Consumer Complaint Detail

HYUNDAI / ACCENT / 2006

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
1 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 006119441 Incident Date: Jun, 11 2006
Consumer's City: GURABO Consumer's State: PR
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: Hyundai Motor America
Model Name: ACCENT Model Year: 2006
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes Component's Description: Air bags:frontal:sensor/control module
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: KMHCF35G25U Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Sep, 12 2007 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: Yes Purchase Date: Mar, 03 2006
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: My 21 yr.old son was driving home at aprox 2:53a.m. lost control of his 2006 hyundi brio and crashes the front left side and later followed though to another wall impacting it sideways . the fontal airbags did not deploy and he later died at hospital of severe abdomial trauma , ribs puncturig both lungs. as a father how can i know if the first impact was strong enough to make the airbags deploy and if there have been recalls for problems concerning airbag deployment failure. the model of the car was hyundai brio.