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 1995 Cadillac Eldorado 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.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS 1995 CADILLAC ELDORADO. THE SERVICE AIR BAG LIGHT BEGAN ILLUMINATING INTERMITTENTLY. NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 98V115000, AIR BAGS IS RELATED TO HIS YEAR, MAKE, AND MODEL; HOWEVER, THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE CONTACT IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY RISK SINCE THE AIR BAG COULD FAIL TO DEPLOY DURING A CRASH. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 136,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 134,000.
CONSUMER STATES OF HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE AIR BAGS. TS
AFTER TAKING OFF FROM A RED TRAFFIC LIGHT AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON, WITHIN SECOND BOTH AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, AND DAMAGES WAS DONE TO SUNROOF/ FRONT WINDSHIELD, AND REARVIEW MIRRORS. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FUTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS MATTER.*AK
RECALL NUMBER 98V115000 WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING LOST CONTROL AND DROVE INTO A DITCH. WHEN THE CONSUMER DROVE INTO THE DITCH, THE AIRBAGS ON THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDES FAILED TO DEPLOY. MANUFACTURER HAS YET TO BE CONTACTED. *AK
OTHER: AIR BAG SENSORS GOT WET CAUSING AIR BAGS TO DEPLOY VIOLENTLY WHEN THE IGNITION WAS TURNED ON, SHATTERING THE WINDSHIELD/INJURING THE DRIVERS RIGHT ARM/LEFT LEG.
IN A 12:00 POSITION ACCIDENT AT 35-40MPH VEHICLE HIT A TRUCK AND DRIVERS SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY DUE TO THIS DEFECT THE DRIVER RECEIVED SEVERE INJURIES AND HAD TO BE HOSPITALIZED.
WHEN WATER GETS INTO THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT FLOOR THE AIRBAGS WILL DEPLOY INADVERTANTLY WITHOUT HITTING ANYTHING. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIRBAGS DEPLOYED INVOLUNTARILY. 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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