Personal Injury Law

Car Accident & Injury When Airbags Fail

By Ward & Caggiano

Orlando car accident victims have contacted us over the years concerned that their car air bags failed to deploy. As we have shared, car air bag failures do occur. Recent studies have tragically found that injury and death from car accidents continue to result from air bag failures.

One recent study examined consumer complaints where those involved in car accidents said airbags failed to deploy and protect them. Sadly, most of the accidents were the type that drivers expect will cause their airbags to deploy: head-on collisions, rollovers, and broadside crashes. Few were minor fender-benders.

Many consumers suffered serious injury when their airbags failed to deploy. Others lost loved ones. Reportedly, these accidents and injury occurred in cars, trucks, minivans, and SUV's made by Ford, General Motors, DaimlerChrysler, Mitsubishi, Kia, Volkswagen, Nissan, and Honda. While car makers would like consumers to believe that it can not happen, some of thes reported air bag failures occurred in new vehicles.

Although it is true that air bags should not deploy for every type of accident, these kind of consumer complaints remind all of us that we must not take our families' safety for granted. Always wear your seat belt and shoulder harness and make sure all little ones are properly restrained in appropriate car seats as well.

Full post as published by Orlando Car Accident Lawyer Blog on December 28, 2007 (boomark / email).