Consumer Complaint Detail

HONDA / DEL SOL / 1995

Recalls
1 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005006143 Incident Date: Jan, 10 2005
Consumer's City: Consumer's State: VA
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Model Name: DEL SOL Model Year: 1995
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Air bags
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 1
Vehicle's VIN#: JHMEG2176SS Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Feb, 05 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: Yes Purchase Date: Mar, 08 2001
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: I was driving on i-95 n in northern va around mile marker 145, around noon, when all of a sudden both driver and passenger airbags deployed. i was on flat smooth surface road and did not strike any obstacles in the roadway. after regaining control of the vehicle, i pulled it to the side of the road avoiding contact with other vehicles. i have a claim filed with north american honda(vehicle-1995 honda del sol vtec). the dealership(pohanka honda fredericksburg, va), at first, said that they "did not have an opinion on what transpired", because "this matter is too legally sensitive." after putting pressure on north american honda, they had the dealership put the car on a lift finally, and took pictures to email their corporate office in california. their corporate office then called me and stated that they felt it was reasonable that the airbags deployed because they found scratches on oil pan and exhaust system. these scratches are obviously old and have heavy rust, and they definitely shouldn't have caused the airbags to have deployed. honda has said that to repair the vehicle they would need to replace the airbag control module in addition to both airbags, which seems odd to me if they wont tell me what's wrong with the vehicle. *jb