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 Plymouth Acclaim submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 8 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
CONSUMER WAS AT A STOP SIGN PREPARING TO PULL PUT WHEN SUDDENLY WAS STRUCK BY ANOTHER VEHICLE ON DRIVER'S SIDE WHICH CAUSED THE AIRBAG TO DEPLOY. ALSO CAUSED THE DUST PARTICLES LOCATED WITHIN THE AIRBAG TO GET INTO EYES OF CONSUMER, RESULTING IN LOSS OF VISION. CONSUMER IS NOW SEEING A SPECIALIST . SEATBELTS WERE WORN AT THE TIME. *AK
VIOLENT DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING COLLISION, BRUISES ON CONSUMERS ARMS AND SMOKE WITHIN THE VEHICLE.
VIOLENT DEPLOYMEN TOF DRIVER'S AIR BAG DURING AN ACCIDENT WHERE VEHICLE HIT A TRUCK, RESULTING IN INJURIES. *AK
DRIVERS AIR BAG DID NOT INFLATE IN ACCIDENT. *DH
SEAT BELT DID NOT RESTRAIN PASSENGER DURING ACCIDENT, CAUSING INJURY.*SD
FRONTAL COLLISION IMPACT 12:00 POSITION SPEED 40 MPH, DRIVERS SIDE AIR BAG CAME OUT BUT DID NOT INFLATE. TT
DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED AND CAUSED SHIRT TO CATCH ON FIRE. *AK
UPON IMPACT, DURING MULTI-CRASH REAR TO FRONT, AT APPROX. 10-35MPH HEAD WAS FORCED INTO STEERING COLUMN, AIRBAG PLASTIC COVER, CAUSED FACIAL INJURIES. 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.
Categories with enough reports to have a page of their own
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