NHTSA complaint: 2020 TESLA MODEL 3 — AIR BAGS
type: Event
additional type: https://schema.org/AccidentReport
start date: 2020-04-01
description: 1 DAY AFTER TAKING DELIVERY OF MY MODEL 3, I WAS T-BONED ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF MY CAR WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN BY A DRIVER WHO BEAT THE RED LIGHT DUE TO BEING DISTRACTED ON HER PHONE. I BLACKED OUT AS SOON AS I HEARD A BANG AND WOKE UP AFTER I REALIZED WHAT HAD HAPPENED. AS I LOOKED AROUND THE CAR, I NOTICED THAT NO AIRBAGS WERE DEPLOYED. I DID MY RESEARCH AND FOUND OUT THAT NO AIRBAGS WILL BE DEPLOYED IN THE PASSENGER SEAT AREA IF NO ONE IS ON THE SEAT, WHICH I UNDERSTAND. MY CONCERN IS THAT WHY DID NO AIRBAGS DEPLOY ON MY SIDE. THE CAR MIGHT NOW BE CONSIDERED TOTALED DUE TO THIS ACCIDENT. I ALREADY CONTACTED THE CAR COMPANY TO DO AN INVESTIGATION. I'M SURE I HIT MY HEAD ON THE WINDOW BECAUSE THAT NIGHT, THE LEFT SIDE OF MY HEAD AND NECK WERE HURTING. AND ALSO, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S AIRBAGS ON THE SEATS AS WELL, BUT SADLY, IT DID NOT DEPLOY. NOW, I HAVE BACK PAINS AND MIGHT NEED OUTPATIENT PT. IF I'M PAYING CLOSE TO 60K ON A VEHICLE, I WOULD HOPE THAT THE MAIN SAFETY FEATURE OF A CAR WILL BE ACTIVATED IN A CRASH OF THAT MAGNITUDE.
organizer: Tesla, Inc.
publisher: AI Analytics
license: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
source: https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/downloads/
source organization: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation

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property ID: NHTSA Complaint ID
value: 1657280

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