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 1995 Volvo 940 submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 9 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
1995 VOLVO 940 WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL ACCIDENT AND NONE OF THE FRONT AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. *MR ALSO WITH THE FIRST INCIDENT, THE CONSUMER HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE IN THE REAR AND DESTROYED THE FRONT OF HIS VEHICLE. (TOTALED) THE SECOND INCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION WITHOUT ANY IMPACT, THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. *SC *JB
WHILE DRIVING OVER A POT HOLE AT APPROXIMATELY 4 MPH FRONTAL AIR BAGS INADVERTENTLY DEPLOYED. THE CAUSE WAS UNDETERMINED.*AK
THE FRONT BUMPER OF THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE HIT A ROCK AND THE PASSENGER AND DRIVERS SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. CONSUMER RECEIVED FACIAL INJURIES, A BROKEN NOSE AND LOST 24% OF HEARING. MR JG *JB
IE97063, INADVERTENT AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT. WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 10 MPH, VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH, AND THE AIR BAGS ON DRIVERS' SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDE INADVERTENTLY DEPLOYED. DRIVER RECEIVED CUTS/ABRASIONS AND BRUISES FROM AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT. ONLY DAMAGE TO THE VEHCLE WAS THE SHATTERED WINDSHIELD. THE WINDSHIELD SHATTERED MORE ON THE PASSENGERS' SIDE. MANUFACTURER WILL BE CONTACTED ABOUT THE PROBLEM. *AK
BOTH DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED LESS THAN 5 MPH DURING FRONTAL IMPACT WITH GARAGE, CAUSING AIRBAGS TO CRACK WINDSHIELD. ALSO CAUSED INJURIES TO OCCUPANTS. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK
CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A LESS THEN 5 MPH REAR END COLLISION IN WHICH THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. ALSO THE DRIVER'S SEAT BELT DID NOT RETRACT. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
VIOLENT DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S/PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS UPON IMPACT, RESULTED IN INJURIES. *AK
WHEN VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A LOW IMPACT COLLISION, LESS THAN 10 MPH, BOTH AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. NO COLLISION DAMAGE TO VEHICLE AT ALL. *AK
NO DEPLOYMENT OF PASSENGERS AIR BAG.
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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