Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIR BAGS - FRONTAL | |||
| 02/08/2007 | 1 | 04/24/2006 | |
| Tl*- the contact stated that while driving the 1996 suzuki sidekick sport on an icy afternoon he pulled into the driveway at 5 mph and hit the utility pole, and both airbags deployed. the passenger side airbag popped and burst into flames in the center of the bag. a neighbor saw what happened ,came over, opened the passenger door, and beat the flames until the fire was out. the driver side airbag deployed and forced the contact left hand to go through the driver's side window which shatter,ed,and caused contusions to his knuckles. the contact contacted the police and there was report. the officer couldn't understand how the airbags could have deployed because the utility pole had no damage, but the vehicle did receive a ding. the contact has pictures available of the vehicle and the utility pole. the current mileage was 76000.*ak updated 03/19/07.*jb | |||
| Consumer was sitting in parking lot with engine on, heard loud hissing noise, smelled foul odor, and noticed that propelant or chemicals of airbag was being released inside vehicle. *ak | |||
| 01/13/1998 | 0 | ||
| While driving down highway consumer hit a patch of ice ,slid and hit the highway sliding. air bags did not deploy , however driver was not injured. *ak | |||
| 03/03/1997 | |||
| Passive restraints, air bags: driving approximately 25mph when vehicle came to an intersection , other vehicle did not stop and was hit head-on. neither air bag deployed. took vehicle into dealer for repairs, and he said that sometimes it's best if airbags don't deploy . dealer would not perform repairs. *ak | |||