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 Chevrolet Camaro submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 18 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
1992 CHEVROLET CAMERO. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO FAULTY IGNITION SWITCHES. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF FOR NO REASON. THE CONSUMER HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE AND THE AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY. *JB
1992 CHEVROLET CAMARO. CONSUMER STATES HER GRANDSON WAS IN ACCIDENT. HER GRANDSON HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE AND THEN FLIPPED OVER. THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. HOWEVER, THE FORCE FROM THE AIR BAGS CAUSED INJURIES TO HIS FACE. *TA A CHILD IN THE CAR, SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES. *JB
WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. *AK
DRIVER'S AIR BAG DEPLOYED AT 60MPH. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AL
AIRBAG FAILURE: INVOLVED IN 43MPH ACCIDENT--AIRBAG FAILED--HAD TO BE "REPLACED" FOR A PROBLEM. EXTERIOR PAINT: PAINT IS "PEELING" OFF CAR. GOT AN ESTIMATE FOR OVER $1200!! TECH SERV BULLETIN POSTED FOR DEFECTED PAINT. GM SAID WOULDN'T HELP.
WHILE DRIVING APPROX. 35-40 MPH , OVER NORMAL STREET BUMP DRIVER'S AIRBAG DEPLOYED WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED INJURIES AND LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. *AK
THE AIR BAG HAS STARTED TO COME OUT OF THE STEERING WHEEL. THE DEALER REFUSES TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AK
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 45 MPH VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN HEAD ON COLLISION AND THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. THE OWNER HAS CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER ABOUT THE PROBLEM. *AK
ABS BRAKE FAILURE PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE, REPAIRED UNDER RECALL. (96V-260) AW (ATTORNEY FOR CONSUMER).
AFTER PUTTING THE VEHICLE INTO DRIVE, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT/INJURIES; ALSO NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S/PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS AND SEAT BELT FAILED TO HOLD DRIVER. *AK
FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY. *AK
FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG. *AK
VIOLENT DEPLOYMENT/FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S AIR BAG WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH, RESULTING IN AN INJURY. *AK
IMPACTED VEHICLE, PLASTIC IN DRIVER'S AIR BAG FLEW UP IN DRIVER'S FACE. INJURED KNEE OF REAR PASSENGER. POLICE AND PARAMETICS DIAGNOISED DEFECTIVE AIR BAG. *AK
WAS IN AN ACCIDENT 02/09/96 AND THE AIR BAG DIDN'T DEPLOY. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVERS AIR BAG IN ACCIDENT, RESULTING IN INJURIES. *DSH
THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY IN AN ACCIDENT. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY DURING FRONT END COLLISION; VEHICLE HIT CREEK BANK; TOTALED. 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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