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Air Bags complaints

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Mileage unknown · Mar 15, 1996

Air BagsCrash

WHILE DRIVING, AT APPROX. 10MPH, SUDDENLY BOTH DRIVER/PASS. AIRBAGS DEPLOYED INADVERTENTLY, SHATTERING WINDSHIELD, NO IMPACT. *AK

NHTSA ODI #980773

Mileage unknown · Mar 11, 1996

Air BagsCrashInjury

UPON BEING REAR ENDED, VEHICLE WAS RAMMED INTO A WALL W/AIR BAG NOT DEPLOYING. PLEASE DESCCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

NHTSA ODI #980514

Mileage unknown · Feb 20, 1996

Air Bags

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND HIT A POTHOLE AND BOTH AIR BAGS EXPLODED- NO ONE WAS INJURED. *AK

NHTSA ODI #979440

Mileage unknown · Feb 20, 1996

Air Bags

PASSENGER AND DRIVERS SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED WITHOUT WARNING AFTER HITTING A POT HOLE. TT

NHTSA ODI #979356

Mileage unknown · Feb 9, 1996

Air Bags

LEASED VEHICLE: WHILE DRIVING, DUAL AIRBAGS INFLATED; NO ACCIDENT; NO KNOWLEDGE OF RUNNING OVER BUMP; CAUSE UNKNOWN. TT

NHTSA ODI #978923

Mileage unknown · Feb 6, 1996

Air Bags

AIRBAG INDICATOR LIGHT HAS COME ON CONSTANTLY WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE. TT

NHTSA ODI #978762

Mileage unknown · Feb 6, 1996

Air Bags

DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED WHEN DRIVING OVER A POTHOLE, BUT THERE WAS NO FRONTAL IMPACT. TT

NHTSA ODI #978747

Mileage unknown · Feb 5, 1996

Air BagsCrashInjury

HAD A FRONTAL COLLISION, NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. TT

NHTSA ODI #978699

Mileage unknown · Feb 5, 1996

Air Bags

WHILE DRIVING THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

NHTSA ODI #978694

Mileage unknown · Feb 4, 1996

Air BagsCrash

FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAGS. *SD

NHTSA ODI #501453

Official recalls

98V231000 · Electrical System:wiring:front Underhood

Sep 22, 1998

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: SEDAN, COUPE AND WAGON PASSENGER VEHICLES EXCEPT THE DX MODEL AND MODELS WITH V6 ENGINES. THE FACTORY INSTALLED AIR CONDITIONER WIRE HARNESS WAS IMPROPERLY ROUTED ALLOWING SOME WIRES TO RUB AGAINST EACH OTHER, EVENTUALLY CAUSING A SHORT CIRCUIT.

Consequence & remedy

Consequence: THE SHORT CIRCUIT CANPOSSIBLY CAUSE THE UNDERHOOD WIREING TO OVERHEAT AND SMOKE, CAUSING A FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. A SHORT CIRCUIT CAN ALSO RESULT IN A BLOWN FUSE OR DEAD BATTERY.

Remedy: DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE VEHICLES FOR PROPER ROUTING OF THESE WIRES. ANY HARNESS IMPROPERLY ROUTED WILL BE INSPECTED FOR DAMAGE AND THE ROUTING WILL BE CORRECTED. IF ANY INSULATION IS WORN THROUGH AND THE COPPER WIRES ARE EXPOSED, THE HARNESS WILL BE REPLACED. DEALERS WILL ALSO INSTALL PLASTIC TUBING TO PROTECT THE HARNESS.

96V217000 · Air Bags

Oct 4, 1996

THE SUPPLEMENTAL RESTRAINT SYSTEM (SRS) ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT CAN CAUSE THE AIR BAG TO DEPLOY UNEXPECTEDLY.

Consequence & remedy

Consequence: THIS TYPE OF UNANTICIPATED AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT COULD RESULT IN ABRASION TO THE HANDS, ARMS, OR FACE OF A PROPERLY-POSITIONED FRONT SEAT OCCUPANT, OR COULD CAUSE MORE SERIOUS INJURY TO AN OUT-OF-POSITION OCCUPANT.

Remedy: DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE SRS ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT IN THE AIR BAG SYSTEM.

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NHTSA investigations

DP01002 · Abs

Opened Mar 1, 2001 · Closed Aug 6, 2001

Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Service Brakes, Hydraulic

No summary supplied.

PE96014 · Oversensitive Air Bag Deployment

Opened Feb 23, 1996 · Closed Oct 31, 1996

Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Air Bags

There is no summary currently available

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