I deliberately looked for safety equipment when shopping for a replacement to our previous vehicle. A major reason I chose the 2005 Honda Pilot EXL-DVD was the side curtain airbags. However, when I was struck broadside by another vehicle with enough force that the Pilot was declared a total loss the side airbag failed to deploy. This failure to deploy thereby causing my head to impact on the driver's side door frame hard enough to cause a large lump on the side of my head and resulting in concussion and other injuries. Some of the injuries are permanent and I am still in severe pain and being treated by multiple doctors eighteen months after the collision with no improvement nor any current outlook for recovery! I now have a permanent hearing loss as well as tinnitus preventing me from having even a few minutes of peace & quiet!

While the accident was the fault of the driver that ran a stop sign and "T-boned" my car, had the air bag deployed I strongly feel it would have prevented my head from the severe impact with the metal frame of the Honda Pilot and I would not have spent the last eighteen months in pain severe enough to prevent me from having a normal life! Many days the pain has kept me in bed for most of the day as well as keeping me from sleeping at night!