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1994 Pontiac Bonneville Airbags Problems

Owner-reported complaints naming the airbag system, filed with NHTSA

Data refreshed

Airbags reportsComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
12
Latest Nov 13, 2002
Share of all reportsThis category as a share of every owner report on file for this model year. One report can name more than one component, so the categories overlap.
14%
of 88 total
Crash or fire reportedReports in this category whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. The reporter's own answer on the NHTSA form, not a verified finding.
6
Injuries or deaths reportedTotals the submitters entered on their own reports in this category. Not verified by NHTSA and not a casualty statistic.
4

What this page shows

Reports naming the air-bag system — deployment behaviour, inflators, sensors and warning lights. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1994 Pontiac Bonneville submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 12 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.

Owner reports naming airbag

Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed

Airbags
Filed Nov 13, 2002
1 injury reported

DRIVER AIR BAG DEPLOYED WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED. DRIVER SUFFERED FACIAL INJURIES. DAMAGE TO VEHICLE UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. MR

NHTSA ID
8022656
Incident
Nov 12, 2002
Airbags
Filed Nov 12, 2002

CONSUMER STATES WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKING AT HOME THE PASSEGER AIR BAG DEPLOY. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFROMATION:: MR

NHTSA ID
8022612
Incident
Nov 12, 2002
Airbags
Filed Jan 24, 2000

CONSUMER HAS BEEN TRYING TO GET HER AIR BAGS REPAIRED BECAUSE IT WAS BEGINNING TO SPLIT. SHE WAS AFRAID IT WAS GOING TO DEPLOY WITHOUT A CAUSE. *AK

NHTSA ID
855486
Incident
Dec 21, 1999
Airbags
Filed Dec 23, 1998
Crash reported1 injury reported

NO DEPLOYMENT OF PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDE AIR BAGS DDURING VEHICLE COLLISION CAUSED INJURY TO DRIVER(NECK, LOWER BACK, RIGHT SHOULDER, RIGHT ELBOW).

NHTSA ID
543120
Incident
Apr 10, 1998
Airbags
Filed Jun 17, 1998
Crash reported

BOTH THE PASSENGER'S AND DRIVER'S AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY DURING A HEAD-ON COLLISION . THE CONSUMER WAS ONLY TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 5MPH, WHILE THE VEHICLE THAT HIT CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 40MPH. DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.*AK

NHTSA ID
824421
Incident
Jun 12, 1998
Airbags
Filed Jan 29, 1998

THE AIRBAG WARNING STAYS ON WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. THE OWNER HAS HAD VEHICLE INTO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAG NEEDED REPAIRING. *AK

NHTSA ID
820224
Incident
Dec 1, 1997
Airbags
Filed Dec 16, 1996
Crash reported1 injury reported

OWNER STATES THAT SHE WAS IN ACCIDENT, SHE HIT A DEER AND BOTH DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAGS WENT OFF, CAUSING SEVERE BURNS TO DRIVER. *AK

NHTSA ID
806382
Incident
Nov 9, 1996
Airbags
Filed Nov 1, 1996
Crash reported1 injury reported

WAS IN AN ACCIDENT AND BOTH AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, DRIVER BROKE ARM IN FOUR PLACES. *AK CONSUMER STATES SHE WAS HIT IN THE FOWARD PART OF THE REAR DOOR ON DRIVER'S SIDE WHILE IN THE PROCESS OF TURNING ONTO A HIGHWAY, AT IMPACT THE AIR BAG RELEASED AND CAUGHT CONSUMER'S ARM IN THE STEERING WHEEL AS THE VEHICLE SPUN AROUND AND THE STEERING WHEEL TURNED CONSUMER'S ARM HAD NO WHERE TO GO.*JB

NHTSA ID
804440
Incident
Feb 9, 1996
Airbags
Filed Apr 9, 1996
Crash reported

NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAGS DURING ACCIDENT, CAUSING INJURIES. *SD

NHTSA ID
503335
Incident
Feb 14, 1996
Airbags
Filed Feb 28, 1996

WHEN DRIVING AND THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON TOOK TO DEALER TEN TIME. PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK

NHTSA ID
979871
AirbagsTransmission
Filed Jan 16, 1996

TRANSMISSION SHIFTED OUT OF DRIVE, INTO NEUTRAL. *DH

NHTSA ID
500766
Incident
May 12, 1995
Airbags
Filed Jan 10, 1995
Crash reported

CAR WAS IN AN ACCIDENT DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DIDN'T DEPLOY. TT

NHTSA ID
958476
Incident
Aug 10, 1994

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.

Other components reported on this vehicle

Categories with enough reports to have a page of their own

Electrical17Engine14Brakes10Body & structure9

Elsewhere on this vehicle

Data sources

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