Air Bag Not Deploy problems of the 2004 Honda Civic Hybrid

Three problems related to air bag not deploy have been reported for the 2004 Honda Civic Hybrid. The most recently reported issues are listed below.

1 Air Bag Not Deploy problem

Failure Date: 06/19/2017

The contact owned a 2004 Honda Civic Hybrid. The contact's vehicle was struck on the front middle part by his son. The front driver's air bag failed to deploy. The vehicle was serviced per NHTSA campaign number: 15v320000 (air bags), but the remedy failed to repair the vehicle. A police report was filed. The driver fractured the fifth vertebrae in his neck, which required medical attention. The vehicle was towed to his home. The damage of the vehicle exceeded its value, so the vehicle was declared destroyed. Neither the manufacturer nor the dealer were notified of the failure. The VIN was invalid. The failure mileage was unknown.

2 Air Bag Not Deploy problem

Failure Date: 05/16/2016

Takata recall - I was heading straight traveling at about 40 mph and got in a head on auto accident with the side of a semi truck that pulled out in front of me. I could not see the semi truck turning if front of me because my view was hidden by another semi truck and my air bag did not deploy. I had the air bags recall service about a year ago because of the takata recall.

3 Air Bag Not Deploy problem

Failure Date: 01/11/2003

While driving 65m ph in 3rd lane of a 4 lane highway. Tapped brakes to reduce speed slightly, both wheels on right side of car locked up, sending car into a fish tail through both lanes on either side of the car, spun and hit the center guard rail of the highway facing back up the direction I came from. Side and front air bags did not deploy on passengar side where the most serve impact occurred. The accident caused $13,000 of damage including severe frame damage. Honda refused to inspect the brakes after the accident, instead claimed that the brake damage was caused by the accident, not the cause of the accident. Talking privately with a Honda certified mechanic, I was able to get the error codes on the computer: inlet cylinoid failure (31. 1 & 35. 1) & passenger side front air bag censor failure (9. 9. 7). Honda refused to do anything about this, and I sold the car as I felt unsafe driving it. The car was still on warranty.




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