There are 50 owner-reported air bags & restraints complaints for the 2008 Honda Civicin NHTSA's database. These are unverified consumer reports and may not reflect confirmed defects.
The contact owned a 2008 Honda Civic. The contact stated that while driving at 30 MPH, the air bag warning light illuminated. The contact pulled over to the side of the road and turned off the engine. After the vehicle was restarted, the air bag warning light was no longer illuminated. The contact stated that the air bag warning light was intermittently illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 159,000.
The drivers air bag system or any other didn't deploy upon a rear collision with another vehicle, and yes the vehicle is available for any inspection.
Driver Inflator Module Has a crack line in it. honking horn /excessive heat.
The contact owned a 2008 Honda Civic. The contact stated that while in the right land, making a right turn, a bicyclist was coming towards the front passenger side of the vehicle however, to avoid injuring the bicyclist, the contact merged over the lane divider and hit the ground with force. The contact then stated that all the driver’s side air bags failed to properly deploy. The contact stated that the steering wheel cracked, and air bag inflator deployed from the steering wheel and the airbag deflated. As a result, the contact sustained injury to the chest and her lower back. Medical attention was required. A police report was filed. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The vehicle was towed to the contacts residence then towed to a tow lot and deemed a total loss by the insurance. The dealer nor the manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 103,000.
I believe the airbags should have deployed. Maybe its a sensor thing as well because a while back my side airbag light would go on and off but it stopped. Anyway the ending of the crash, I lost control and smacked into a rail head on. Also causing my face to smash into the wheel busting my lip. Required stitches. Everyone. The tow people and police report thought it was undrivable. Because the frame was bent on the hood. My bumper was hanging on to the screws on the front so both sides were dragging. Radiator bent in half because that metal bar, behind the front bumper, bent into it.
The contact owns a 2008 Hyundai Civic. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: (16V346000) (Air Bags) and requested to be removed from the recall distribution list. The local dealer and manufacturer were not contacted.
I accidently hit a curb on a dark road making a right turn after a stop and 1 second later side curtain airbags deployed. So I was less than 5mph There is no exterior damaged just hit the curb with the rear right wheel. Tire is perfectly fine. This should be a safety concern because airbags can cause serius injuries. They are too sensitive.
The driver side seatbelt is broken and loses. This will put people at risk because since the seatbelt was loses, people were not secure and cause injuries or death, especially the crashes happened. The problem been confirmed by dealer and independent service center, but failed to fix the problem. The vehicle has been inspected representative. The airbag warning lamps appeared when when he civic is engine on.
The Driver Airbag lamp is on and it has been recommended by dealer that the Driver Airbag Inflator needs replacing. Yes it is available for inspection up on request. The Driver Airbag Inflator may fail. Yes the dealer has confirmed that the Driver Airbag Inflator needs replacing. The vehicle and the Driver Airbag Inflator has been inspected by the dealership. Yes, there is a warning lamp on the dash for the Airbag.
He estado llamando dejando mensajes para que me den una cita para arreglar el problema de las bolsas de aire y nadie a regresado mis llamadas también lo he hecho en línea y dicen que una persona me llamara en la semana y nadie me llama. Nose como lograr que arreglen ese defecto si nadie se contacta conmigo
2008 HONDA CIVIC LX SEAT BELT BUCKLE HAS A KNOWN DEFECT THAT WILL NOT DEPLOY AIRBAG DUE TO FAULTY MICRO SWITCH. HONDA HAS A LIFETIME WARRANTY ON MODEL YEARS PRIOR TO MINE. THIS IS A KNOWN DEFECT. J CONTACTED LOCAL DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME MY MODEL YEAR WARRANTY IS 15 YEARS 150K. THE LIGHT HAS BEEN ON FOR YEARS. I ASSUMED IT WAS FINE TILL A LOCAL OIL CHANGE PLACE TOLD ME IT WASN'T!
MY PASSENGER AIR BAG LIGHT IS ON AND I BELIEVE IT'S A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. IT WON'T TURN ON NO MATTER IF SOMEONE IS SITTING IN THE SEAT OR NOT
WE HAD A CAR ACCIDENT ON CHRISTMAS DUE TO ICE ON THE ROAD AND ENDED UP HITTING 2 TELEPHONE POLES! NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED AT ALL! WE HIT THE POLES HEAD ON! I HAVE HAD THE AIRBAGS FIXED FROM THE RECALL AND NEVER BEEN IN ANOTHER ACCIDENT TO HAVE TO HAVE AIRBAGS FIXED SO THERE WAS NO REASON THEM TO NOY DEPLOY!
HONDA EXTENDED A WARRANTY FOR 2006-2008 CIVICS TO REPLACE DEFECTIVE ENGINE BLOCKS. I HAVE A 2008 CIVIC THAT HAS VERY LOW MILEAGE SO I WAS UNAWARE OF THIS ISSUE UNTIL NOW. THEY WILL NOT HONOR THEIR REPLACEMENT WARRANTY, NOR DID THE DEALERSHIP SAY ANYTHING TO ME WHEN I HAD MY CAR SERVICED THERE SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR SINCE 2015. WHY WOULD THEY NOT SAY SOMETHING? NOW I'M LEFT WITH A CAR THAT IS USELESS AND I BET THE DEALERSHIP I HAVE PURCHASED MORE THAN 5 CARS FROM WILL TAKE IT AS A TRADE IN. IT WAS IN MOTION PARKED TO GO IN THE STORE AND CAME OUT TO ALL OF MY ANTIFREEZE ON THE PAVEMENT. HAD TO LIMP IT SOME SO IT WOULDN'T CAUSE MORE DAMAGE.
TL* THE CONSUMER OWNS A 2008 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE HER SON WAS DRIVING 5 MPH, HE HAD HIT A CURB AND BOTH FRONT AND REAR SIDE PASSENGER AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE CONSUMER MENTIONED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT WAS NOT OCCUPIED. THE CONSUMER STATED NO WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. NO POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONSUMER'S RESIDENCE. THE CONSUMER STATED BEFORE PURCHASING THE VEHICLE FROM THE DEALER WOODHOUSE FORD OF OMAHA, INC. (3633 N 72ND ST, OMAHA, NE 68134) THEY INFORMED HER THAT THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED UNDER AN UNKNOWN AIR BAGS RECALL AT O'DANIEL HONDA (123 BEVERLY DR. OMAHA, NE 68114). THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED AS OF YET. THE DEALER WOODHOUSE FORD AND THE MANUFACTURER HAD BEEN INFORMED OF THE FAILURE HOWEVER, NO ASSISTANCE WAS OFFERED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 138,000. *LN*JB *LN *AS
I got into an accident and my air bags never deployed.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HONDA CIVIC. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE DRIVER'S FRONTAL AIR BAG ABRUPTLY DEPLOYED WITHOUT WARNING OR AN IMPACT. THERE WAS NO INJURY. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE HOME. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING OR REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: 0943434. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.
On March 4th, 2019 I totaled my car during rush hour on I-44 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. I hit the back of an F-150 pickup which resulted in totaling my car. My front bumper was pushed in and the hood of my car was bent in half. None of my airbags activated. My car was towed to Service King located in Moore, Oklahoma where the damage was assessed and reported to State Farm Auto the car was totaled. I didn't know where to report the airbags until I saw a story on our local news about NHTSA to investigate 30 million vehicles for defective air bag inflators. That is the purpose of this message. Several months before my accident, I took my car into Eskridge Honda in Oklahoma City due to an airbag recall. They checked and replaced the front passenger airbag saying the rest of the airbags were fine. I have pictures of the front of my car along with pictures of the inside of my car showing that none of the airbags activated [XXX] INFORMATION Redacted PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2008 HONDA CIVIC. WHILE AT A STOP, THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS STRUCK ON THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE BY ANOTHER VEHICLE TRAVELING AT A HIGH SPEED. THE AIR BAGS EXPLODED, BUT DID NOT INFLATE AND DEBRIS CAME OUT OF THE AIR BAGS. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A CUT TO THE LEFT ARM AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL VIA AMBULANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A PRIVATE IMPOUND LOT AND DEEMED DESTROYED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 96,000. *DT*JB *BF 'PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).'*JB
THE TPMS LIGH DOES NOT TURN OFF AFTER CHECKING IT. I HAVE 5 RECALLS FOR AIRBAG AT THE PASSENGER SEAT THAT I DID NOT KNOW OF.
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