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 Oldsmobile Cutlass submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 22 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
DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND WENT TO TURN THE CORNER AT A GREEN LIGHT AND THE STEERING WHEEL WAS HARD TO TURN I ALMOST HIT ANOTHER CAR. THE AIR BAGS LIGHT HAS BEEN STAYING ON SINCE 2009.
FRONTAL AIRBAG RECALL-NEVER RECEIVED A NOTICE/INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE MANUFACTURE.FOUND OUT ABOUT THE RECALL FROM SEARCHING A WEBSITE.NO INCIDENT SO FAR!*AK
CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE REGARDING THE AIR BAGS, HOWEVER CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE.*JB
CONSUMER STATES THAT WAS INVOLVED ON A FRONT COLLISION AND THE AIR BAG EXPLODED ON HER FACE CAUSING PHISICAL DAMAGE TO THE CONSUMER. DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. MR
CONSUMER WAS A PASSENGER IN THE VEHICLE DURING AN ACCIDENT AND WAS INJURED BY THE AIRBAG.*JB
WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH, CONSUMER T-BONED ANOTHER VEHICLE AND DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT DID NOT RETRACT AND HOLD CONSUMER IN PLACE LIKE IT SHOULD HAVE DONE. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY, ONE PERSON WAS INJURED IN ACCIDENT. *SLC
WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH CONSUMER T-BONED ANOTHER VEHICLE AND NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER COULD NOT FIND CAUSE OF PROBLEM.*AK.
VEHICLE BROUGHT INTO DEALER TO PERFORM RECALL CAMPAIGN 99021 SPARK PLUG WIRE FAILURE. HOWEVER, RECALL REPAIRS WERE NOT PERFORMED DUE TO LACK OF PARTS. CONSUMER HAS YET TO BE CONTACTED. *TT
AIRBAG LIGHTS BLINKS INTERMITTENTLY. TOOK TO DEALER AND DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM. *AK
CONSUMER WAS HIT FROM REAR BY A CAR TRAVELING 50 MPH. UPON IMPACT, DRIVERS SIDE SEAT COLLAPSED AND CAME OFF THE TRACK. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK *ET
PRIOR TO RECALL 00V171000 THE DEFECTIVE AIRBAG MODULE REPLACEMENT PART REQUIRED 2 TRIPS TO THE DEALER. ONE TO ORDER THE PART AND THE SECOND ONE 2 WEEKS LATER TO REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE MODULE FOR 30 MINUTES. *ET
CONSUMER RECEIVED NOTICE FOR RECALL 00V171000, AND HAS BEEN INFORMED FOR ELEVEN (11) MONTHS THAT PART WAS UNAVAILABLE. CONSUMER STATED THAT OTHER VEHICLES HAVE BEEN REPAIRED UNDER THIS RECALL. HOWEVER, WHEN HE ARRIVED FOR A SCHEDULED APPOINTMENT PART WAS NO LONGER AVAILABLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK
VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AT 57MPH. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, RESULTING IN MINOR INJURIES. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED.*AK
CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 00V171000 CONCERNING INADVERTENT AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT. CONTACTED DEALER, WHO EMPHASIZED THAT THERE WERE NO PARTS AVAILABLE TO REMEDY PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
WHILE TRAVELING AT 60 MPH CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE, CAUSING VEHICLE TO IMPACT WALL AT THE RATE OF SPEED 40-50 MPH, AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
CONSUMER RECEIVED THE MANUFACTURER'S RECALL REGARDING THE AIR BAGS, THE CONSUMER WOULD LIKE TO ALSO GET AN ON/OFF SWITCH BECAUSE OF HER HEIGHT AND HOW CLOSE SHE HAS TO SIT TO THE STEERING WHEEL. *SLC
CONSUMER IS NOT SATISFIED WITH RECALL (00V-171), RECALL REPAIR MAY TAKE UP TO SIX MONTHS FOR REMEDY TO BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. *MJS
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK
RECALL NOTICE NO.00V171OO WAS SENT THE THE CONSUMER REGARDING UNEXPECTED AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT, HOWEVER THE REPAIR IS NOT AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME, CONSUMER IS NOT SATISFIED AND WOULD LIKE A DISCONNECTED AIR BAG DURING THE INTERUM PERIOD. *ETM *MJS
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING COLLISION.
VEHICLE WAS JUST SITTING AND THE AIR BAG POPPED OUT. VEHICLE WAS NOT STARTED UP YET. THE DRIVER GOT IN AND THE AIR BAG DEPLOYED FOR NO REASON. *AK *SLC
HANDICAPPED CONSUMER SITS TWO INCHES FROM STEERING WHEEL, THEREFORE NEEDS AIRBAG DISCONNECTED.
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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