Air Bag Loc Seat Cushion: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Body Class: Hatchback/Liftback/Notchback
Displacement CC: 2500.0
Displacement CI: 152.55936023683
Displacement L: 2.5
Doors: 3
Drive Type: FWD/Front Wheel Drive
Engine Cylinders: 5
Engine HP: 227
Engine KW: 169.2739
Engine Model: B5254T7
Fuel Type Primary: Gasoline
Make: VOLVO
Manufacturer: VOLVO CAR USA, LLC
Manufacturer Id: 1006
Model: C30
Model Year: 2013
Other Engine Info: Emission Code: ULEV2, RPM: 5000
Other Restraint System Info: 3 point seatbelt on all designated seating positions
Plant City: Gent Plant
Plant Company Name: Volvo Cars
Plant Country: Belgium
Seat Belts All: Manual
TPMS: Direct
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
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Complaint
2008
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
I WAS DRIVING OUT OF A TOLL BOOTH AND WAS ACCELERATING. A TRACTOR TRAILER BEGAN COMING CLOSER TO ME. I MOVED OVER TO AVOID IMPACT WITH THE TRUCK. IN THE PROCESS MY FRONT AND REAR DRIVERS SIDE WHEELS RUBBED AGAINST A CURB CAUSING THE SIDE AIRBAGS TO DEPLOY. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE OTHER THAN A TWO INCH SCRAPE ON THE RIMS. THE EMPLOYEES IN THE BODY SHOP AND SERVICE DEPARTMENT STATED THAT THE AIRBAGS SHOULD NOT HAVE DEPLOYED DUE TO THE WHEELS RUBBING CURB. THE WOMAN AT VOLVO STATED THAT THE CAR "DETECTED IMMINENT DAMAGE" WHICH CAUSED THE AIRBAGS TO DEPLOY. I WAS DECELERATING AT THE TIME OF THE DEPLOYMENT, HAD I BEEN ACCELERATING TO PASS THE TRUCK I WOULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. THE INVESTIGATOR FROM VOLVO STATED THAT THEY MOVED THE SENSORS TO THE WHEEL WELLS AND THE ARE MORE SENSITIVE. I THINK THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN AS THE VEHICLE, UPON DETECTING IMMINENT DANGER ALMOST KILLED ME. *TR