14 problems related to front air bag have been reported for the 1996 Honda Civic. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
Front air bags didn't deploy in crash.
While driving in the neighborhood went over a speed bump at 5mph and both airbags deployed. Contacted dealer and manufacturer.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Vehicle was involved in frontal collision, impact 12:00 position, speed 30mph, passenger's airbag exploded.
Driving along about 40 mph when abs brakes failed, did not hit anything but air bags deployed, vision blocked, causing an accident.
The vehicle hit another vehicle from behind and the air bag didn't deploy.
No deployment of driver's/passenger's airbags in accident, causing injuries.
Had a frontal collision, neither air bag deployed.
Vehicle was involved in a rearend accident and there was no deployment of the air bags.
Passsenger's air bag located at top of dashboard, occupant might place maps or boxes on top of dashboard which would interfere with airbag.
While vehicle was hit from the rear of the car frontal airbags deployed. Cause unknown.