Consumer Complaint Detail

PONTIAC / SUNFIRE / 2000

Recalls
1 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005044012 Incident Date: Oct, 17 2005
Consumer's City: EUSTIS Consumer's State: FL
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: SUNFIRE Model Year: 2000
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Air bags:frontal
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 1
Vehicle's VIN#: 4G2JB32T2YB Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Oct, 24 2005 Complaint Type: EVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: Yes Purchase Date: Dec, 31 2002
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Dt:the contact stated two frontal air bags deployed while turning into a gas station. this occurred while driving at a low speed. she was the only occupant in the vehicle and was wearing her seat belt at the time. thee airbags deployed on the passenger side. there was corrosion and water in the air bag. the contact sustained two black eyes, a knot on her forehead and burns on her throat and chest. after the deployment the driver's side frame was lying on the ground. she did not hit anything. it sounded as if she ran over glass in the road. the passenger's side air bag deployed toward the windshield instead of deploying out toward the passenger seat. the police officer did came and took a report. the insurance company came took the vehicle to see who was at fault for this problem. the contact stated that she was in two previous rear end accidents and neither air bag deployed at that time. from the time of her last accident it had been about two months until this incident occurred. *ak update 12/6/2005 - the road the consumer was traveling on was under construction at the time of the accident. *nm