Consumer Complaint Detail

BUICK / LESABRE / 1992

Recalls
1 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 004031072 Incident Date: Nov, 19 2004
Consumer's City: OKLAHOMA CITY Consumer's State: OK
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: LESABRE Model Year: 1992
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes Component's Description: Air bags:frontal
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 1
Vehicle's VIN#: 1G4HP53L6NH Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jul, 27 2005 Complaint Type: EVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: Yes Purchase Date: Jun, 30 2004
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Dt: the contact owns a 1992 buick lesabre. the contact states that the air bag partially deployed in a head on collision. at 40 mph. it pushed consumer's car back two feet and engine back 4 inches. someone from buick came out and inspected vehicle, and then indicated they would not do anything about the vehicle because it was still drivable. contact stated that the air bag light illuminated. while driving sometimes consumer heard a humming noise like the air bag was going to deploy. contact pulled over and waited for the humming noises to stop. contact filed a complaint before as indicated in odi 10105027. also, consumer's aunt was in an accident with same this happened about two years ago. both fenders, hood, grill, and bumper were completely damaged. upon impact, the driver's air bag partially deployed, while passenger's air bag did not deploy. contact's aunt was the only occupant in the vehicle. she had seat belt on. the air bag warning light was not on prior to the crash. driver sustained a broken collar bone. this vehicle was used for transportation only, she still had to drive this vehicle. *ak