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By 2005, deaths related to airbags had declined, with no adult deaths and two child deaths attributed to airbags that year. However, injuries remain fairly common in collisions with airbag deployment. Serious injuries are less common, but severe or fatal injuries can occur to vehicle occupants very near an airbag or in direct contact when it ...
The unfolding airbag can cause multiple superficial parallel lesions with its slapping action. [7] [8] Usually, irritant contact dermatitis affects the face, arms, and upper chest. It is characterized as purpuric aspects and erythema and swelling. Patients report stinging and burning feelings in the afflicted areas.
Airbag devices cannot gauge their degree of deployment to match varying forces of impact. It is an all-or-nothing deployment. Some will read this and make one or more of the following statements.
In a collision in which two young women in a Chevrolet Cobalt were killed when the ignition switch shut off the engine, GM only counted the death of the woman in the front seat, because the death of the woman in the back seat was not caused by the failure of the airbag to deploy. [16] Most of the victims were under age 25. [17]
The inner-left roof frame near the head air bag may have a crack that can damage the head air bag during deployment, according to the NHTSA report. Potential number of units affected: 130 ...
If a front seat airbag fails to deploy properly it can increase the risk of injury in a crash, the NHTSA report said. Potential number of units affected: 337,128 Sept. 5: Recall for software ...
In 2013, a series of deaths and injuries associated with defective Takata airbag inflators made in their Mexico plant led to a recall of 3.6 million cars equipped with Takata airbags. Further fatalities caused by the airbags have led the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to order an ongoing, US-wide recall of more than 42 ...
Toyota Motor Co. said Wednesday it is recalling 1 million vehicles over a defect that could cause airbags not to deploy, increasing the risk of injury. The recall covers a range of Toyota and ...