Consumer Complaint Detail

CADILLAC / SEVILLE / 2001

Recalls
1 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 002089023 Incident Date: Feb, 07 2002
Consumer's City: LUFKIN Consumer's State: TX
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: SEVILLE Model Year: 2001
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes Component's Description: Air bags:side/window
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 1
Vehicle's VIN#: 1G6KD54Y31U Date added to File: May, 16 2021
Date Complaint Received: Feb, 24 2002 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: Yes Purchase Date: Feb, 28 2001
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Cadillac seville with side airbags, struck in driver's door; airbag did not deploy; gm report (gm claim #06342660) is based on the way the seville was struck, side airbags were not designed to deploy. question is "what's the purpose of side airbags if they don't deploy in a side impact collision?"*ak