Seven problems related to front air bag have been reported for the 1996 Hyundai Accent. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
Was in a car crash where the front end of my vehicle struck the drivers side of another vehicle. Was travling at aproximately 35mph. No airbag deploy. Filed a claim with Hyundai and was told the airbags were not supposed to deploy. Then sold the car to a friend of mine. She then repaired the vehicle and aproximately 6 weeks ago, she was t-boned in the same vehicle. The jaws of life were needed to get her out of the vehicle. No airbag deploy.
Consumer was involved in an accident, and the air bags deployed, which resulted in serious injuries.
While sitting at a stop light consumer was rearended and pushed into vehicle in front. Upon impact, both airbags exploded. Consumer was burned by chemicals in airbags.
Upon hitting apothole, both air bags deployed, breaking passenger's right hand, as well as hitting driver on left arm and burnin ghis shirt.
Violent deployment driver's air bag , caused driver to crash into curve and then a tree. The hat gases eminating from the air bag burned driver's arms and front of her blouse. Also the window on the driver's side broke; and the windshield on the passenger's side also cracked.
No deployment of driver's and pasenger's air bags during a head-on collision at about 45 mph.
Consumer drove over normal steel plate hat was left in middle of intersection, and driver's airbag deployed without a collision.
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