2000 Nissan Quest Air Bags & Restraints Problems

AN F-350 RAN A STOPLIGHT AT 50 MPH AND IMPACTED THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE OF VAN AT THE TIRE. THE VAN TURNED UPON IMPACT AND RECEIVED THE BALANCE OF THE IMPACT HEAD ON WITH CONCENTRATION TO THE LEFT QUADRANT. FURTHER SPINNING, THE VAN THEN IMPACTED THE SIDE OF THE OFFENDING VEHICLE. COMPLAINT: THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. SHE WAS WEARING HER SEAT BELT. SHE SUSTAINED INJURIES TO CERVICAL, THORACIC, AND LUMBAR REGIONS OF BACK. SHE WAS TREATED FOR 2.5 MONTHS AND THEN RELEASED. HER HEAD HIT THE DRIVER SIDE ROOF, THANKFULLY, JUST ABOVE THE WINDOW RESULTING ONLY IN BRUISING. HER MUSCLES WERE SORE FROM HEAD TO TOE FOR ABOUT A MONTH. IT IS QUITE POSSIBLE THAT THESE INJURIES WOULD HAVE BEEN MINIMIZED BY AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT. HIGH IMPACT CRASH TO THE BUMPER AND NO PROTECTION OF AIRBAGS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON COMPLAINT FOUND ONLINE. POSITIVE FEEDBACK: THE ENTIRE FRONT END, ENGINE, BATTERY, ETC. COMPACTED INTO A PANCAKE, BUT THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT HAD ONLY A SMALL BUCKLE ON THE FLOOR BOARD AT THE PEDALS. THE ENGINE WAS CRUSHED. THIS WAS A DEFINITE POSITIVE. (UNRELATED TO ACCIDENT COMPLAINT ABOVE: THE EXTERIOR HANDLES OF THE SLIDING DOORS WERE REPLACED TWICE. PRIOR TO THE LATTER REPAIR, WHEN THE PASSENGER SIDE EXTERIOR SLIDING DOOR HANDLE BROKE, MY DAUGHTER'S HAND WAS CUT AND BRUISED!) *TR

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE SRS AIR LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. CONSUMER DROVE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE AIR BAG MODULAR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

WHILE SITTING AT AN INTERSECTION THE VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED. THIS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO COLLIDE INTO THE VEHICLE IN THE FRONT OF HIM, NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THIS CAUSED THE PASSENGER TO SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE CAUSED HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED. *NM

ANOTHER VEHICLE INVADED MY LANE,COMING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTION, WE HIT HEAD ON,CAUSING GREAT DAMAGE IN THE FRONT+DRIVER SIDE OF MY MINIVAN,I ASSUME WE BOTH WERE AT 30+MPH,I SUSTAINED INJURIES TO MY NECK AND SHOULDERS(SO FAR) I FEEL AS IF THE AIRBAG HAD DEPLOYED,I COULD HAD SOME FACIAL BRUISING ,BUT NOT ALL THE PAIN I HAVE IN MY UPPER BACK AND NECK

ANOTHER VEHICLE INVADED MY LANE, COMING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTION, WE HIT HEAD ON CAUSING GREAT DAMAGE IN FRONT AND DRIVER SIDE OF MY MINIVAN. I ASSUME WE BOTH WERE AT 30 MPH. I SUSTAINED INJURIES TO MY NECK AND SHOULDERS (SO FAR) I FEEL AS IF THE AIR BAG HAD DEPLOYED I COULD HAVE HAD SOME FACIAL BRUISING BUT NOT ALL THE PAIN I HAVE IN MY UPPER BACK AND NECK. *AK *NLM **DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT-OVER TO ARTEMIS*734330

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLOSION AT 55-60MPH. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, RESULTING IN MINOR INJURIES. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TOTALED. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK

SEAT BELT IN MIDDLE SEAT KEEPS TIGHTENING OWN ITS OWN. SEAT BELT TIGHTENS UNTIL ALOT OF PRESSURE IS ON CHEST. TO RELEASE PRESSURE CONSUMER HAS TO UNBUCKLE BELT.*AK

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WHERE THE VEHICLE RAN OFF THE ROAD AND HIT A TREE, BOTH AIRBAGS DEPLOYED, HOWEVER THE CONSUMER STILL SUSTAINED INJURIES, CONSUMER FEELS THAT THE AIRBAGS ARE USELESS AND THAT THEY BARELY COVERED THE STEERING WHEEL PROVIDING LITTLE PROTECTION. *SLC

DEALER HAS NOT RECEIVED PARTS TO REPAIR RECALL. CONSUMER HAS BEEN TRYING TO HAVE THIS FIXED SINCE JANUARY, BUT RECEIVED LETTER IN DECEMBER.*AK THE CONSUMER STATES THAT FIXING THE DEFECT REQUIRD MORE THAN 3 MONTHS. THE CONDITON HAD PUT THE CONSUMER AT RISK. *YH