2002 Acura Rsx

VEHICLE IS LEAKING TOXIC HYDROGEN SULFIDE AND INSIDIOUS POISON GASES THROUGH VENTILATION. THIS CAUSES HEADACHE IRRITATION WHILE IN VEHICLE. DEALER HAS NO WAY TO DETECT THE LEVEL. MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. 27-NOV-2001 [XXX].*AK INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

ON 12/11/01 MY 3 1/2 MONTH OLD RSX-S WAS TOTALLED. A 1990 CHEVY TRUCK SMASHED INTO THE DRIVER SIDE OF THE CAR AND CRUSHED IT. THE DRIVER SIDE FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE REAR FENDER (JUST BEHIND THE DRIVER'S DOOR) ALL THE WAY UP TO THE FRONT BUMPER WAS HIT AND CRUSHED. THE DRIVER'S SIDE IMPACT AIRBAG DID NOT OPEN. THE DRIVER'S FRONT AIRBAG DID NOT OPEN. THE PASSENGER SIDE WAS NOT HIT AT ALL HOWERVER, IT'S FRONT AIRBAG DID DEPLOY. BECAUSE OF MY AIRBAGS NOT OPENING MY HEAD SMASHED THE DRIVER'S DOOR WINDOW AND MY LEFT HIP AND KNEE WERE PRETTY BRUISED. THE PAIN IS JUST NOW STARTING TO GO AWAY, 3 WEEKS LATER. PICTURES CAN BE SEEN AT: <HTTP://PHOTOS.YAHOO.COM/REDHEIFER8 I CALLED ACURA AND TOLD THEM ABOUT THE AIRBAGS NOT WORKING ON THE SIDE OF THE CAR THAT GOT HIT, BUT POPPING OUT ON THE SIDE THAT DIDN'T. THEY SENT AN INVESTIGATOR OUT AND HE TOOK PICTURES OF IT AND WROTE STUFF DOWN FOR ABOUT 2 1/2 HOURS. HIS CONCLUSION WAS THAT "THE IMPACT WAS TO FAR TO THE FRONT TO SET OFF THE SIDE IMPACT AIRBAG AND TOO FAR TO THE REAR TO SET OFF THE FRONT IMPACT AIRBAG." THIS SEEMS TOTALLY ILLOGICAL. THE CAR WAS CRUSHED FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE REAR FENDER ALL THE WAY TO THE FRONT BUMPER. IF THAT'S NOT FAR ENOUGHT BACK TO SET OFF THE SIDE IMPACT AIRBAG, THEN WHERE ARE THE SENSORS FOR IT??? IN THE TRUNK???? WHY DID THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT IMPACT AIRBAG DEPLOY SO EASILY WHEN THAT SIDE WASN'T EVEN HIT??? OBVIOSLY IT'S SESOR WAS NEVER TOUCHED AND IT DEPLOYED. SO WHAT'S UP WITH THE SENSORS ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE CAR??? WHY DON'T THEY WORK??? YOU WOULD THINK IF ONE OF THE SENSORS WAS GOING TO BE LESS SENSITIVE IT WOULD BE THE ONE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE SINCE A CHILD COULD BE OVER THERE. BUT WITHOUT EVEN BEING HIT, THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG POPPED RIGHT OUT. YET NOTHING WORKED ON THE DRIVER SIDE EVEN THOUGH IT TOOK ONE HELL OF A POUNDING THAT TOTALLED THE CAR. HOPE THIS ISN'T A DEFECT ON EVERYBODY'S CAR. I'D HATE TO SEE SOMEBODY GET KILLED BECAUSE THE DRIVER'S AIRBAGS DON'T WORK.

WHILE DRIVING AND TRYING TO SHIFT TO ANOTHER GEAR VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO TO INTO THAT GEAR. IT WILL GO INTO ANOTHER GEAR, EITHER HIGHER OR LOWER ,BUT IT WON'T GO INTO GEAR THAT WAS INDICATED. THIS SUDDEN CHANGE IN ENGINE CAUSED ACCELERATION CHANGE. ON HIGHWAY IT MISSHIFTED, AND THEN ENGINE DIED. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY SAID ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. IF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED ON A BUSY ROAD THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN AN ACCIDENT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

THE RSX IS A BRAND NEW CAR THAT HAS ONLY BEEN ON THE MARKET FOR ABOUT SIX WEEKS. THE CAR HAS A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY PROBLEM WHEN DRIVEN BY SMALLER ADULTS. BASICALLY, SMALLER ADULTS CAN NOT SEE EFFECTIVELY OUT OF THE CAR. I WILL FAX A LETTER THAT I HAVE WRITTEN TO THE PRESIDENT OF AMERICAN HONDA MOTORS WITH THIS FORM. I SINCERELY BELIEVE THAT IT IS JUST A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SOME DRIVERS OF THE CAR ARE INVOLVED IN CRASHES BECAUSE THEY SIMPLY CAN NOT SEE OUT.*AK CONSUMER STATES BECAUSE THE SEAT IS SO WIDE AND TALL, ALL SHE CAN SEE IS THE SUPPORT BEAM BETWEEN THT WO WINDOWS WHEN LOOKING LEFT, THE ONLY WAY SHE CAN SEE OUT THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE CAR IS TO POSITION THE PASSENGER SEAT IN THE FULL FORWARD POSITION AND THEN TILT THE SEAT BACK FORWARD SLIGHTLY. *SLC *TR