CONSUMER RECEIVED A MANUFACTURER'S NOTICE FOR AIR BAG DEFECT ON NOV./96 HAD THE REPAIRS DONE DEC./96. CONSUMER HAD A VEHICLE CRASH ON MAR-22-97 WHEN THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED THE PASSENGER SIDE BAG WAS RIPPED, ALLOWING A BLACK COLORED SODIUM ACID TO SPILL INTO VEHICLE, THIS SODIUM ACID HAS A BAD SMELL THAT WON'T GO AWAY. THE MANUFACTURER SAID THAT WAS NOT POSSIBLE AND THAT MR. FLETCHER WAS LYING ABOUT THE AIR BAG. *AK