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1992 Buick Park Avenue Airbags Problems

Owner-reported complaints naming the airbag system, filed with NHTSA

Data refreshed

Airbags reportsComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
8
Latest Feb 1, 2001
Share of all reportsThis category as a share of every owner report on file for this model year. One report can name more than one component, so the categories overlap.
10%
of 77 total
Crash or fire reportedReports in this category whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. The reporter's own answer on the NHTSA form, not a verified finding.
8
Injuries or deaths reportedTotals the submitters entered on their own reports in this category. Not verified by NHTSA and not a casualty statistic.
5

What this page shows

Reports naming the air-bag system — deployment behaviour, inflators, sensors and warning lights. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1992 Buick Park Avenue submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 8 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.

Owner reports naming airbag

Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed

Airbags
Filed Feb 1, 2001
Crash reported

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 4 0 MPH ON A BRIDGE IN BAD WEATHER WHILE CHANGING LANES VEHICLE SKIDDED HORIZONTALLY. A OIL TRUCK HIT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE ON DRIVER'S FRONT, AND AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. *AK

NHTSA ID
879606
Incident
Nov 14, 2000
Airbags
Filed Aug 19, 1998
Crash reported2 injuries reported

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT IN WHICH THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG. CAUSE OF PROBLEM UNKNOWN. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK

NHTSA ID
826964
Incident
Jul 7, 1997
AirbagsBrakes
Filed Feb 24, 1997
Crash reported1 injury reported

AT SPEED OF 35 MPH APPLIED ABS BRAKES AND HAD EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, IMPACT 12:00 POSITION, DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

NHTSA ID
807560
Incident
Dec 20, 1996
Airbags
Filed Aug 23, 1996
Crash reported

NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAG DURING COLLISION.

NHTSA ID
505794
Incident
May 17, 1996
AirbagsBrakes
Filed Dec 11, 1995
Crash reported

ABS BRAKES DID NOT STOP AUTO CAUSING CONSUMER TO HIT ANOTHER AUTO CAUSING APPROX 4000.00 WORTH OF DAMAGE-DRIVERS AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. TT

NHTSA ID
976373
Airbags
Filed Sep 8, 1995
Crash reported1 injury reported

AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY UPON IMPACT. TT

NHTSA ID
971814
Incident
Jul 25, 1995
Airbags
Filed Aug 25, 1995
Crash reported1 injury reported

AIR BAG DID DEPLOY UPON IMPACT BUT DRIVER WAS SEVERELY BURNED BY THE ACIDS THAT CAME FROM THE AIR BAG. TT

NHTSA ID
971072
Incident
Jul 25, 1995
Airbags
Filed Feb 21, 1995
Crash reported

VEHICLES DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY 11:00 POSITION AT 20MPH. TT

NHTSA ID
960320

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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