1996 Mazda 626 Air bags Problems

“I was driving on 131 north about 75-80 MPH and my airbags (both sides) deployed. There is no damage and I did not hit anything. I received burns on my nose, on my lips, sprained jaw, bloody nose, burns on my wrist, and facial scrapes and contusions. The passenger side started to smoke, and wouldn't stop until the airbag was removed.”

“June 28, 2002 -- wellings Mazda, richmond, in performed recall ssp-34 air bag campaign. March 2004, matt castrucci's auto mall, body electrical: customer states air bag light is on please check out and adv, and custormer states car is running rough, was told valve cover gaskets are leaking and on the spark plugs please check out. Results were: checked out light is not on, no correction at this time. And checked out replaced valave {sic} cover gaskets and intake gaskets cleaned spark plug wires and plugs. Rechecked ok sept. …”

“Reported to Mazda that in two front-end collisions no airbags deployed. And they said too bad. Car was almost totalled in june 96 wreck, and we were both injured. The car was repaired, and in december 96, we hit two deers/an embankment and rolled 175 feet and the airbags still did not deploy, so what exactly does it take for them to go off. Needless to say, the car was demolished in the second accident and we no longer have it.”

“The contact owns a 1996 Mazda 626. The contact stated that while the shifter was in the park position and powered on, the vehicle suddenly experienced an unintended acceleration and crashed into a brick pillar. The contact stated that the air bags failed to deploy. The contact sustained an injured back that required medical attention. A police report was filed. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 213,365.”

“I was on my way to work at 5:45 p.m. And as I was going over a set of railroad tracks at 15 miles per hour the driver's side and passenger side air bags deployed. I received an abrasion on my cornea in my left eye, a rash and scrapes on my left cheek, a scrape above my left eyelid, and some hearing loss in my left ear. I have been out of work for a week and a day so far. I have been seeing an eye doctor since the night of this incident and he has told me that he doesn't know when I'll be able to go back to work. I'm losing wages from both of my jobs.”