2012 Honda Accord Airbag Problems

Mileage when the problem started

• Under 25k
  924%
• 25k–50k
  718%
• 50k–75k
  616%
• 75k–100k
  821%
• 100k–150k
  616%
• 150k+
  25%

Owner reports

Selected complaints filed with NHTSA by 2012 Honda Accord owners, lightly cleaned up (personal details are redacted by NHTSA).

2012 Accord exl - Engine Seizure! I had the air-bag recall done about 5 years ago. None of the air-bags deployed when the 2012 exl hit a telephone pole at 20 mph and broke the telephone pole in half. I finally found out about the class action lawsuit for the excessive oil consumption yesterday (1 Qt per 1,000 miles), 2 years after the engine seizure. I spoke with Honda headquarters (1919 Torrance Blvd., Torrance, ca 90501) today for an hour and a half. mostly on hold waiting for [redacted] to get her stupervisor [redacted] to come to the phone. Honda Seemed to think my 2012 v6 exl is not part of the lot of cars they were supposed to fix in the excessive oil consumption class action lawsuit. …

At around 7:25am this morning I was driving to work in traffic and I was needing to stop, but my brakes were not working properly. They went all the way to the floor, no pressure, and I rear ended another person going 35mph. My entire front-end of my vehicle is totalled and my airbags did not even deploy. After the wreck I pumped my breaks to try to move it off the freeway and the breaks started to work again. This is a serious problem because had I been going any faster and even had my other family in the car we all could have been seriously injured or died!!

The contact owns a 2012 Honda Accord. The contact stated that while driving 50 MPH, the vehicle drove over a pothole, causing the driver's side air bag to deploy. The dealer was made aware of the failure; however, the vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and informed the contact that he needed to pay out-of-pocket for the air bag replacement. The failure mileage was approximately 80,000.

The driver's airbag failed to deploy until after the driver struck the wheel and suffered a severe mouth injury. Specifically a tooth was broken on the steering wheel and the tooth displaced down to the root. Consumer wanted to add rusted gasoline tank straps. They have rested out, broken and gasoline tank is hanging halfway down.

I have attempted to notify multiple people numerous times that I no longer own the VIN attached and yet I continue to receive recall notices. A simple check of any standard vehicle history report will show where the vehicle was last known to have been serviced. Please discontinue sending these notices to me.

On jan 16, 2018 I was driving south on e. Kings, shreveport, la in the right lane of a 4-lane road at approximately 3:40 pm. It had snowed the previous day and there were still patches of ice on roadways in many spots. As I approached one of those ice patches at approximately 30mph, which covered both lanes in the southerly direction I was headed, an SUV behind me and travelling the same direction began to pass my vehicle, lost control of his vehicle on the ice and into northbound lane and when he hit dry pavement on that side of road veered sharply right and hit my car broadside with the front right corner of his vehicle. No airbags deployed in the Honda and my head was banged against the inside pillar on drivers side. Collision resulted in damage to the Honda's driver door, left rear door severely damaged and pulled slightly from vehicle; and light damage on left rear quarter panel. …

'Takata recall'. I have taken measures for the safety recalls, adhering to required dates provided by NHTSA of this vehicle, one being the air bags recalls. I was involved in a recent car wreck (January 12th, 2019)at which the driver front air bag deployed from steering wheel. The opposing passenger ran a red light at a street/intersection perpendicular to the street I was traveling on. I t-boned her 2010 Honda Accord in the rear panel, driver's side. I was traveling at speed limit, approx 42 MPH and she was traveling at excessive speed but I am unaware of her speed limit. My vehicle continued in a straight path but completely totaled the front end and driver's side front panel, frame, etc. As for my my injury, I felt burnt on both wrists at the time of impact, but due to shock of accident I did not seek medical attention. …

Tl* the contact owns a 2012 Honda Accord. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 45 MPH, the vehicle crashed into another vehicle causing the air bags to deploy excessively. The contact mentioned that the vehicle was repaired under an unknown NHTSA campaign number for the air bags. A police report was filed. The contact stated that the driver sustained foot and knee injuries and the passenger sustained nine ribs fractured, a fracture from the sternum, the right clavicle fracture, two lower vertebrae bruised and a bruised lungs, abdomen and chest that needed medical attention. The contact felt due to the excessive deployment of the air bags caused too many injuries. The vehicle was towed to towing shop and was destroyed. The contact contacted billy craft Honda (2634 lakeside dr, lynchburg, va 2450) and was informed of the failure. …

Our 2012 4 door/v6 Honda Accord was involved in a crash. A mack truck hit our car from behind at an estimated speed of 50. We hit the car in front of us at an estimated speed of 20. The vehicle was considered totaled with an estimate of $22000-$25000 in damages. The front airbags never deployed. In my research, 2012 Honda's had a recall regarding side airbags not deploying (http://www.Honda.com/newsandviews/article.aspx?id=6510-en). I am concerned there might be an issue with the front airbags as well. I reported the issue to American Honda as a safety concerns for other Honda owners. Honda documented all the information regarding the crash then instructed me to have a private individual inspect vehicle to determine if there was a malfunction with the airbags. If so, then they want us to submit the issue in writing.

Tl* the contact owned a 2012 Honda Accord. While driving at an unknown speed, the contact rear ended another vehicle. The air bags failed to deploy. There were no injuries. A police report was filed. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The dealer was not contacted. On another occasion, while driving approximately 10 MPH, the contact glanced at the clock and crashed into the rear of another vehicle. The vehicle was destroyed. The air bags failed to deploy. The contact sustained whiplash, but did not require medical attention. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to an auto shop. The dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The approximate failure mileage was 168,000.

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