Air Bag Not Deploy problems of the 2003 Honda Pilot

Tl- the contact owns a 2003 Honda Pilot. The contact stated that while driving at 55 mph, to avoid colliding with another vehicle, the contact turned the steering wheel to the left then to the right and lost control of the wheel. The contact crashed into a deep dish, the air bag failed to deploy. The contact did not sustained injuries. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to the contact residence. The vehicle was later towed to a junk yard. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer. The vehicle was destroyed. The contact stated that he went to flow Honda of statesville dealer, located at 1003 folger dr, statesville, nc 28625, and informed them of the failure and showed pictures of the accident. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 154,000. Aw.

My '03 Honda Pilot was impacted in the front passenger side by a driver backing up a bit fast and none of the air bags were deployed. There was damaged done to the front fender to the extent of buckling one of the fender corners. Shortly after this incident the srs light came on and it will not go off. Called dealer about the srs light and was told that it is probably a defect with the airbags, airbag sensors or a module. I have been told that it can be as much as $1000 dollars to get it fixed after parts and labor. I have been researching this issue and have discovered plenty of complaints about accidents with this vehicle and the airbags not deploying. I believe there is a critical safety issue with this vehicle that needs to be addressed and fixed free of charge by Honda.

: the contact stated the srs light illuminated. The dealership determined the cable reel was damaged. There is a technical service bulletin, NHTSA item number # 10005879, which states the damaged cable reel can cause srs diagnostic trouble codes (dtcs). The dealer also informed the contact the cable reel needed to be replaced and without the repair there was a good possibility the air bags would not deploy in the event of an accident. The vehicle has not been repaired.

The contact's vehicle was hit by another vehicle while waiting enter into traffic. The vehicle was at a complete stop, and the other vehicle was traveling approximately 35-40 mph. The moving vehicle hit the contact's vehicle on the front passenger side. The air bag system failed to deploy. The vehicle has not been inspected to determine the cause of the failure. Vehicle has not been in any previous accidents. The manufacturer was contacted , but did not offer any assistance.

While driving vehicle suddenly accelerated. Driver did not apply the brakes. Driver was unable to maintain control of the vehicle, and it went down embankment smashing into a tree. Upon impact, both air bags did not deploy. No injuries reported. The vehicle was towed and totaled by the insurance. Ref. Odi no. 10115735 for 2004.

On April 8,2004, the srs light came on in my Pilot. I phoned the dealership and was told it might just need to reset itself because I had something sitting on the passenger seat and that it might take a couple of days for it to reset. The light never went off. I took it in to be checked on April 14, 2004. The service tech reset the srs light and I was told to bring it back if the light came back on. About 20 miles down the road, the light came back on. I returned to the dealership that afternoon where the service tech told me that the Pilot was unsafe to drive because the airbags would not deploy. I was told that the parts would be overnighted and my vehicle would be ready the next afternoon. One of the parts came in but the other part is on national back order. Monday, I was told that the part is on "critical backorder" and hopefully will arrive on April 26. 2004. The dealership has provided me with a rental vehicle. . I was told that when a part is on national backorder, it can takes months for the part to be available. I, too, like some of the other Pilot owners, was told that my cell phone plugged in , could have caused the light to come on. I think that might be a little bit of a stretch.

The srs light on my 2003 Honda Pilot came on about a month and a half ago and has stayed on. The dealer looked at it, ordered a part which came in over 3 weeks later, installed the part (I believe it was a new airbag sensor), and still hasn't fixed the problem. They ordered another part which they said would take 3-4 weeks to come in. According to the service department, the airbags would not deploy in an accident currently due to this issue.

I was involved in head and side impact at highway speed and airbags were not deployed, as they should. As a result my wife received nick and back injuries. Had the airbags deployed as they should injuries would have been less severe if any.