1994 GEO PRIZM Air Bags Problems

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 GEO PRIZM. ON FEBRUARY 19, 2009, THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED WHILE THE CONTACT WAS TURNING THE VEHICLE. SHE SUFFERED SECOND DEGREE BURNS ON HER NECK, CHEST, AND FACE. IN ADDITION, HER NOSE AND FINGER WERE SWOLLEN. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT FEELS THAT THIS IS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT AND WOULD LIKE THE ISSUE INVESTIGATED. THE SPEED WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 23,902.

Mileage: 23,902

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 GEO PRIZM. WHEN THE CONTACT PLACED THE KEY INTO THE IGNITION, THE AIR BAGS IMMEDIATELY DEPLOYED WITHOUT WARNING. SHE SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES AND CUTS TO THE LEFT SIDE OF HER FACE. HER FACE WAS SWOLLEN AND SHE COMPLAINED OF A SEVERE BURN-LIKE INJURY TO HER CHEST AREA. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE LESS THAN 238,975.

Mileage: 238,975

WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED INADVERTENTLY. AS A RESULT, DRIVER SUSTAINED HEAD AND NECK LACERATIONS, AND TEMPORARY LOSS OF HEARING IN THE LEFT EAR. *AK

Mileage: 125,000

WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH ON FLAT SURFACE AIR BAG DEPLOYED WITHOUT WARNING. DRIVER SUSTAINED BURN ING FACE INJURIES. *AK

Mileage: 100,000

NEVER INFORMED OF RECALLS FOR AIR BAG LIGHT AND DRIVER RESTRAINT SYSTEM. FOUND RECALLS ON NHTSA WEBSITE. NOTIFIED GM, WAITING ON RESPONSE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH VEHICLE WAS IN A FRONTAL COLLISION. THE AIR BAG HAD A DELAY DEPLOYMENT UPON IMPACT.*AK

Mileage: 135,000

MY CONCERN ARISES FROM HAVING PROBLEM WITH MY AIR BAG SENSOR. WHEN I TOOK MY CAR INTO THE DEALER TO HAVE THE PROBLEM INSPECTED. I WAS TOLD THAT THE AIR BAG SENSOR HAD DAMAGED DUE TO A SPILL ON THE CONSOLE BOX AREA WHERE THE SENSOR IS LOCATED. I THEN LOOKED INTO THIS FURTHER BY GOING ON LINE TO NHTSA AND WAS INFORMED OF A RECALL ON MY 1994 GEO PRISM VIN#1Y1SK5364RZ0763 FOR THE SAME SENSOR. IT ALSO LISTED HOW THE DAMAGED WOULD BE CAUSED WORD BY WORD TO WHAT I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER WAS THE PROBLEM WITH MY CAR. THE RECALL LISTED CAMPAIGN #96V107000; I THEN CONTACTED CHEVROLET IN ORDER TO GET MORE INFORMATION. I WAS TOLD BY A REPRESENTATIVE, THAT MY CAR VIN# DID NOT COME UNDER THE RECALL CAMPAIGN. I FIND IT VERY ODD THAT THIS WOULD BE THE CASE. SINCE WHAT DEALER DESCRIBED THE PROBLEM WITH MY CAR SENSOR TO MATCHING WORD TO WORD WITH THE SUMMARY LISTED IN NHTSA RECALL NOTICE SUMMARY. I HAVE 3 SMALL CHILDREN AND WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR ASSISTANCE IN THE INVESTIGATION OF THIS SITUATION. SINCERELY, NORA

Mileage: 115,000

CONSUMER STATES WHEN PULLING OFF FROM A STOP THE DRIVERS SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED WITHOUT WARNING. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. CONSUMERS FACE WAS INJURED BY THE AIRBAG. *JB.*JG

VEHICLE HIT A CONCRETE DIVIDER ON HIGHWAY AT 80 MPH, AND NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. CONSUMER SUFFERED BRUISED RIBS. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED.*AK *YH

WHILE DRIVING AT AT 55 MPH VEHICLE HIT CONSUMER IN FRONT, AND NONE OF AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE AT 50 MPH CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED, AND NONE OF AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER IMFORMATION.*AK

WHILE AT A DEAD STOP ANOTHER DRIVER TRAVELING AT APPROXIATEMELY 45 MPH REAR ENDED CONSUMER, AND NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED.*AK

WHILE AT A DEAD STOP CONSUMER WAS REAR ENDED BY ANOTHER DRIVER THAT WAS TRAVELING AT ABOUT 45MPH, AND NONE OF CONSUMER'S AIRBAGS DEPLOYED.*AK

AIRBAG LIGHT WILL NOT GO OFF, FEELS LIKE AIRBAG MAY DEPLOY. *AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 50MPH ON HIGHWAY AND VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HER STOPPED. CONSUMER STEPPED ON BRAKES AND HIT VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HER. UPON IMPACT, DUAL AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. *AK

THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT STAYS ON AT ALL TIMES DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHEICLE WAS NOT COVER UNDER MANUFACTURER'S RECALL DUE TO VIN. *YH

WHILE DRIVING 65-70 MPH DEFECTIVE DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED UNEXPECTEDLY WITHOUT ANY WARNING, WHICH ALMOST CAUSED A CRASH. VEHICLE AT DEALER. NO PREVIOUS PROBLEMS WITH THE AIRBAG SYSTEM. *AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 40-45MPH, AND HIT DRIVER'S SIDE OF VEHICLE HEAD-ON. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. CONSUMER WILL BE CONTACITNG MANUFACTURER. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. *AK

VEHICLE HAD JUMP OUT OF GEAR UNEXPECTEDLY , AND EMEREGENCY BRAKE DID NOT HOLD, CAUSING VEHICLE TO ROLL FOWARD/ DOWN A HILL, RUNNING INTO A HUGE PINE TREE, AND HITTING THE TREE STRAIGHT IN THE MIDDLE. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

VIOLENT DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING COLLISION RESULTED IN DEATH OF CONSUMER DUE TO A BROKEN NECK SUSTAINED FROM DEPLOYMENT. (ATTORNEY FOR ESTATE) *MJS

BE ADVISED THAT THIS IS A FATALITY. CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND ANOTHER VEHICLE HAD VEERED INTO HER AND SHE RAN INTO THE GUARDRAIL. UPON IMPACT, PASSENGER AIRBAG DEPLOYED AND KILLED HER INSTANTLY. *AK

WHEN VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A INTERSECTIONAL CRASH, VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE RIGHT PASSENGER SIDE OF ANOTHER VEHICLE, THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF THE DRIVER'S OR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG. THIS HAPPENED WILL TRAVELING ABOUT 45 OR 50 MPH. NOT SURE IF VEHICLE WILL BE TOTALLED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.

WHILE DRIVING DRIVER'S AIRBAG DEPLOYED INADVERTENTLY, RESULTING IN MINOR INJURIES. MANUFACTURER WILL BE NOTIFIED. *AK

I AM VERY DISAPOINTED WITH GM. THEY HAVE COMPLETELY IGNORED ME IN THIS MATTER. I WILL BE SENDING YU A COPY OF A COMPLAINT LETTER SENT TO GM

FALSE AND VIOLENT DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVERS SIDE AIR BAG CAUSED INJURY TO DRIVER (DISLOCATED JAW, EYE INFECTION FROM CHEMICALS, HEARING CHANGE IN LEFT EAR, CUTS AND ABRASIONS TO LEFT SIDE OF FACE AND NECK/SHOULDER/CHEST INJURY). NLM

CONSUMER WAS GETING ON THE HIGHWAY AND DRIVER'S AIR BAG DEPLOYED. *AK

I HAVE BEEN CALLING ALL OVER THE PLACE TO TRY AND GET HELP FOR MY AIRBAGS TO GET REPLACED. SO FAR I HAVE NOT GOTTEN ANYWHERE. THE VEHICLE RUNS FINE, I WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS A PREVIOUS RECALL ON THE AIRBAG SENSORS. NOBODY WAS REALLY INJURED, BUT IT ALMOST CAUSED ME TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE CAR, ENDANGERING THE LIFE OF MY PASSENGER AND MYSELF. ALSO, WHEN THE AIRBAGS BLEW, I GOT BURNS ON MY HAND AND MY FACE AND SPRAINED MY RIGHT HAND. DUE TO THIS INCIDENT, I AM ALSO HAVING NIGHTMARES ABOUT THE AIRBAG EXPLODING IN MY FACE, AND AM VERY EDGY ABOUT BEING IN VEHICLES. IF YOU COULD SEND ME IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AS TO WHAT TO DO, I WOULD BE VERY GRACIOUS SEEMING THAT NOBODY ELSE HAS BEEN ABLE TO. *AK

ON 3/25/99 AT 8:50 A.M. I WAS DRIVING TO WORK WHEN I SMELLED A HOT SMELL, STOPPED AT A STOPLIGHT, LOOKED AROUND TO DETERMINE CAUSE OF THE HOT SMELL, AND HAD THE DRIVER SIDE BAG DEPLOY IN MY FACE. A GAS STATION ATTENDANT RAN OUT INTO THE STREET AND HELPED ME OUT OF THE CAR. AFTER I WAS OUT OF THE CAR, THE PASSENGER SIDE BAG DEPLOYED. MULTIPLE SPRAINS AND ABRASIONS TO MYSELF. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING AIR BAG DEPOYED WITHOUT INDICATIONS. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

DURING COLLISION NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG.

AIR BAG SENSOR MODULE FAILED AND THE WARNING LIGHT STAYS ON. THE MODULE WAS RECALLED IN 1996 DUE TO LEAKAGE.

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A DIRECT FRONTAL IMPACT AT 34 MPH, AND THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG OR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAG. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK

VIOLENT DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING COLLISION RESULTED IN BURNS TO DRIVER.

UPON MAKING A STOP THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WITHOUT CAUSE. CONSUMER STATED THE AIR BAG BURNED PARTS OF HER NECK/ARMS AND FACE. CONSUMER HAD WORK CORRECTED UNDER RECALL # 96V107000 DUE TO INADVERTENT DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIR BAG, PROBLEM STILL OCCURRED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING OVER A SPEED BUMP AT AN UNDETERMINED RATE OF SPEED THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHILE PARKED THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED WITHOUT REASON, CAUSING AN INJURY. *AK

BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING ACCIDENT, ALSO AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT WAS VIOLENT, CAUSING INJURY TO EYES/NOSE.

DRIVING ALONG APPROXIMATELY 40MPH AND THE BRAKE LIGHT STARTED FLASHING THEN THE ABS BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON. APPLIED HER FOOT TO THE BRAKE AND THE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN AND THE BRAKES DID NOT WORK, VEHICLE ROLLED INTO THE BACK OF A PICKUP, AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

VEHICLE INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION, HIT A DEER AND THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAGS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT STAYED ON/OFF CONTINUOUSLY DUE TO A DEFECTIVE AIR BAG SENSOR PRIOR TO RECALL (96V-107). *AK

NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAG DURING HEAD ON COLLISION, CAUSING INJURY.(ATTORNEY FOR CLIENT)

THE CONSUMER WAS IN AN ACCIDENT AND THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

THE CONSUMER WAS IN AN ACCIDENT AND THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

HAD A FRONTAL COLLISION, NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. TT

UPON IMPACT, DURING FRONTAL CRASH AT APPROX. 20MPH, 12:00 ON FRONT BUMPER, DRIVERS AIRBAG FAILED TO DEPLOY, CAUSE DRIVER'S HEAD TO HIT WINDSHEILD. TT

UPON IMPACT, DURING FRONTAL CRASH AT APPROX. 20MPH, 12:00 ON FRONT BUMPER, PASSENGERS AIRBAG FAILED TO DEPLOY, CAUSE DRIVER'S HEAD TO HIT WINDSHEILD. TT

UPON IMPACT, DURING FRONTAL CRASH AT APPROX. 20MPH, 12:00 ON FRONT BUMPER, DRIVERS AND PASSENGER AIRBAG FAILED TO DEPLOY, CAUSE DRIVER'S HEAD TO HIT WINDSHEILD. TT

UPON IMPACT, DURING FRONTAL CRASH AT APPROX. 20MPH, 12:00 ON FRONT BUMPER, PASSENGERS AIRBAG FAILED TO DEPLOY, CAUSE DRIVER'S HEAD TO HIT WINDSHEILD. TT

CONSUMER WAS IN AN ACCIDENT AND THE ABS ANTI-LOCK BRAKE FAILED AND PASSENGERS AIR BAG DIDN'T DEPLOY AND THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEAT BELT DIDN'T RESTRAIN . TT

CONSUMER WAS IN AN ACCIDENT AND THE ABS ANTI-LOCK BRAKE FAILED AND DRIVERS AIR BAG DIDN'T DEPLOY AND THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEAT BELT DIDN'T RESTRAIN . TT

CONSUMER WAS IN AN ACCIDENT HIT IN THE FRONT AND THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG DIDN'T DEPLOY ON 4/95, WAS DRIVING TODAY 9/95 HIT A POT HOLE AND THE AIRBAG DEPLOYED .

IN A FRONTAL COLLISION THE DRIVERS AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. TT

IN A FRONTAL COLLISION THE PASSENGERS AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. TT

AIR BAG DEPLOYED HOSES DETACHED SPRAYED CHEMICALS ON DRIVERS NECK. RESULTING IN BURNS AND BREAKING DRIVERS JAW. TT

HAD FRONT END COLLISION, DRIVERS AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. TT

HAD FRONT END COLLISION, PASSENGERS AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. TT

DRIVER'S AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT WAS VIOLENT, RESULTING IN INJURY. *SKD