAD ON, DUAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED INJURIES. *AK

NHTSA ID
836013
Airbags
Filed Nov 2, 1998
Crash reported

WHEN TRAVELING ABOUT 50 MPH, VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A REAR END CRASH, AND THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIR BAGS. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. FRONT END DAMAGES TOTALED $7,000.00. *AK

NHTSA ID
829940
Incident
Oct 8, 1998
Airbags
Filed Oct 21, 1998
Crash reported

WHEN DRIVING AT 55 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF THE CONSUMER AND THEY HIT HEAD-ON, CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES, BUT THE BRAKES WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOORBOARD. ALSO, THE AIR BAGS ON BOTH SIDES DID'T DEPLOY, AND THE IMPACT STOPPED THE VEHICLE. *AK

NHTSA ID
829248
Incident
Oct 17, 1998
Airbags
Filed Oct 1, 1998
Crash reported3 injuries reported

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 50-55 MPH REARENDED A VEHICLE IN FRONT, DUAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING FACE AND CHEST INJURIES. *AK

NHTSA ID
828431
Airbags
Filed Apr 20, 1998
Crash reported1 injury reported

NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S AIR BAG DURING A COLLISION, RESULTING IN INJURIES TO DRIVER. ALSO VEHICLE WAS TOTALED.

NHTSA ID
534548
Incident
Apr 15, 1998
Airbags
Filed Sep 25, 1997
Crash reported1 injury reported

WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH DROVE OVER A HIG RISE MANHOLE HITTING TRANSMISSION CASE, CAUSING THE DEFECTIVE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIRBAGS TO DEPLOY, CAUSING UNNESSARY INJURIES TO OCCUPANT. *AK

NHTSA ID
816648
Incident
Sep 13, 1997
AirbagsTires & wheels
Filed Sep 22, 1997
Crash reported1 injury reported1 death reported

TIRE BLOW OUT CAUSED THE AIR BAG TO DEPLOY. DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO SEE WHERE SHE WAS GOING, RESULTING IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION. DRIVER DIED AFTER 5 DAYS, PASSENGER AN INFANT, WAS SEVERELY INJURED BY AIR BAG, BUT SURVIVED. *AK

NHTSA ID
523351
Incident
Jun 5, 1994

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