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 1994 Pontiac Grand Prix submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 24 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
WHILE TRAVELING AT 35 MPH, ANOTHER CAR TURNED IN FRONT OF CONSUMER'S CAR, IT HIT AND T-BONED OTHER DRIVER. UPON IMPACT, NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. *AK *YD
I HIT A DEER AT 55MPH HOOD R FENDER HEADLIGHTS BUMPER COVER REPLACED PLUS RADIATOR. AT THIS SPEED THE AIRBAGS SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED, HOWEVER, THEY DID NOT. *AK
TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 25-30 MPH WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE PULLED IN FRONT SUDDENLY. SWERVED TO SIDE OF ROAD & HIT GUARDRAIL HEAD-ON. UPON IMPACT, THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER INJURED (BACK AND SHOULDER). *AK
AIR BAG SENOR LIGHT CAME ON. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER SHOP, WAS INFORMED THAT THE MODULE WAS DEFECTIVE AND THE AIR BAG WOULD NOT WORK.THIS WAS ON 10-JUL-98; ON THE 11-JUL-98, CONSUMER STARTED VEHICLE AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED. DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THEY WERE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS CONDITION. *AK
AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY DURING A HEAD-ON COLLISION.
VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION, IMPACT 12:00 POSITION, NEITHER DRIVERS NOR PASSENGERS SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOIED, FRONT PASSENGERS SIDE SEAT BELT FAILED! ALONG WITH STEERING COLUMN SMOKES.
VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN HEAD-ON COLLISION, IMPACT 12:00 POSITION, NEITHER DRIVERS NOR PASSENGERS SIDE AIRGABS DEPLOIED, FRONT PASSENGERS SIDE SEAT BELT FAILED! ALONG WITH STEERING COLUMN SMOKES.
DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 30MPH DOWN THE ROAD, WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE COMING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION CROSSED THE CENTER LINE AN HIT THE VEHICLE HEAD-ON. THE AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. *AK
STEERING WHEEL INSTALLED INCORRECTLY PROHIBITING AIR BAG TO DEPLOY DURING CRASH AND STEERING COLUMN SMOKES.
DRIVING AT APPROX 25-35 MPH REAR ENDED VEHICLE IN FRONT DUAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. $9000 WORTH OF DAMAGE TO FRONT END ALONE. *AK
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING THROUGH INTERSECTION WHEN A VEHICLE RAN A RED LIGHT AND CREATED A HEAD-ON COLLISION. CONSUMER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLO., THERE WAS APPROXIMATELY $,5000 IN DAMAGES TO CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. CONSUMER WAS INJURED DURING IMPACT, HER FOOT BROKE IN FIVE PLACES. *AK
VEHICLE WAS DRIVING AT SPEED OF 35MPH, IMPACT 12:00 POSITION, THE DRIVER'SSIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION TRAVELING 40-45 MPH AND THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, IMPACT 12:OO. *AK
CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION TRAVELING ABOUT 40-45 MPH AND THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT, AIR BAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. DRIVER WAS INJURED FROM THE IMPACT OF THE STEERING WHEEL.
WAS IN A HEAD-ON CIOLLSION, THE DRIVER'S AND PASEENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY AND DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT CAME LOOSE . *AK
WAS IN A CRASH AND BOTH AIR BAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY . PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK
CONSUMER WAS IN AN ACCIDENT AND BOTH AIR BAG DIDN'T DEPLOYED. PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK
LOST CONTROL, CROSSED MEDIAN INTO 18 WHEELER. IMPACT PARTIAL FRONT/SIDE THEN STRUCK BY PICKUP IN REAR. NEITHER DUAL AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS.
THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED DEC. 12, 94 AND THE AIRBAG DIDN'T DEPLOY. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
1) VEHICLE CONSUMES OIL W/NO INDICATOR TO IDENTIFY. SEVERAL DEALERS IN AREA CAN'T DETECT CONSUMPTION. 2) SPEED CONTROL ENGAGES W/NO ACTIVATION OF SWITCH. TT VEHICLE HAS ROUGH IDLE. TURN SIGNALS DO NOT TURN OFF SOMETIMES AND THEY MAKE LOUD NOISES, POSSIBLE WIRING PROBLEMS. RACK AND PINION STICKS. BRAKE DUST FLOWING FROM WHEELS AND MAKES THEM RUSTY. VEHICLE LEAKS WHEN IT RAINS. WINDOWS WERE REPLACED AND STILL NOT VERY FUNCTIONAL. INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT, AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED, BATTERY ILLUMNATED, REPLACED ALTERNATOR. DASHBOARD IS SEPARATING. MUFFLER IS RUSTING. FUEL GAUGE DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY, VEHICLE EXPERIENCES SUDDEN ACCELERATION. *SLC
STARTED THE VEHICLE AND DRIVER'S AIR BAG DEPLOYED WITHOUT ANY IMPACT INVOLVED. TT
OTHER: LOCATION OF PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG CAUSED EXTENSIVE INJURIES TO PASSENGER DURING ACCIDENT. *SKD
LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE HITTING A GUARD RAIL, IMPACT 12:00 POSITION, SPEED 30 MPH AIRBAG DEPLOYED BREAKING WINDSHEILD AND REARVIEW MIRROR CAUING INJURIES. TT
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