Consumer Complaint Detail

NISSAN / 200SX / 1995

Recalls
1 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 004297848 Incident Date: Sep, 02 2004
Consumer's City: STAMFORD Consumer's State: CT
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Nissan North America, Inc.
Model Name: 200SX Model Year: 1995
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes Component's Description: Air bags
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 1
Vehicle's VIN#: Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Sep, 07 2004 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: Yes Purchase Date: Jun, 30 1995
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: I had a minor fender bender about 5 days ago and my airbags deployed, causing serious burns to my hands and wrists and minor facial burns. i would have been unhurt had the airbags not deployed. i rear-ended another car due to sun glare. i had no idea airbags caused such injury and i have never received a recall notice or any other warning about this. the airbags also broke my steering wheel and my windshield. otherwise the car suffered relatively minimal damage.*ak