This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
The contact owns a 1995 Buick Park Avenue. The contact stated that while in park, the passenger side frontal air bag inadvertently deployed. The air bag warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a dealer but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 105,000. The VIN was unavailable.
The contact owns a 1995 Buick Park Avenue. The contact stated that while driving approximately 30 mph the air bag deployed with no warning. The horn was sounding and would not turn off. A tow truck was called and before it arrived the vehicle caught fire and seemed to have started in the steering column. The police were called, extinguished the fire and filed report #10-24586. The tow truck took the vehicle to a storage lot. The contact stated that the vehicle was possibly destroyed. General Motors was called. The failure and current mileages were approximately 120,000.
Upon the vehicle sitting horn sounds off automatically. It sometimes does it intermittently. Took vehicle to the dealer, and was told that it was being caused by the air bag.
My horn would go off when I would turn a corner or even when unattended. I have a extend warranty which says it covers the horns. When I took it in to be fixed, they said that the part that was bad was in with the air bag and was not covered under the warranty. Now they say that it is the air bag that is bad, so it will cost me $1000 to get it fixed. Since my horn does not work, according to the warenty the horn should be fixed no mater what. Isn't the horn and the air bags considered a safety item?
Shrinkage of horn pad material caused horn to activate on its own and eventually not work at all. Entire horn/airbag assembly had to be replaced, as they are located together.
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- Rochester, IN, USA