NHTSA Complaint #10148573 — 2002 HONDA ACCORD

SIDE AIRBAG LIGHTS OFTEN COME ON AND OFF FOR NO REASON. THIS HAS HAPPENED FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS NOW. I HAD CALLED DEALERSHIP REGARDING THIS SITUATIONS. BUT THEY ADVISED ME THAT THEY COULD NOT DO ANYTHING UNLESS THE SIDE AIR BAG LIGHT KEPT STAYING ON. I ASSUME WHENEVER THE LIGHT CAME ON PASSENGER WAS LEANING ON THE CHAIR IN A CERTAIN WAY, BUT I NOTICED THAT THE SIDE AIRBAG LIGHT WOULD COME ON WITH OR WITHOUT A PASSENGER IN THE SEAT. BESIDES THE ON AND OFF SITUATIONS WITH THE SIDE AIR BAG LIGHT, I WAS INVOLVED IN A DRIVER SIDE IMPACT. THE OTHER PARTY HIT ON DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR. THE IMPACT COMPLETE WRECKED THE DOOR, BUT NONE OF SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED OR NOTHING. I ASSUMED THAT THE IMPACT WAS NOT HARD ENOUGH TO DEPLOY THE SIDE AIRBAG. ALSO, MANY FRIENDS WHO ALSO HAD HONDA ACCORDS EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM . I HOPE SOME ONE COULD INVESTIGATE THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE THERE WAS A MALFUNCTION AND I COULD HAVE GOTTEN SERIOUSLY INJURED FROM THE ACCIDENT OR MAYBE FROM FUTURE ACCIDENT IF THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE SIDE AIRBAG.*AK