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2013 NISSAN FRONTIER — AIR BAGS

crash · 1846582 · 2022-10-10

Vehicle

Make
NISSAN
Model
FRONTIER
Year
2013
Manufacturer
Nissan North America, Inc.
Component
AIR BAGS
Speed
40 mph

Severity

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

Narrative

On a dark road going 40MPH I hit a large deer on Oct 7. The front end of my truck was damaged. Air bag went off but never inflated, and I smelled smoke briefly. I was able to drive home and in the morning I noted there were two quarter size burn holes in the air bag, which probably explains why the bag did not deploy. There was absolutely no evidence of fire under the hood, in the cab, etc. I understand that some kind of explosive is used to "project" the airbag but it looks like it may have also damaged it. What to do?

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11488621
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown