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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 006094594 | Incident Date: Aug, 31 2006 |
| Consumer's City: LOS ALAMITOS | Consumer's State: CA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) |
| Model Name: FIT | Model Year: 2007 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Air bags:frontal |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: JHMGD38477S | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Feb, 07 2007 | Complaint Type: EVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: May, 31 2006 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 0 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Tl* - the contact was concerned about the air bag crash test results of the 2007 honda fit. the insurance institute of highway safety reported the following r on this vehicle: http://www.iihs.org/ratings/rating.aspx?id=722 "the honda fit was introduced in the 2007 model year. the fit was evaluated in two 40 mph frontal offset crash tests. in the first test, the driver's frontal airbag deployed too early, with the result that high forces were recorded on the dummy's head when it bottomed out the airbag and hit the steering wheel hard, indicating the likelihood of head injuries. this led honda to modify the frontal airbag deployment characteristics on models produced after november 2006. also, honda will initiate a safety improvement campaign to modify at its cost vehicles produced earlier. a second fit was tested with the modified airbags, and the driver's airbag inflated later. ratings of the fit was based on the results of the second test, except structural performance which was based on both tests. restraints/dummy kinematics. dummy movement was well controlled. the side curtain and side thorax airbags deployed during the crash. during rebound, the dummys head contacted the side curtain airbag, which kept the head away from any stiff structure that could cause injury. measures taken from the head, neck, and chest indicate low risk of injuries to these body regions. *ak |
