Comments on: My Airbag Did Not Deploy-What Went Wrong?

By: paul

paul — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:55:54 +0000

i was involed in a accident 27 oct 2011 i managed to avoid head on crash by swerving but my honda stream rolled down a embancment my front air bags never went off but after rolling 3 times my side bags should of went off,they did not,now i have read in the papers that honda are recalling there 2001 models,which mine was as the airbags are faulty,they say i have not got a claim,i paid for these airbags to protect me from a crash

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 18:09:08 +0000

I was involved in a serious accident last year when the driver of a 2008 Chevy Malibu ran a red light and slammed into the driver side of my 2005 Mercedes-Benz R-Class at about 40mph. The curtain airbag and side thorax airbag deployed in my Merc but, the front airbags did not deploy in the Malibu. I was very shook up but, I mangaged to walk away with nothing more than minor cuts from the safety glass. The other driver had more extensive injuries to his chest, ribs, back, neck, etc, because his airbags did not deploy. GM is not at all interested to talk with him. I’m very thankful that I had taken safety seriously when purchasing that car. I’m currently driving a new Volvo XC70, which are also very safe vehicles.

By: Harvey

Harvey — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 00:55:50 +0000

My daughter was involved in a single car roller while driving our 2004 Volkswagen Passat GLX sedan. The car has allot of miles, however, very mechanically sound with nearly new tires. She tried to avoid a deer and lost control and rolled the car twice. The passenger side of the car had a collapsed roof and all the windows were knocked out. None of the airbags deployed including the side curtains.

By: John

John — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 02:04:24 +0000

I was driving home going about 50 and hit a moose head on takeing his legs out from under him and he smash the wind shield but the air bags did not go off in my 1994 olds supreme.

By: Dodge

Dodge — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 03:17:18 +0000

My step son was driving a 2007 dodge ram 1500 hemi 4 door truck .he had a wreck the air bag should have deployed we are very lucky he did not get killed. His face hit the steering wheel he hit a tree and then brick wall head on. Why didn’t the airbag not go off.

By: James

James — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 10:17:44 +0000

My father died from the results of TBI 2 weeks ago after a car accident. He was driving a 2004 Toyota Prado Grande. Left the road and went along an embankment, then struck a pole causing the car to roll on its drivers side. The drivers side front wheel was ripped off and drivers window smashed. No curtain or side airbags deployed resulting in his head hitting the ground. A Toyota engineer has taken the ‘black box’ to investigate and the police are continuing their investigation into the matter. A person who has had schooling on the workings of airbags and has seen the damaged vehicle is surprised the airbags did not deploy considering the amount of damage to the drivers side quarter panel and the force necessary to rip the wheel completely off. My father was in a coma by the time paramedics arrived…so the crash you would think was substantial enough to warrant airbag deployment.

By: Nate

Nate — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 18:32:03 +0000

I was in a wreck last evening, full frontal collision into the side of a vehilce that turned in front of me. 35-40mph collision speed, no air bag deployment.

By: Marsha

Marsha — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 11:48:32 +0000

Last evening the woman in front of me stopped on a dime to avoid a dog, and I plowed into her car going 30 in a residental zone that was about to change from 25 to 35. Can’t believe the neck, back and rib pain (from the seatbelt) but after xrays at the emergency room I was happy to find nothing broken.
The radiator however is broken and the front of the car – a single owner, 2010 Mercury Mariner – is trashed.
Why didn’t my seatbelt deploy? Even the cop was surprised. I want to have it checked out and replaced if it is defective, but don’t exactly trust Mercury to put in a good one after this.

By: rod

rod — Mon, 02 May 2011 12:30:45 +0000

my dad just got in accident this morning, he was hit in the drivers side and the car rolled over twice.no airbags deployed, all windows shattered car is totaled. Luckly he’s ok, but I’m guessing he’ll start feeling paint in a little bit. He was driving a 2003 ford focus

By: jerry

jerry — Mon, 02 May 2011 06:51:39 +0000

was in an accident october 6th iwas rear ended by a big truck so hard it tore my rotor cuff off had surg, ruptered two discs inn my neck from whip lash haveing neck surg today ,knocked me into a nother truck infront of me moved it 4,6 ft iwas in a 1996 crown vic lxe