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2016 KIA SPORTAGE Air Bags Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1556794
Internal NHTSA #	11196924
Manufacurer	Kia Motors America
Brand	KIA
Model	SPORTAGE
Model Year	2016
File date	24/01/19
Component	AIR BAGS
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	On january 24th 2019 at 7:45 p. M. I was involved in a head-on collision that results in my car being pushed across the streets and hitting the curb on the other side of the street causing my vehicle to be completely totaled none of my airbags deployed which caused me to hit everything on the inside of my vehicle i was injured i had a cervical sprain a concussion i also had nerve damage to the right side of my body i also had a bulging disc in the top of my neck and in the lower part of my back the seat belts did not hold me in place we were going 35 miles per hour in motion i contacted the manufacturer of kia they came to read the data from my vehicle's black box and i was told that the vehicle was not hit with enough force for the airbags to deploy however the vehicle that hit me was a 2002 mustang in all of their airbags deployed
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	135000
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Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	CONLEY, GA
VIN pattern	KNDPC3AC4G7XXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	Y
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	Y
Was medical attention required?	Y
Was part original equipment?
No. of injured persons	1
No. of fatalities	0
Date of purchase	07/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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Vehicle speed	35
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What is Recall?
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.
What is Failure?
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.
What is Defect?
Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2016 KIA SPORTAGE Air Bags Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2016 KIA SPORTAGE Air Bags Problems, Complaints and Defects

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