1996 MAZDA 626 Air Bags Problems

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 MAZDA 626. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE SHIFTER WAS IN THE PARK POSITION AND POWERED ON, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY EXPERIENCED AN UNINTENDED ACCELERATION AND CRASHED INTO A BRICK PILLAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED AN INJURED BACK THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 213,365.

Mileage: 213,365

AIRBAGS DEPLOYED IN MY 1996 MAZDA 626. WITHOUT ANY REASON, WHILE DRIVING. CAUSING SCRAPES AND BRUISING, AND THE WINDSHIELD TO CRACK. *TR

Mileage: 196,500

I WAS DRIVING ON 131 NORTH ABOUT 75-80 MPH AND MY AIRBAGS (BOTH SIDES) DEPLOYED. THERE IS NO DAMAGE AND I DID NOT HIT ANYTHING. I RECEIVED BURNS ON MY NOSE, ON MY LIPS, SPRAINED JAW, BLOODY NOSE, BURNS ON MY WRIST, AND FACIAL SCRAPES AND CONTUSIONS. THE PASSENGER SIDE STARTED TO SMOKE, AND WOULDN'T STOP UNTIL THE AIRBAG WAS REMOVED. *JB

Mileage: 126,109

JUNE 28, 2002 -- WELLINGS MAZDA, RICHMOND, IN "PERFORMED RECALL SSP-34 AIR BAG CAMPAIGN. MARCH 2004, MATT CASTRUCCI'S AUTO MALL, "BODY ELECTRICAL: CUSTOMER STATES AIR BAG LIGHT IS ON PLEASE CHECK OUT AND ADV," AND "CUSTORMER STATES CAR IS RUNNING ROUGH, WAS TOLD VALVE COVER GASKETS ARE LEAKING AND ON THE SPARK PLUGS PLEASE CHECK OUT." RESULTS WERE: "CHECKED OUT LIGHT IS NOT ON, NO CORRECTION AT THIS TIME." AND "CHECKED OUT REPLACED VALAVE {SIC} COVER GASKETS AND INTAKE GASKETS CLEANED SPARK PLUG WIRES AND PLUGS. RECHECKED OK" SEPT. 19, 2004 -- WHILE MOTIONLESS AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, BOTH FRONT AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. WE DO HAVE RELIABLE WITNESSES. THE DRIVER (ME) IS A PHYSICS PROFESSOR, THE RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER IS A PH.D. CANDIDATE, THE LEFT REAR PASSENGER IS A PSYCHOLOGY PROFESSOR, AND THE RIGHT REAR PASSENGER JUST FINISHED LAW SCHOOL. THERE WAS ALSO A PEDESTRIAN STANDING 3 FEET AWAY AND A HELPFUL DRIVER IN THE ADJACENT (ALSO MOTIONLESS) CAR.*AK

Mileage: 85,600

WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH, AND WITH NO WARNING BOTH FRONT AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. *AK

Mileage: 89,900

AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT STAYS ON WHILE DRIVING. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

VEHICLE WAS IN AN ACCIDENT GOING 40MPH. BOTH FRONT AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

THE CONSUMER IS CONCERN BECAUSE THE VEHICLE FLIPPED AND THE INTERIOR AIR BAG DIDN'T DEPLOY AT ALL. DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. TS

WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 65 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY THE CONSUMER APPLY HIS BRAKES TO AVOID ANOTHER MOTORIST. AND THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG DIDN'T DEPLOY PLEASE FURNISH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. MR

CONSUMER STATE WHILE TRAVELING 30-35 MPH IN RESULT OF FRONTAL CRASH VEHICLE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AT ANY TIME. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH STRUCK ANOTHER VEHICLE THAT WAS BACKING OUT OF A DRIVEWAY.FRONT END OF CAR HIT RIGHT REAR SIDE OF THE OTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. MAXDA HAS BEEN CONTACTED. CONSUMER FELT AIRBAGS SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

AS A RESULT OF A CRASH WHILE TRAVELING AT 60 MPH AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK CONSUMER ALSO STATES TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AND HAD TO BE REBUILT, THE ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON , CV JOINTS ARE ALSO FAULTY, ALSO VEHICLE WAS IN AN ACCIDENT CONSUMER HIT A DEER.*JB

98 V 249 000/AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT: RECEIVED RECALL SINCE INCIDENT DATE, AND STILL UNABLE TO GET IT HONORED. MADE TWO MORE ATTEMPTS, AND STILL DEALER, UTAH AUTO COLLECTIONS, OREM, UT; PHONE# 801/229-3600, WOULD NOT GIVE AN APPOINTMENT FOR REPAIRS. SEEKING HELP FROM NHTSA IN THIS MATTER. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH BOTH AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. SAME DAY RECEIVED RECALL LETTER ON AIRBAGS. DEALER REFUSED TO HONOR RECALL. *AK

RECALL 98V249 000/AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT: WHILE TRAVELING AT 40 MPH VEHICLE RAN OVER SOMETHING WHICH CAUSED BOTH AIR BAGS TO DEPLOY. VEHICLE WENT OUT OF CONTROL AND LANDED IN A DITCH. ALSO, THERE WAS DAMAGE TO WINDSHIELD/ HOOD AND BUMPER. MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. *AK *SLC

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL#98V249000/ CONCERNING AIR BAG MODULE AND CONTACTED CONTCRIPPEN AUTO MALL. WAS TOLD THERE WAS A WAITING PERIOD OF 6 WEEKS DUE TO LACK OF PERSONNEL. DEALER ONLY HAD 1 TECHNICIAN THAT WEEKS ON VOLVO AND MAZDA. DEALER LOCATED IN LANSING MI, TELE#517-627-8411.*AK

PASSENGER'S AIRBAG DEPLOYED UNEXPECTEDLY WHEN VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON THE VEHICLE; HOWEVER, OWNER NOTIFICATION WAS NOT RECEIVED.*AK

CONSUMER WAS PULLING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE HEARD NOISE THAT SOUNDED LIKE A GUN SHOT. CONSUMER THEN NOTICED THAT BOTH AIRBAGS HAD DEPLOYED.*AK

I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK AT 5:45 P.M. AND AS I WAS GOING OVER A SET OF RAILROAD TRACKS AT 15 MILES PER HOUR THE DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. I RECEIVED AN ABRASION ON MY CORNEA IN MY LEFT EYE, A RASH AND SCRAPES ON MY LEFT CHEEK, A SCRAPE ABOVE MY LEFT EYELID, AND SOME HEARING LOSS IN MY LEFT EAR. I HAVE BEEN OUT OF WORK FOR A WEEK AND A DAY SO FAR. I HAVE BEEN SEEING AN EYE DOCTOR SINCE THE NIGHT OF THIS INCIDENT AND HE HAS TOLD ME THAT HE DOESN'T KNOW WHEN I'LL BE ABLE TO GO BACK TO WORK. I'M LOSING WAGES FROM BOTH OF MY JOBS. *AK

VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF ANOTHER VEHICLE, TRAVELING ABOUT 25 MPH AND THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE OR THE PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS. FRONT END DAMAGE TOTALLED $3,000.00. VEHICLE IS BEING REPAIRED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH AIR BAG DUE TO POSSIBLE RECALL COMPONENT 98V-249 (SENSOR), HOWEVER NOT NOTIFIED OF RECALL AND DEALERSHIP WANTS TO REPLACE COMPLETE SYSTEM. MJS

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A 35 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

REPORTED TO MAZDA THAT IN TWO FRONT-END COLLISIONS NO AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. AND THEY SAID "TOO BAD." CAR WAS ALMOST TOTALLED IN JUNE 96 WRECK, AND WE WERE BOTH INJURED. THE CAR WAS REPAIRED, AND IN DECEMBER 96, WE HIT TWO DEERS/AN EMBANKMENT AND ROLLED 175 FEET AND THE AIRBAGS STILL DID NOT DEPLOY, SO WHAT EXACTLY DOES IT TAKE FOR THEM TO GO OFF. NEEDLESS TO SAY, THE CAR WAS DEMOLISHED IN THE SECOND ACCIDENT AND WE NO LONGER HAVE IT. *AK

CONSUMER HAS BEEN TRYING TO CONTACT A DEALER ABOUT A RECALL LETTER THAT WAS RECEIVED ON 01-FEB-99, CONCERNING AIR BAG RECALL#SSP34, AND HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY SATISFACTION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40MPH REARENDED A VEHICLE IN FRONT, THE DUAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING INJURIES. *AK

CONSUMER'S CAR WAS HIT VERY HARD BY ANOTHER VEHICLE IN THE BACK , CAUSING CONSUMER TO HIT A CAR IN FRONT. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF BOTH AIR BAGS RESULTED IN INJURY TO CONSUMER AND DAMAGE TO VEHICLE.

DURING NORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS AND NO INCLEMENT WEATHER INADVERTENT DUAL AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT HAD ARISEN. CONSEQUENCE: FACIAL AND NECK BURNS, AS WELL AS NECK/BACK INJURIES. *AK

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH THE DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.*AK CONSUMER STATED WAS HIT AT AN 90 DEGREE ANGLE DEMOLISHING THE ENTIRE LEFT SIDE OF VEHICLE, CAUSING INJURY TO PASSENGER AND DRIVER.*JB

FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG WHEN GOING OVER POT HOLE.

STEERING FAILED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO LOSE CONTROL, RESULTING IN A COLLISION. NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S/PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS UPON IMPACT.

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE HIT A POTHOLE AND THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURERR HAS BEEN NOTOFIED. *DUP 535819, POSTED ON 03-NOV-98. *AK

NON DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S/PASSENER'S AIRBAGS DURING A COLLISION,RESULTING IN INJURIES TO DRIVER. ALSO VEHICLE WAS TOTALED.

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MHP A CAR RAN THE STOP SIGN, CONSUMER HIT THE CAR ON THE LEFT AND THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER COULD NOT OPEN LEFT FRONT DOOR. CONSUMER CALLED DEALER. *AK

DRIVING ON SMOOTH PAVEMENT ABS LIGHT COMES ON. WAS TAKEN TO DEALER 4 TIMES, DEALER CANNOT FIND PROBLEM. CHANGED AIRBAG'S MAIN CONTROLLER/REPLACED RIGHT SIDE AIRBAG.

DUAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY UPON FRONT END COLLISION, 35 MPH, VEHICLE BROADSIDED ANOTHER MOVING VEHICLE, HEAD-ON, ALSO, 12-07-96, NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED DURING FRONT END COLLISION WITH DEER ON ROAD; 55 MPH, VEHICLE TOTALED. *AK

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A 35 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH THE DRIVER'S OR PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

EA-97012; GOING ABOUT (10) MPH HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE IN THE REAR AND BOTH AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, CAUSING INJURIES TO THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S FACE. THE WINDSHIELD WAS ALSO BROKEN BY THE AIR BAGS. THE VEHICLE IS BEING REPAIRED. *AK

CONSUMER FRIEND WAS DRIVING AT APPROX 35 MPH SUDDENLY ANOTHER VEHICLE JUMPED OUT, IN ORDER TO AVOID HITTING THIS VEHICLE, CONSUMER HIT PARKED CAR HEAD-ON. BOTH AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, DUE TO THIS DEFECT, DRIVER SUSTAINED EXTENSIVE HEAD INJURIES, HIT STEERING WHEEL . SEAT BELT WAS ALSO WORN AT THE TIME. *AK

FRONT END COLLISION AT 30-35 MPH AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, RESULTING IN DRIVER SUSTAINING INJURIES. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

WHEN VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT-END COLLISION ,THE FRONT END WAS DESTROYED, TRAVLING ABOUT (35) MPH, THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAGS. VEHICLE IS BEING REPAIRED . *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE HAD A BLOW OUT WHICH ACTIVATED THE AIR BAG SYSTEM. *AK

NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING ACCIDENT, RESULTING IN INJURIES. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE HIT POTHOLE , CAUSING DEPLOYMENT OF BOTH DRIVER'S AND PASSEGER'S SIDE AIRBAGS, RESULTING IN CRACKED WINDSHIELD. *AK

HIT POTHOLE WHILE DRIVING AND AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE HIT A POTHOLE AND THE AIR BAG DEPLOYED. DEALER SAID THAT IT WAS DRIVER'S FAULT BECAUSE THE AIR BAG DEPLOED. AK.

BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING ACCIDENT/INJURY, ALSO AIRBAG DID NOT INFLATE IN CRASH.

VEHICLE HIT A MANHOLE COVER THAT WAS A FEW INCHES ABOVE SURFACE OF ROAD; AIRBAG DEPLOYED, SHATTERED WINDSHIELD; CAUSED PERSONAL INJURY; SPEED 20 TO 25 MPH.*AK