2009 Volkswagen Jetta air bags problems

“at or around 6:52pm on 9/11/2026, what I assume is the seatbelt pretensioner deployed while I was driving down a smooth road. absolutely no potholes or anything of the sort, I was just regularly driving down the road and it snapped and tightened up onto my chest, started smoking inside, and injured the left side of my neck. I have a 2009 Volkswagen Jetta Sportwagen 2.5 SE. I don't understand what happened, but this is a clear safety concern, and this absolutely terrified me. I immediately pulled over and checked under and around the car, there was nothing.”

“Since there has been ongoing investigation on airbags, thought to report the issue related to this. For some reason, the airbag yellow warning light came up for no reason on my dashboard. It came up months ago and never has'nt gone away. Was wondering this is part of the airbag recall debate that has been reported in the media”

“the airbag light indicator is on and the car is 2009 which is more than 10 years old however it is under 120k miles original warranty as it is currently at 97k miles and I have contacted Volkswagen and nothing they could do or helped me. Dealerships want to charge me diagnostic fees which was ridiculous. the dealership scanned the code but did not went further without the additional fee.”

“1) seat belt did not lock and airbags did not deploy. Available for requested inspection. 2) injured driver & passenger. Both flew up out of their seats hitting their heads and body on windshield 3) Not yet appointment only available in 2 weeks 4)No 5)police and tow impound company. Still in impound waiting on insurance 6)no”

“I WAS IN A SIDE IMPACT CRASH WITH THE OTHER VEHICLE GOING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH. I WAS HIT ON THE DRIVERS SIDE AND NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED, MY INSURANCE ADJUSTER OPENED THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR TO ASSESS THE DAMAGE AND THE AIRBAG THEN DEPLOYED. MY INSURANCE ADJUSTER STATED THAT THE AIRBAG SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED AND IT MAY HAVE HELPED WITH THE IMPACT.”

“I TOOK THE CAR TO MY MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD THE IGNITER FOR THE AIR BAGS IS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THE CAR ONLY HAS 35000 MILES ON IT AND THE MECHANIC FELT IT SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER SOME SORT OF WARRANTY.”