DRIVER'S SIDE AIR-BAG DID NOT DEPLOY WHEN CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION AT THE SPEED OF 35 MPH. COLLISION INVOLVED THE FRONT END OF CONSUMER'S VEHICLE STRIKING THE PASSENGER SIDE OF ANOTHER CAR THROUGH NO FAULT OF THE CONSUMER. OTHER DRIVER RAN A RED LIGHT. DAMAGE WAS CONSIDERABLE TO CONSUMER'S VEHICLE, AND CONSUMER CAN SEE NO REASON WHY THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG SHOULD NOT HAVE DEPLOYED IN THE INCIDENT. AFTER REVIEW OF THE NHTSA'S COMPLAINT DATA BASE, CONSUMER NOTES 10 OTHER COMPLAINTS OF THIS SAME FAILURE. CONSUMER IS EXTREMELY GLAD THAT SHE WAS WEARING A SEAT BELT. HAD SHE NOT BEEN WEARING A SEAT BELT, THE COLLISION WAS SUCH THAT SHE MOST LIKELY WOULD HAVE BEEN THROWN THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD SINCE THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK