Defective airbags can turn a life-saving safety feature into a dangerous hazard. Chevrolet, Toyota, Honda, Takata, ARC Automotive, and other manufacturers have issued massive airbag recalls after discovering inflators that can explode or fail to deploy properly—sending shrapnel into occupants or leaving them unprotected in crashes. These recalls involve over 100 million airbag inflators, linked to at least 28 confirmed deaths and 400 serious injuries in the U.S. alone. If you’ve been harmed by a faulty airbag, it’s crucial to consult a skilled defective airbag injury lawyer to protect your rights and pursue full compensation.

 

Why Faulty Airbags Are So Dangerous

Airbags are designed to cushion impacts, but defects can cause:

  • Exploding inflators, which fire metal fragments

  • Failure to deploy, leaving occupants without protection

  • Incorrect deployment force, causing blunt trauma or burns

Recent cases include Takata inflators rupturing with explosive force, injuring or killing drivers and passengers. Some new inflators from companies like ARC have failed quality inspections and injured people during minor collisions .

Common Injuries Caused by Airbag Failures

Injuries linked to defective airbags often include:

  • B lacerations, puncture wounds, and punctured lungs from metal shards

  • Traumatic brain injuries or concussions

  • Broken ribs and facial fractures

  • Internal organ damage or severe burns

  • Emotional trauma such as PTSD

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Causes Of Defective Airbag Injuries

There are a few different ways an airbag can fail to operate properly and therefore cause injury to a passenger in an auto accident You could be injured either by the airbag’s failure to deploy or its inadvertent deployment.

Failure To Deploy

We all depend on airbags in automobiles to provide a last-second cushion and absorb the bulk of an impact. If an airbag fails to deploy during a car accident, a passenger can sustain serious injuries to their head, neck, face, and even their brain.

Inadvertent Deployment

An airbag can also cause serious injury if it deploys inadvertently, such as without impact or due to very minor impact. An airbag is meant to deploy within milliseconds at an extremely high velocity. This impact can leave someone seriously injured or block their view and cause them to crash.

Faulty Airbags & Children

On a normal-sized person, a properly deployed airbag may cause a bit of bruising or other types of injuries. However, airbags are not manufactured with children in mind.

The manufacturers of child safety seats understand and recognize the connection between their products, airbags, and the injuries the two products combined can cause, yet we still encounter issues of child safety. Because they are not designed with children or smaller people in mind, airbags can actually cause them more harm than good. Instead of the passenger’s head hitting the airbag in the center, cushioning the blow, a smaller person’s head will hit an airbag off-center, which could knock their head back further and cause a head or neck injury.

Dropping The Hammer On Negligent Carmakers

If you, your child, or another loved one sustained injuries exacerbated by a faulty airbag, you may have a case against the manufacturer. At Jamie Casino Injury Attorneys, we understand the devastating impact that a faulty car part can have on innocent lives. Our defective airbag lawyers in Savannah are committed to giving you a voice and making sure the negligent manufacturer pays for its mistake.

Contact us online to call us at (912) 809-5335 to request a free consultation.

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