NHTSA complaint: 2004 HONDA ACCORD — AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
AT APPROXIMATELY 1405 HRS ON 09/14/2005 I WAS INVOLVED IN A MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISION INVOLVING A COCA-COLA DELIVERY TRUCK THAT MERGED FROM HIS LANE INTO MINE CAUSING MY VEHICLE TO SPIN INTO THE FRONT OF HIS. THE IMPACT OF THE COLLISION WAS ENOUGH TO BEND THE REAR AXLE OF MY VEHICLE. MY VEHICLE IS SUPPOSE TO HAVE SIDE CURTAIN AIRBAGS BUT DID NOT DEPLOY CAUSING ME TO SHATTER MY DRIVER SIDE WINDOW WITH MY HEAD. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY AS IT WAS SUPPOSE TO. THE VEHICLE INFORMATION IS AS FOLLOWS: 2004 HONDA ACCORD EXL V-6 2 DOOR, [XXX] 3-POINT SEAT BELTS AT ALL SEATING POSITIONS FRONT 3-POINT SEAT BELTS WITH AUTOMATIC TENSIONING SYSTEM DUAL-STAGE FRONT AIRBAGS (SRS) FRONT SIDE AIRBAGS WITH PASSENGER-SIDE OCCUPANT POSITION DETECTION SYSTEM (OPDS) SIDE CURTAIN AIRBAGS SIDE-IMPACT DOOR BEAMS IMMOBILIZER THEFT-DETERRENT SYSTEM THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY LOCATED AT SIMPSON'S BODY SHOP, 205 COX BLVD SHEFFIELD, AL 35660 PHONE (256)383-1919, CONTACT JOHN PAUL HEUPEL, ASSISTANT MANAGER I JUST WANTED TO INFORM YOUR DEPARTMENT OF THIS BEFORE SOMEONE IS SEVERELY INJURED FROM THIS DEFECT. SINCERELY, [XXX]. *NM UPDATED 07/18/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation