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2004 VOLKSWAGEN TOUAREG — AIR BAGS

crash · 833790 · 2010-12-30

Vehicle

Make
VOLKSWAGEN
Model
TOUAREG
Year
2004
Manufacturer
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Component
AIR BAGS
Miles at failure
91,000
Speed
40 mph

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
0
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
Yes
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

I WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 40 MILES PER HOUR WHEN I REAR ENDED A VEHICLE. MY AIRBAG DEPLOYED, BUT NOT AS MUCH AS I THOUGHT IT WOULD. THE AIRBAG BARELY HIT MY UPPER BODY AND THEN IT SEEMED 3/4 DEFLATED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. I DON'T THINK THE AIRBAG WAS WORKING PROPERLY BECAUSE I WOULD THINK FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN THAT THE AIRBAG WOULD HAVE BEEN ALOT FULLER AND WOULD HAVE ME PINNED UP AGAINST MY DRIVER SEAT, BUT IT DID NOT. I WAS ABLE TO EXIT MY CAR WITHOUT A STRUGGLE AND DON'T REMEMBER EVEN TOUCHING THE AIRBAG WHEN I EXITED THE VEHICLE. NONE OF THE OTHER AIRBAGS DEPLOYED, ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO WHEN YOU GET INTO AN ACCIDENT. I GUESS I'M LUCKY THAT WHEN I HIT THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME THAT THE IMPACT WAS NOT HARDER, BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE THE AIRBAG WOULD HAVE KEPT ME FROM HITTING THE STEERING WHEEL WITH GREAT FORCE OR EVEN SAVING MY LIFE. I PLAN TO CONTACT VOLKSWAGEN DIRECTLY ABOUT MY COMPLAINT AS WELL. *TR

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
10373515
Machine
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