Side/window Air Bag problems of the 2004 Audi A4

The contact owns a 2004 Audi A4. While the vehicle was idling, the driver side air bag and two of the curtain side air bags deployed inadvertently. The vehicle was towed to a dealer who stated that the air bags needed to be repaired. The vehicle was not repaired and the manufacturer was not notified. The approximate failure mileage was 164,000.

My husband and I own a 2004 Audi A4 cabrio and took it in for a voluntary emissions service action for an ignition coil replacement on Feb 4, 2010. At that time, the dashboard light for the driver side airbag was on constantly and would not go off so we asked the service department to look into it. They told us we needed a new airbag and replaced it at a cost of $746. 14. We had not been in a collision and had not tampered with the airbag either.

I was in a head on collision primarily on the drivers side and the passenger side air bag deployed and the drivers side did no.

The contacts owns a 2004 Audi A4. The contact stated that the vehicle was rear ended; however, he was not present at the time of the crash. At the time, the front passenger side air bag deployed, but the driver's side air bag did not. As a result, the driver was injured as well as the passenger in the other vehicle. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to the dealer and the cause of the failure has not yet been determined. The contact was unsure if the vehicle was destroyed. The current and failure mileages were 70,000.

(1) I was waiting at a major intersection at a red light. When it turned green, I proceeded into the intersection. An unlicensed, uninsured driver in an old Chevrolet pick-up truck coming in the opposite direction ran the red left turn light and collided broadside into the driver's side of my 2004 Audi s4 quattro sedan. (2) the side airbag, which is in the driver's seat at the exact location of the impact, failed to deploy. I broke my left hand, injured my right shoulder (rotator cuff impingement), and suffered lacerations to both hands. There was substantial damage to the driver's side of the car, including the b-pillar, which is a structural part of the uni-body frame. I have digital photographs of the damage that I can send to NHTSA if you provide me with your e-mail address. (3) I contacted Audi u. S. A. To complain, and they did not offer to do anything to correct the failure of the side airbag to deploy. The car has been repaired at a competent paint and body shop and I am driving it again. The repairs took two months, and were paid for by my automobile insurance company under my uninsured motorists property damage coverage. The body shop retained the broken parts, including the b-pillar, and they are available for inspection.