Buick Air bag Recalls

Buick Air bag Recalls

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Century
Air bags:side/window
Description: Vehicle description: Passenger vehicles. Some of these vehicles exhibit a condition in which the driver side impact air bag inflator separates from the air bag module during deployment.
Damage: If the inflator separates, the air bag will not deploy properly during a crash and occupant protection would be reduced. If is also possible that a separated inflator could be propelled downward and could result in injury to a rear seat passenger whose foot is positioned approximately under the inflator module.
Year: 2000, 2001

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Lacrosse
Air bags:side/window
Description: Certain vehicles originally built with cloth seats that were equipped with an automatic air bag passenger sensing system and later reupholstered with aftermarket leather seat cover kits are involved. Testing has indicated that the aftermarket leather seat covers can cause the passenger sensing system to malfunction.
Damage: If the passenger sensing system malfunctions, the front air bag on the passenger side may be disabled when it should be enabled, or enabled when it should be disabled. In either case, in the event of a crash that requires air bag deployment, a front passenger’s level of injury may be increased.
Year: 2005, 2006

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Lesabre
Air bags:frontal
Description: Certain passenger, mini vans, and sport utility vehicles have an air bag inflator on the driver’s side that could fracture at a weld during a deployment.
Damage: Pieces of the inflator could strike and injure vehicle occupants and the air bag cushion would not inflate fully, reducing the capability of the bag to protect the driver.
Year: 2002, 2003

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Reatta
Air bags:frontal:sensor/control module
Description: The forward sensor for the air bag may have been incorrectly constructed with part of the wiring harness to the sensor reversed.
Damage: The reversal of the wires could cause delay in the deployment of the air bag and increase the severity of the of injury to an unbelted driver in an accident.
Year: 1990

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Regal
Air bags:frontal
Description: 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.
Damage: If the consumer is too close to an inflating air bag, serious injuries could occur.
Year: 1995

Air bags:side/window
Description: Vehicle description: Passenger vehicles. Some of these vehicles exhibit a condition in which the driver side impact air bag inflator separates from the air bag module during deployment.
Damage: If the inflator separates, the air bag will not deploy properly during a crash and occupant protection would be reduced. If is also possible that a separated inflator could be propelled downward and could result in injury to a rear seat passenger whose foot is positioned approximately under the inflator module.
Year: 2000, 2001

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Rendezvous
Air bags:frontal
Description: Certain passenger, mini vans, and sport utility vehicles have an air bag inflator on the driver’s side that could fracture at a weld during a deployment.
Damage: Pieces of the inflator could strike and injure vehicle occupants and the air bag cushion would not inflate fully, reducing the capability of the bag to protect the driver.
Year: 2002, 2003

Description: Certain vehicles originally built with cloth seats that were equipped with an automatic air bag passenger sensing system and later reupholstered with aftermarket leather seat cover kits are involved. Testing has indicated that the aftermarket leather sea
Damage: If the passenger sensing system malfunctions, the front air bag on the passenger side may be disabled when it should be enabled, or enabled when it should be disabled. In either case, in the event of a crash that requires air bag deployment, a front pass
Year: 2005, 2006

Air bags:frontal:driver side inflator module
Description: On certain mini vans, passenger and sport utility vehicles, some of these vehicles have a driver’s side air bag that may not deploy as designed. In addition, the air bag inflator could rupture.
Damage: This could result in reduced capability of the air bag to protect the driver. Also if the air bag inflator ruptured, pieces of the inflator could strike and injure the vehicle occupants.
Year: 2003

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Roadmaster
Air bags
Description: These vehicles were shipped with both the supplemental inflatable restraint caution label and a roof rack caution label installed on the same side of the sun visor. this does not meet the requirements of fmvss no.208, “occupant crash protection.”
Damage: Consequence of non-compliance: Operators could fail to notice and heed the warning labels.
Year: 1995, 1996

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Skylark
Air bags:frontal
Description: During deployment of the passenger air bag, the air bag fabric can snag on a reinforcement inside the instrument panel, causing the expanding air bag to lift the instrument panel pad and then deploy under the instrument panel instead of through the door in the instrument panel.
Damage: In a crash, the front seat passenger could receive more severe injuries if he or she contacts a broken reinforcement or if the snagging affects the deployment of the air bag.
Year: 1996

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