Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIR BAGS | |||
| 11/21/2009 | |||
| Tl* the contact owns a 1998 buick century. while attempting to merge onto a highway she crashed into another vehicle. she was hospitalized for injuries. none of the air bag deployed. the failure and current mileages were unknown. | |||
| 09/22/1999 | 1 | 01/29/1999 | |
| Protective cover over the air bag is missing clips and the cover is bent. mjs | |||
| AIR BAGS - FRONTAL | |||
| 06/22/2003 | 1 | 04/29/2003 | |
| While driving 60 mph, the vehicle was hit by another vehicle on the front passenger side. the consumer stated that both frontal air bags did not deploy upon impact. the driver sustained minor injuries as a result. *nm the consumer tried to avoid the accident but the steering wheel locked up and the vehicle shut off. *sc *jb | |||
| Consumer was involved in a 40 mph frontal collision in which driver's/passenger's air bags did not deploy. cause unknown. please give any further details. *ak | |||
| 06/01/1999 | 800 | 1 | |
| Consumer experienced false deployment of air bags when she was backing into garage and tappped the back wall resulting in minor injuries to the face (swollen and bruised lips, gums and chin). *nlm please review claim # 990064058 for further investigations. *cb | |||
| 06/16/1998 | 1 | ||
| Consumer was involved in a rear end collision and was forced into another vehicle in which neither driver or passenger side air bags deployed, causing injuries to both driver and passenger. consumer has contacted the dealer. dealer stated vehicle had over 5000 dollars worth of damage to the front end. *ak *slc | |||
| AIR BAGS - ON-OFF SWITCH ASSEMBLY | |||
| 1 | 01/05/1998 | ||
| Consumer had on/off switch installed by airbag system of southern california. airbag indictor light on dash stayed on at all times, even with switch turned on or off. a recall was issued 00e01000, but manufactuer will not replace switch, and denied defect. switch was installed on 1998, buick, century.*ak the consumer was told by the company to start the engine 200 times and the light will go off, but it did not happen. *yh | |||