DT: CONTACT OWNS A 1997 HONDA CIVIC. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIRBAGS DEPLOYED PRIOR TO AN IMPACT. THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIRBAGS CAUSED AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE THE DRIVER COULD NOT SEE THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HER. THIS VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN IN ANY PREVIOUS ACCIDENTS. SHE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE FROM AN INDIVIDUAL OWNER, SO SHE DID NOT CONTACT A LOCAL SERVICE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THIS TYPE OF OCCURRENCE COULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED. THE CONSUMER NO LONGER OWNED THE VEHICLE.*AK