Front Air Bag Problems of Honda Civic - part 1

The contact owns a 2008 Honda Civic. The contact stated while driving 45 mph,to avoid crashing into another vehicle he crashed into a tree. The contact was confused by the actions of another driver who used the wrong turn signal causing the contact to maneuver out of the way and crash. The during the crash the contact suffered minor injuries. None of the of the air bag deployed during the crash. The contact called the manufacturer and filed a complaint. The manufacturer stated the air bag should have deployed which would avoided him hitting the steering wheel. The failure mileage was 32,000. Updated 09/07/bf.

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98 Honda Civic driving down freeway doing anywhere between 60-65mph when passenger air bag deployed. There were no sudden stops or pot holes to have caused this; the vehicle was not in a accident. The air bag cracked the windshied.

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My mother is a victim of sudden acceleration incident from a Honda Civic 2001. She was driving the vehicle on a small street and had placed it in park. Then, she placed the gear back into drive and before tapping the gas pedal the car surged forward in high acceleration and went out of control. She applied the brakes a few times but it failed to stop the car. The steering was also out of control and the car continued to accelerate about 30-40 mph for an entire block and finally, crashed into a tree totaling the vehicle. She was taken away by ambulance. As a result of the crash, she suffered from a broken ankle and heel, deep gash to the knee, severe chest pain (from airbag) and heart contusion. She spent over a week in the hospital and is still in the process of recovering.

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The contact owns a 2005 Honda Civic. While the contact was driving approximately 30 mph, another vehicle crashed into the front driver side of the vehicle. All air bags deployed except the driver air bag. The driver sustained bruises and injuries. A police report was filed. The vehicle was destroyed. The failure mileage was approximately 108,000.

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Side curtain airbags of our 2006 Honda Civic deployed when the passenger door was slammed.

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2002 Honda Civic, 60,800 miles. The srs light stays on and can result in death in case of accident if the air bag is not working. Honda should take responsibility and fix this for free (recall) since this seems to be a common problem.

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Srs light on.

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I had an accident yesterday on 31st,Jan,2010 . It was a Sunday . . My got hit by a truck and the crash was so bad that my car is total loss from the front and we all got sudden shock right away. . First the driver banged his car at front then he made a left turn to escape. My concern is that the air bags didn't open. The truck could have banged us all and it was almost very close to me and my husband sitting at the very front . I was in there with my two kids and husband. We all could have been died by now. I would like to file a claim against Honda. I have Honda Civic 1999 silver. I chose Honda and it didn't help me when I needed .

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My daughter had a front end collision on her 2006 Honda Civic with $7k in damages. The air bags didn't deploy. The body shop and insurance agent said it should have but the dealer said the impact wasn't hard enough.

2002 Honda Civic. Consumer states air bag on driver's side did not deploy upon impact during a collision the consumer stated her father was the driver of the vehicle and subsequently died from his injuries.

American Honda was required to notify car owners of a recall for driver's airbags to affected Civic owners. I am one of those owners and never received notification. When seeing a notice for a recall from another manufacturer on the news, I logged into my Honda owner link account - one which I have been a registered user for more than 2 years, and which contains my correct mailing address (the same as when I purchased the car) - and was able to see that my car is indeed in the scope of recalled vehicles. Not only did I not receive my recall notice in the mail, the copy of the letter in my Honda owner link is a pdf document that has security options that will not allow me to copy any portion of the letter to a word document or print the letter at home so I can take it to my local dealership. In addition, I notice from documents related to the recall on this website that Honda notified NHTSA that approx 440,000 vehicles may be affected, but the copy of the service bulletin shown here tells dealers that only 7,000 vehicles may be expected. I am a dedicated Honda owner, but it seems that Honda is not fulfilling their obligations to their customers and the government - and using the pdf security settings to prevent those of us careful enough to check for ourselves from printing a copy of the letter.

The srs light came on my 1997 Honda Civic (about 78,000 miles) while driving and stays lit. The dealership (mathews Honda 8-19-09) says the srs unit has an internal failure. $762 plus tax to repair. After review it appears there are many experiencing this same failure so I felt it necessary to report the issue to you. Thank you for your time!.

Front air bags didn't deploy in crash.

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The srs light came on recently and did not go off. The diagnosis by Honda costs $90 if the problem is not cover by the extended warranty, which deters people to take the risk to check the problem. Honda should cover the whole diagnosis cost because it is related to safety issue.

My daughter was a passenger in a 2008 Honda Civic 4dsd. While in a parking lot, they were cut off by another vehicle, and struck such vehicle broad side. The air bags were deployed, at which time my daughter was struck in the face by parts of the dash board. When the air bag deployed it broke the dash in such a way that she was stabbed in the forehead by the dash board pieces. I do know air bags are a good safety device. The way the dash board securing this system, broke, is not safe,and needs to maintain its base to work properly. In this case, the dash breakage, takes away the benefit expected from this airbag system. She was hospitalized, and needed 23 stitches. This could have been worse if it hit her in the eye, and is an un acceptable consequence to a low speed crash.

There was a car accident on patch barracks in stuttgart germany involving my Honda Civic ex 2003. This accident took place at night. The ponds security guards lifted the steel barrier as I was coming across it. At impact the passenger air bag deployed, however the driver's side did not. I ended up hitting the steering wheel and possibly the dash board, breaking my nose. The car's undercarriage was destroyed. The car was found to be totaled. I still am concerned that the air bag for the passenger side did not come out at all.

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The contact owns a 2001 Honda Civic. While driving 50 mph, the contact rear ended another vehicle. None of the air bags deployed. The contact received head and chest trauma, and is complaining of neck and back pain. He has seen a doctor for his injuries. The vehicle was destroyed and a police report was filed. The contact has pictures. The current and failure mileages were unknown.

The contact owns a 1999 Honda Civic. While driving 55-60 mph, the contact lost control of the vehicle and crashed into the side of a mountain. The vehicle was destroyed and a police report was filed. The frontal air bags on both the driver and passenger sides failed to deploy. Two passengers were injured. The VIN was unknown. The failure mileage was 25,000.

Srs light came on today for no reason. Car has never been in an accident. In doing research noticed that this seems to be a common problem. It appears that Honda is ignoring the problem and stating that air bags are not a safety issue (why are they mandated by law then?). Responses from other owners reveal that this costly repair may not fix the problem (estimates from $300-$1,000 or more). I can pay to have this problem fixed, however I don't want to continually have to repair the same problem. How many of these complaints must be filed before NHTSA acts? does it require actual death of an owner because of a failed airbag to cause action to take place? I've read complaints here that date back to 2002.

My previous 2006 Honda Civic lx 2 door coupe was involved in a front and rear end crash and none of the airbags deployed. I was at a complete stop in traffic and was rear ended . The car in front and the car behind me both had their airbags deploy. The car behind rear ended me and then I hit the car in front of me and that car into another car in front of that and another car in front of that 5 cars involved. I contacted Honda motors USA concerning this and they told me the reaction by my car was "normal" under the circumstances. My insurance totaled the vehicle. Only up until now did I know where and how to file a complaint. I feel this was an error and a failure of the vehicle. Luckily nobody was hurt in this accident.

I was involved in a horrible car crash on March 15, 2008. An 18-wheeler swerved into my lane while driving on the highway. When the 18-wheeler swerved, the back of his load hit (the 1st) time on the passenger side. I was then sucked underneath the 18-wheeler, flipped several times while being drug for 100 yards still underneath the 18-wheeler the entire time. Once the vehicle stopped, I was upside down hanging from the 18-wheeler. The airbags in my 2000 Honda Civic never deployed from any side. I was hit with a major impact at every angle upside down and all around. The er medical had to do on-site procedures due to the damage to my head, arm, and leg. They were unable to take my seatbelt off, it had to be cut off. I had a problems in the past with my driver's side seatbelt getting stuck. On a normal day, I normally would have ro jerk the sealtbelt off of me. Please advise me on this situation. I am just now being able to report the airbag situation because I have been in the hospital due to the terrible accident.

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2006 Honda Civic rear broke loose. Consumer spun out of control and hit the division wall. The consumer stated the passenger air bag deployed, but the driver side did not. The rear tires were worn and there was light snow on the ground which may have contributed to the consumer loosing control of the vehicle. Ohio traffic crash report # 10-0025-90.

My horn stopped working and my srs light came on about a year and a half ago. The dealer originally told me it had to do with the wiring. . . Costing me $300 which I could not afford to repair. I took the car in for the air bag recall and now they are saying the srs light is on because of a defect in the seat belt buckle ($200)- but why would that make my horn stop working? there are a lot of complaints and this needs to be recalled as this is incredibly unsafe and obviously widespread!!! Honda also needs to recall the transmission problems. I had fought them and they paid for half of the repair costs when my transmission dangerously and quickly went out in the middle of traffic during rush hour about three years ago. These are major safety issues!! unfortunately I cannot afford the repairs but I am scared to drive the car with the srs light on. I bought this car because of the supposed reliability and cheap maintenance. It is ridiculous that Honda is not taking car of the srs light problem and transmission problem!!!.

1997 Honda Civic - srs light remaining on a lot of what could cause this light to come on is not covered under the safety warranty. Just resetting it can cost $100 and there is not a guarantee it will stay off to allow the airbag to function. Reading others problems with this there seem to be wide spread issues with the srs system. Some of these repairs have cost in excess of $1000. . Read more...

Roll over and head on collision of vehicle but no airbag deployment. Numerous comments on internet about airbags lack of deployment on this vehicle. I contacted Honda and they are non responsive to inspect the airbags and to determine if they are faulty. I have the vehicle in my possession and would like it properly inspected to determine if the airbags should have deployed.

I am looking for help. My 98 Honda Civics airbags deployed for no reason at all. I parked my vehicle, turned the ignition off & both air bags exploded in my face! don carlton Honda in tulsa did look at the car & stated it is not their problem. My insurance company says the damage is not covered because it is a manufacturer malfunction. As I am conducting my research, I found that the inferior algorithms is a known airbag defect and that they can deploy or fire for no reason, which is exactly what happened to me. The dealership does not believe me. I am out $3,800 assett, I have no transportation, I am a single mother going to school full time, this is very stressful. I am so afraid that this could have happened as I was traveling down the highway at 65 mph with my 2 yr old in the car! we could have been killed! how many other Honda drivers are at risk? the consumer stated incured $188 in tow charges and would like to be reimbursed for such charges. The consumer provided pictures of the defect, recall notice, and the value of the vehicle obtained through kelley blue book. Updated 12/12/07.

2002 Honda Civic--srs light came on. I brought the car to the dealership where they replaced the seat belt. After about a month, the light came on again, it remains that way because I do not believe the mechanics are all that good and would automatically replace the air bag and charge me for it.

My Honda Civic (2 door ex) was struck head-on by another vehicle, and none of my airbags deployed upon impact. My injuries included: injured teeth, neck, left knee, left elbow, right knee,and back.

Our 2001 Honda Civic ex was involved in an accident. A pickup truck turned in front of our vehicle and our front-end hit his side. The air bag(s) did not deploy nor did the seat belt work properly. The driver's head in the Honda hit the windshield and the driver's neck hit the steering wheel.

Srs light stays on; airbags not working. Has been reset twice (yearly to pass inspection) ; comes on within ten minutes of reset. Dealer says there is no solution. Exactly what is an owner supposed to do?.

I was driving my 2001 Honda Civic when a car ran a red light and drove into my driver side door. My complaint is that even though it was a side impact both of my front air bags went off, the problem was my car was still moving forward and I could not see where I was going and was very lucky to miss a light pole, a telephone pole, a electric grid box and several small trees all of which were in front of me. Like I said I was very lucky to miss all of those objects but if I had hit one I would not have had the air bags to protect me because they had already deployed. I have pictures of the car from after the accident and it clearly shows that there was not a single scratch on the front bumper that could have caused the deployment of the air bags. I am currently car shopping to replace the totaled vehicle and would love to purchase another Honda but I have doubts of the safety of their air bag deployment system.

My 2002 Honda Civic lx was totaled in a low speed 2 car accident. The driver and passenger front airbags deployed. My passenger suffered minor bruising from her seat belt. My injuries included second degree burns to my throat and the top of my hands. The emt's, medical personnel in the er, and doctors at the burn unit said the burns were caused by chemicals emitted from the airbags. In addition to severe pain and medical bills, I lost three weeks of work while my burns healed. The treatments at the burn unit and the daily treatments at home were nauseating and at excruciating. The scars on my hands have faded but are still evidenced by the patches of red discoloration. The burn on my throat has healed without scaring but I have to protect the area from sun exposure. I must protect my hands from the sun for at least a full year after the accident and have to be careful not to scratch my hands as the skin is still delicate. The Honda owners manual and airbag booklet for the car both say that the powder that comes out of the airbag is harmless unless you already have respiratory problems and breath in the powder. They say absolutely nothing about the dangers associated with chemical burns resulting from this powder, even though, as the emt's and doctors informed me, they commonly treat these burns. They did stress that the burns were chemical and not just abrasive. I called and spoke with a Honda representative not long after my accident who was very insistent that my burns in no way could have resulted from the chemicals in the airbags, even though he is not a medical professional and did not witness my injuries. It was insulting to have my claims thoroughly dismissed by Honda after all the loss and pain my burns caused. My concern is that Honda and other automobile manufacturer's (I've looked at other owner's manuals) not only fail to warn consumers about the risk of chemical burn from airbags but actually claim that the chemicals are harmless!.

My daughter's Honda Civic 2006, air bag did not inflate during an accident.

I rear-ended another vehicle at approximately 60 mph on interstate I-95 in dade county, florida. My air bag did not inflate to protect me. I suffered serious injuries and was taken by paramedic to parkway regional medical center where I was admitted through the emergency room.

Resentments tuve un accidente con mi vehiculo Honda Civic 2005. El impacto fue uno fuerte en la parte delantera DE la unidad; estaba utilizando el cinturon DE seguridad y aun asi las bolsas DE aire nunca se activaron.