Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIR BAGS | |||
| 08/18/2000 | 1 | ||
| The drivers side air bag failed to deploy during accident causing injury to both occupants of the vehicle. nlm | |||
| 11/13/1998 | 1 | ||
| Vehicle was involved in an accident where the consumer was injured, the air bags experienced no deployment, consumer is requesting a refund for the price of the air bag since it failed. *slc | |||
| 1 | |||
| No deployment of air bag in accident, causing injury. (1st vehicle on 603330) | |||
| 09/01/1996 | 1 | ||
| Other: air bag warning light illuminated. | |||
| AIR BAGS - FRONTAL | |||
| 11/20/2004 | 2 | 07/01/2004 | |
| Dt: the contact owns a 1992 buick lesabre. the contact states that the air bag partially deployed in a head on collision. at 40 mph. it pushed consumer's car back two feet and engine back 4 inches. someone from buick came out and inspected vehicle, and then indicated they would not do anything about the vehicle because it was still drivable. contact stated that the air bag light illuminated. while driving sometimes consumer heard a humming noise like the air bag was going to deploy. contact pulled over and waited for the humming noises to stop. contact filed a complaint before as indicated in odi 10105027. also, consumer's aunt was in an accident with same this happened about two years ago. both fenders, hood, grill, and bumper were completely damaged. upon impact, the driver's air bag partially deployed, while passenger's air bag did not deploy. contact's aunt was the only occupant in the vehicle. she had seat belt on. the air bag warning light was not on prior to the crash. driver sustained a broken collar bone. this vehicle was used for transportation only, she still had to drive this vehicle. *ak | |||
| 06/29/2000 | 1 | 11/16/1993 | |
| The vehicle was involved in a frontal collision, and the air bags failed to deploy. *jb *jb | |||
| 11/13/1998 | 1 | ||
| Vehicle was hit in rear while stopped, causing vehicle to collide into 2 vehicles in front, force so great it totally demolished vehicle (front to rear) roof buckled and passengers had to be cut out of vehicle, there was no deployment of frontal air bags in crash. cj | |||
| 12/21/1999 | 1 | ||
| It had been raining in a parking lot of a department store, vehicle proceeded out of parking lot. driver's foot slipped off brake pedal, and ran head-on to a light pole. upon impact, driver's side airbag didn't deploy. had vehicle towed to a service station. due to front damage vehicle has been totaled. *ak | |||
| 09/01/1999 | |||
| The driver airbag seems that it will deploy due to fact the steering wheel is very puffy and the horn is inoperative, if the airbag deployed unexpectly may cause a loss of vehicle control and crash. please provide further information .mjs | |||
| 08/01/1997 | 1 | ||
| Aproximately 2 inch split in driver's side airbag cover could cause airbag not deploy or deploy inadvertently. not checked by dealer. *ak | |||
| 04/03/1996 | |||
| Airbag light on dash lights up after turning on, told by dealer airbag will not function. please identify defect. *ak | |||
| 11/23/1994 | 3 | ||
| No deployment of driver's air bag in above accident, resulting in injury. attorney for client. | |||
| 04/01/1995 | 1 | ||
| In a frontal collision at 20mph the air bag did not deploy (drivers side). tt | |||
| AIR BAGS - FRONTAL - DRIVER SIDE INFLATOR MODULE | |||
| 04/06/2006 | 108000 | 1 | 02/15/2002 |
| White smoke coming from steering column. it does not smell electrical, nor is the smoking consistent first occurrence tonight. conditions were, 40 mph, parking lights on, econ/vent set at 68 and fan on auto with cruise control not engaged. smoke came from outlets where turn signals, tilt steering adjustment and retractable steering column insets. i pulled over, turned off the car, opened the hood and saw no smoke from engine compartment and smelled no other hot instances. the smoke from the column cessated when ignition was turned off. i restarted the car without further incident. after speaking with an engineer friend, he suggests it may be the air bag contacts and advised me to notify you immediately as a safety notification for possible recall/fire hazard. where there is smoke, there is fire and i am reporting it as such which includes unknown damage due to overheating of some sort to the driver side airbag system. *nm | |||
| AIR BAGS - FRONTAL - SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE | |||
| 04/06/2006 | 108000 | 1 | 02/15/2002 |
| White smoke coming from steering column. it does not smell electrical, nor is the smoking consistent first occurrence tonight. conditions were, 40 mph, parking lights on, econ/vent set at 68 and fan on auto with cruise control not engaged. smoke came from outlets where turn signals, tilt steering adjustment and retractable steering column insets. i pulled over, turned off the car, opened the hood and saw no smoke from engine compartment and smelled no other hot instances. the smoke from the column cessated when ignition was turned off. i restarted the car without further incident. after speaking with an engineer friend, he suggests it may be the air bag contacts and advised me to notify you immediately as a safety notification for possible recall/fire hazard. where there is smoke, there is fire and i am reporting it as such which includes unknown damage due to overheating of some sort to the driver side airbag system. *nm | |||
| AIR BAGS - ON-OFF SWITCH ASSEMBLY | |||
| 05/15/1999 | 05/10/1997 | ||
| Computer system for the airbag system failed, causing the on & off switch to be inoperative. consumer does not have an option to have the airbag on or off. please provide further information. *ak | |||