Side/window Air Bag problems of the 2000 SAAB 9-3

In neutral parked in traffic at a red light / intersection waiting for green, the driver side airbag in my seat deployed/ exploded causing injury and bruising to left arm.

Driving along, maybe 20-30 mph and driver side airbagdeploys for no reason (side, not steering wheel airbag). . No crash, no impact, just driving straight and, boom! my left ear is ringing and my left arm is probably bruised.

The contact owns a 2000 SAAB SAAB 9-3. The contact stated that the back passenger side air bag deployed without any rear impact or warning. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was 92,000.

I was returning from three days of air travel and reached my car which was parked in a secure corporate airport parking lot with no other cars around it. I placed my luggage in the trunk, entered the car and put on my seat belt. I started the car; it started normally with no warnings or anything abnormal. I placed the car in reverse, rolled approximately three feet, and the seat-back side airbag deployed explosively. It shattered the driver's side window, struck me very hard on the left shoulder and upper arm, and shoved me violently toward the center of the car. I immediately stopped the car and tried to recover my senses. I thought initially that I had been shot or shot at with a gun. The explosion was very loud, and left ringing in my left ear. I shut the car off, got out and checked the damage both to my car and myself. My upper arm was severely bruised; initially that was the only pain that I felt. There was glass everywhere, both inside and outside of the car. I notified the local security both to record the event and hopefully clean up the glass. I took several pictures with my phone, then drove home afterward without incident. The next morning I had neck, back, and shoulder pain. I notified and filed a claim with my insurance agency, called my dealership, as well as updating my family of the occurrence and went to the doctor¿s office for check-out. Had this event occurred while driving, and especially in traffic at highway speeds, I am confident this event would have caused a serious accident. It would have been very difficult to maintain control of the vehicle given the violence of the deployment. I am very thankful that this event occurred in a parking lot and not in traffic, and that I was not seriously injured. This was a completely uncommanded airbag deployment, and I would like to prevent a serious accident from occurring if this happens to someone else.

Side airbag on driver's side (located in outside edge of driver's seat) deployed while the car was parked and running. This was clearly a malfunction -- there was no external event or damage that would cause an airbag to deploy. Significant bruising to driver's left arm, temporary hearing loss; did not require medical attention.

I was driving to the store when I heard boom and seen smoke and I realise the side airbag open. I did not come in contact with anything . The driver seatbelt went about a year ago, it began jam meachican saided that pulley jam.

I've got a 2000 SAAB 9-3 and I was hit on the drivers side and the side impact air bag did not deploy. Instead my head got knocked against the side window, driving my glasses into my forehead. Now I've got a scar across my forehead that will require plastic surgery. Damage to the door was severe enough to warrant replacement--yet the airbag did not go off. I believe either the sensor was defective or there is a design flaw.