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 1992 Cadillac Deville submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 10 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
CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED AT A HIGH SPEED WHILE AT A COMPLETE STOP. WHEN THIS OCCURRED VEHICLE HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE FRONT END WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. DRIVER SUSTAINED CHEST INJURIES FROM IMPACTING THE STEERING WHEEL.*AK
I MENTIONED THIS TO WOODY BARWICK CLAIMS ADJUSTER AND HE STATED THAT THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH DAMAGE TO CAUSE IT TO DEPLOY. THE HIGHWAY PATROL OFFICER WAS SUPRISED IT DID NOT DEPLOY. I WAS TRAVELING AT 60 MPH WHEN I RAN INTO THE BACK OF ANOTHER VEHICLE CAUSING THE ACCIDENT. HIGHWAY PATROL STATED I DID NTO CONTRIBUTE TO THE ACCIDENT. *AK
CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A 30 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH DRIVER'S AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
FRONTAL COLLISION AT APPROXIMATELY 25-30MPH. THROTTLE WENT WIDE OPEN AFTER INITIAL IMPACT,CAR ACCELERATED UNCONTROLLABLY HIT TREE. ALSO, NO AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT. *AK
WHENEVER STARTING THE VEHICLE UP AND WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AIR BAG LIGHT IS ON AND WON'T GO OFF. *AK
DURING REAR IMPACT, THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY; VEHICLE REARENDED TRUCK CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO AND TOTALLING WHOLE FRONTEND. TT
CONSUMER WAS IN AN ACCIDENT SEAT BELT DID NOT RESTRAIN CONSUMER, CAUSING LEFT BROKEN SHOULDER, THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG DIDN'T DELPOY . TT VEHICLE WAS HIT IN THE LEFT FRONT TIRE BY VEHICLE TRYING TO PASS ON LEFT SIDE. *SLC
UPON IMPACT, DURING FRONTAL CRASH, AT APPROX. 25MPH, 12:00 ON FRONT BUMPER AIRBAG FAIL TO DEPLOY. TT
AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY DURING AN ACCIDENT. 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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