Not exact matches
Inadvertent
deployment of the
airbags and / or seat belt pretensioners could increase the
risk of personal injury and the possibility
of a crash.
In a frontal
airbag deployment, the
airbag may not completely fill or the cushion may detach from the
airbag module due to misalignment
of components within the module, increasing the
risk of an injury in a crash.
In the event
of a crash necessitating
airbag deployment, the seatback pad could interfere and adversely affect
airbag performance, increasing the
risk of injury.
The Problem: The chemical enhancer for the second - stage
airbag deployment could be missing from the module, increasing the
risk of an injury in a crash that requires second - stage
airbag deployment.
Concern: In the event
of a motor vehicle crash, and the ensuing side impact
airbag deployment, a small child could be placed at an increased
risk of spinal injury.
Conequence: If the occupant is incorrectly classified, in the event
of a crash necessitating
airbag deployment, the
airbag may deploy with greater or lesser force than appropriate, resulting in an increased
risk of injury.
Although the overall side crash protection still would have been rated good, with low
risk of injuries to both driver and rear passenger dummies, Nissan engineers were concerned about the interference with the
deployment of the side curtain
airbag.
The front side
airbag construction helps mitigate the
risk of excessive
airbag deployment force while eliminating the need for the prior Accord Hybrid's Occupant Position Detection System (OPDS).
A potential inadvertent
deployment of the driver side
airbag is responsible for 770,000 SUVs being recalled; a fire
risk from the alternator is responsible for 565,000 other vehicles.
While Takata has agreed to declare its
airbags in nearly 34 million vehicles defective yesterday, a new report from Bloomberg says the supplier changed the design to reduce the
risk of abnormal
deployment back in 2008.
This could increase the
risk of personal injury during the event
of a vehicle crash necessitating
airbag deployment.
However,
deployment of the
airbag in the offset test resulted in dummy knee readings which indicated some
risk of injury.
This reduces your
risk of injury or unconsciousness from the
airbag's
deployment.
New test data on a particular subset
of Takata
airbag inflators show a far higher
risk of ruptures during
airbag deployment, according to a recent article published by Brett Emison, partner at Langdon & Emison.