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 1992 Honda Civic submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 17 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.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
IN A FORWARD COLLISION, STRONG ENOUGH FOR MY HEAD TO PUNCH A 2 INCH HEMISPHERICAL INDENTATION INTO THE WINDSHIELD, THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. I WAS WEARING MY SEAT BELT. THE IMPACT OF MY HEAD AGAINST THE WINDSHIELD RESULTED IN A MODERATE CONCUSSION. *LA
AIR BAG & 3 POINT RESTRAINT FAILED AND INJURIES AND LOSS OF TEETH RESULTED. WHEN IS AN AUTO MANUFACTURER RESPONSIBLE FOR DEFECTIVE EQUIPMENT???*AK
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, RESULTING IN MINOR INJURIES. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
VEHICLE INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION OF 35-45 MHP ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS, AND DRIVER'S AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY. DRIVER RECEIVED HEAD INJURY/MINOR CUTS AND BRUISES. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK
I WAS INVOLVED IN A HIGH SPEED ROLL-OVER, THE CAR ROLLED SEVERAL TIMES DOWN A 20 FT. BANK, THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY EVEN THOUGH THE FRONT END WAS DAMAGED VERY SEVERLY, MY SISTER WAS THE DRIVER AND WAS EJECTED FROM THE CAR, I AM CONFUSED ON WHY MY AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY, SHOULD IT HAVE? AND HOW CAN I PERSUE THIS PROBLEM?
AFTER BEING HIT IN THE REAR AND PUSHED INTO THE CAR IN FRONT, DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
WHEN MAKING A RIGHT TURN, HIT A CRUB AND HIT THE LEFT FRONT TIRE, WHEN MOVING AWAY FORM CRUB, THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED. *AK
WHILE DRIVING THE PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG INADVERTEDLY DEPLOYED AND CAUSED THE DRIVER TO HIT THE AUTO IN FRONT OF HER. *AK
DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY DURING FRONTAL COLLISION, BROADSIDED ANOTHER VEHICLE AT STANDSTILL. *AK
AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY DURING SIDE IMPACT; VEHICLE WAS BROADSIDED BY TRAIN TRAVELLING AT ABOUT 35 TO 40 MPH; VEHICLE ONE CROSSED TRACKS AT TIME OF ACCIDENT. *AK
CONSUMER WAS IN AN ACCIDENT AND THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. TT
NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S AIR BAG IN ACCIDENT, RESULTING IN AN INJURY. *AK
SEAT BELT FAILED IN ABOVE ACCIDENT.
FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVERS AIR BAG, RESULTING IN BURNS TO DRIVER. *DSH
AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY DURING FRONT END COLLISION; VEHICLE BROADSIDED ANOTHER VEHICLE MAKING U-TURN. TT
AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY DURING HEAD-ON COLLISION; VEHICLE BROADSIDED ANOTHER VEHICLE THAT RAN RED LIGHT. TT
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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