Air Bag Not Deploy problems of the 2000 Saturn LS

The contact owns a 2000 Saturn Ls1. While parked on the side of the road due to icy conditions, a semi-truck lost control while driving up an incline. The semi-truck was headed directly towards the contact's vehicle, so he jumped out of the passenger side and fell into a ditch. The semi-truck struck the front corner panel of the contact's vehicle and placed a few dents in the door. When the contact jumped out of the vehicle, all of the doors automatically locked and prevented him from re-entering. He sustained hip and minor spine injuries, for which he is currently being treated. Throughout the entire incident, the air bags in the vehicle never deployed. He believes that had he remained in the vehicle with the air bag failure, he could have suffered major injuries. He called the manufacturer and was informed that nothing could be done about the vehicle. The vehicle was completely destroyed. A police report was filed. The VIN was unknown. The current and failure mileages were 150,000.

2000 Saturn Ls air bag failed to deploy during an accident.

: the contact stated while stopped in traffic, the vehicle was hit from behind by another vehicle. Upon impact the driver's seatbelt did not hold causing the occupant to hit the steering wheel. The dash board came forward onto the occupant and the airbag did not deploy. The occupant sustained head, back, neck and right hip injuries and a police report was filed. The vehicle was taken to an independent repair shop, which repaired the vehicle body damages. Although the vehicle was not taken to the dealership for inspection, no other repairs were made.

While driving at 45 mph an accident occurred, and air bag did not deploy. Please provide any further information, and identification number.