WE WERE ABOUT TO BEGIN OUR VACATION TRIP DRIVING OUR 2008 HONDA ACCORD 4 DOOR, WHEN MY WIFE GOT INTO THE DRIVERS SEAT AND MY 29 YEAR OLD SON GOT INTO THE PASSENGER SEAT. WHEN MY SON CLOSED THE PASSENGER DOOR, THE SIDE CURTAIN AIRBAG DEPLOYED FROM THE HEADLINER AND FRONT PASSENGER SEAT CAUSING AN ABRASION TO THE RIGHT FOREARM OF MY SON. THE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING AND IN THE PARKED POSITION. I HAVE OWNED THIS VEHICLE FOR 5 YEARS AND 1 MONTH AND IT HAS 57,300 MILES ON IT AND HAS NEVER BEEN IN ANY TYPE OF ACCIDENT. HONDA WAS CONTACTED AND RECOMMENDED THAT I HAVE A HONDA DEALER EVALUATE THE INCIDENT WHICH I DID. THE HONDA DEALER TOLD ME THAT THEIR COMPUTER INDICATED THAT THE SIDE CURTAIN AIR BAG DEPLOYED, WHICH I ALREADY KNEW. AMERICAN HONDA WAS CONTACTED AND TOLD ME THAT I SHOULD CONTACT MY INSURANCE COMPANY WHO SENT ME TO THEIR ADJUSTER WHO EXAMINED THE CAR AND STATED THAT THE AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT WAS NOT THE RESULT OF A COLLISION OR COMPREHENSIVE CLAIM AND TOLD ME THAT THEY WOULD DENY MY CLAIM FOR REPAIR. HONDA WAS NOTIFIED AND TOLD ME THEY WOULD NOT REPAIR THE VEHICLE SINCE IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. THE ESTIMATE FOR REPAIR IS $2500. THIS IS CLEARLY A SAFETY ISSUE. HONDA HAS RECALLED 800,000 VEHICLES, MANY OLDER THAN MINE, FOR SIMILAR AIRBAG PROBLEMS BUT NOT THE 2008 ACCORD. *TR