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2012 KIA FORTE Air Bags Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1343269
Internal NHTSA #	10937029
Manufacurer	Kia Motors America
Brand	KIA
Model	FORTE
Model Year	2012
File date	20/12/16
Component	AIR BAGS
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	On 12/20/16, my oldest daughter was following my youngest daughter to have breakfast. My oldest daughter drives a 2012 kia forte. My youngest daughter was at a red light with my kia-driving daughter directly behind. The light turned green, and for some reason the youngest did not go. My oldest took her foot off the brake and "tapped" the car in front of her. The kia's drive side air bag partially deployed injuring my daughter's hand slightly. She immediately drove it home (with inoperable seat belts due to deployment) and called me. We called the dealership, and they referred us to a body shop where we were given an estimate of ~$2,000 for repair. I inspected both vehicles and could not see any evidence of damage (not even a paint smudge). This was very upsetting as i am now concerned with spurious air bag deployments with this vehicle. Kia claimed that both impact and deceleration are required to deploy the air bag, my question is why did it only partially deploy ? This incident was very similar to parking a car and touching the vehicle in front of it. See photos for deployment, and no damage to front of vehicle.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	103000
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	KNOXVILLE, TN
VIN pattern	KNAFU44A22CXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?	N
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Date of purchase	07/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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Vehicle speed	2
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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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2012 KIA FORTE Air Bags Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2012 KIA FORTE Air Bags Problems, Complaints and Defects

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