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Airbags can significantly reduce the chance of death or injury in an accident. Defective airbags, however, can cause serious harm to drivers. The Center for Auto Safety is working to ensure that airbags are properly engineered and truly protect occupants in collisions.

Background Information

  • NHTSA Study re: Frontal Airbag Non-Deployment
  • "Head Bags" Help Keep Drivers Alive, Study Shows
  • Airbag Study Shows Huge Variation In Safety Records

Nissan

  • CAS Summary Judgment Motion Reply and Exhibits
  • Nissan Recalls Altimas to Replace Air Bags
  • CAS Urges Consumers to Replace Passenger Airbag in 1994-95 Nissan Altima
  • Airbag Injuries to Passengers Bedevil Nissan
  • Nissan Tested Altima Air Bag Replacement
  • Air Bag Lawsuits Blame Nissan for Eye Injuries
  • 1994, Early 1995 Nissan Air Bags Continues to Jeopardize Passengers; Nissan, Government Must Act
  • Defective Nissan Altima Passenger-Side Air Bags Blind People

Litigation

  • CAS Summary Judgment Motion Reply and Exhibits
  • 1999 Nissan Analysis of Eye Injuries in 1994-1995 Altimas
  • CAS vs. NHTSA Settlement
  • CAS vs. NHTSA Complaint
  • Statement of Clarence Ditlow on Nissan Altima Airbags That Blind Passengers

CAS Actions

  • Airbags Category Description
  • CAS and Public Citizen Letter to Mr. Carlos Ghosn, Nissan CEO

NHTSA Investigation

  • U.S. Proposes Tougher Crash-Safety Tests
  • CAS Recall Request to NHTSA Administrator Runge

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