1995 Geo Prizm Airbags Problems

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 GEO PRISM. THE AIR BAG DEPLOYED WITHOUT AN ACCIDENT. THE SPEED WAS ABOUT 5 MPH. BECAUSE SHE WAS SLOWING DOWN FOR A RED LIGHT THE FRONT DRIVER AND FRONT PASSENGER AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THERE WHERE SOME PREVIOUS ROAD CONSTRUCTION ON THE ROAD SHE WAS TRAVELING ON. BUT THE NIGHT OF THIS INCIDENT THE ROAD WAS FAIRLY LEVELED. THE CONTACT DID NOT LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE BECAUSE SHE WAS ALREADY STOPPING. THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT WAS NOT THAT SHE IS AWARE OF. ONE PASSENGER SUSTAINED INJURIES,SUCH AS SEVERE BRUISING, HEAD INJURIES, BUSTED NOSE AND BLACK EYES. SHE WAS TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM. THE INSURANCE AGENCY TOLD HER THAT THERE WAS NHTSA RECALL 96V070000 CONCERNING THE AIR BAG SENSOR. SHE CONTACTED GM MANUFACTURER AND SHE WAS TOLD THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. THIS OCCURRED ON AUGUST 30, 2005. *AK

NHTSA ID

10135125

Incident

Aug 30, 2005

REPORTING ON BEHALF OF OUR INSURED. AIRBAG DEPLOYED AFTER HIT POT HOLE. NO FRONTAL IMPACT. INJURY TO DRIVER. AIR BAGS WERE NOT REPAIRED. *AK

NHTSA ID

10093680

Incident

Apr 21, 2003

WHILE DRIVING SRS LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A GARAGE, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK THE TECHNICIAN AT THE GARAGE INDICATED THE PROBLEM SHE WAS EXPERIENCING WAS THE SUBJECT OF A RECALL. THE CONSUMER CALLED THE DEALER WITH THE RECALL INFORMATION BUT THEY INFORMED HER THAT THE VEHICLE'S VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. *NM

NHTSA ID

10083585

Incident

Jul 7, 2004

YOUR WEBSITE STATES THAT THERE IS A RECALL ON MY VEHICLE: 95 GEO PRIZM FOR AIRBAGS FRONTAL SENSOR CONTROL MODULE WHICH IS A PROBLEM THAT I HAVE ON MY VEHICLE. HOWEVER I WAS TOLD THERE WAS NO RECALL FOR MY VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER. *JB

NHTSA ID

10082469

Incident

Jul 22, 2004

A BEVERAGE WAS SPILLED INTO CONSOLE WHILE DRIVING, AND AN HOUR LATER AIRBAG LIGHT WAS ON. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER ABOUT RECALL 96 V 107 000, AND THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF ANY RECALL ON THAT VEHICLE. DRIVER STATED THAT RECALL EXPLAINED EXACT PROBLEM, BUT THIS VEHICLE NOT EFFECTED DUE TO VIN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

NHTSA ID

8003067

Incident

Jan 17, 2002

WAS DRIVING VEHICLE APPROXIMATELY 35MPH AND HAD REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE WHEN BRAKES HAD LOCKED. UPON IMPACT WITH OTHER VEHICLE, AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. *AK

NHTSA ID

889589

WHILE STOPPING ANOTHER VEHICLE HIT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE HEAD-0N AT 35 MPH. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

NHTSA ID

863908

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 20 APPLIED BRAKES PEDAL, AND DRIVER'S AIR BAG DEPLOYED WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. *AK

NHTSA ID

860746

Incident

Jan 11, 2000

WHILE PULLING INTO A DRIVEWAY LESS THEN 5 MPH BOTH AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WITHOUT WARNING. INJURIES WERE REPORTED. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

NHTSA ID

857475

Incident

Mar 16, 1999

WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH ANOTHER VEHICLE HIT THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE HEAD-ON, AND DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSAGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. *AK

NHTSA ID

848437

Incident

Aug 10, 1999

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AT 20 MPH. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DEPLOYED INJURING DRIVER. AIRBAG HIT LEFT SIDE OF THE DRIVER'S FACE, BREAKING HER EYE GLASSES, RESULTING IN LOSS OF SIGHT. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

NHTSA ID

841326

THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES FAILED RESULTING IN VEHICLE COLLISION, NO DEPLOYMENT OF BOTH DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER AIR BAG, RESULTING IN INJURIES. *YC

NHTSA ID

531106

Incident

Aug 29, 1997

I HAD A CAR ACCIDENT IN WHICH MY CAR ROLLED,AND UPON IMPACT MY SEAT BELTS,BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER POPPED,ALSO MY AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLY.I SLID ON ICE,WHEN TRY TO CORECT MY CAR SPUN AND HIT THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND AN EMBANKMENT AND TWO TREES AND A ROCK AND MY CAR FLIPPED.I HAD DAMAGE FROM THE FRONT LIGHT ASSEMBLY TO THE TAIL LIGHT ON DRIVER SIDE AND ALSO ROOF AND TRUNK DAMAGE THE TWO DOORS ON DRIVER SIDE WERE PUSHED IN AND THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLY AND WHEN THE CAR FINALLY STOPPED ON ITS ROOF MY SEATBELTS POPPED AND ME AND MY SON DROPPED TO THE ROOF WHICH WAS ON THE GROUND.

NHTSA ID

704448

Incident

Jan 23, 1999

WHILE DRIVING 35-40MPH THE VEHICLE WENT OVER A SIDEWALK AND BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, CAUSING INJURIES TO OCCUPANT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

NHTSA ID

835674

Incident

Feb 28, 1999

WHILE DRIVING NO MORE THAN 5 MPH AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED WITHOUT HITTING OR STRIKING ANOTHER VEHICLE. CONSUMER HAD CONTACTED DEALER, AND THEY REPAIRED THE VEHICLE IN 8 DAYS. RECENTLY THE ABS LIGHT FLASHES ON, DEALER PROVIDING NO HELP. *AK *ML

NHTSA ID

829887

Incident

Sep 29, 1998

VEHICLE WAS STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN, HIT A VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HER WHEN PULLING OUT FROM THE STOP SIGN, FRONTAL IMPACT OCCURRED, APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH. BOTH AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, DEALER CONTACTED AND STATED THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF ANY RECALLS ON THIS VEHICLE, COULD NOT REPAIR. *AK *JB

NHTSA ID

828127

Incident

Jun 30, 1998

WHILE SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT BOTH DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED FOR NO REASON. ALSO AIRBAGS WERE SHREDDED WHILE DEPLOYING, CAUSING INJURY TO DRIVER. CAUSE UNKNOWN.

NHTSA ID

826595

WAS GOING ABOUT 30 MPH IN STOP & GO TRAFFIC. HAD REARENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE WHEN APPLYING BRAKES AND WAS UNABLE TO STOP. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER/PASSENGER SUFFERED WHIPLASH. TOOK TO DEALER TO CHECK VEHICLE. *AK

NHTSA ID

823209

Incident

Mar 30, 1998

ANTI-LOCK BRAKES FAILED, LOCKED UP, CAUSING A COLLISION.

NHTSA ID

524920

Incident

Aug 29, 1997

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLOSION, DRIVING ABOUTH 25 MPH , WHEN SHE HIT THE REAR SIDE OF ANOTHER VEHICLE WITH THE FRONT END OF HER VEHICLE, AND THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. OWNER WILL CONTACT THE DEALER. *AK

NHTSA ID

816270

Incident

Aug 28, 1997

CONSUMER COMPLAINS THAT AIRBAGS ARE A SAFETY HAZARD FOR SHORT PEOPLE.

NHTSA ID

518268

WHEN VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH, BROADSIDED ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. THE DEPLOYMENT FROM THE AIR BAGS CAUSED DRIVER TO SUFFER BURNS ON RIGHT SIDE OF FACE/DAMAGE TO JAW JOINT AND LOSS OF HEARING. *AK

NHTSA ID

811749

Incident

Nov 22, 1996

VEHICLE LOST CONTROL OF THE CAR AND HIT A TREE, NEITHER AIR BAGS DEPLOYED AND THE SEAT BELT DID NOT WORK. THE DRIVER WAS HURT BECAUSE OF THE SEAT BELT DID NOT RESTRAIN HER IN THE SEAT. *AK

NHTSA ID

812647

Incident

Jun 1, 1997

DURING FRONTAL IMPACT AT 30MPH, THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

NHTSA ID

812313

Incident

Apr 18, 1997

VIOLENT DWPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S AIR BAG, RESULTING IN ARM INJURY PRIOR TO RECALL (96V-107). *AK

NHTSA ID

804063

Incident

Jun 26, 1996