Why Airbags and Sun Visors Can Be a Dangerous Combination
Separately, your vehicle’s sun visors and airbags might seem harmless. But the combination of deploying airbags and in-use sun visors can have dangerous consequences, including possible blindness. Here’s an actual incident that explains why:
7 Important Questions to Ask Before Hiring an Airbag Lawyer
Read the insider's tips for the questions that will help you choose an airbag lawyer for your potential case.
Did an Airbag Cause Your Injuries?
3 Questions to Ask Before Determing if an Airbag Caused Injury or Wrongful Death. 1. Should the airbag have deployed? 2. Did the airbag deploy late? 3. Did the airbag have specific crash safety features?
Clockspring Defects: Driver Airbag Failure to Deploy
Recalls - Unfortunately, many clocksprings have proven to be defective. Although millions of them have been recalled, there are still many of them on the road today.
Nissan and Infiniti Airbag Safety Recall
21 July 2010
Nissan is recalling 46 model year 2002 Nissan Pathfinder and Infiniti QX4 vehicles manufactured from August 24, 2001 through August 28, 2001. The air bag inflator contains propellant wafers that are required to properly deploy the front passenger air bag. Due to improper propellant wafer installation during the air bag inflator assembly process, some air [...]
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Subaru Air Bag Defect Can Prevent Air Bag Deployment
01 July 2010
Subaru is recalling 73,698 model year 2010 Subaru Outback and Subaru Legacy passenger vehicles manufactured from February 16, 2009 through April 12, 2010. The wiring in the steering column electrical roll connector located behind the vehicle’s steering wheel may develop stress cracks and eventually break. If this were to happen, certain electrical components may not [...]
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Defect in Infiniti Can Prevent Air Bag Deployment
04 June 2010
Nissan is recalling 134,215 model year 2005 through 2007 Infiniti G35 sedans manufactured from March 29, 2004 through August 25, 2006 and Infiniti G35 coupes manufactured from April 1, 2004 through May 30, 2007. The wire harness connecting the Belt Tension Sensor (BTS) and the Occupant Detection Sensor (ODS) control unit under the front passenger [...]
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Nissan Airbag Defect Can Prevent Airbag Deployment
20 May 2010
Nissan is recalling 134,215 model year 2005 through 2007 Infiniti G35 sedans manufactured from March 29, 2004 through August 25, 2006 and Infiniti G35 coupes manufactured from April 1, 2004 through May 30, 2007. The wire harness connecting the belt tension sensor (BTS) and the occupant detection sensor (ODS) control unit under the front passenger [...]
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Acura ZDX Airbag Defect Forces Honda to Stop Selling Them
20 April 2010
Honda is recalling 1,854 model year 2010 Acura ZDX passenger cars manufactured between November 12, 2009 and March 22, 2010. During the manufacturing process, the dashboard covering material may have not been properly laser scored to allow complete deployment of the front passenger’s SRS airbag. In the event of a crash, the airbag will not [...]
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Nissan Recalls Airbags They Forgot to Tighten
26 March 2010
Nissan has notified NHTSA of a defect in 4,038 model year 2010 Nissan Frontier, Nissan Pathfinder, and Nissan Xterra vehicles manufactured from February 22, 2010 to March 13, 2010. In some of the potentially affected vehicles, the fasteners securing the passenger front air bag module, and also the fasteners securing the steering shaft positioning bracket [...]
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Hyundai Tucson Airbag Safety Defect Recall
17 March 2010
Hyundai is recalling 515 model year 2010 Hyundai Tucson vehicles. Properly seated adult right front seat passengers weighing over approximately 240 pounds cause the Passive Occupant Detection System (PODS) module program to illuminate the “air bag” warning lamp. If the “air bag” warning lamp is illuminated, the passenger air bag will deploy if a crash [...]
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Chrysler Minivan Airbag Crash Sensor Defect
25 February 2010
Chrysler is conducting a safety improvement campaign involving 312,442 model year 2005-2006 Dodge Caravan, Dodge Grand Caravan and Chrysler Town & Country vehicles originally sold in or currently registered in the states of Connecticut, Delaware, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, [...]
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