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.
11
Latest May 30, 2006
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.
9%
of 117 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.
8
Injuries or deaths reportedTotals the submitters entered on their own reports in this category. Not verified by NHTSA and not a casualty statistic.
9
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 1999 Plymouth Breeze submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 11 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
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
Airbags
Filed May 30, 2006
Crash reported1 injury reported
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 30 TO 35 MPH THE VEHICLE WAS BUMPED FROM THE REAR CAUSING IT TO REAR END THE VEHICLE IN FRONT. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE WAS PRE IMPACT BRAKING PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. SEAT BELTS WERE IN USE HOWEVER HEAD AND NECK INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. THERE WAS A POLICE REPORT FILED AT THE SCENE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR FOR INSPECTION HOWEVER NO INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED ABOUT THE AIR BAG SENSORS. THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN ALERTED.
NHTSA ID
10158571
Incident
Apr 4, 2006
Mileage
64,000 mi
Airbags
Filed Feb 15, 2005
Crash reported1 injury reported
WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH AN ACCIDENT OCCURRED CONSUMER'S VEHICLE REAR-ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS ON EITHER SIDE DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER SUSTAINED A BROKEN NOSE FROM HITTING HER FACE ON THE STEERING WHEEL. CONTACTED THE DEALER, AND WAS TOLD TO CONTACT NHTSA. *AK
NHTSA ID
10111505
Incident
Feb 14, 2005
Airbags
Filed Nov 2, 2004
Crash reported1 injury reported
THE CONSUMER HAD AN ACCIDENT AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *JB UPDATED 2/7/2005. THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED FRONT END DAMAGE. *NM
NHTSA ID
10099212
Incident
Oct 31, 2004
Airbags
Filed Jul 15, 2002
Crash reported
WHILE TRAVELING AT 45 MPH. CONSUMER HIT A POLE AND NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
NHTSA ID
8013859
Incident
Feb 2, 2002
Airbags
Filed May 1, 2002
Crash reported1 injury reported
CONSUMER STATES WHILE TRAVELING AT 25 TO 30 MPH ANOTHER DRIVER PULLED IN FRONT OF CONSUMER AND CONSUMER WAS HIT MID DRIVER SIDE, CONSUMER STATES NONE OF THE VEHICLE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. THE OTHER DRIVER AIRBAGS DID DEPLOY. *JB THERE WAS ONE INJURY. *YH
NHTSA ID
8008915
Incident
Apr 30, 2002
AirbagsElectrical
Filed Jan 9, 2002
DRIVER'S AIRBAG PANEL LOOSENED, AND HORN STOPPED WORKING. DEALER SAID HE COULD ONLY REPAIR HORN, WAS NOT ABLE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT AIRBAG PANEL.
NHTSA ID
8001863
Incident
Aug 1, 2001
Airbags
Filed Nov 7, 2001
AIR BAG LIGHT REMAINS ILLUMINATED, INDICATING A MALFUNCTION WITHIN THE SYSTEM DUE TO CLOCK SPRING. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
NHTSA ID
898844
Airbags
Filed Oct 31, 2001
AIR BAG LIGHT REMAINS ILLUMINADTED, INDICATING A MALFUNCTION, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
NHTSA ID
898601
Airbags
Filed Oct 2, 2001
AIR BAG LIGHT REMAINS ILLUMINATED, INDICATING A MALFUNCTION WITHIN SYSTEM DUE TO CLOCK SPRING FAILURE. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
NHTSA ID
897199
Airbags
Filed May 2, 2001
Crash reported
CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 40MPH ON HIGHWAY, AND THERE WAS ANOTHER VEHICLE WHICH WAS HIDDEN ON PASSENGER'S SIDE OF LANE. CONSUMER HIT OTHER VEHICLE FROM BEHIND, AND DUAL AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. CONSUMER PASED OUT, AND DEALERSHIP WILL BE NOTIFIED. *AK
NHTSA ID
887318
Incident
May 1, 2001
AirbagsSteering
Filed Mar 23, 1999
Crash reportedFire reported5 injuries reported
THE CAR WENT INTO A CURVE AND WOULD NOT STEER OUT,THEN FOR NO REASON THE DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED, KNOCKING THE DRIVER OUT TEMPORAILY,CAUSING THE CAR TO THEN PROCEED OFF THE ROAD, UP ONTO A GAURDRAIL WHICH THEN SENT THE CAR AIRBORNE ONTO THE SIDE OF A CONCRETE BRIDGE WHICH THEN FLIPPED THE CAR HEAD-ON INTO THE CONRETE WALL OF THE ONCOMING SIDE OF THE BRIDGE. *AK
NHTSA ID
704823
Incident
Feb 28, 1999
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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