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2021 VOLKSWAGEN ATLAS CROSS SPORT — AIR BAGS

1 injured · 1793133 · 2022-02-07

Vehicle

Make
VOLKSWAGEN
Model
ATLAS CROSS SPORT
Year
2021
Manufacturer
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Component
AIR BAGS
Speed
10 mph

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
1
Fire
No
Crash
No
Police report
No
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

On 11/15/2021 I was on an access road for a major city highway going approximately 10-15 mph. I was forced to the left lane from right lane by a pickup truck exiting from a restaurant going very fast, there was no contact (Collision) with the pickup. I had started braking but made contact with the curd of left lane while almost coming to a stop and the side air bags deployed. I definitely feel the airbags should not have deployed and if so they would have deployed if I had ran across a chuckhole/pothole. I didn’t know there was a recall at that time and until January 2022 and so filled with my insurance company for repairs. At no time did Volkswagen ever offer to provide a loner auto or take care of repairs and as a matter of fact I still don’t have my auto back as of 2/7/22.

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11450820
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown