Hyundai Ordered To Pay $14 Million For Airbag Flaw: Are You At Risk? - The Car Connection

And yesterday, a jury awarded a Virginia man $14 million after determining that the side airbag system in his 2008 Hyundai Tiburon was defective. According to a press release issued by the man's law firm, Stein Mitchell Muse & Cipollone, the side airbag in But it's not just a matter of the airbag in this particular Tiburon not deploying. That design -- which positioned the sensor below the driver's seat, rather than farther forward in the vehicle -- was used on Tiburons from the Auto News reports that Hyundai plans to appeal yesterday's ruling, pointing out that the Tiburon... Hyundai also says that Duncan's injuries were the result of his Tiburon rolling into a tree, which caused the roof to hit the driver's head. Source: www.thecarconnection.com