Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIR BAGS | |||
| 01/21/2012 | 125707 | ||
| I was involved in an accident. the right front of my vehicle struck a car that came into my lane. i continued across the highway (garden state parkway in new jersey) and hit a guardrail hard with the left front of my vehicle. the airbags did not deploy with either front end collision. my vehicle sustained $10,000 in damage and was totaled by the insurance company. | |||
| 02/14/2008 | 35000 | 1 | 10/06/2006 |
| While driving on a slippery highway, my rendezvous was involved in a crash which consisted of a left front/side collision with a concrete guardrail and a head on collision with a metal guardrail on opposite sides of the highway. speeds of these collisions ranged from approx. 40mph to 25mph (first/front side collision @40mph and second/final head on collision @ 25mph). in neither collision did the airbags deploy. vehicle suffered major damage, mainly cosmetic, and totaling approx $5000, but vehicle was not totaled. vehicle was towed to a dealership, pending repair. *tr | |||
| 02/15/2007 | 65000 | 1 | |
| Car accident, air bags did not deploy, car was totaled. *tr | |||
| 04/23/2004 | 1 | 01/03/2004 | |
| While traveling at 30 mph another vehicle that was traveling at 45 and hit consumer's vehicle on the passenger's side. upon impact, none of the vehicles airbags deployed. *ak | |||
| AIR BAGS - FRONTAL | |||
| 04/29/2005 | 1 | ||
| 2004 buick rendezvous was struck in the right front corner yet the air bags never deployed.***no answer required***. *mr the consumer was given several reasons why the air bag did not deploy. one was that the vehicle wasn't traveling fast enough, the second was that the sensor was not activated on impact and the third one was that there may have been some type of air bag defect. the vehicle was deemed totaled by the consumer's insurance company. *nm | |||
| 12/31/2003 | 1432 | 1 | 12/15/2003 |
| Air bag light illuminated and remained on while driving 35 mph. consumer took vehicle to the dealer. then, dealer informed the consumer that front driver's air bag had to be replaced. dealer was waiting for the parts. *ak | |||
| AIR BAGS - SIDE/WINDOW | |||
| 04/12/2010 | 89449 | 1 | |
| Tl*the contact owns a 2004 buick rendezvous. the contact started the vehicle, and abruptly there was a deployment of the side air bags. the contact was treated at an emergency room for minor injuries which included burns and bruises. the manufacturer was notified of the failure. the vehicle had not been diagnosed at the time of the complaint. the failure mileage was 89,449. the current mileage is 89,449. updated 05/19/10 *bf updated 06/04/10.*jb | |||
| 02/24/2005 | 25600 | 1 | 10/16/2003 |
| The rendevous was traveling 18 mph and struck by a pacifica going 20-30 mph that ran a stop sign. the rendevous was struck between the driver side rear door and the driver rear wheel well causing the rendevous to fall over on its passenger side, slide 15-30 feet, hit an embankment and ended up on its 4 wheels again. *jb | |||