Air Bag Not Deploy problems of the 2006 Suzuki Grand Vitara

I was involved in a front end collision where I t-boned another vehicle and my 2006 Suzuki Grand Vitara became immobilized because the impact was so hard that the driveline broke. But the driver airbag did not deploy at all!.

The contact owns a 2006 Suzuki Grand Vitara. While at a stop light, another vehicle crashed into the rear driver side of the contact's vehicle. The air bags failed to deploy. A police report was filed and there were no injuries reported. The contact received a recall notification for NHTSA campaign number: 13v405000 (air bags); however, the part needed to repair the vehicle was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 89,000.

I engaged my brakes and pulled into a parking spot going about 10 miles per hour. When I was about 6 inches away from the sidewalk curb (about 6 inches high) with my brakes applied fully my vehicle revved up really loud and lunged forward violently and crashed through a brick office building. I did not step on the gas at all. My air bags did not deploy either.

The contact owns a 2006 Suzuki Grand Vitara. The contact stated that the air bag warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnostics. The technicians stated that the air bag sensor located in the front passenger seat needed to be replaced and advised that the air bags would not deploy in the event ofa crash, unless the sensor was replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 40,000.

Frontal collision (50 mph impact) air bags did not deploy. Engine cut-off did not work. Engine had to be turned off manually. Vehicles totaled by missouri highway patrol.