2000 Saab 9-5 Air bags Problems

“On 4/15/06, my husband merle was driving my mother and daughter to a grocery store. My mom stepped out of the front passenger seat; as soon as she did, the side air bag lodged in the passenger seat back spontaneously deployed. It did not deploy upon any kind of collision or impact; however, the car had been in a passenger side collision on february 21, 2006, when another driver hit our car broadside. The repair work was completed in mid-march. On april 18, 2006, I took the car back to the auto body shop that completed the repairs from the 2/21/06 incident. …”

“Dt: the consumer's wife was in serious car accident and the side air bags did not deploy. Consumer's vehicle was hit on hit the passenger's side, and was hit so hard that the back passenger's door was stuck to the vehicle that hit it. The driver of the other vehicle admitted he had been going at 30 MPH when the side impact occurred. This happened on august 17, 2005. Had not contacted dealership, but will be contacting the manufacturer.”

“Dt: the contact's wife on 4-18-05 was driving 2000 Saab. The car was in park when she moved the driver's side seat back, and the driver's side air bag deployed. She sustained injuries to upper left arm and the back of head. She did not go to the hospital or see a doctor. She occasionally had some problems with left arm and the back of head. They took the car to the dealer, and he found that there were a cluster of wires underneath the seat. When the seat was moved back a wire was chafed and caused a short in the system , resulting in air bag to deployment. …”

“The impact was front end - I hit a steel and cement pole at 25 MPH and the air bag never deployed. My head crashed the windshield and I sustained a severe head injury with amnesia, loss of conciousness, aphasia, left sided weakness, fractured ribs, and severe post concussive syndrome. My seatbelts caused 4 broken ribs on the right. If the airbag had deployed according to my doctor I would have not sufferred these injuries. I contacted Saab corporate office and reported the incident and they were not helpful at all.”

“The contact stated while driving 25 MPH, the vehicle was involved in a rear end collision, and the airbags did not deploy. The contact was wearing a seat belt, but minor injuries were sustained. There was extensive damage to the front of the vehicle. The police were alerted, and a report was taken. The vehicle was towed to an independent repair shop to await repair of the body damage. The manufacturer was alerted.”