1995 MAZDA 626 Air Bagsfrontal Problems

BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER FRONT AIRBAGS DEPLOYED COMPLETELY WITHOUT CAUSE. THERE WAS NO COLLISION, NO BUMP IN THE ROAD, NOTHING.

BOTH AIR BAGS INADVERTENTLY DEPLOYED ON THEIR OWN WHILE DRIVING. THE DRIVER PULLED OVER. THE CONSUMER SUSTAINED INJURIES, AND WENT TO THE HOSPITAL ON HER OWN. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. *AK THE CONSUMER'S DAUGHTER WAS THE DRIVER. THE AIR BAG SENSOR CAUSED THE AIR BAG TO DEPLOY WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONSUMER REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT OF THE EXPENSES INCURRED AS A RESULT OF THIS PROBLEM. *SC *JB

WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE HIT A POTHOLE AND THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIRBAGS VIOLENTLY DEPLOYED SHATTERING THE WINDSHIELD CAUSING THE CAR TO HIT THE SIDEWALK, EXPLODING 2 TIRES, BLOCK DRIVER EYE GLASSES AND INJURING THE DRIVER FACE. THE MANUFACTURER INITIALLY ACKNOWLEDGED THE RECALL ON THE CAR AND ACCEPTED TO REPAIR BUT LATER DIRECTED THE VICTIM TO FILE AN INSURANCE CLAIM. *LA RECALL #98V249000. SC

WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH,VEHICLE WAS IN A FRONTAL COLLISON. THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY UPON IMPACT. RESULTING IN INJURIES TO DRIVER AND PASSENGER. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE DETAILS. MR

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING WITHOUT VEHICLE BEING IN AN ACCIDENT THE AIR BAG DEPLOYED CAUSING INJURIES TO OCCUPANTS. *MR

WHILE APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION, ANOTHER VEHICLE RAN A RED LIGHT. FORCING CONSUMER TO HIT A BUILDING . THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM.*JB

WHILE TRAVELING AT 25 MPH HIT A POTHOLE AND DRIVERS/ PASSENGERS AIRBAGS IMMEDIATELY DEPLOYED. CONSUMER FEELS AIRBAGS ARE TOO SENSITIVE, SHOULD NOT HAVE DEPLOYED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DAUGTHER WAS DRIVING ABOUT 40 MPH ANOTHER VEHICLE CUT IN FRONT, AND SHE COULD NOT STOP ON TIME, STRICKING OTHER VEHICLE ON THE SIDE. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING INJURIES TO DRIVER. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING AT 35 MPH CONSUMER HAD A HEAD-ON COLLISION, AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. HAS NOT CONTACTED DEALER.*AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AT 35MPH. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING MINOR INJURIES. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TOTALLED. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK

WHILE DRIVING, BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIR BAG EXPERIENCED DEPLOYMENT, THE IMPACT OF AIR BAGS BROKE THE WINDSHIELD AND REAR VIEW MIRROR, DRIVER WAS HIT IN THE FACE WITH THE AIR BAG. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING AT ABOUT 40 MILES DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT TIRE BUSTED. CONSUMER HIT GUARDRAIL, AND AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. *AK

THIS VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN HEAD-ON COLLISION AT 45-50 MPH, AND FRONTAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER WAS KNOCKED OUT FOR A BRIEF MOMENT, AND SUFFERED FACE INJURIES. DEALR HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK *SLC

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 25MPH ON A SIDE STREET AND HIT A POTHOLE IN THE STREET, BOTH AIRBAGS WENT OFF. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.*AK

WHILE PULLING INTO DRIVEWAY AT LESS THEN 5 MPH, BOTH AIR BAGS INADVERTENTLY DEPLOYED AND DAMAGED FRONT WINDSHIELD. DEALER / MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED THAT VEHICLE WAS OUTSIDE OF WARRANTY, AND NOTHING COULD BE DONE. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLSION AT 50 MPH AND THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, RESULTING IN MINOR INJURIES. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.

AIR BAGS DEPLOYED CAUSING MAJOR BURNS TO DRIVER'S FACE AND SKIN AS WELL AS BREASTS, BURNING THROUGH 3 PIECES OF CLOTHING. *AK WINDSHEILD BROKE BECAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT. *YH

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION WITH A CONCRETE BARRIER AT APPROXIMATELY 45-50 MPH, AND BOTH AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. DRIVER SUSTAINED CUTS AND BRUISES DUE TO AIR BAG MALFUNCTIONING. DEALER/MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. *AK

WHILE MAKING A LOW SPEED TURN DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIRBAGS DEPLOYED UNEXPECTEDLY AND WITHOUT WARNING, WHICH CAUSED A CRASH AND INJURIES. IN JAN. 1999, HAD RECALL 98V249000, AND THE DEALER REPAIRED THE VEHICLE. *AK

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A 50 MPH COLLISION, HITTING A TREE AND GOING DOWN AN EMBANKMENT. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S/PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, VEHICLE HAD A DIRECT FRONTAL IMPACT. VEHICLE WAS A TOTAL LOSS AND DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY WHICH DID NOT PROTECT OCCUPANT IN THIS CRASH. ALSO, DRIVER?S SHOULDER BELT DID NOT RESTRAIN DRIVER PROPERLY.DRIVER HIT THE REARVIEW MIRROR AND SUSTAINED MAJOR INJURIES. *AK.*ET

CONSUMER REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE, DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS, DEPLOYED CAUSING A CHEMICAL TO FLOW OUT AND START A FIRE. *AK

CONSUMER WAS IN A FRONT END ACCIDENT TRAVELING AT 25 MPH. ANOTHER VEHICLE PULLED IN FRONT OF CONSUMER, AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

WAS DRIVING ONTO AN EXIT RAMP & SLOWING DOWN FOR A RED LIGHT WHEN THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. DRIVER'S AIR BAG IGNITED & THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE & WAS TOTALED. HAD RECEIVED THE RECALL NOTICE 19 JAN 1999, REGARDING AIR BAG FIRES. *AK

TRANSMISSION HAS GONE OUT AND NEEDS REPLACEMENT AT BARELY OVER 50,000 MILES.THIS COULD POSE A SERIOUS SAFETY RISK, CONSIDERING THAT IT COULD GO OUT ON THE FREEWAY OR ANYWHERE WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION.THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE THIS SAME PROBLEM AND SAME COMPLAINT,MAZDA KNOWS THERE IS A DEFECT, AND THEY REFUSE TO FIX THE DEFECT, OPTING TO WAIT UNTIL THE CUSTOMER IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND MAKING THEM ABSORB A PORTION OF THE CHARGES.ALSO,I HAVE HAD 2 ACCIDENTS IN MY CAR ONE WHERE I WAS REAR ENDED WHILE IN A STOPPED POSITION AND NEITHER AIRBAG WAS DEPLOYED.*AK

95E006001; MR. BENIOT WAS NOT NOTIFIED ABOUT THIS RECALL. MR.BENOIT JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT THE RECALL. THE DEALER SAID THAT THE RECALL HAS EXPIRED, AND HE WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR. *AK

EA97012, WHILE DRIVING THE 10-15 MPH THE VEHCLE WENT OVER A SMALL DIP DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIRBAGS DEPLOYED WITH NO DIRECT FRONTAL IMPACT, RESULTING INJURIES. DEALER CLAIMED THAT IT WAS UNDERICARRAGE IMPACT WITH CAUSED THE DEPLOYMENT. *AK

WHEN VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A SANDWICH CRASH, WHERE THE FRONT END OF VEHICLE OBTAINED SUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF DAMAGES, THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

BOTH AIR BAGS FAILED TO OPEN UPON REAR END IMPACT ON DECEMBER, 23, 1996; BOTH AIR BAGS OPENED WITHOUT IMPACT CAUSING TEENAGE DRIVER TO CRASH INTO A PARKED VEHICLE.

WHILE DRIVING AT 20 TO 25 MPH STRUCK A POTHOLE AND BOTH DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. DEALER STATED THAT IT MAY HAVE BEEN A FAULTY COCK SPRING IN THE AIRBAG.

WHILE DRIVING THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WITHOUT REASON. *AK

WHILE DRIVING CITY LIMITS, 25 MPH, DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED, NO IMPACT. SHATTERED DRIVER'S CONTACT LENS, LOOSENED LOWER TEETH, ABRASIONS & BURNS, AIRBAG REPLACED, REPORTED BY OWNER'S SISTER. *AK

VEHICLE WAS IN 30MPH FRONTAL CRASH AND AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A (3) CAR CRASH, REARENDING A VEHICLE. ANOTHER VEHICLE REARENDED CONSUMER. THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIR BAGS. NO FINDINGS ON VEHICLE AT THIS TIME. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH ON DRY PAVEMENT THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WITHOUT ACCIDENT, CAUSE UNKNOWN. OCCUPANT RECEIVED BURNS TO HER FACE.*AK

VEHICLE WAS IMPACTED AT 6:00 POSITION , DRIVING AT SPEED 25MPH, THEN IMPACTED AGAIN 12:00 POSITION, DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

RECALL RELATED, 95V006, AIRBAG MODULE; WHEN DRIVING AT A SPEED 35 MPH, DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSING INJURIES AND NO IMPACT WAS INVOLVED. *AK

FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF BOTH AIR BAGS, CAUSING FACIAL CUTS/FRACTURES.

WHEN INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT CONSUMER STATES THAT SHE RAN INTO THE BACK OF A TRUCK AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.*AK

WHILE DRIVING, THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WITHOUT REASON. PLEASE DESCRIBE.*AK

FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF PASSENGERS AIR BAG, SHATTERING PASSENGER SIDE WINDSHIELD. *DH

FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVERS AIR BAG, CAUSING INJURY. (ATTORNEY FOR CLIENT) *DH

FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVERS AIR BAG CAUSED ACCIDENT/INJURY. (ATTORNEY FOR CLIENT) *DSH

FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF PASSENGERS AIR BAG CAUSED WINDSHIELD TO SHATTER.

AIR BAG DEPLOYED WHILE DRIVING IN RESIDENTIAL AREA. OWNER WAS DRIVING 15 MPH WHEN DROVE OVER A SLIGHT ROAD DISFIGURATION. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

WHEN COMING OFF A HIGHWAY RAMP AT 60MPH THE AIRBAG DEPLOYED WITHOUT INCIDENT. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

THE CONSUMER WAS IN AN ACCIDENT AND THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

THE CONSUMER WAS IN AN ACCIDENT AND THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

THE CONSUMER WAS IN AN ACCIDENT AND THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

THE CONSUMER WAS IN AN ACCIDENT AND THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK