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2005 Honda ELEMENT Air Bags Side Window Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	812553
Internal NHTSA #	10352301
Manufacurer	HONDA (AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO.)
Brand	HONDA
Model	ELEMENT
Model Year	2005
File date	27/08/10
Component	AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	Driving to work at 6:20am on 08/27/2010, while exiting the 91 freeway (going eastbound) and entering the 71n towards chino hills, my driver side airbag deployed out of nowhere. The deployment (or better, the explosion) hit the left side of my face, my left arm and jerked my head towards the other side (to the right/passenger seat). For a couple of seconds i had no idea what had happened and was partially deaf for about an hour. Now my face and arm sting a little, my neck is a little stiff and i'm still hearing a little ring in my left ear. I contacted honda's corporate office in torrance, ca and was told that it was very likely honda would not be responsible for the financial burden since my car is a 2005 element, past the warranty. To that, all i have to say (or ask) is: once the car is out of the warranty, does the manufacturer cease to have responsibility over the overall safety of it's vehicles? To me it seems that is there was no accident, my car wasn't hit or it didn't hit anything, that my airbag shouldn't deploy. Nobody has ever told me there is an expiration date on an airbag and my seats are in great condition (as is the rest of my car). Ultimately, this deployment could have cost me my life, and i am not exaggerating. I was blown in the face on a major freeway, if i had lost control due to the explosion i could have slammed my car into a wall or another car.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	111000
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	IRVINE, CA
VIN pattern	5J6YH28635LXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
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No. of injured persons	1
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Date of purchase	12/09/24
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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Vehicle speed	50
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A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
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Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
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Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2005 Honda ELEMENT Air Bags Side Window Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2005 Honda ELEMENT Air Bags Side Window Problems, Complaints and Defects

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