Consumer Complaint Detail

PONTIAC / GRAND AM / 1996

Recalls
2 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 007099793 Incident Date: Mar, 08 2007
Consumer's City: OXFORD Consumer's State: MI
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
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 2
Vehicle's VIN#: 1G2NE52M3TC Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Mar, 22 2007 Complaint Type: EVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Mar, 17 2006
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Tl*- the contact owns a 1996 pontiac grand am. three of the customers children while driving at 25 mph the driver side and passenger side air bags deployed without warning. no warning lights illuminated before or after they deployed. the driver sustained bruises and some abrasions from the air bag , including a minor injury to his eye when a piece of plastic popped off. gmc offered the contact $3,000 for the vehicle, and stated that they would assume liability. however, they were unable to diagnose the failure. the current and failure mileage were 95,000. *ak the consumer stated that her daughter also sustained minor burns and injuries. updated 10/16/07 *tr