Other Restraint System Info: Full frontal supplemental inflatable restraint
Plant City: Kosai
Plant Country: Japan
Plant State: Shizuoka
Seat Belts All: Manual
Trim: SX
Trim2: LX
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2006
OTHER
SIRS; THE OTHER DAY I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND NOTICED MY DAUGHTER DOING WHAT JUST ABOUT EVERY WOMAN DOES. SHE HAD HER LEGS ON THE DASH BOARD. THEN IT OCCURRED TO ME, IF A DEER OR OTHER CAR POPPED OUT IN FRONT OF US AND I HIT THEM, THE AIR BAG WOULD COME OUT, AND IT WOULD THROW HER LEGS BEHIND HER HEAD. HAVE YOU DONE ANY TEST ON THIS AND HOW MUCH OF AN INJURY SHE COULD OF HAD. I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF ANY REPORT ON THIS. SHE HAD HER SEAT BELT ON, BUT WITH THE SPEED THE AIR BAG WOULD COME OUT, I THINK IT WOULD KILL HER BY PUSHING HER KNEES INTO HER HEAD OR EVEN BREAK HER BACK. CAN YOU TELL ME IF THERE WAS ANY TEST MADE LIKE THIS. *JB
2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 SUZUKI AERIO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED TO 80 MPH. THE CONTACT THEN APPLIED THE BRAKE AND THE VEHICLE DECELERATED AND CAUGHT FIRE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IT WAS AN ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE, BUT FLAMES CAME FROM THE REAR END OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED BY THE OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC AND TESTING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WEATHER WAS NOT A FACTOR. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.