2002 ACURA TL — SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:HEAD RESTRAINT

Name: NHTSA complaint: 2002 ACURA TL — SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:HEAD RESTRAINT
Start: 2002-01-25

crash2 injured · 413815 · 2003-06-20

Vehicle

Make: ACURA
Model: TL
Year: 2002
Manufacturer: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Component: SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:HEAD RESTRAINT
Miles at failure: 121

Severity

Deaths: 0
Injured: 2
Fire: No
Crash: Yes
Police report: Yes
Medical attention: No
Vehicle towed: No

Narrative

I OWN A 2002 ACURA TL TYPE-S. I WAS INVOLVED IN TWO SEPARATE COLLISIONS WHERE I WAS HIT FROM THE REAR. IN BOTH INSTANCES THE HEAD REST FAILED TO SECURE MY HEAD IN THE CRASH. THIS IS DUE TO THEIR "A-FRAME" DESIGN. THE STANDARD TL HAS PROPER HEAD REST TO CUSHION YOU IN A CRASH. *NLM

Source

Authoritative: NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number: 10023473
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown