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Honda Cr-v Air Bags Safety Report | Jan 06, 2012
Reported on Jan 06, 2012
| MY 35 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS IN A SINGLE AUTO ACCIDENT IN HER 2002 HONDA CRV ON JAN. 6 IN WYTHEVILLE, VA RETURNING FROM KNOXVILLE, TN TO FREDERICK, MD. SHE BLACKED OUT AND HER CAR RAN OFF THE ROAD, IMPACTED A MILE MARKER SIGN, STRUCK AN EMBANKMENT AND HER CAR OVERTURNED FOUR TIMES. HER CAR WAS TOTALED BUT NEITHER THE FRONT, NOR SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. THE AIRBAGS WERE CHECKED AS PART OF THE AIRBAG INFLATOR RECALL ON JULY 27, 2011 AT A HONDA DEALER IN KNOXVILLE, TN. SHE MIRACULOUSLY SURVIVED THE ACCIDENT BUT HAD A CONCUSSION AND A SEVERE LACERATION TO HER LEFT EAR. SHE WAS UNCONSCIOUS WHEN THE RESCUE TEAM ARRIVED AND WAS AIRLIFTED TO ROANOKE FOR MEDICAL CARE. SINCE THE ACCIDENT SHE HAS BEEN SUFFERING FROM POST CONCUSSIVE SYNDROME (CONSTANT HEADACHES, MEMORY LOSS, INSOMNIA, DIFFICULTY CONCENTRATING). ACCORDING TO A TRUCKER WHO SAW THE ACCIDENT SHE NEVER HIT HER BRAKES AND WAS TRAVELING AT 70 MPH. SHE NEVER RECEIVED ANY NOTICE FROM HONDA AND WAS ONLY MADE AWARE OF THE RECALL WHEN TAKING HER CAR IN FOR OTHER MAINTENANCE. WHILE HER INJURIES WERE NOT FATAL, NOR DID SHE HAVE ANY BROKEN BONES, SHE DID SUFFER A CONCUSSION AND HAS HAD HEADACHES FOR THREE MONTHS. PERHAPS SHE WOULD NOT HAVE SUFFERED THE HEAD INJURY HAD HER AIRBAGS FUNCTIONED PROPERLY. WE HAVE PICTURES OF HER CAR WHICH CAN BE PROVIDED. | |
| Make: | Honda |
| Model: | Cr-v |
| Manufactured by: | HONDA (AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO.) |
| Year: | 2002 |
| Was a crash reported? | Y |
| Was an injury reported? | 1 person(s) were injured. |
| Was a death reported? | |
| Was a fire reported? | N |
| Location: | KNOXVILLE TN |
| Vehicle Identification Number (VIN): | JHLRD78832C |
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| Speed: | 70 MPH |
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| Was a police report filed? | N |
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