A driver of a new 2012 Hyundai Elantra filed a complaint with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration after he says his side-curtain airbag sliced his ear in half after it deployed in an accident.
When the airbag deployed, a metal bracket also came apart and hit the driver in the head. Representatives at Hyundai say they have not received any other reports of side-curtain airbag injuries in the 2012 Elantra.
The NHTSA and Hyundai will both conduct an investigation into the accident. The 2012 Elantra, the automaker’s second-best selling car, was recently named the North American Car of the Year.
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