2005 HONDA ACCORD — Complaint #810854
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NHTSA Complaint about AIR BAGS:FRONTAL filed August 30, 2010
NHTSA complaint #810854 (ODI reference 10352860) concerns a 2005 HONDA ACCORD and was filed on August 30, 2010. The owner reports the failure occurred on August 10, 2010. The vehicle had 45,200 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to California based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as air bags:frontal, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: yes, fire: no, injuries: 1, fatalities: 0. A complaint that flags a crash, fire, or fatality is escalated on NHTSA's internal review queue and factors more heavily into any Preliminary Evaluation decision on this make and model. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same HONDA ACCORD cohort independently describe similar air bags:frontal failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2005 HONDA ACCORD shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT WAS TRAVELING BETWEEN 40-50 MPH WHEN A VEHICLE ABRUPTLY TURNED LEFT IN FRONT OF THE DRIVER. THE DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO STOP HIS VEHICLE IN TIME AND PROCEEDED TO CRASH INTO A SECOND VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS ONLY PARTIALLY DEPLOYED. THE DRIVER WAS SEVERELY INJURED AND TRANSPORTED TO A TRAUMA CENTER. A POLICE REPORT WAS AVAILABLE. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED A BROKEN WRIST, SEVERED THUMB AND SEVERE BODILY CONTUSIONS IN THE UPPER TORSO. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED AND THE FAILURE HAD NOT BEEN INVESTIGATED BY THE MANUFACTURER. THE CONTACT WAS HANDLING THE CRASH THROUGH THE HER INSURANCE COMPANY. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 45,200.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 810854 |
| ODI Number | 10352860 |
| Date Filed | August 30, 2010 |
| Failure Date | August 10, 2010 |
| VIN | 1HGCM66595A |
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Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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