FAX FROM SENATOR MENEDEZ ON BEHALF CONSTITUENT RE PROBLEM WITH HIS HONDA ACURA; PLEASE REPLY TO NEWARK, NJ OFFICE *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED HE AND HIS WIFE WERE HIT ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS NEWLY PURCHASED VEHICLE AT AN INTERSECTION BY A YOUNG DRIVER WHO WAS DOING 50 MPH, IN A 25 MPH ZONE. THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE SUSTAINED NEARLY 9,000 IN DAMAGE AND NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE CONSUMER AND HIS WIFE SUFFERED SEVERE INJURIES. HONDA INFORMED THE CONSUMER, THE AIR BAGS PERFORMED AS DESIGNED AND THE CASE WAS CLOSED. *JB