Three problems related to side/window air bag have been reported for the 2011 Honda Civic. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2011 Honda Civic based on all problems reported for the 2011 Civic.
Car lost control on the road and moved outside of the road when the side air bags got deployed. When they got deployed the air bags did not inflate. This has caused the head to be hit on the windows of the car pretty hard. How could it happen that the air bags god deployed but no air got inflated into the airbags. They just fell as if a cloth \ curtain was coming out without inflating. Attached pictures should give you an idea.
Takata recall: I am trying to determine whether I need to take my 2011 Honda Civic sedan in to check the air bags and possibly replace them. I thought the most recent recall notices cited the Honda Civic 2011 passenger side airbag as a potential problem. I have not had any accidents or malfunctions so far, but I am very concerned.
I was traveling 60mph on a 4 lane highway in the right lane south bound. A large trash truck was in the left lane doing about 55 mph in the south bound lane. He crossed the center line and struck me in the rear passenger door on the left side. The car spun out of control in front of the truck. The truck broadsided my car in both doors on the drivers side. The car spun again and hit into the center guard rails dividing the four lane highway with the right rear corner of the bumper and came to a stop. The trash truck then ran over the left front corner of the car with his rear set of axles on the left side of the truck. No front or side air bags deployed. The side air bags might have kept my wife from being injured. I was not injured. $15,000 damage to the car.