Consumer Complaint Detail

PONTIAC / GRAND AM / 1996

Recalls
1 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 004266034 Incident Date: Jan, 17 2004
Consumer's City: ERIE Consumer's State: PA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: GRAND AM Model Year: 1996
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Air bags:frontal:sensor/control module
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 1
Vehicle's VIN#: 1G2NE12M5TM Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Apr, 07 2004 Complaint Type: EVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Apr, 30 2000
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Air bag deployed when starting the vehicle. i leaned in to start my 96 pontiac grand am and when i turned the ignition the air bag deployed injuring my chest and neck. gm takes no responsibility as they say it is a maintenance issue due to standing water around the deployment module. *jb *sc *jb