Owner-reported complaints naming the airbag system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the air-bag system — deployment behaviour, inflators, sensors and warning lights. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1994 Buick Lesabre submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 19 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
WHILE TURNING LEFT AT A STOP SIGN ANOTHER VEHICLE COME UP THE HILL ON THE LEFT AND COLLIDED WITH CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. CONSUMER WAS WEARING SEAT BELTS, BUT, THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE POLICE DID ARRIVE ON THE SEEN BUT NOBODY WAS CITED. CONSUMER SUSTAINED MINOR HEAD INJURIES. *AK *NM
THE DRIVER REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING. AS A RESULT THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED AND CAUSED BURNS TO THE PASSENGERS THIGHS. THE FUMES EMITTED FROM THE AIR BAG ALSO CAUSED EYE IRRITATION AND BREATHING PROBLEMS. THE PASSENGER HAS DEVELOPED ASTHMA AND HAS CONTINUED TO EXPERIENCE EYE IRRITATION. THE MASTER CYLINDER WAS REPLACED BECAUSE IT LEAKED. THE CALIPERS WERE DEGREASED, THE ALTERNATOR WAS REPLACED AND THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR LOCKS WERE REPLACED. *SCC *NLM
THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION IN WHICH THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED UPWARDS. *NLM THE CONSUMER SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES AND THEY DID NOT RESPOND. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED AND THE ENTIRE FRONT END WAS PUSHED IN. THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED BUT THE PASSENGER SIDE DID NOT, INSTEAD IT JUST BLEW IN THE CONSUMER'S WIFE'S FACE. (IN WHICH SHE SUFFERED INJURIES) THE BRAKES HAD TO BE CLEANED OF GREASE WHEN THE CONSUMER FIRST TOOK OWNERSHIP OF THE VEHICLE AND A FEW WEEKS LATER THE MASTER CYLINDER HAD TO BE REPLACED. *SCC *JB
THE DEALER REFUSED TO REMOVE THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG. *MR *PH *JB
WHILE TRAVELING AT 70 MPH A DEER JUMPED IN FRONT OF VEHICLE, CAUSING DAMAGE TO FRONT. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY . *AK
VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AT 40 MPH, AND THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, RESULTING IN MINOR INJURIES. *AK
WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH ON WET PAVEMENT, VEHICLE INVOLVED IN FRONTAL IMPACT WHEN ABS DID NOT KICK IN AFTER BRAKES WERE APPLIED. NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. DEALER NOT AWARE OF PROBLEMS WHICH STILL EXIST. *AK *ML
CONSUMER WAS DOZING OFF WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH ON THE ROAD, CAUSING CONSUMER TO HIT TWO OTHER VEHICLES. AIR BAG ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE FAILED TO DEPLOY, BUT THE PASSENGER'S SIDE DID DEPLOY. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK
NO DEPLOYMENBT OF AIR BAGS DURING COLLISION CAUSING INJURIES TO CONSUMER.(ATTORNEY FOR CLIENT).
WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 70 MPH VEHICLE COLLIDED. THE PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED AND WAS BURNING, CAUSING INJURIES TO THE LEGS AND STOMACH OF THE PASSENGER. THE DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK *SLC
WHILE DRIVING 70MPH, THE VEHICLE HAD DIRECT FRONTAL COLLISION, AND BOTH DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. BUT THE PASSENGER'S AIRBAG DEPLOYED TOO FAST, CAUSING A FIRE AND ADDITIONAL INJURIES TO THE OCCUPANT IN THE PASSENGER SIDE. *AK
IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION PASSENGER'S AIR BAG DEPLOYED BUT THE DRIVER'S AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING INJURIES WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. *AK
FRONTAL COLLISION, IMPACT 12:00 POSITION, SPEED 30MPH, DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN FOR SERVICE FOURTEEN TIMES FOR THE AIRBAG LIGHT, IT IS VERY ERRATIC, THE AIRBAG LIGHT GOES ON AND OFF. *AK
OWNERS COMMENTS; UPON REAR END COLLISION AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY W/IMPACT, PUSHING VEHICLE ONTO SIDEWALK. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK
DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED IN AN ACCIDENT AND CAUGHT FIRE. TT
UPON COLLISION, DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY, IT WAS STILL FOLDED IN THE CENTER OF THE STEERING WHEEL, PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG HAD DEPLOYED, 2 HOLES HAD MELTED IN THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG, A CANISTER WAS REMOVED FROM THE DASH BOARD WHER IT WAS BURNING WIRES AND ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS. *SLC
PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG EXPLODED UPON IMPACT; DRIVER SEVERELY BURNED; BOTH AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. TT
IN A COLLISION PASSENGERS AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. TT
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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