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 1999 Pontiac Grand Prix 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
ACCORDING TO WITNESSES CAR WENT STRAIGHT WHEN HIGHWAY CURVED. AIR BAGS NEVER WENT OFF, HAD TWO FOBS AND MULTIPLE KEYS. THERE WAS DIP IN ROAD JUST BEFORE CURVE. IGNITION SWITCH? THE CONSUMER'S SON WAS KILLED IN AN ACCIDENT. THE ACCIDENT WAS CLASSIFIED AS AN UNKNOWN CAUSE. UPDATED 10/27/14. *JB...UPDATED 11/03/14 *BF UPDATED 4/28/2015 *JS
AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATES FOR APPROXIMATELY 5 SECONDS AFTER BLOWING THE HORN THEN GOES OFF. DTC B0026 IS STORED IN HISTORY. THE VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT NOR HAS ANY WORK BEEN DONE INSIDE THE STEERING COLUMN. VEHICLE IS METICULOUSLY MAINTAINED. ORIGINAL OWNER. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A CERTIFIED MECHANIC TO HAVE AN ALIGNMENT PERFORMED. IN THE PROCESS OF THE ALIGNMENT, THE MECHANIC DISCOVERED THAT THE STEER KNUCKLE WAS BENT AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED A FEW YEARS AFTER THE STEERING KNUCKLE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000. *TR
A/C LEAKS ON PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR. ALSO A/C BLOWER MOTOR DOES NOT WORK. WHEEL RIMS ARE CORRODED AND PITTED. AIR BAG LIGHT IS ON AND STAYS ON. *JB
MY CAR HAS BEEN IN 2 ACCIDENTS WHERE THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. I HIT A MAN FROM BEHIND IN THE FIRST ONE, AND DID OVER $5,000.00 WORTH OF DAMAGE TO MY CAR, AND NO AIR BAG. THE LAST ONE MY SON WAS DRIVING THE CAR AND HYDROPLANED, HIT THE GUARDRAIL DOING ATLEAST 40 MILES A HOUR BOUNCED OFF THE GUARDRAIL HIT A SUV AND STILL NO AIR BAG. BOTH SIDES OF THE FRONT OF THE CAR WERE DAMAGED SEVERELY.*AK
CONSUMER STATES THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT COMES ON WHILE DRIVING. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK
VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION OF 30 MPH, AND NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIODE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
WHILE DRIVING APPROX 55-60MPH VEHICLE COLLIDED WITH AN EMBANKMENT WALL AND FLEW IN THE AIR. UPON IMPACT,DRIVER'S AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER WAS BADLY INJURED.*AK
VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A REAR END FRONTAL COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE AND NEITHER AIR BAGS DEPOLYED. MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
MY TIRE CAUGHT A CHUCK HOLE AND PULLED ME DOWN INTO A GULLY AND I HIT TREES HEAD ON. I WORE MY SEAT BELT BUT HAVE INJURIES TO MY LEFT SIDE. MY AIR BAG NEVER DEPLOYED. MY SPEED WAS 35 MPH. *AK
AIR BAG LIGHT REMAINED ON WHILE DRIVING. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFOMED CONSUMER THAT IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER A MANUFACTURER'S RECALL, AND VEHICLE WAS OUT OF ITS WARRANTY. *AK THE DEALER PUT THE VEHICLE ON SCAPE MODE AND THE AIR BAG LIGHT WAS OFF. HOWEVER, THE CONSUMER WAS NOT SURE IF THE AIR BAG WORKS. *YH
VIOLENT DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVERS SIDE AIR BAG RESULTED IN SEVERE IMJURY TO FACE AND ARM DURING HEAD ON COLLISION. NLM
WHEN TRAVELING ON SNOW PAVEMENT SURFACE AND UPON DEPRESSING BRAKE PEDAL, REAR BRAKES LOCKED UP, CAUSING VEHICLE TO GO INTO A SKID, RESULTING IN VEHICLE ROLLING DOWN INTO A DITCH AND HITTING A TREE. UPON IMPACT, NEITHER DRIVER'S SIDE NOR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED ALSO THERE WAS AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF FRONT END DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED MANUFACTURER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
WHILE DRIVING AT 3 MPH AND PULLING OUT FROM A STOP SIGN ANOTHER VEHICLE STOPPED IN FRONT OF CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES, AND BOTH AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, CAUSING THE SUN ROOF TO BLOW OUT. AIR BAG ON DRIVER'S SIDE BROKE THE WINDSHIELD ON THE PASSAGER'S SIDE. *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.
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