NHTSA complaint: 2006 KIA RIO — AIR BAGS
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 KIA RIO5. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35-42 MPH DURING RAINY WEATHER CONDITIONS SHE ENGAGED THE BRAKES AND THE VEHICLE HYDROPLANED AND CRASHED INTO THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HER. THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO HER NECK AND UPPER BACK. THE PASSENGER WAS ALSO INJURED. SHE WAS TAKEN OUT OF THE VEHICLE BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. SHE HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF WHETHER THE PASSENGERS IN THE OTHER VEHICLE WERE INJURED OR NOT. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. HER VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 90,200.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation