NHTSA Complaint #10051766 — 2003 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE

VEHICLE INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.*MR . WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH THE CONSUMERS DAUGHTER LOST CONTROL OF THE CAR AND HIT A CEMENT GUARDRAIL HEAD ON. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT MITSUBISHI SO THEY COULD CHECK OUT THE AIR BAG DEFECT BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL, THE CONSUMER EVEN FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THEM AND WAS GIVEN A FILE# AND WAS SENT A PAMPHLET ON THE SAFETY OF AIR BAGS. AFTER THE CAR WAS COMPLETELY REPAIRED THE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON WHICH ALLOWED THE REPAIR SHOP TO GET MITSUBISHI INVOLVED TO CHECK THE SYSTEM. IN THEIR INSPECTION REPORT THEY FOUND A CONNECTOR UNPLUGGED, THE SENSOR CUT AND THE ENGINE HARNESS AND WIRING HARNESS WAS HANGING DOWN IN THE L/F. IN THIS REPORT IT WAS ALSO STATED THAT THE MOST LIKELY REASON THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY WAS BECAUSE THE CAR WAS NOT IN A HEAD ON COLLISION IT WAS AND END ACCIDENT. THE CONSUMER HAS PROVIDED FILES AND PICTURES OF THE VEHICLE. *CB *JB