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Kia - Collision Damage

Jennifer of Kansas City MO (7/19/03):
My problem has to do with air bags on the Kia Sedona minivan. I was in a mall parking lot pulling out of a postal station and struck a concrete light pole driving around five mph. This lowspeed impact should have been a minor amount of damage. It turned out to be a major amount because both front air bags deployed. The van is still in the shop and the last estimate we had is $9,400.

This does not seem right for such a low speed impact. At the time that I hit the light pole I am thankful that I was looking up at an overhead clearance bar or the physical damage could have been alot worse than a airbag burn on my arm. I have found a news release from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety finding that the air bags deployed at low speeds and the bumpers failed. The damages in their tests on Sedonas were the highest they have seen on any vehicle. I am very afraid to ever drive this van again.

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