Sentences with phrase «causes of airbag»

Automakers have paid for the recall costs of the faulty Takata airbags, given the root cause of the airbag inflator's fault has yet to be completely detailed.

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The officer's injuries were caused, in fact, by the impact of an airbag in Hernandez - Rossy's vehicle.

Another potential application of sodium amidoborane could be active bulletproof vests, which would behave like airbags in a car under the influence of the sharp increase in pressure caused by the missile strike.

Airbags in cars already contain tiny microengineered accelerometers, which detect the violent deceleration caused by a car crashing and trigger the inflation of the airbag.

The Problem: Seat - mounted side airbag inflator initiators may fail to ignite during a crash, causing the seat - mounted airbag not to deploy and increasing the risk of an injury.

Airbag supplier Takata is subject to a $ 14,000 per day fine until it can fully comply with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's investigation into the defective airbags that have caused recalls in millions of vehicles in the U.S.

The Problem: An open circuit in the airbag systems could be created over time, which may cause the airbag warning light to illuminate and the side and curtain shield airbags and / or front airbags to not deploy, increasing the risk of an injury in a crash.

Defective airbags that could improperly deploy are the cause of a Honda recall affecting 7480,000 Pilots SUVs and Odyssey minivans.

The potential airbag issues caused by the Daimler steering column in Mercedes, Inifiniti and now Aston Martin cars has nothing to do with global recall of the Takata airbag inflators.

Pitiful sales caused a production pause in 2014 and a drastic $ 15,000 price cut soon after, and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles boss Sergio Marchionne now says this particular generation of the Viper can't be retrofitted with mandatory side curtain airbags.

Cause: In the event of passenger side frontal impact airbag deployment, excessive internal pressure could be generated due to a faulty Takata pressure regulator.

Cause: Irregularities in the folding process during assembly of the driver's knee airbag may result in its improper deployment.

Concern: In the event of a collision, if the front passenger airbag is deployed, the excessive pressure could cause the inflator to fragment with the potential to injure vehicle occupants with metal shrapnel.

That causes loss of power brakes, steering and possibly the airbags.

Instrument cluster failures led to another in December 2008, while other recalls have been for possible fuel starvation, power - steering leaks, fuel leaks, electrical short circuits, brake pipes chafing, airbags not working properly, suspension failures and engine problems, generally caused by some sort of fuelling issue.

The defective airbags are assembled with either a faulty pressure regulator or defective propellant mixture that tends to cause the expulsion of metal shrapnel into the passenger compartment.

On some of these vehicles, airbag wiring connectors located in the front seats may become disconnected, causing the airbag warning light to appear on the dashboard.

The airbags were rolled the wrong way when installed, which could cause the airbag to not deploy as intended in the event of a crash.

* 2 OWNER CAR * CLEAN CARFAX * - LOADED SLE V6 - CLEAN TITLE - TIMING BELT JUST DONE - RUNS EXCELLENT - ABS BRAKES, ALLOY WHEELS AND SIDE AIRBAGS - SUNROOF AND LEATHER INTERIOR (GREAT SHAPE)- There is some cosmetic damage outside (nothing huge, but there)- There is an emissions hose causing a check engine light here and there, car runs fine, passes smog, but this is the reason the price is so cheap - NO FINANCING DUE TO AGE / MILES / PRICE OF THE CAR (Check w. your credit union for a personal loan maybe?)

Details: The passenger front airbag may not deploy correctly due to insufficient compression strength of the coolant within the inflator housing (as a result of long - term storage), which may cause the airbag to fail to deploy properly in the event of a crash, leading to increased risk of injury.

The cars affected by the Takata airbag recall have been documented to cause serious injury or death as a result of deployment of the faulty airbags.

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) is recalling 112,000 vehicles, many of which were produced at the company's minivan plant in Windsor, Ontario, because exposure to moisture could cause their airbags to deploy.

Dual airbags inflate instantly incase of collision, and protect the driver and co-driver from striking hard surfaces and causing injury.

Hyundai are investigating the cause of the unintended airbag deployment behaviour.

Consequence: If the terminal was damaged, the passenger side curtain airbag could fail to deploy in an accident or deploy without cause (you can't very well say «accidentally» because that is exactly what it is designed to do), increasing the risk of passenger injury in a motor vehicle collision.

The Problem: Upon deployment of the passenger - side frontal airbag, excessive internal pressure may cause the inflator to rupture.

Nissan North America is recalling 2017 - 2018 Infiniti QX30 crossovers because poor grounding of steering components could cause the driver's - side airbag to deploy, potentially injuring the driver and resulting in a crash.

«This incorrect chemical mixture could cause the airbag inflator not to initiate, resulting in the side airbag not deploying in the event of a crash and increasing the risk of injury to occupants,» the manufacturer says.

Sources tell Bloomberg that Takata changed the propellant mix to help reduce the effect of humidity - what many believe to be the cause of problem - around the same time that Honda announced that it would be replacing airbags in some of their models.

Corrosion of the airbag mechanism on these same model year cars can cause unintended airbag inflation.

When deployed, the passenger airbag inflates upward and then rearward to maximize its protective potential while reducing the likelihood of injuries caused by airbag deployment.

In case of an impact that causes the front passenger airbag to deploy, the loose fasteners are likely to pose a threat.

However, there were equally plausible, alternative explanations for these fatal injuries, including the possibility that they were caused by the airbag itself in 4 of the 5 cases.

If this happens, this will cause the loss of power assistance to the brakes and steering, along with possibility of no airbag deployment.

Overall, the minivan achieved «good» ratings for crashworthiness, and IIHS points out that «the frontal and side curtain airbags worked well together to keep the head [of the driver] from coming close to any stiff structure or outside objects that could cause injury.»

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Specifically, Forstrom maintains that the whole «insurance fraud» mess resulted from the fact that during the auto accident, he «suffered a concussion / brain trauma caused by airbag deployment» that caused him to temporarily have no recollection of the accident.

As of 2016, these defective airbags have caused 11 deaths in U.S. car accidents.

Regardless of the particular cause of the malfunctioning airbags, they have the potential to cause serious injury and have already been linked to two deaths.

He has successfully handled cases involving brain injury, plane crashes, stock fraud, truck wrecks, deadly exposure to negligently manufactured drugs, intoxicated or drug impaired drivers who injure innocent citizens, negligent road construction and maintenance, negligent design or manufacture of machines, explosions and home fires, violation of DOT regulations regarding 18 wheelers, severe burns and scars, negligent installation of hot water heaters, wrongful denial of claims by insurance companies, sale of alcohol to minors by convenience stores, defective residential or commercial construction, heart attacks at work from overexertion, defective airbags, wrecks caused by trucks that exceeded size and weight limits, nursing home abuse, product liability, unrelenting pain from on - the - job injuries, and numerous other cases where the injuries were so severe that the person died or became totally disabled.

In the event of a car accident, there can be cause serious repercussions if the airbag does not deploy properly.

Whether you suffered from broken bones, soft tissue damage, whiplash or another more serious form of physical damage caused by an airbag, it is in your best interests to speak with a Nassau County car accident attorney from our firm today.

In these cases, the manufacturer of the defective seatbelt or airbag as well as the manufacturer of the vehicle and others involved in the vehicle's production and distribution may be found liable for a victim's injury or death that is determined to have been caused by the safety equipment defect.

The investigation went so far that a «person of interest» was named before police realized that shrapnel from the airbag was at fault for the lacerations to the victims neck that eventually caused her death.

Airbags can fail and cause serious injury or death under a wide variety of circumstances, including the following:

It might even be that someone you know let your child ride in the front seat of the car and the airbag caused a serious injury to the child.

The force of an airbag can cause broken ribs, bruising, and internal organ damage.

These types of issues may be caused by a design flaw, a mistake that occurred during the manufacturing process, a problem with the way in which the manufacturer installed the airbag or corresponding part, or a failure by the manufacturer to provide adequate instructions or warnings in the vehicle's manual about the airbag.

If the injured person can prove this, then some or all the parties along the «chain of distribution» may be strictly liable for the injuries caused as a result of the faulty airbag.

If the impact is severe enough, the sensors cause the airbag to fill within a fraction of a second.