NHTSA complaint: 2002 HONDA CIVIC — AIR BAGS
TL* TAKATA RECALL- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA CIVIC THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V501000 (AIR BAGS). THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE ON HIS PASSENGER SIDE ENTER HIS LANE AND IMPACTED HIS REAR PASSENGER SIDE FENDER. THE CONTACT STATED HE STEERED TO THE LEFT CAUSING HIS BUMPER TO IMPACTED A SECOND VEHICLE'S REAR PASSENGER SIDE FENDER. THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY BUT THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG DID DEPLOY. THE CONTACT STATED NO WARNING LIGHT WERE ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THE NEXT DAY HE SUSTAINED CHEST PAINS BUT HAD NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DRIVABLE AND WAS TOWED TO HIS RESIDENCE. THE CONTACT CALLED LOCAL DEALER ROBERTSON'S PALMDALE HONDA LOCATED AT 455 AUTO VISTA DR, PALMDALE, CA 93551, BUT WAS UNABLE TO CONTACT TO THEM. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED AS OF YET. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN INFORMED OF FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 347,944. *DT*JB
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation