1994 HONDA CIVIC Air Bags Problems
66 complaints about Air Bags
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MY MOTHER WAS DRIVING HER VEHICLE ALONE AND HAD AN ENCOUNTER WITH A DEER STRIKE TO THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE SAFETY AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE ACCIDENT WAS IMMEDIATELY REPORTED TO THE LOCAL DEALER. SINCE THAT DATE (UNKNOWN TO ME) THE SRS LIGHT HAS BEEN ON CONTINUOUSLY AND HONDA REFUSES TO FIX THIS POTENTIAL DEADLY SYSTEM FLAW. *TR
MY LITTLE ONE AND I WERE IN A THREE CAR ACCIDENT ON THE FREEWAY. THE CAR SPUN OUT OF CONTROL AND NEITHER OF THE AIR BAGS WENT OFF. *JS
I WAS IN A CAR ACCIDENT AND MY AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND MY SEATBELT DID NOT CATCH. *TR
SRS LIGHT IS ON WITH NO KNOWN CAUSE. AIR BAGS WILL NOT DEPLOY IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT. HONDA ADMITS TO THIS ONGOING, WIDESPREAD PROBLEM, BUT REFUSES TO EXCEPT RESPONSIBILITY. THERE ARE TOO MANY CONSUMERS FINDING THEMSELVES IN THE SAME POSITION AS ME, CONTINUALLY PAYING HONDA DEALERSHIPS TO GET IT FIXED WITH NO RESOLVE. *JB
SRS LIGHT IS ON WITH NO KNOWN CAUSE. AIR BAGS MOST LIKELY WILL NOT DEPLOY IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT. *NM
THE CONSUMER WAS GOING THROUGH A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND THE ONCOMING VEHICLE WHICH WAS GOING ABOUT 30 MPH AND HIT THE OWNER'S VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.
Mileage: 150,000
WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE CONSUMER WAS REAR ENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE AND THEIR FRONT AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. THE CAUSE WAS NOT DETERMINED. *LA
Mileage: 188,000
CONSUMER SUFFERED INJURIES WHEN THE AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT. *LA *JB *CB
THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION, AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. *JB
WHEN VEHICLE WAS HIT IN THE FRONT CENTER AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK
AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON EVERY TIME IGNITION IS TURNED ON, AND WILL NOT GO OFF. DEALER SAID THAT COMPUTER CHIP SHOWED THAT AIRBAG HAS ALREADY DEPLOYED. OWNER SAID THAT AIRBAGS HAVE NEVER DEPLOYED. *AK
WAS DRIVING 10MPH AND WAS MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE REAR ENDED HONDA. IT, IN TURN, HIT A WALL. UPON HITTING WALL, THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, BUT FAILED TO INFLATE PROPERLY. *AK
VEHICLE WAS HIT FROM REAR, PUSHED INTO A BRICK WALL IN WHICH DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, BUT DID NOT INFLATE, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
ON 04/10/2001 ANOTHER VEHICLE HIT MY 1994 HONDA CIVIC FROM THE BACK AND HIT A WALL HEAD-ON. THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOY, BUT FAIL TO INFLATE UPON IMPACT DURING ACCIDENT. I SUSTAIN A LOWER BACK SPRAIN AND MINOR NECK INJURY.*AK
VEHICLE WAS IN A COLLISION WHICH CAUSED VEHICLE TO HIT A WALL HEAD-ON. BOTH DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED, BUT DID NOT INFLATE DURING DEPLOYMENT. DRIVER RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. *AK
WHEN SHIFT LOCK LOCKS UP, BRAKE LIGHTS WILL NOT WORK.(VICE-VERSA) ALSO, AIR BAGS CHARGE THEMSELVES SEVERAL TIMES WHILE I'M DRIVING..??*AK
DURING FRONT COLLISION PASSENGER'S AIRBAG DEPLOYED, BUT PASSENGER WAS INJURED, VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. *AK
CONSUMER HIT A DEER AND THE AIR BAGS EXPERIENCED NO DEPLOYMENT, THE DRIVER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. *SLC
CONSUMER HIT A DEER AND THE AIR BAGS EXPERIENCED NO DEPLOYMENT, THE DRIVER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. *SLC
49054 1.5 REPLACE SRS CABLE REEL, CODE 101 & 102 CABLE REAL WAS BAD. *AK
SRS LIGHT STAYS ON. DEALER STATES AIRBAG MODULE IS NO LONGER OPERABLE. THIS IS A COMPONENT THAT IS NOT SCHEDULED FOR INSPECTION FOR 10 YEARS. DEALER QUOTES APPROX $1000.00 TO REPLACE MODULE.*AK
AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY IN 55MPH CRASH INTO DITCH. CAR A TOTAL WRECK. *AK
WHILE DRIVING SRS LIGHT COMES ON AND STAYS ON. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THEY SAID THAT AIRBAG MODULE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. *AK *ML
I HAVE RECENTLY BEEN IN TWO ACCIDENTS BOTH INVOLVING THE FRONT END OF MY CAR. IN THE FIRST I WAS TRAVELING AT ABOUT 40/MPH MY CAR HIT A PATCH OF ICE AND SLID INTO A BUS "T-BONING" IT. THE SECOND ACCIDENT I WAS TRAVELING AT ABOUT 35/MPH WHEN SOMEONE PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF ME I PROCEEDED TO HIT THEM AND THEN A TELEPHONE POLE, AT WHICH TIME MY GIRLFRIEND HIT HER HEAD ON THE WINSHIELD. DURING BOTH OF THESE INCIDENTS MY AIRBAGS HAVE FAILED TO DEPLOY. I HAVE ALSO TRIED TO CONTACT MANCHESTER HOANDA WHERE MY FATHER BOUGHT THE CAR BUT THEY STILL HAVE NOT RESPONDED TO MY COMPLAINT. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. *AK
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK
VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN 2 FRONTAL AND ONE PASSENGER SIDE CRASHES. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAGS NEVER DEPLOYED. EACH CRASH WAS AT A MINIMUM SPEED OF 40MPH. MECHANIC COULDNT FIND REASON FOR AIRBAG NOT BEING DEPLOYED. *AK
NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DURING ACCIDENT CAUSED INJURY TO AN OCCUPANT OF THE VEHICLE. NLM
WHILE IN RIGHT HAND LANE SOMEONE PULLED OUT, AND CONSUMER HIT OTHER DRIVER ON THE RIGHT DRVERS FRONT SIDE. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER FELT THAT IF AIRBAGS WOULD HAVE DEPLOYED INJURIES MAY HAVE NOT BEEN SO SEVERE. *AK
CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A 35 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH DRIVER'S/PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ABOUT 50MPH ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN HE HIT A PARKED CAR, AND HIS AIRBAG DIDN'T DEPLOY. *AK
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE.
AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ON, INDICATING THAT AIRBAG SYSTEM IS DISARMED WHICH WONT PROTECT THE OCCUPANT IN EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT. DEALER SAID NEEDS TO REPLACE THE SRS CONTROL UNIT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S/PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS .
CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION. VEHICLE WAS HIT AT AN ANGLE AT 45 MPH. FRONT LEFT SIDE WAS DAMAGED. THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF EITHER DRIVER'S OR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
CONSUMER HIT A VEHICLE THAT PULLED OUT IN FRONT UNEXPECTEDLY AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, MADE DIRECT HIT. AIRBAGS ON BOTH SIDES DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING INJURIES TO DRIVER. *AK
COMING OUT OF AN ENTRANCE ONTO ROAD DRIVER SUDDENLY BECAME BLINDED BY SUNLIGHT, RESULTING IN HITTING A PILLAR. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK
DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DEPLOYED PREMATURELY WHILE DRIVING, RESULTING IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION. INSCO. STATES SENSOR DELOYED OK. OWNER IS NOW HANDICAPPED. *AK
DRIVER HIT A HIGHWAY DIVIDER AND THE PASSENGER'S AIRBAG DIDN'T DEPLOY. *AK
INVOLVED IN A REAR END COLLISION AND VEHICLE ROLLED OVER AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY; THE FRONT DRIVER'S SEAT DID NOT HOLD. *AK
IN AN ACCIDENT AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG, CAUSING ACCIDENT/INJURY. *SD
DURING IMPACT DRIVER AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY IN FRONTAL COLLISION AT 45 MPH. *AK
CAR WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL CRASH AT 50MPH AND THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
CAR WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL CRASH AT 50MPH AND THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL CRASH AT 50 MPH OR MORE AND NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL CRASH AT 50 MPH OR MORE AND NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
THE CONSUMER HAD AN ACCIDENT 12-04-95 AND THE DRIVERS AIRBAG DIDN'T DEPLOY. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
THE CONSUMER HAD AN ACCIDENT 12-04-95 AND THE PASSENGERS AIRBAG DIDN'T DEPLOY. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
DRIVERS SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY IN FRONTAL (12:00) AT 35 MPH. TT *JB
PASSENGERS SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY IN FRONTAL (12:00) AT 35 MPH. TT
CONSUMER WAS IN AN ACCIDENT AND THE DRIVERS AIR BAG DIDN'T DEPLOY . TT *JB
CONSUMER WAS IN AN ACCIDENT AND THE DRIVERS AIR BAG DIDN'T DEPLOY . TT *JB
CONSUMER WAS IN AN ACCIDENT AND THE PASSENGERS AIR BAG DIDN'T DEPLOY . TT
AIR BAG DEPLOYED LATE TO PROTECT THE DRIVER. TT
DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY UPON FRONTAL COLLISION AT 50 MPH. TT
PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY UPON FRONTAL COLLISION AT 50 MPH. TT
AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY UPON HEAD ON COLLISION GOING AT 35 MPH. TT
THE ACCIDENT WHERE FRONT END WAS HIT AND AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. TT
UPON FRONTAL COLLISION, AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY, EVEN WITH EXTENSIVE FRONTAL DAMAGE. TT
APPROXIMATE SPEED 40 MPH VERSES 20 MPH OTHER VEHICLE. UPON FRONTAL COLLISION, AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY. TT
DRIVERS AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY DURING FRONTAL COLLISION; REARENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE STOPPED AT LIGHT; DRIVER WAS THROWN INTO WINDSHIELD. TT
PASSENGERS AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY DURING FRONTAL COLLISION; REARENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE STOPPED AT LIGHT; DRIVER WAS THROWN INTO WINDSHIELD. TT
NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S AIR BAG DURING ACCIDENT, RESULTING IN INJURY. "DUP: SEE 957427". *SKD
DRIVER AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY DURING FRONTAL COLLISON. TT
PASSENGER AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY DURING FRONTAL COLLISON. TT