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 1996 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
I GOT IN A ACCIDENT MY CAR HIT ANOTHER CAR IN FRONT DRIVER FENDER AT 45 MILE PER HOUR DESTROYED MY CAR NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED I AM INJURED I BOUNCED OFF STEERING WHEEL WHEN WE HIT MY SEAT BELT UNLOCKED ABOUT BROKE MY WHOLE RIB CAGE. *JS
WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH DURING A SNOW STORM VEHICLE VEERED AND BUMPED INTO A CONCRETE MEDIAN. VEHICLE ONLY HAD SCRATCHES ON THE BUMPER, BUT THE FRONT AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. WHEN THE FRONT AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, THE WINDSHIELD BROKE. THE DRIVER'S NECK WAS INJURED. *AK
VEHICLE HIT A TREE AT 25-30 MPH, AND NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. FRONT IMPACT, TWO INJURIES, VEHICLE TOTALLED. *AK *JB
WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL CRASH. UPON IMPACT, BOTH DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK CONSUMER STATES ROAD WAS SLIGHTLY DAMP, AND THE VEHICLE STARTED TO FISH TAILED, CONSUMER TRIED TO STOP THE VEHICLE BUT IT SEEMED TO HAVE GAINED SPEED INSTEAD OF SLOWING DOWN, VEHICLE STARTED GOING AROUND IN CIRCLES AND FRONT END HIT AN ENBANKMENT, THROUGH IT AROUND AND BACKEND WENT INTO A DEEP DITCH, THE SEAT BELTS BROKE FROM THE ROOF OF THE VEHICLE , AS WELL AS OTHER DAMAGE TO VEHICLE.*JB
CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A 50 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH DRIVER'S AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY, AND DRIVER'S SEAT BELT DID NOT LOCK UP, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO SUSTAIN INJURIES. *AK
THE VEHICLE WAS IN A DIRECT FRONTAL IMPACT. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, RESULTIN GIN INJURIES TO BOTH, DRIVER AND PASSENGER. NO ONE HAD INSPECTED THE VEHICLE. *AK
CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION, TRAVELING 50 MPH IN WHICH DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. ALSO, VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER. DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE. *AK
WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH ON WET PAVEMENT, SWERVINGTO KEEP FROM HITTING OTHER VEHICLES, BUT HIT ONE VEHICLE WITH HIS REAR. VEHICLE HIT SEVERAL FENCE POSTS AND PINE TREES. NEITHER AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOYED. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
DURING FRONTAL IMPACT AT 55 MPH, THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS. *AK
NOVEMBER 11, 1997 VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AT 55 MPH IN THE CENTER OF THE HOOD , AND THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. VEHICLE REAR ENDED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE, AND THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY . BOTH INCIDENTS CAUSED INJURIES TO DRIVER AND PASSENGER. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S/PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DURING A COLLISION WHILE DRIVING ON WET PAVEMENT DOING 40-45, VEHICLE SKIDDED AND CRASHED INTO WALL, RESULTING IN INJURIES. *AK
GOING 45-50MPH ON WINDY DAY. VEHICLE PUSHED TO SIDE BY WIND WHERE TIRE HIT GRAVEL & LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE. HIT A DITCH FRONT END FIRST & THEN FLIPPED OVER ON DRIVER'S SIDE. AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. VEHICLE TOTALED. *AK
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG IN ACCIDENT.
WHILE TRAVELING, VEHICLE STOPPED IN FRONT, CAUSING FRONTAL IMPACT, DUAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.
WHILE TRAVELING , VEHICLE STOPPED IN FRONT, CAUSING FRONTAL IMPACT, DUAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.*AK
ANOTHER CAR HIT HEAD ON, NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. *AK
UPON IMPACT, DURING FRONTAL CRASH, AT APPROX. 45MPH, 9:00 ON FRONT BUMPER, BOTH DRIVER/PASS. AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY WHEN HIT A TREE. *AK
UPON IMPACT, DURING FRONTAL CRASH, AT APPROX. 45MPH, 9:00 ON FRONT BUMPER, BOTH DRIVER/PASS. AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY WHEN HIT A TREE. *AK
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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