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 1991 Plymouth Acclaim submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 14 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
CONSUMER DROVE OVER AN EXPOSED PORTION OF A RAILROAD TRACK AT APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH. THE DRIVER'S FRONT AIR BAG DEPLOYED WITHOUT WARNING WHICH RESULTED IN THE CONSUMER SUSTAINING BURNS FROM THE DEPLOYMENT CHEMICALS. *JB
VEHICLE WAS STOLEN, TRAVELING WET ROAD, APPROX. 40MPH, LOST CONTROL, HIT AND BROKE TELEPHONE POLE, FRONTAL DAMAGE,BENT FRAME, AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY, CAR PURCHASED 3 WEEKS PRIOR TO INCIDENT, THIEF FLED SCENE. *AK
WAS GOING 35MPH WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE RAN STOP SIGN AND HIT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. ACCLAIM WAS CROSSING INTERSECTION. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY. *AK
DRIVER'S AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY DURING FRONT END COLLISION. FRONT END OF VEHICLE HIT PASSENGER'S SIDE DOOR OF ANOTHER MOVING VEHICLE. VEHICLE TO BE INSPECTED BY INSURANCE COMPANY. *AK
THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED AND THE BAG EXPLODED FURTHER, INJURING THE DRIVER. *AK
DURING FRONTAL CRASH SEAT BELT DIDNT LOCK AND AIRBAG DIDNT DEPLOY. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
WHILE DRIVING ON ICE LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND HIT UTILITY POLE HEAD-ON, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING CONSUMER TO SUSTAIN CHEST AND BACK INJURIES. *AK
APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE AIR BAG DEPLOYED. *AK
AIR BAG INDICATOR LIGHTS STAYS ON AT ALL TIMES. CONSUMER HAS HAD THIS PROBLEM SERVICE (3) TIMES.*AK
OTHER: AIR BAG PROBLEMS. (ATTORNEY FOR CLIENT) (THIRD VEHICLE ON 503129, 601422, 601428) *DH
UPON AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT, DRIVER RECEIVED BURNS ON FACE AND CHIN AREA. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT
DRIVER'S AIR BAG DEPLOYED, BURNING DRIVERS CLOTHING. TT
DRIVER AIR BAG DEPLOYED, BUT DID NOT INFLATE DURING AN ACCIDENT. TT
(603-528-5774H)AIRBAG PARTIALLY DEPLOYED IN A FRONTEND COLLISION AT 40-50MPH INTO GUARDRAIL CAUSING MINOR INJURIES AND BURNS TO DRIVER. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS.
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 .