CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS HIT AT 35 MPH ON FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE. UPON IMPACT, FRONT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK
- NHTSA ID
- 10099769
- Incident
- Jun 1, 2004
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 1993 Plymouth Voyager 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
CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS HIT AT 35 MPH ON FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE. UPON IMPACT, FRONT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK
WHILE BACKING OUT OF PARKING SPACE DRIVER'S AIRBAG DEPLOYED. NO INJURY.*AK
AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON, AND HORN/CRUISE CONTROL STOPPED WORKING. DEALER DETERMINED CLOCK SPRING ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK
CLOCK SPING IS A WIRE HARNESS LOCATED IN THE STEERING COLUMN THAT CONTROLS THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG, HORN & CRUISE CONTOL . WHEN DAMAGED FROM NO FAULT ON PART OF THE DRIVER THE HORN WILL NOT WORK THE AIR BAG WILL NOT DEPLOY WHEN NEEDED OR MIGHT DEPLOY WITHOUT ANY IMPACT . I FEEL THAT THIS IS A SAFTY DEFECT THAT SHOULD BE REPAIRED BY THE MANUFACTURER AT NO COST TO THE CONSUMER.*AK
MY GIRL FRIEND AND I WHER VOMING HOME FROM PORTLAND,ME ON THE MAINE TURNPIKE AND SHE STARTED GETTING TIRED SO SHE PULLS IN TO THE NEXT REST AREA AND I TOOK OVER DRIVING . AS I STARTED TO GAIN SPEED TURNING OUT OF THE REST AREA ON TO THE TURNPIKE I FELT THE STEERING WHEEL CATCH UP AND I HAD TO GIVE THE STEERING WHEEL A GOOD JURK TO GET THE STEERING WHEEL TO STREGHTEN UP . THEN I HEARD A SNAP ABD THE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON AND I LOST MY HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL.WHEN WE GOT HOME THE NEXT DAY I TOOK THE AIR BAG OUT FOR FEAR IT MIGHT GO OFF. *AK
DEALERSHIP REFUSED TO SEND A MECHANIC TO REPAIR 3 RECALL NOTICES, INCLUDING RECALL 99V113000/ AIR BAG FAILURE; RECALL 97V148000/ SEAT BELT FAILURE, AND 96V099OOO/ ABS BRAKE FAILURE. AUTHORIZED ANOTHER MECHANIC TO PERFORM WORK TO REPAIR RECALL, OR PROVIDE CONSUMER WITH NECESSARY PARTS TO REPAIR THE DEFECTS. CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT DEALERSHIP WAS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO PERFORM THESE FUNCTIONS. *AK THE CONSUMER HAD ASKED THE MANUFACTURER FOR ASSISTANCE IN REPAIRING THE STEERING WHEEL, THE WINDSHIELD WIPER PIVOT AND LIFT GATE SUPPRT BOLTS, BECAUSE THE PARTS WERE DEFECTIVE, BUT THE MANUFACTURER REFUSED TO HELP. *YH
WHILE MOVING FROM A STOP SIGN WAS STRUCK BY ANOTHER VEHICLE ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE, AND DRIVER'S AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 30 MPH VEHICLE WAS STRUCK ON THE FRONT IN HEAD TO HEAD COLLISION, AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK *ML
CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING THE AIR BAG LIGHT IS ON, THE DEALER SAID THAT THERE WAS A SHORT IN THE COMPUTER. *AK *JB
THE AIR BAG LIGHT REMAINS ILLUMINATED, INDICATING MALFUNCTION EXISTS WITHIN SYSTEM. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
CONSUMER STATES THAT AIR BAG INDICATOR LIGHT IS INOPERABLE, THE LIGHT DOES NOT GO OFF, GIVING THE CONSUMER THE INDICATION THAT THE BAG MIGHT DEPLOY. DEALER SAYS THAT AIR BAG HAS TO BE REPLACED WITH A $500.00 CHARGE.*AK
CONSUMER WAS IN AN ACCIDENT AND DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. TT
HIT A POLE IN THE FRONT AND THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
STRUCK A POLE AND PASSENGERS SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. TT
CONSUMER WAS IN AN ACCIDENT REAR END AND THE AIR BAG DIDN'T DEPLOYED. TT
VAN WAS IN AN ACCIDENT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT DIDN'T RESTAINT CONSUMER THROW HER ON THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG DIDN'T DEPLOY AND BENT THE STEERING.
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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