Side/window Air Bag problems of the 2003 Honda Pilot

I was driving on sr 207 when a truck sideswiped me which sent my car to a deep ditch. It briefly laid on its side then up and out the ditch but driver's side airbag didn't deploy.

Takata recall. I took my Honda Pilot to crown motors Honda dealership due to the airbag recalls then when it was done I was just given the keys and then another recall happened but I couldn't get the second one fix due to the parts being out of stock then my friend drove my Honda Pilot and hit a deer omg that was my first accident for my Honda Pilot and the airbags never went off and ugh we were in the back roads of oregon at night heading back to California add to that we had her 2 kids and my 2 kids and 2 of their friends but no airbags ever went off I thought the side airbags would have with the impact. I got lucky that the front airbags didn't go off since it was recalled and I never got it fixed.

Received recall notices for both passenger and driver-side airbags, NHTSA recalls 14v-349 and 14v-351. 14v-349 advises avoiding having a passenger sit in the front seat for safety reasons. Contacted dealership in early February about performing service, they ordered parts. Honda has not provided dealership with parts to make the repair, and it is now approaching 60 days since order was put in. I see many similar complaints on NHTSA website. Honda is now breaking the law with regard to these airbag recalls by not providing the parts to make the repairs within 60 days, and we are all left to drive unsafe vehicles in the mean-time. Airbags are supposed to save lives, not end them! NHTSA must do something about this! stiffer penalties are apparently the only way Honda is going to comply.

Contacted scott robinson service center - torrance ,CA. On Feb 03 ,2015 for replacement of recalled airbags. . Was told that they were out of stock ans would call me. When available. After six weeks of no contact with service center I called them. Was told that they only had passenger side air bag in stock and would have to back order drivers side airbag. . I opted to have them install the passenger side and now waiting to hear on the driver side air bag. In one week it will be 60 days that I have been waiting for the completion of the recalled air bags.

The contact owns a 2003 Honda Pilot. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 14v351000 (air bags) and stated that the part was available for the driver side air bag, but not available for the passenger side air bag via NHTSA campaign number: 14v349000 (air bags). The dealer did not give a specific date for when the part would become available for the passenger side air bag. The contact was unable to determine when both recall repairs would be performed. The manufacturer was contacted and could not provide an estimated date for when the contact's vehicle would receive the recall repair. The contact had not experienced a failure.

When I called to inquire of Honda about the partial recall for the passenger side airbag I was told not to worry about it since it hadn't exploded yet. Really? I guess Honda isn't interested in repeat business; I have owned nothing but their products. Looks like I need to find a new(or smarter) manufacturer.

My vehicle is listed in the 6/2/2014 recall notice for the passenger airbag. Over the past 4 months I have tried to get the vehicle repaired per the recall notice and have been repeatedly told by the dealer that Honda has not given them instructions about how to fix per the recall. I have contacted Honda corporate and they report they will get back to me at some unknown time. Based on the reports of fatalities relating to Honda air bags, I am concerned whether or not the 2003 Honda Pilot is safe to transport my family and friends. I request that either Honda promptly repair per the recall notice or officially and immediately let me know that the vehicle is safe to transport people in its current state. Additionally, I am concerned about the driver's side airbag, even though the driver's side airbag is not listed in the regional safety recall. My vehicle has spent significant time in hot and humid areas, including south carolina. I can find no data that gives me confidence that drivers side airbags in vehicles registered in states other than florida, south carolina, and other "hot" states are safe. I request that NHTSA immediately review the facts and data for driver's side airbags for vehicles not covered in the regional recall because of the "hot" state vs. "non-hot" state differentiation and issue information to the public regarding the risks. Thank you for your consideration and help.

We were rear-ended, causing us to crash into a guard rail (directly in front of the driver), which then spun our vehicle around, causing the entire driver's side of the vehicle to come to rest against the guard rail. The crash occurred at roughly 30 mph, but neither the front, nor the side airbags deployed.

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.

On Saturday night, 6/19/2004, we purchased a used 2003 Honda Pilot with aprox 17k miles on it. As part of the purchase agreement, hanlees Toyota included an aftermarket leather upgrade for the cloth interior. Subsequently, on Monday (6/21/04) we were informed by american Honda motors that the aftermarket leather upgrade was both potentially hazardous and would void our manufacturer's warranty. Consequently, on Tuesday, 6/22/04, we returned the car to the dealer and advised them of these circumstances, with the intention of a refund of our $5000 deposit and cancellation of the sale. However, hanlees was non cooperative in this request. Reaching an impasse, we left with the car and are now seeking your assistance. Here is the information from Honda regarding the safety concerns of the aftermarket leather upgrade: Honda service news, no aftermarket leather seat covers with side airbags, never install aftermarket leather seat covers on Honda vehicles with side airbags. Here's why: the occupant position detection system (opds) sensors attached to the seat-back foam are calibrated to sense through the seat cover. If the cover material changes, the odps could malfunction or turn on the srs indicator. Side airbags that deploy through the seat bolster seam are sewn with a special thread that bursts and positions the side airbag to protect the occupant. This thread isn"t available to the aftermarket, which means you must replace the seat cover whenever a side airbag deploys or a seat cover is damaged. Also, when I pointed out the safety issue of the aftermarket leather upgrade I was sold, the response from the customer relations manager at the dealer was well side airbags arent even mandatory, anyway bottom-line, I think it is a potentially dangerous situation for this dealer to offer possibly hazardous aftermarket upgrades to its customers without warning them of their unsafe nature. The onsumer was able to resolve the safety issue and as part of the resolution he would like to withdraw his complaint.