Owner-reported complaints naming the airbag system, filed with NHTSA
Data refreshed
Reports naming the air-bag system — deployment behaviour, inflators, sensors and warning lights. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1999 Chevrolet Cavalier submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 24 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
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED A LOUD POP WAS HEARD ON THE INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE, AND THEN THE DASHBOARD CRACKED DOWN THE MIDDLE. THE CONTACT IS CONCERNED THE AIRBAG COULD DEPLOY WITHOUT AN ACCIDENT. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN SEEN BY THE DEALERSHIP, BUT NO REPAIRS WERE MADE.
MORE THAN ONE INCIDENT: BRAKE LIGHT AND ABS LIGHTS ARE ON. THE ABS MOTOR PACK NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, AND WAS TOLD BY CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP THAT THIS IS A FREQUENT PROBLEM. BAD MOTOR PACK DUE TO CORROSION IN GEARS IN MOTOR PACK. THIS CAUSES ABS TO "SHUT OFF" BUT ALSO FOR BREAKS TO DRAG, STICK, PREMATURE BREAK WEAR, AND WARPED ROTORS. MANY PEOPLE HAVE THIS ISSUE. NEWER DESIGN OF MOTOR PACK CONSISTS OF ELECTRONIC SOLENOID. CHEVROLET NEEDS TO RECALL THIS!*AK
WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH CONSUMER'S VEHICLE COLLIDED WITH THE VEHICLE IN FRONT. UPON IMPACT, BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. DRIVER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. *AK
WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS HIT ON THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE,THEN VEHICLE ROLLED OVER. UPON IMPACT, SIDE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK
WHILE MAKING A TURN AT 35 MPH, THERE WAS A HEAD ON COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. DRIVER AND PASSENGER FRONTAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONSUMER SUSTAINED A BROKEN STERNUM AND WAS HOSPITALIZED.*AK *CB *JB
WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH ABS SYSTEM FAILED COMPLETELY. DEALER STATED ABS MOTOR BECOME INOPERATIVE. AS A RESULT, VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION. AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
WHILE DRIVING AT 30 VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION, AND NEITHER OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. ALSO, SEAT BELT DID NOT HOLD THE DRIVER. *AK
WE CAME HERE TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY RECALLS ON OUR CAR THE REASON BEING THAT IT SEEMS THAT THE AIR BAG IS NOT PLACED CORRECTLY AND THUS IT HINDERS THE USE OF THE HORN. THE MAJORITY OF THE TIME WE CAN NOT GET THE HORN TO BLOW. WE HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM SINCE BUYING THE CAR. *JB
NO SUMMARY. DT
WHILE DRIVING AT 40-50 MPH AIR BAGS DEPLOYED UNEXPECTEDLY. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK
WHILE TRAVELING 60-65MPH AND HAD REAR ENDED A STALLED OUT VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT WITH OTHER VEHICLE, BOTH AIR BAGS CAME OUT, BUT FAILED TO INFLATE. NO INJURIES OCCURRED. *AK *SLC
CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A SIDE IMPACT AT SPEED 55 MPH. VEHICLE WAS FORCED INTO A DITCH AT 30 MPH IMPACT HEAD-ON IN WHICH NEITHER DRIVER'S SIDE NOR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED ,CAUSING DRIVER TO GO INTO STEERING WHEEL. ALSO, FUEL CUT OFF SWITCH DID NOT KICK IN. VEHICLE CONTINUED TO RUN. VEHICLE WAS A TOTAL LOSS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
WAS TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY AT 55MPH AND VEHICLE HIT A BUMP. THEN, SUDDENLY AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE DUE TO LOSS OF VISIBILITY. MOVED TO SLOW LANE & HIT CEMENT WALL & WENT INTO A TAIL SPIN. REAR BUMPER WAS HIT BY ANOTHER VEHICLE & CAME OFF. HORN FAILED TO WORK WHEN IT WAS USED. DRIVER RECEIVED BURNS ON RIGHT HAND FROM PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG. *AK
WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 35MPH ON A SIDE STREET AND A DEER RAN IN FRONT OF VEHICLE, AND ROLLED UP ONTO THE VEHICLE, AND ROLLED BY DOWN TO THE GROUND. SENSOR WENT OFF AND MODULE LIGHT CAME ON. BUT, AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY, AND VEHICLE'S FRONT WAS SMASHED IN. CONSUMER STATED THAT THAT DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM.*AK
HIT BRAKES, AIRBAG DEPLOYED, CAUSING ACCIDENT, GM WAS CONTACTED, UPON THEIR INVESTIGATION, NO FAULT, LACK OF EVIDENTS, EVIDENTS WAS DESTROYED AT DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAG
WHILE TRAVELING DID NOT NOTICE BIG TRASH VEHICLE AND HIT IT HEAD-ON . UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AT ANY TIME. DRIVER INJURED. *AK *ML
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT ANY SPEED VEHICLE WILL STALL WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. *AK A PULL IN THE SHIFTS WHEN THEY CHANGE GEAR DUE TO TRANSMISSION FAILURE. CONSUMER DOUGHTYER IS DRIVING THE CAR IT STALL CAUSING MINOR ACCIDENT IN WHICH THE AIR BAG VIOLENTLY DEPLOYED HITTING THE DRIVER IN CAUSING INJURY, THE OTHER AIR BAG BROKE THE WINDSHIELD. *YH
CONSUMER HAD A HEAD ON COLLISION WITH TREE AFTER AVOIDING A PICKUP TRUCK, AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, BUT THE AIR BAG LIGHTS CAME ON. DAUGHTER WAS INJURED IN THE COLLISION. GMAC HAS TAKEN FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE AIR BAG FAILURE. *AK *ML
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 60 MPH OVER A WET SURFACE LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE, STRICKING TREES IN FRONTAL COLLISION, BUT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
VEHICLE HIT A DEER AT 50-55 MPH. BOTH AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. BUT AIR BAG SENSOR LIGHT SHOW AIR BAGS HAVE DEPLOYED. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK
WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION, CAUSING VEHICLE TO HIT A WALL. HOWEVER AIRBAG EXPERIENCED NO DEPLOYMENT. *YC
THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WITHOUT CAUSE, THEN CAUSED A MINOR TRAFFIC ACCIDENT
DEFECTIVE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG AND CARRIER. MJS
VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. HIT A GUARDRAIL, CAUSING DAMAGE TO SENSOR AND THE COMPUTER MODULE. BOTH AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INSPECTED COMPUTER WHICH REVEALED THAT THE AIR BAGS HAD DEPLOYED; BUT, IN REALITY, DID NOT. ALSO THE SEAT BELT DID NOT SECURE PROPERLY, CAUSING CONSUMER TO HIT HER HEAD ON THE STEERING WHEEL. *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.
Categories with enough reports to have a page of their own
Data on this page last refreshed .