I was driving on a rural 2-lane road when my mini-van started to slid across the road due to an ice/snow covering. My van slid across the lane and slammed head-on into a large tree. The entire front-end of the van was destroyed, but my air-bags never deployed. Both the police officer and tow-truck driver were dismayed at this. Fortunately, I only have a slight concussion and whiplash (thanks to my safety-belt).

- Aurora, IL, USA

Air bag did not deploy in a head on crash. Driver sustained neck, shoulder & back injuries. Driver was wearing seat belt at the time of the crash.

- Franklin, TN, USA

When I bumped a metal sign in the walmart parking lot on Feb 18 2002 driving 5 mph, my airbags deployed and the seat belts froze. I found in the manual that they are only suppose to deploy upon moderate to severe impact. I along with 3 other body shops and my insurance, state farm, felt that the air bags deployed faulty and never should have gone off. There was no other damage to the vehicle, demonstrating how lightly the sign was hit. This was an expensive defect that I would like to report, in case it should happen to someone else. ****dimsii IVOQ entry posted after 12/12/02 cut over to artemis****760765

- Morris, IL, USA

Consumer had collision on front drivers side and air bag did not deploy. Causing injuries.

- Red Ford, MI, USA

Vehicle was involved in a frontal collision of 25-30 mph. Upon impact, air bags did not deploy. Dealer has been contacted. The dealer stated that there was not a direct hit on the vehicle and that was why the air bags did not deploy.

- Virginia Beach, VA, USA