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 Subaru Legacy submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 10 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 TRAVELING ABOUT 45MPH AND A DEER RAN ACROSS THE ROAD. CONSUMER JAMMED THE BRAKES, AND WENT OFF THE ROAD, SLAMMING INTO A DITCH. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DIDN'T GO OFF. *AK
VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION, AND THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. MANUFACTURER AND DEALER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
THE LEFT FRONT CORNER OF THE VEHICLE HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE AT ABOUT 35 TO 40MPH AND THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER WAS INJURED, NOW IN WHEELCHAIR. *AK
AIR BAG DEPLOYED WHILE DRIVING. *AK
VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISON WIN HICH THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. THE ACCIDENT TOOK PLACE ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE ALL THE WAY AROUND TO THE DRIVER'S SIDE. *AK
AIR BAG: DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30MPH, LOOKED AWAY FOR SPLIT SECOND AND RAN INTO THE BACK OF A VEHICLE. THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S AIRBAG.
DURING REAR END COLLISION LESS THAN 5 MPH DELAYED DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIR BAG. "DUP: SEE 959980". TT
FRONTAL COLLISION IMPACT 1:00 POSITION SPEED 5 MPH AIR BAG DEPLOYED AT LOW SPEED IMPACT PARTICALLY CAME OUT. "DUP 950412: 962085". TT
FRONTAL COLLISION IMPACT 12:00 SPEED 25 MPH, 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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