# 2000 SAAB 9-5 — AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
> NHTSA complaint `554543` · 2005-09-15 · SAAB CARS USA, INC.
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** SAAB
- **Model:** 9-5
- **Year:** 2000
- **Manufacturer:** SAAB CARS USA, INC.
- **Component:** AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
- **Miles at failure:** 62,000
- **Speed:** 30 mph
## Narrative
DT:   THE CONSUMER'S  WIFE WAS IN SERIOUS CAR ACCIDENT AND THE SIDE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.  CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS HIT ON HIT THE PASSENGER'S SIDE, AND WAS HIT SO HARD THAT THE BACK PASSENGER'S  DOOR WAS STUCK TO THE VEHICLE THAT HIT IT. THE DRIVER OF THE OTHER VEHICLE ADMITTED HE HAD BEEN GOING AT 30 MPH WHEN THE SIDE IMPACT OCCURRED. THIS HAPPENED ON AUGUST 17, 2005. HAD NOT CONTACTED DEALERSHIP,  BUT WILL BE CONTACTING THE MANUFACTURER. *AK
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