Recalls
| Campaign | Manufacturer | Manufacturing date | Type | # of units affected | Date Owner notified Mfg | Recall Initiated by | Manufacturers of recalled vehicles/products | Report Recieved Date | Record Creation Date | Regulation Part Number | FMVSS Number | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIR BAGS | ||||||||||||||||
| 92V091001 | GENERAL MOTORS CORP. | from 11/01/1989 to 04/01/1992 | V (Vehicle) | 211306 | 07/16/1992 | MFR | GENERAL MOTORS CORP. | 07/06/1992 | 07/17/1992 | |||||||
| Defect Summary | The steering wheel center hub can fracture during certain frontal and near frontal vehicle collisions. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | Fracturing of the steering wheel hub can decrease thedriver's control of the vehicle and could reduce the crash protection of thesteering system and the driver's side air bag. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | A steering wheel reinforcement plate and nut will be added to the steering wheel hub. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | System: steering wheel hub; air bag system.vehicle description: passenger cars equipped with air bags in the steering wheelhub. | |||||||||||||||
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIR BAGS | |||
| 10/07/1994 | 1 | ||
| No deployment of driver's air bag during accident, resulting in injury. dup: see 956482. *skd | |||
| AIR BAGS - FRONTAL | |||
| 10/28/2001 | 1 | 10/20/1998 | |
| The front of the vehicle was hit due to a motorist who failed to yield the right of way, drivers air bag deployed without air, causing consumer to sustain injuries, consumer continues to be under doctors care, another person was injured in the accident as well. *slc | |||
| While driving an accident occurred. upon impact, air bags did not deploy. they did not have any air in them. injuries occurred. please provide any further information. | |||
| While driving an accident occurred. however, vehicle had been in a previous accident which was never reported to consumer. upon impact, air bags deployed, but did not have air in them due to previous accident. driver sustained injuries. please provide any furhter information.*ak | |||
| 09/08/1995 | |||
| The consumer feels that when airbag deployed during an accident, there was too much force. consumer was seriously injured. manufacturer has yet to be contacted.*ak | |||
| 08/20/1999 | 0 | ||
| Consumer had a frontal and a left side impact collision, and the air bags did not deploy. *ak | |||
| 12/09/1995 | |||
| While driving vehicle lost control and hit a telephone pole. driver's air bag deployed, but did not prevent contact with steering wheel. both driver and passenger sustained fatal injuries. *ak | |||
| 11/08/1996 | 1 | ||
| Consumer was involved in a 20 mph head-on collision in which the air bags did not deploy. *ak consumer and passenger suffered injuries.*jb | |||
| Car was in an accident and driver air bag didn't deploy. please describe . *ak | |||
| 08/07/1995 | 7 | ||
| Drivers air bad did not inflate during front end collision, causing injury. *dsh | |||
| 02/16/1996 | 6 | ||
| Driver's airbag was defective replaced with airbag from another vehicle causing light to stay on. | |||
| 04/20/1996 | |||
| The consumer had an accident and the air bag didn't deploy. *ak | |||
| 07/28/1995 | 1 | ||
| Upon impact after being involved in three 360 degree turns on wet surface, no air bag deployment. tt | |||
| 11/15/1994 | 5 | ||
| No deployment of airbag during collision, resulting in injury. *tw | |||
| 10/07/1994 | 7 | ||
| No deployment of driver's air bag during accident, resulting in injury. *skd | |||
| 01/18/1995 | 1 | ||
| Head on collision and the drivers side airbag did not deploy, resulting in an injury. tt | |||