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2005 Volkswagen PHAETON Air Bags Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1422224
Internal NHTSA #	11044030
Manufacurer	Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Brand	VOLKSWAGEN
Model	PHAETON
Model Year	2005
File date	14/09/17
Component	AIR BAGS
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	During a rollover crash on 14 sep 2017 none of the airbags in the auto deployed. There were two people in the car's front seats - driver and passenger. The auto was totaled in the crash. The crash occurred during dry weather daylight conditions at about 50 mph on the german autobahn. This is a us spec model vw phaeton. My wife in the passenger seat sustained injuries on the right side of her body to include a broken shoulder blade and 4 broken (c1-c4) lower spinal processes on the right side. I believe these injuries might not have been so severe had the side air bags deployed. The driver's injuries consisted primarily of whiplash and cuts to his head, right hand and left arm from broken glass. Fortunately neither were injured in a permanent way. My concern is that i believe the airbags should have deployed during the rollover and had they done so our injuries would have been significantly less - perhaps bruising instead of broken bones for the passenger and a lot fewer glass cuts to the head, hand and arm for the driver.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	162000
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Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	APO, AE
VIN pattern	WVWAF03D058XXXXXX
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	2
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	50
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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 Volkswagen PHAETON Air Bags Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2005 Volkswagen PHAETON Air Bags Problems, Complaints and Defects

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