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 GMC Safari submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 16 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
CRASH IMPACT WAS TO THE FRONT CORNER/BUMPER OF THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF THE DRIVER COMING FROM THE SIDE , THE DRIVER'S LEFT. DRIVER'S AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY.*AK
I PURCHASED A 1995 GMC SAFARI VAN AT C & O MOTORS IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA ON 05/23/1998 REG #1GDDM19W9SB53344. AFTER DRIVING IT HOME WE DISCOVERED THE AIR BAG LIGHT WAS ON SO WE CONTACTED C & O AND THEY SAID TO BRING IT BACK. WE DID THEY WORKED ON IT AND THE LIGHT WAS OFF. WE DROVE IT A SHORT TIME AND THE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. WE CONTACTED C & O AND THEY SAID TO BRING IT BACK AND WE DID AND THIS TIME THEY REPLACED THE AIRBAG. THE LIGHT WAS OFF FOR A SHORT TIME AND THEN CAME ON AGAIN. WE CONTACTED PERFORMANCE MOTORS IN PARSONS AND THEY LOOKED AT IT AND THE LIGHT WENT OFF FOR A SHORT TIME. NOW WE ARE CONSIDERING SELLING THIS VAN AND WAS TOLD THAT IF THE AIR BAG LIGHT IS ON WE CANNOT SELL IT. WE HAVE ALL THE PAPERWORK TO SHOW WHERE IT HAS BEEN SERVICED FOR THIS PROBLEM, WE DID A CAR FAX ON THE VAN TO SEE IF IT HAD BEEN WRECKED DUE TO THE LIGHT NOT GOING OFF AND IT CAME BACK NEGATIVE. WE WOULD LIKE SOME INPUT AS TO HOW WE SHOULD HANDLE THIS PROBLEM? I CHECKED THE RECALLS AND THIS WAS NOT ONE OF THE RECALLS. WE HAVE INVESTED SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS TO FIX THIS PROBLEM AND UNTIL NOW FELT IT WAS NOT A PROBLEM UNTIL WE DECIDED TO SELL IT. *AK
BRAKES MAKE LOUD NOISE AND LOCK UP ON WET PAVEMENT.DRIVERS AIRBAG DID NOT WORK IN 2 CRASHES.WINDSHEILD WIPERS GO OFF OR ON WHEN THEY FEEL LIKE IT; WENT OFF ONCE IN A DRIVING RAIN STORM IN HEAVY TRAFFIC.DASH LIGHTS WONT WORK.KEY WONT WORK ON DRIVER DOOR.PASSENGER DOOR HANDLE ON OUTSIDE BROKE.I HAD ANOTHER GMC SAFARI VAN BEFORE THIS ONE AND BOTH OUTSIDE DOOR HANDLES BROKE. *AK
THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION, AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY, AND THE SEAT BELT DID NOT RESTRAIN THE PASSENGER, WHICH RESULTED IN INJURIES. *JB
CONSUMER STATES: WHILE DRIVING AT THE SPEED OF 40MPH WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FEEL FREE TO ADD. TS
WHILE TRAVELING AT 40-45 MPH THE CONSUMER RAN OFF THE ROAD, AND RAN INTO A ENBANKMENT HEAD-ON AND THEN FLIPPED, BUT NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING. *AK
WHILE DRIVING 35-40 MPH HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE, FRONT IMPACT, AND AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY.*AK THERE WAS ONE INJURY AND ONE DEATH. *SLC
AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ON WHICH INDICATES THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE AIRBAG SYSTEM. BEEN TO DEALER 3 TIMES, AND DEALER REPLACED AIRBAG CONDENSOR/SOLENOID, AND SENSOR. BUT PROBLEM IS REOCCURRING. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE PROBLEM, BUT THEY SAID THEY CAN DISCONNECT THIS FUNCTION. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION AND VIN#.
WHILE DRIVING HAD A FRONTAL IMPACT, AND THE DRIVER'S AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY, WHICH DID NOT PROTECT THE OCCUPANT IN ACCIDENT. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH, THEY WERE IN A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE IN THE REAR. THE AIRBAG DIDN'T DEPLOY UPON IMPACT. CONSUMER HAS NOT CONTACTED THE DEALER. *AK
DRIVER HIT THE BACK OF ANOTHER CAR AND AIR BAG DIDN'T DEPLOY. *AK
CONSUMER'S SON WAS DRIVING AT 40 MPH, AND REARENDED SOMEONE AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DIDN'T DEPLOY. *AK
NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVERS AIR BAG IN ACCIDENT. *TT
FRONTAL COLLISION IMPACT 12:00, SPEED 50 MPH DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. TT
NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVERS AIR BAG IN ACCIDENT.
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG IN HEAD ON COLLISION. *DSH
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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