Very few victims know right away that an automotive defect played a role in their accident, since they assume the collision caused their injuries. If your injuries are more serious than you might expect from your accident, here are some ways to determine if a car defect caused your injuries.
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Air Bag: Failure to Deploy
1. If you were involved in a head-on accident or an accident that caused serious damage to the front of your car, and the air bag in your steering wheel or dash failed to deploy.
2. If you were involved in an accident that caused serious damage to the side of your car, and your side air bag failed to deploy.
3. If you were involved in a rollover accident, and your side curtain air bag did not deploy.
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Air Bag: Deployment in Minor Accident
4. If you were involved in a minor accident in which your air bag deployed and you suffered a serious injury.
5. If your air bag deployed and your injuries seem much more severe than you would have expected in that accident.
6. If your air bags deployed when you were rear-ended and you suffered a serious injury.
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Air Bag: Improper Deployment
7. If you were involved in an accident because your air bags deployed before the crash.
8. If the air bags deployed when you hit a pothole or the bottom of your car hit something on the road, and it caused you to have an accident.
9. If the air bags went off for no reason and you suffered a serious injury.
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Air Bag: Lack of Certain Safety Features
10. If you suffered blindness or eye injury from your air bag when it deployed.
11. If your air bag ripped or tore during the accident and you suffered a serious injury.
12. If your air bag deployed late in the accident (or even after the accident), and you hit your head, neck or chest on the steering wheel, dash or other part of the interior.
13. If your air bag broke apart the dash panel, sun visor or other part of your interior during the accident and you suffered a serious injury.
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Seat Belt: Common Flaws
14. If your seat belt was buckled before the accident, but it unbuckled during the accident and allowed you to suffer a serious injury.
15. If your seat belt was buckled but you were still ejected or partially ejected from the vehicle during the accident.
16. If your seat belt ripped, tore or broke during the accident and you suffered a serious injury.
17. If your seat belt was buckled, but you still suffered a serious injury from hitting the steering wheel, dash, the seat in front of you, or other parts of your car’s interior.
18. If you suffered a serious internal injury from the seat belt.
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