Five problems related to side/window air bag have been reported for the 1996 Honda Civic. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
I was driving down a residential street in my 1996 Honda Civic when a 2004 GMC yukon SUV came hurling around the corner of an intersecting street ahead of me. The driver of the yukon failed to stay in his lane as he rounded the corner and hit my Honda Civic head-on. Upon impact my head hit the windshield so hard that it left a bubble protruding out on the driver side of my windshield. In the shape of my head ( I have photos of windshield damage) right before the airbag deployed. I was also wearing a seat belt with shoulder restraint. As a result of the collision I sustained a brain concussion. I have always believed that a driver side airbag and seat belt with shoulder restraint was designed to keep my head out of the windshield in the event of a head-on collision. Evidently both the seat belt and airbag failed to protect me from hitting the windshield in the collision I was in. (I have a copy of the police report and presently am still in possession of my totaled out vehicle.
When vehicle was traveling 30 -40 mph and rear ended a 1986, Chevrolet s10, there was no deployment of driver's side or passenger's side air bags. Owner not sure if the vehicle will be totalled. Please provide any further information.
When vehicle was rear ended and pushed into another vehicle, there was no deployment of driver's side or passenger's side air bag. Other vehicle was traveling about 55 mph. Driver's vehicle was totalled.
Consumer was traveling 45 mph when attempting to avoid an accident both driver's and passenger's side air bags deployed without cause, resulting in over 3000 dollars of damage. Consumer has contacted the dealer. Please provide any further details.
While driving the vehicle there was deployment of the driver's and passenger's side air bags for no reason. Vehicle has been at dealership since Dec. 4th, 1996.