2017 Honda Civic Air Bags & Restraints Problems

The Passenger side Air Bag Inflator failure

The seatbelt in our Civic became entangled around our child and locked. The more we tried to get her out, the tighter it became. It was so tight around her waist that it left marks. She unbuckled the seatbelt and let a little more back into the retractor, hoping it would unlock but it only got tighter. We were on vacation and had to find a hardware store to buy a socket set to disconnect the seatbelt from the frame of the car, so at this point has to drive on I-70 with a kid tangled in an unbuckled seatbelt. Once we purchased a socket set, there was plastic obstructing access to the bolt, so we had to then purchase a knife to cut away the plastic to access the bolt. All the while, our kid was tangled up tightly in the seatbelt, squeezing her abdomen. There needs to be an emergency seatbelt lock release button. Had this became tangled around her neck, she could have been seriously hurt or killed.

Airbags deployed in an accident (minimal impact/superficial damage) & deeply lacerated my right thumb. No warning lamps or symptoms of the problem prior. Car to be inspected by insurance claim adjuster & available for inspection.

My husband hit a deer on the highway. The seatbelts locked up but the air bags did not physically engage. We took it into the repair shop today and they said that the airbag system DID in fact tell them to engage, but the air bags did not physically come out. The side by each seat belt opened up but the airbags did not come out, nor did the front air bags come out. If this would have been a worse accident, the occupants of the car would have been injured due to no airbags going off. An independent service center has confirmed that this is what happened. Insurance still has to go out an inspect the vehicle but it is planned to be done. There were no warning messages prior to the failure.

While driving a loud pop was heard. Smoke started coming out of the seatbelt retractor track. Seatbelt would then not retract. The local service shop said that a CO2 cartridge that locks the seatbelt had burst and there are substantial safety concerns with the vehicle now. Uploading the service quote below.

My brakes stopped working, resulting in a car crash. My airbags never went off and I sustained injuries to my head, neck,and, back.

Vehicle rear center seatbelt does not release from buckle with you depress the orange release button.

The contact owns a 2017 Honda Civic. The contact stated that the seat belt tongue failed to latch securely into the buckle. The contact took the vehicle to the local mechanic where the vehicle was diagnosed and the contact was informed that the inner spring was missing and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 84,000.

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I WAS INVOLVED IN A MAJOR CAR ACCIDENT ON THE FREEWAY INVOLVING MY 2017 HONDA CIVIC. TRAFFIC WAS AT A SLOW/STOP ON THE FREEWAY AND A TAHOE COLLIDED INTO MY VEHICLE. I WAS SANDWICHED IN-BETWEEN A NISSAN TITAN AND CHEVY TAHOE. MY CAR WAS TOTALED AND SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO BOTH THE FRONT AND BACK. DESPITE THIS MAJOR IMPACT, NONE OF MY AIRBAGS DEFLATED.

SINCE WE GOT THE CAR, DECEMBER 2017, THE AIR BAG OFF WARNING LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY, ABOUT 8 TIMES SINCE WE GOT IT AND TWICE IN OCTOBER, WHILE MY WIFE IS SEATED IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. TWO DEALERS SAY NOTHING IS WRONG AND HONDA SAYS IF THEY CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG THEY WON'T START REPLACING PARTS UNTIL THE PROBLEM GOES AWAY. WHICH I FIND UNACCEPTABLE FOR SAFETY EQUIPMENT. I CAN NOT HAVE THE AIRBAG FAIL IF WE WERE TO GET IN A COLLISION.

2017 HONDA CIVIC EX HATCHBACK. 22371 MILES. RT. FRT. PASS. AIR BAG WILL NOT DEPLOY IN EVENT OF ACCIDENT DUE TO " SMART DESIGN ". PER HONDA DEALER, SEAT SENSOR IS NOT DETECTING WEIGHT THRESHOLD WHEN ANYONE SITS WHO ARE NOT HEAVY ENOUGH. MY WIFE IS 5' 4" & APPROX. 117 LBS. I AM 5' 5" & APPROX. 115 LBS. NEITHER ONE OF US CAN SIT & TURN OFF SRS OFF WARNING. ALSO PER DEALER THIS IS A SAFETY DESIGN AS IF AIRBAG DEPLOYS THE FORCE CAN INJURE OR WORSE THE PERSON SITTING THERE IF NOT OF CORRECT WEIGHT. MY WIFE WILL NOT BE PROTECTED AT ANY TIME SHE SITS IN FRONT. DEALER ADVISED THAT SEAT BE MOVED FAR BACK AS POSSIBLE OR HAVE HER SIT IN THE BACK SEAT. ALSO, THE SEAT SIDE AIR BAG AND/OR SIDE CURTAIN SYSTEM SHOULD STILL PROVIDE SOME PROTECTION. OTHERWISE, NO TROUBLE CODE (S) ARE PRESENT & SYSTEM OPERATING NORMALLY & WITHIN DESIGN PARAMETERS. NOT COMFORTABLE WITH MY WIFE BEING UNPROTECTED IN EVENT OF INCIDENT & SHE IS NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING REQUIRED TO SIT IN THE BACK SEAT.

I WAS BURNED ON MY LEFT ARM AS A RESULT OF THE AIRBAG DEPLOYING. I COULD NOT SEE OUT OF THE WINDOWS AFTER THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. THE VEHICLE WAS GOING APPROPRIATELY 10-15 MPH WHILE TURING LEFT ONTO A HWY WHEN IT WAS HIT BY ANOTHER VEHICLE

TL-CONTACT OWNS A 2017 HONDA CIVIC --- VEHICLE WAS TOTALED A FEW DAYS AGO ----- AIRBAGS IN VEHICLE DID NOT DEPLOY ----VEHICLE WAS SITTING STILL IN TRAFFIC WHEN ACCIDENT OCCURRED,.MILEAGE ON VEHICLE WAS 16,330 AT TIME OF ACCIDENT. VEHICLE WAS HIT FROM BEHIND AND PUSHED INTO ANOTHER CAR----MESSAGE CAME UP ON DASHBOARD DURING ACCIDENT THAT READ AIRBAG SYSTEM PROBLEM --- VEHICLE WAS A TOTAL LOSS ---0 RECALLS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS VIN..CB

ALREADY SPECIFY WHAT HAS THE AIRBAGS THE BRAKES, THE SEATS. AND HE STILL MANAGES IT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 HONDA CIVIC. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE SUDDENLY DROVE IN FRONT OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE. THE INCIDENT CAUSED THE CONTACT TO T-BONE THE VEHICLE IN FRONT. THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED; HOWEVER, THE DRIVER'S AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY IN A FORWARD DIRECTION. INSTEAD, THE AIR BAG DEPLOYED IN A DOWNWARD DIRECTION. THE SEAT BELT ALSO FAILED TO RETRACT AND LOCKED UP, CAUSING THE CONTACT TO LUNGE FORWARD. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN AWAY FROM THE SCENE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED INJURIES TO THE ARM, CHEST, AND KNEE AREAS. MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS NEEDED. THE CONTACT CALLED VALLEY HONDA (4173 OGDEN AVENUE, AURORA, IL 60504; 630-851-5700) AND WAS INFORMED THAT HIS INSURANCE COMPANY NEEDED TO INVESTIGATE AND DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND OPENED CASE NUMBER: 263430505; HOWEVER, THE CONTACT HAD NOT RECEIVED A RESPONSE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 4,000. *BF CONSUMER STATED HE WOULD LIKE AN INVESTIGATION OF THE FAILURE OF THE AIRBAG AND SEATBELT. UPDATED 8/6/18*JB

DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIRBAGS BOTH DEPLOYED IN DUE TO A VERY MINOR ACCIDENT. THE HONDA WAS JUST COMING OUT OF A STOP SO THE SPEED COULDN'T HAVE BEEN MORE THAN 5-10 MILES PER HOUR. THE FRONT BUMPER SHOWS NO SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO WARRANT THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIRBAGS. NEITHER ONE OF THE PASSENGERS WAS HURT EXCEPT FOR MINOR BURNS ON THE HAND OF THE DRIVER DUE TO THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIRBAG. IT SEEMS THAT THE AIRBAG WERE DEPLOYED NEEDLESSLY.

MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISION ON FREEWAY GOING 68 MPH SPEED UPON IMPACT BY ANOTHER VEHICLE, ORBITAL EYE FRACTURE, SPLIT FOREHEAD, AIRBAG MAY HAVE DEPLOYED LATE

PASSENGER AIR BAG WILL NOT DEPLOY BY DESIGN WHEN SOMEONE WHO DOES MEET WEIGHT CRITERIA IS SEATED. THIS IS A 2017 HONDA CIVIC 5-DOOR PURCHASED NEW IN DEC. 2016 & HAS HAD THIS ISSUE SINCE PURCHASE. PER HONDA & HONDA SERVICING DEALERS THE SENSOR IS DESIGNED TO DEACTIVATE PASSENGER AIR BAG IF WEIGHT THRESHOLD NOT MET. MY WIFE IS 5 FT. 5 IN. & APPROX. 125 POUNDS, & WHENEVER SHE IS SEATED THE AIR BAG INDICATOR IS OFF. PER HONDA & HONDA SERVICING DEALER THE 4 WAYS TO DEAL WITH THIS ARE : 1. MOVE FRONT SEAT ALL THE WAY BACK ( NO AIR BAG FUNCTION ). 2. HAVE HER SIT IN BACK SEAT. 3. NOT HAVE HER IN CAR AT ALL. 4. GET ANOTHER VEHICLE THAT HAS FUNCTIONING PASSENGER AIR BAG. THESE ARE OFFICIAL REPAIR SOLUTIONS PER HONDA TECH SUPPORT & HONDA SERVICING DEALER.

PASSENGER FRONT AIRBAG IS DEACTIVATED WHEN MY WIFE OR I SIT IN THE SEAT. PER HONDA DEALER NEITHER ONE OF US MEET SENSOR CRITERIA TO ACTIVATE AIR BAG. AMERICAN HONDA WILL NOT ASSIST NOR RESPOND TO THIS ISSUE. THE SERVICING DEALER RECOMMENDS HAVING WIFE MOVE SEAT ALL THE WAY BACK OR SIT IN THE BACK SEAT. THIS ISSUE IS CONSIDERED NORMAL & WITHIN DESIGN CRITERIA. PASSENGER FRONT AIRBAG WILL NEVER DEPLOY IN AN ACCIDENT WHENEVER SOMEONE SITS & WEIGHT DOES NOT ACTIVATE AIRBAG.