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 1995 Pontiac Sunfire submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 13 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 LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND WENT INTO A DITCH, UPON IMPACT NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. CONSUMER SUFFERED BACK INJURIES, VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED.*AK *YH
AIRBAG LIGHT HAS COME ON, DEALER WILL REPLACE AIRBAG SENSOR. SENSOR HAS BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES BEFORE.*AK
AIR BAG LIGHT GOES OFF AND ON INTERMITTENTLY, CONSUMER HAD NO ACCIDENTS BECAUSE OF THIS,BUT CONCERNED THAT AIR BAGS MIGHT DEPLOY . *ET
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 45 MPH VEHICLE HYDROPLAINED AND CRASHED SIDEWAYS INTO A TREE. UPON IMPACT, IMPACT AIR BAGS DEPLOYED A FEW SECONDS LATER. *AK
AFTER MAKING A LOUD POPPING SOUND, THE VEHICLE WENT OUT OF CONTROL AND FLIPPED OVER DUE TO POSSIBLE AXLE FAILURE, TIRE WAS COMPLETELY MISSING FROM VEHICLE. YH
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING VEHICLE COLLISION.
CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS. DURING A FRONT END COLLISION, AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. AS A RESULT, THE CONSUMER WAS BRUISED VERY BADLY. THE MANUFACTURER HAS YET TO BE CONTACTED. *AK
FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG, CAUSING BRUISES IN CHEST AREA AND DESTROYED WINDSHIELD .
THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT CONTINUES TO COME ON . PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK
THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY IN A FRONT END COLLISION. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
ACCIDENT AT 11:30 POSITION AT 35-40MPH DRIVERS SHOULDER BELT DID NOT HOLD AND HIT HER FACE ON STEERING WHEEL SEATBACK FLEW FORWARD AND DRIVER AIRBAG DELAYED. TT THE SEAT BELT WAS A TWO POINT TYPE. THE DRIVER SUFFERED SOME INJURIES. *YH
CONSUMER DAUGHTER WAS IN AN ACCIDENT AND THE DUAL AIR BAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY . TT
CAR WAS IN AN ACCIDENT AND THE AIR BAG DIDN'T DEPLOY. TT
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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