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.
On July 30 2008 the drivers side airbag deployed in my 1996 Buick Skylark. I was sitting at a red light when this occurred. Minor injuries bruises and a small cut on my chest area. After reviewing the recalls on this car, I realize that I have other problems related to other recalls. Upon contacting the local Buick dealer, I was told my car did not match any of the recall companies? perhaps it should have made the campaign list.
I got a letter from GM, Buick motor division, that was a " customer advisory" not a recall that said if my 1996 Buick has ever been wet or had water soak the floor board on the passenger side the air bags might deploy at any time due to a malfunction of the control box located under the front passenger seat. It said I need to have the car serviced asap to correct the problem if it has indeed been wet. And it has been wet on several occasions due to failure of the door gaskets and rear window seal and possibly the trunk gasket. I feel that GM should pay at the least for the dealer to decide if the control box needs to be replaced or not. If not for the repairs needed to insure that the air bags don't deploy for no reason while I'm going down the road causing an accident. Air bags are supposed to help you not hurt you. J.M.K.
The contact owns a 1996 Buick Skylark. On June 18, 2008, the contact received an owner's manual supplement pertaining to the air bag controller module on the front passenger side. He is outraged because GM is refusing to make any repairs to the air bag system. The letter mentioned that consumers have sustained minor injuries due to air bag deployment after the vehicle has been exposed to water. The conclusion was that this is a design flaw. There had been no failure to date. The current mileage was 124,000.
Frontal air bags deployed while consumer was warming up the vehicle. There was no one inside the vehicle. When the airbags deployed front windshield broke on the passenger's side.
Air bags: Driving approximately 30mph when car ahead made an illegal turn, front ofconsumer's car hit the passenger's side of other car and neither air bag deployed.
Consumer received a manufacturer's notice for air bag defect on Nov./96 had the repairs done Dec./96. Consumer had a vehicle crash on Mar-22-97 when the air bags deployed the passenger side bag was ripped, allowing a black colored sodium acid to spill into vehicle, this sodium acid has a bad smell that won't go away. The manufacturer said that was not possible and that Mr. Fletcher was lying about the air bag.
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