Consumer Complaint Detail

HYUNDAI / ELANTRA / 2005

Recalls
1 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005032412 Incident Date: Jul, 19 2005
Consumer's City: SHERMAN Consumer's State: TX
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Hyundai Motor America
Model Name: ELANTRA Model Year: 2005
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes Component's Description: Air bags:frontal
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 1
Vehicle's VIN#: KMHDN460050 Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Aug, 03 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: Yes Purchase Date: Apr, 18 2005
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: On wednesday, july 15, 2005 a young man was racing on u.s. highway 75 in sherman. he rear-ended another southbound car and knocked across a grassy median, into my car head on. my airbag on the driver side deployed immediately, however, the passenger bag did not deploy right away resulting in serious injury to one of my passengers, toni folsom. on initial impact, toni flew forward and her head impacted the windshield, the seat belt then yanked her back and she flew forward again and only then did the airbag deploy. toni had a broken nose, concussion, 30 stitches in her face, and a perforated colon from the seat belt. the car was totaled. my concern is the fact the airbag deployed late. i know of another man whose sensor in his 2004 hyundai elantra is not working for his passenger bag and the dealership keeps telling him there is nothing wrong with it. please check into this matter. thank you, cherie odom . *nm