General Motors Corp.: Air Bags › Frontal
General Motors Corp. reported this defect to federal regulators on Jul 3, 2000 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 268,146. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES. CORROSION OF THE AIR BAG INFLATOR'S INTERNAL WIRING, WHICH CAN OCCUR OVER TIME, COULD CAUSE THE INADVERTENT DEPLOYMENT OF THE DRIVER'S AIR BAG. THIS DEPLOYMENT COULD OCCUR DURING VEHICLE START-UP, WHILE THE VEHICLE IS PARKED OR IDLING, OR WHILE IN OPERATION.
The risk
IF THE CONSUMER IS TOO CLOSE TO AN INFLATING AIR BAG, SERIOUS INJURIES COULD OCCUR.
The remedy
DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE INFLATORS ON THESE AIR BAGS.
3 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme | 47 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 1995 Buick Regal | 173 | 8 | 4 | 16 |
| 1995 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme | 77 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
What this page is, and what to do next
A recall is not an opinion. It is a Part 573 report a manufacturer is required by federal law to file once it decides a defect poses an unreasonable risk to safety, and it commits them to repairing the vehicle at no cost to the owner. The three passages above are the manufacturer’s own wording as published by NHTSA.
This page describes the campaign. It cannot tell you whether one particular car has already been through the shop — that is tracked by VIN, and only the manufacturer knows it. Check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls or with a franchised dealer, quoting campaign number 00V171000.
Full record for the 1996 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme → · Recalls carrying a do-not-drive advisory → · Where this data comes from →