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 1998 Oldsmobile Cutlass submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 9 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
ON 1/07 HAD LOW SPEED SLIDE ON ICY ROAD , CAUSING IMPACT WITH SMALL TREE, AND RESULTING IN MINOR CRACKS IN RIGHT FRONT BUMPER CAP, AND SUBSEQUENT AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT. NOW, HAVE RECEIVED INFORMATION REGARDING DEFECTIVE AIRBAGS WHICH INADVERTENTLY DEPLOYED IN MINOR CRASH CONDITIONS. DEPLOYMENT HAS TOTALED VEHICLE WITH ONLY MINOR DAMAGE. *AK
DT: CALLER WAS AT A STOP SIGN AND WHEN HE STARTED TO TAKE OFF. HE HIT A DIP AND BOTH FRONT AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. DEALER SAID THERE WAS NOT RECALL, BUT CALLER SAID THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE AIR BAGS. MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED YET. *AK
THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH. UPON IMPACT, THE FRONT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED FACIAL INJURIES AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL. *AK *SC *JB
WHILE SNEEZEING CONSUMER HIT CURVE, AND AIR BAG DEPLOYED. VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING 10-15 MPH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
DRIVING AT APPROXIMATLEY 35-40 MPH HIT A VEHICLE HEAD-ON. UPON IMPACT, DUAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED INJURIES. *AK
WHILE DRIVING AT 5 MPH WENT TO APPLY THE BRAKES AND REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS TO DEPLOYED, CAUSING BURNS TO THE CONSUMER. *AK
CONSUMER WAS WAITING IN A CAR LINE WHEN PASSENGER'S AIR BAG DEPLOYED FOR UNKNOWN REASON. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK
THE AIR BAGS COULD NOT DEPLOY BECAUSE THE COMPUTER THAT CONTROLS THEM WAS OUT OF SERVICE S INDICATED BY WARNING LIGHTS ON THE DASH. THE FIRST TIME THE FUSE BLOCK WAS REPLACED THE CAR WAS FULLY FUNCTIONAL EXCEPT THAT THE CONTROLS OT THE MASTER BRAIN WERE NOT WORKING, HENCE THE SAFETY CONCERNS. THE SECOND TIME IT WAS REPLACED THE CAR JUST DIED, WHICH OF COURSE COULD STRAND SOMEONE.
WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE GOING 20 MPH BOTH AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. DRIVER DID NOT HIT ANYTHING FOR THE AIR BAG TO DEPLOY. *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 .