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 1994 Mazda 626 submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 14 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
SIDE MOLDING COMING OFF, ANTENNA WILL NOT GO UP NOR DOWN, HOLD LIGHT KEEP FLASHING, SUN ROOF WILL NOT SLIDE BACK, AIR BAG FLASHES SOMETIME,CUP HOLDER WILL NOT KEEP CONTAINERS FROM TILTING OVER,OIL DIP STICK HANDLE BROKE OFF,CRUISE CONTROL DO NOT WORK,CRACKED MANIFOLD
AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATES, INDICATING A MALFUNCTION WITHIN SYSTEM. CAUSE UNKNOWN. ALSO, POWER WINDOWS MALFUNCTIONED. AFTER LETTING WINDOWS DOWN, THEY WILL NOT RETURN TO UPRIIGHT POSITION. *AK THE CONSUMER CAN NOT LOCK OR UNLOCK THE DOOR FROM INSIDE. THE AIR BAG LIGHT STILL ILUMINATES. *YH
WHILE LEAVING PARKING LOT WHEN THE AIR BAG SUDDENLY DEPLOYED. DID NOT HIT ANY BUMPS OR ANOTHER VEHICLE. CAUSED THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE DUE TO LACK OF VISIBILITY & WENT INTO A DITCH. *AK
WHEN DRIVING THE AIR BAG LIGHTCOMES ON WITHOUT A REASON AND STAYS ON FOR LONG TIME. ALSO, CONSUMER SMELLS SMOKE INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. DEALER WAS CONTACTED *AK
WHEN VEHICLE REAR ENDED A FORD EXPEDITION, TRAVELING BETWEEN 20-25 MPH, THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF EITHER AIR BAG. THE FENDER, HOOD, HEADLIGHTS, ETC WERE ALL PUSHED BACK TO THE MOTOR. OWNER NOT SURE IF VEHICLE WILL BE TOTALLED. *AK
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND HIT AN EMBANKMENT BOTH AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, THE CHILD ON THE PASSENGER SIDE HIT HIS HEAD , THE SUBFRAME OF THE CAR LOOKS LIKE IT IS RUSTING . PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK
VEHICLE INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION, IMPACT 12:00 POSITION, SPEED 15PH, DUAL AIRBAGS DEPLOYED WITH SUCH A FORCE CAUSING INJURIES TO DRIVER AND BROKE WINDSHEILD ON PASSENGER SIDE. *AK
AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT WAS VIOLENT IN TWO ACCIDENTS, ONCE CRACKING WINDSHIELD AND WRENCHING THUMB. SECOND TIME CAUSED A FRACTURED NASAL BONE AND COMPLETE CLOSURE OF RIGHT EYE.
AIR BAG PREMATURELY DEPLOYED WHILE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING 5 MPH. *AK CONSUMER STATES AIR BAG DEPLOYED WITHOUT IMPACT HAPPENING FIRST AFTER AIR BAG WENT OFF, CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND CRASHED INTO LIGHT POLE, THERE WERE INJURIES.*JB
DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVERS AIR BAG CAUSED BURNS TO DRIVERS FACE AS WELL AS SPLITTING DRIVERS LIP. *DH
PASSENGER'S AIR BAG DEPLOYED, DRIVER AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY DURING FRONTAL IMPACT; VEHICLE HIT ANOTHER STATIONARY VEHICLE; ALL SENSORS SHOULD HAVE ACTIVATED.*AK
HAD A FRONTAL ACCIDENT, AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
UPON IMPACT ON DRIVERS SIDE, PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG DID DEPLOY, BUT DRIVERS AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. TT
HAD A SERIOUS FRONTAL COLLISION AND DRIVERS AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. 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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