GOOD AFTERNOON, MY NAME IS [XXX] AND I AM SUBMITTING A COMPLAINT REGARDING THE HONDA CRV (YEAR 2002). ON 6/25/2004, I WAS REAR ENDED WHILE WAITING ON A METERED FREEWAY ENTRANCE RAMP IN MILWAUKEE, WI. THE OTHER DRIVER DID NOT KNOW THAT THE RAMP WAS METERED AND REAR ENDED MY VEHICLE BETWEEN 40 - 50 MPH; MY CAR WAS THEN PUSHED INTO THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. ALTHOUGH IT WAS A HIGH SPEED COLLISION ON THE FRONT AND REAR, THE AIRBAG ON MY 2002 HONDA CRV DID NOT INFLATE. I HIT MY HEAD ON THE STEERING WHEEL AND HAD FACIAL BRUISING AND A LARGE GASH ON MY FOREHEAD REQUIRING APPROXIMATELY 20 STITCHES. MY CAR IS TOTALED; THE HOOD IS CRUSHED AND THE REAR END WAS PUSHED IN APPROXIMATELY 3 FEET. I BOUGHT MY CRV NEW IN 2002, PARTIALLY ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT IT WAS A SAFE VEHICLE THAT WOULD PROTECT ME IN THE EVENT OF A CAR ACCIDENT. ON FRIDAY, I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP WHERE MY CAR IS SERVICED (RUSS DARROW HONDA IN MILWAUKEE, WI) TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT I HAD NOT MISSED ANY RECALLS, AND THEY CONFIRMED THAT MY CAR WAS CURRENT WITH ALL RECALLS (THERE HAVE BEEN NO AIRBAG SPECIFIC RECALLS FOR MY YEAR). IF MY AIRBAG HAD INFLATED, I MOST LIKELY WOULD HAVE WALKED AWAY FROM THE SCENE WITHOUT ANY LASTING REMINDERS. MANY CONSUMERS CONSIDER A VEHICLE SAFETY RATING AND AIRBAG QUALITY WHEN CHOOSING A NEW VEHICLE. SINCE YOU CANNOT TEST AIRBAGS EXCEPT IN A LAB ENVIRONMENT OR ACCIDENT SITUATION, CONSUMERS MUST RELY ON THE TRUSTWORTHINESS OF THE MANUFACTURER AND HOPE THAT THEY WORK WHEN REQUIRED.