NHTSA complaint: 2000 MITSUBISHI MONTERO SPORT — AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT NON DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIR BAGS. CONSUMER WAS DRIVING BETWEEN 30 TO 35 MPH AND WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. ALSO, DEALER WAS CONTACTED, AND STATED THAT AIR BAGS WOULD NOT DEPLOY IF VEHICLE HAD NOT MADE A SADDLING STOP, WHICH CONSUMER INSISTED THAT THERE WERE TWO.*AK
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation