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 Civic submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 27 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 27, in the owner's own words
CONSUMER WA SHAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE AIR BAGS. ALSO, WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED AT THE TIME OF THIS CALL.*AK
RIGHT FRONT OF VEHICLE IMPACTED ANOTHER VEHICLE WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 30 TO 40 MPH. DRIVER'S AIR BAG RELEASED A POWDER, BUT FAILED TO DEPLOY. DEALERSHIP INFORMED CONSUMER THAT AIR BAG SHOULD BE FINE, BUT HAS NOT EXAMINED THE VEHICLE. *AK CONSUMER WAS INJURED IN ACCIDENT. *SLC
WHILE ON HIGHWAY A CAR CROSSED IN FRONT OF CONSUMER , AND CONSUMER'S CAR WENT OVER A 36 FEET EMBANKMENT. CAR ROLLED OVER, AND LANDED IN OPPOSITE DIRECTION. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. *AK
WHILE DODGING FROM HITTING A DEER VEHICLE WAS TURN INTO A FIELD AND COLLIDED INTO SEVERAL TREES ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE, AND THEN A FRONTAL COLLISION WITH A BIG TREE. SPEED WAS UNDETERMINED. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY. DEALER/MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. *AK
A FRIEND WAS DRIVING CONSUMER'S CAR ON A CITY STREET APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION WITH FLASHING RED LIGHTS, HAD TO STOP BEFORE MAKING A LEFT HANDED TURN. ANOTHER VEHICLE WAS TRAVELLING ABOUT 20MPH, HIT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE ON RIGHT FRONT BUMPER, AND DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DIDN'T DEPLOY. DIDN'T CONTACT DEALER OR MANUFACTURER. *AK
WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH CONSUMER HIT A TREE, AND DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DIDN'T DEPLOY. *AK
NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAGS DURING VEHICLE COLLISION RESULTED IN KNEE INJURY AND BRUISING TO THE PASSENGER AND INTERNAL BRUISING TO THE DRIVER. NLM
WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH THE OCCUPANT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE , CAUSING FRONT END TO LAND IN A DITCH, AND DRIVER'S AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. THIS DID NOT PROTECT THE OCCUPANT IN THE CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION AND VIN#. *AK
CONSUMER'S CAR WAS IN AN ACCIDENT, AND THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING VEHICLE COLLISION.
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55MPH WHEN SHE BEGAN BRAKING TO EXIT FREEWAY. LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE, SPINNING INTO A GAURDRAIL. THE FRONT END HIT THE RAIL AND TOTALED VEHICLE. THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
DRIVER SIDE AND PASSENGER AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY AFTER A FRONT END COLLISION WHICH TOTALED THE VEHICLE.
CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN 20 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH THE DRIVER'S AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
COLLISION OCCURRED AND NO DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIR BAG.
AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED WHILE STOPPED BY A VEHICLE TRAVELING 25 MPH. THIS PUSHED STOPPED VEHICLE INTO A VEHICLE IN FRONT, CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO FRONT AND BACK OF VEHICLE.
DURING FRONTAL IMPACT, THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING THE EDGES AROUND THE AIR BAG COVER TO DETACH FROM THE STEERING WHEEL. *AK
WHEN INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. THE PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELT DID NOT LOCK . THE PASSENGER HIT HIS HEAD ON THE WINDSHIELD.*AK
CONSUMER WAS IN AND ACCIDENT AN DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG DIDN'T DEPLOY. PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK
CONSUMER WAS IN AN ACCIDENT AND THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG DIDN'T DEPLOY. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
HAD A FRONTAL COLLISION, AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. TT
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED. (NOTE CONSUMER WAS NOT IN AN ACCIDENT). TT
UPON REAR ENDING ANOTHER VEHICLE "HARD", DRIVERS SHOULDER FAILED TO RESTRAIN ALONG W/AIR BAG NOT DEPLOYING. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT
DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY WHEN CONSUMER WAS IN ACCIDENT. TT
DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY UPON FRONTAL COLLISION AT 35 MPH. TT
UPON IMPACT, DURING FRONTAL CRASH AT APPROX. 30MPH, 2:00 ON FRONT BUMPER, AIRBAG FAIL TO DEPLOY. TT
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