Front Air Bag Problems of Volkswagen Passat

I was driving the car around 40 mph in downtown los angeles in the afternoon and I was the only occupant. The vehicle in front of me suddenly slowed down. I pressed the brakes hard but the car did not stop and I tried to swerve to the shoulder but there was not enough room. I rear-ended the vehicle in front of me. I was puzzled and bewildered why the car was not stopping even though I was pressing on the brakes. I could see myself approaching the vehicle in front of me and wondering why I am not stopping but at the same time trying to swerve towards the shoulder. The airbag on the driver side did not deploy but the airbag on the passenger side deployed even though there was no passenger.

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I own a 2006 Volkswagen Passat. In the last year, I have had to have it serviced for drivers airbag faults five times. The Volkswagen dealer told me that there was no guaranty that the airbag will ever deploy in case of a crash. What can I do?.

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Recently I was in a rear end collision (I was car in the back) and I totaled my 2001 Volkswagen Passat. The passenger airbag deployed with no passenger and my driver airbag failed to go off at all. This worries me as to think if I had been going faster then 20mph whether the airbag would've gone off at all. My father in law who is a mechanic says he has never in his life seen the passenger airbag but not the drivers go off. He has seen it the other way around but not this way.

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Fault found with airbag. Clockspring located in steering wheel has connection for airbag. Igniter could corrode and cause airbag to fail in event of head on collision.

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I was involved in a collision on 3/11 where a woman cut me off by making a left hand turn as she was headed toward me. The front passenger side of my car stuck the side of her car. The front right side of my car was smashed in but no airbag on the passenger side deployed. I was traveling about 30 mph and have not idea how fast the other driver was going. My car has been declared totaled. My passenger sufferd a bruised chest from her seat belt. Should either of the airbags in my car have deployed? thanks for your help.

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While driving at approximately 35 mph driver t-boned another vehicle on the passenger's side and the air bags in the front of the vehicle failed to deploy. The damage was so extensive the car was deemed a total loss. Consumer's son sustained a sprained lower back, hyper extended knees, misaligned hips, etc.

While driving at 35 mph, vehicle was in a frontal collision, and none of the airbags deployed upon impact. This resulted in driver being seriously injured. Consumer is currently on disability as the result of the injuries obtained by this accident. Please provide more details. Ts.

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Consumer states that the air bag senor light came on and stayed on. Vehicle ran over a small rock and the air bag deployed. Which cause damage to vehicle. Replaced air bag, senor light came back on and stayed on.

Front crash at 50 mph and neither airbag deployed. Damage to vehicle unknown at this time.

Side driver's airbag inflated without collision. Because of debris lodged under the front carriage from something I may have run over, vw repair technicians suggest this may have been enough to trigger the airbag mechanism. This seems extremely unlikely and I am concerned that there was a malfunction of the airbag and would like this investigated. My insurance company has been contacted and will look at the car soon.