Problems with 1997 Honda Civic AIR BAGS

The air bag falsly deployed when the right front tire went flat causing the consumer to crash into a utility pole. consumer escaped with only a few bruises. nlm

While traveling at 40 mph consumer had a head-on collision, and air bags did not deploy. *ak

The air bag deployed and apparently burst causing severe eye injury a twelve year old child (my son) who was waering his seat belt. from the initial diagnosis of the ambulance crew to his chief cornea & other eye specialist - all of the damage was caused by the deployment of the air bag. we were struck from the driver's side by a speeding vehicle at an intersection in saginaw michigan. because of the intensive injuries to my son, his care was transfered to the kellogg center, the regional eye trauma & care experts in michigan. according to chris surgeons - he sustained the most massive injuries (void of a fatality) surgeons has seen at the regional center. every major part ofo his eye was damaged, the cornea- burned, the iris torn in several places, the lend dislocated & erupted (it has since been replaced), retina scarring, occular bone fractures, lost his upper tear duct, torn, seperated eye lid, and several others injuries internal to the eye and the facial area around his left eye, the left eye was the only eye damaged. my son is still undergoing surgeries, and other restorative medical procedures to restore his vision & his apearance. i tried to contact the honda corporation to no avail. i also contacted the u.s. dept of transp safety to report the accident shortly after the accident - i was sent a form and spoke with a representative. i am filing this report as an assured way of having this case investigated, noted or looked into, this much damage should not have been done to my child. his physicians agree to this given their history of treating air bag injuries. thus, one could conclude the air bad malfunctioned. i have since discovered scores of articles about the dangers of air bags - it bothers me that the public is made aware of thier dangers to infants but not as they relate to young children. i seek some follow-up t o this problem. the car displayed a made in america sticker on the back. i don't think that matters but i have owned hond

Vehicle was at a stop when another vehicle traveling at high speed rear ended the honda civic, causing it to have a frontal impact with another vehicle. upon impact, airbags did not deploy, which did not protect the occupant in this crash. please provide further information. *ak

Consumer had head-on collison and neither air bag deployed. consumer sustained muscular injuries. *ak

I own a 97 honda civic lx 4dr and have been in 3 accidents w/o air bag deployment. in 9/98 i was rear-ended at 40 mph which bent the frame of my car and cost several thousand to repair. honda service said that the airbags would not deploy unless there was a sudden decel and/or frontal impact. a few mos later in 01/99, i was in an accident and the police rpt states that i broadsided a 81 cadillac on the front driver's side at approx 35 mph. the front end of the cadillac was detroyed. i injured my neck, back, and shoulder as the seat belt did not lock when i flew forward. after the accident, i went to honda cars of mesa for body repair. it cost several thousand $, w/ significant front end damage and a bent frame. my air bags did not deploy in this accident. i requested an air bag fcheck and my friend and i were told by the mgr of service that the air bags were ok and the srs knows when to deploy the airbags. he said that the collision was not enough to cause the airbags to deploy; however, i had direct frontal impact at 35 mph. my car was also backed over by a garbage truck in5/99 w/o air bag deployment. in 04/03, i began to have probs with the srs light coming on and staying on. the light was staying on until the car was restarted. within 2 wks, my srs light stayed on. i took my car to a honda certified mechanic. he said the srs unit was bad and the code given was 7-2, 7-3 which indicates a bad unit and requires replacement. the part cost was $370. and the labor was $75. the day after the repair, the srs light came on and stayed on. within 2 mos the part went bad and the unit gave the code 7-2, which indicates replacement w/o diagnostics. he felt the initial part may have been bad and replaced it w/ honda's parts warranty, but if it happened again, there was another cause for the malfunction.the prob happened the day after i left the shop and the light is on again during most trips. my mechanic stated that the dealer will need to contact their tac.

Driver's side air bag did not deploy after a rear end collision at approx. 55 mph impact. dealer/mfr. have not been contacted at this time. *ak

Consumer was driving in the rain, and ran in to back of the another vehicle. upon impact, driver's airbag didn't deploy. *ak

Was traveling 25mph & rearended another vehicle sitting too far out in the lane. left front end pushed backwards. driver's air bag failed to deploy upon impact. seat belt did not restrain driver whose head hit the windshield. had cuts to face & lips from broken windshield. *ak

No deployment of air bags did during accident. *yc

Frontal collision no deployment of air bags.

While exiting a parking lot in an accelerating right-hand turn, vehicle went over a small curb and both air bags deployed, temporarily impairing the driver's vision and knocking his hands from steering wheel. vehicle lost control, hit cincrete curb of median, bending rims of three wheels and flattening the tires. *ak

Dual airbags deployed during front end collision. impact from driver's side airbag caused open wounds/burns from chin to chest, force of passenger's airbag shattered front windshield, vehicle at body shop, driver hit another moving vehicle, wet weather. *ak

Consumer was driving east at approx 45 mph, truck jumped out in front, hit head on other vehicle side, bumper was completely pushed in. airbag did not deploy. due to this defect, consumer hit dashboard with head, hit steering wheel with chest. seat belts were not working at time of incident. *ak

While driving at 40-50 mph on the freeway had direct frontal impact where the defective driver's and passenger's airbags system did not deploy, and did not protect the occupant in this accident. manufacturer said airbag sensor is moving back towards the vehicle due to earlier civic model having inadvertent deployments. *ak

While driving at low speed, driver struck the vehicle in front of her and may have been struck from behind. air bag deployed, driver sustained thermal 2nd degree burns to the medial aspect of both hands, wrists/biceps and chin. *ak

1997 honda civic air bag light on. determined air bag module is bad. searched the web and it seems thousands of accord, civic and prelude owners are having the same problem. nhtsa does have recall campaign id number: 97v193000 for passenger side airbag not put in right, how about one for a junk module?? *tr