Front Air Bag problems of the 1996 Honda Civic

14 problems related to front air bag have been reported for the 1996 Honda Civic. The most recently reported issues are listed below.

1 Front Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 08/09/2009

Front air bags didn't deploy in crash.

2 Front Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 03/01/2000

While driving in the neighborhood went over a speed bump at 5mph and both airbags deployed. Contacted dealer and manufacturer.

3 Front Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 02/12/2000

Daughter coming home from work was driving on highway and fell asleep at the wheel. Woke up, and hit the guardrail. Vehicle flipped over and spun, winding up nose down in a ditch. Neither airbag deployed. Contacted dealer.

4 Front Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 08/15/1999

While driving vehicle on a wet road applied the brakes, vehicle couldn't stop on time, and rear ended the vehicle in front. Upon impact, neither of air bag deployed.

5 Front Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 09/20/1998

Driving at 20 mph in a parking lot, the air bags on both sides deployed for no reason, causing injures to the chest/arm an face, consumer contacted the dealer, but no one returned the call.

6 Front Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 01/01/1997

When parking vehicle in garage, pressed gas pedal instead of brake pedal, causing vehicle to hit a brick wall. At that time both air bags deployed, however, passenger sustained injuries to face and eyes.

7 Front Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 12/08/1996

Vehicle was involved in frontal collision, impact 12:00 position, speed 30mph, passenger's airbag exploded.

8 Front Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 10/25/1996

Driving along about 40 mph when abs brakes failed, did not hit anything but air bags deployed, vision blocked, causing an accident.

9 Front Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 09/24/1996

The vehicle hit another vehicle from behind and the air bag didn't deploy.

10 Front Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 06/30/1996

No deployment of driver's/passenger's airbags in accident, causing injuries.

11 Front Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 02/16/1996

Had a frontal collision, neither air bag deployed.

12 Front Air Bag problem

Vehicle was involved in a rearend accident and there was no deployment of the air bags.

13 Front Air Bag problem

Passsenger's air bag located at top of dashboard, occupant might place maps or boxes on top of dashboard which would interfere with airbag.

14 Front Air Bag problem

While vehicle was hit from the rear of the car frontal airbags deployed. Cause unknown.



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