1999 Hyundai Elantra Air Bags
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12/2/2014 MULTI-CAR/SEMI ACCIDENT. FRONT END COLLISION WITH REAR END DAMAGE. TOTAL LOSS, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. 465 S @ MM 41 NEAR PENDLETON PIKE EXIT. AT FAULT DRIVER SPUN ON ICE, CAME INTO MY LANE THAT I WAS TRAVELING SOUTH IN SO SHE WAS TRAVELING NORTH. HIT DRIVERS SIDE TO DRIVERS SIDE, SEMI TRAILER RAN OVER THE PASSENGER SIDE OF CAR. TOTAL LOSS.
WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH CONSUMERS VEHICLE REARENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE, UPON IMPACT, NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. DRIVER HIT HIS HEAD ON WINDSHIELD, AND PASSENGER SUFFERED BACK INJURIES. DAMAGE TO VEHICLE WAS $ 5500.00. *AK *SLC
IN A FRONTAL IMPACT NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, CAUSING INJURIES TO DRIVER.*AK
VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A REAR END COLLISION IN WHICH AIR BAG COVER POPPED OFF, BUT NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK *YD
CONSUMER WAS STRUCK BY ANOTHER CAR AT 15MPH AND BOTH AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. *AK
VEHICLE WAS GOING 60MPH ON EXPRESS WAY WHEN CONSUMERS VEHICLE REARENDED A STALLED VEHICLE, DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, PASSENGER WAS INJURED, CONSUMER WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CONTACTING MANUFACTURER. *AK *YD
HEAD-ON COLLISION,SPEED 35 MPH, BOTH AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER WOULD NOT SPEAK TO CONSUMER REGARDING AIRBAGS. HYUNDAI COMPANY WILL NOT TALK TO CONSUMER. *AK
VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, RESULTING IN MAJOR AND MINOR INJURIES. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. MANUFACTURER WILL BE NOTIFIED.*AK
WHILE DRIVING AT 1O MPH CONSUMEER'S VEHICLE HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE ON DRIVER'S SIDE BUMPER, AND AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. *AK
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 35 MPH REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE IN FRONT, AND AIR BAGS DID NOTDEPLOY. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION AT ABOUT 40 MPH AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
WHILE DRIVING THROUGH A TOLL STOP, PROCEEDED TO GO THROUGH ANOTHER CAR WHICH PULLED IN FRONT. CONSUMER HAD PUT ON BRAKES TO AVOID HITTING THE OTHER VEHICLE. HOWEVER, CONSUMER HIT SIDE RAILING AT ABOUT 40, AND AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. CONSUMER FELT AS THOUGH AIRBAGS WERE TOO FORCEFUL, CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO SEE OUT OF RIGHT EYE BUCAUSE OF AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT. *AK
WHILE DRIVING AT A SPEED OF 30MPH THERE WAS A COLLISION, AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER BROKE WINDSHIELD WITH HER FOREHEAD, AND THEN HIT THE STEERING WHEEL WITH FOREHEAD. DRIVER WAS TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO HOSPITAL WITH ONLY MINOR CONCUSSION/BRUISES AND CUTS. *AK
WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH HAD A DIRECT FRONTAL IMPACT, AND DRIVER'S AIRBAG DEPLOYED PARTIALLY AND DID NOT PROTECT THE DRIVER. PASSENGER'S AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY, WHICH DID NOT PROTECT THE PASSENGER IN THIS CRASH. NO PREVIOUS PROBLEM WITH THE AIRBAG SYSTEM. *AK
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND ANOTHER VEHICLE HIT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE HEAD-ON. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH HAD A FRONTAL IMPACT WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE COMING AT 55 MPH, AND DRIVER'S/PASSENGER'S AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, WHICH DID NOT PROTECT THE OCCUPANT IN THIS ACCIDENT. CONSUME R HIRED AN APPRAISER WHO SAID THAT THE AIRBAGS SHOULD HAV E DEPLOYED, BUT THE HYUNDAI CLAIMED THART AIRBAGS SHOULD NOT HAVE DEPLOYED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION AND VIN#. *AK
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The 1999 Hyundai Elantra has 17 Air Bags complaints on file. 17 crashes have been reported. Review the timeline above for detailed owner experiences.