Takata recall I was in an accident were I read ended a car because I was going around a corner and my breaks failed and my airbags did not deploy. I was going 25 in a residential area and took a corner to fast because my breaks failed. I hit a curb busted my passenger tire off and then hit a stationary car. The passenger side of my car was destroyed and the airbags failed to deploy. I had zero airbag replacement lights on everything with the car was fine and normal.
2006 Buick Lucerne: airbags did not deploy in a crash
15 of the 330 complaints about the 2006 Buick Lucerne describe airbags did not deploy in a crash.
- owner complaints
- 15
- of this car's complaints
- 5%
- typical mileage
- 100,300
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? 5 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below
Airbags did not deploy in a crash by model year
What owners say
Defectives airbags. The side airbags didn't go off when I was hit on my driver side door. I dont feel safe in that vehicle. I was making a left turn and a truck was. Stopped at a yield sign where the road came to a t. I had the right of way to make my turn. As soon as I was making the turn the other driver drove foward hitting the driver side of my car totaled my driver door. The airbags on either side of the car never went off.
Tl* the contact owned a 2006 buick lucerne. While driving 35 MPH, the air bag warning light illuminated and flickered off and on. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it could not be diagnosed, but the failure recurred. A few months later, the contact was rear ended by another vehicle in a drive thru. The air bags failed to deploy. A police report was not filed and there were two injuries. The driver had back and neck injuries and the passenger had neck injuries. Both required medical attention. On another occasion, the contact crashed into another vehicle. The air bags failed to deploy. A police report was filed. The contact was injured. The contact had abdominal pain, left hip pain, and left shoulder bruises, which required medical attention. The vehicle was able to be driven home and was later deemed destroyed. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 140,000.
Tl* the contact owned a 2006 buick lucerne. While driving approximately 60 MPH, the contact crashed into the preceding vehicle. The air bags failed to deploy. A police report was filed. The contact was injured and required medical attention. The vehicle was destroyed and towed to a junk yard. The failure mileage was unknown. Updated 06/29/16*lj updated 007/07/16.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 buick lucerne. The contact stated while driving 30 MPH, the steering wheel became difficult to turn. As a result, the contact crashed into a telephone pole and the air bags failed to deploy. The contact sustained a fractured wrist that required medical attention. A police report was filed. The vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and stated that the VIN was included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v355000 (electrical system). The failure mileage was 107,000.
Tl* the contact owned a 2006 buick lucerne. While driving approximately 20 MPH, the contact crashed the vehicle into the rear of another vehicle. The air bags failed to deploy. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic. The vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 130,000. Updated 11/14/14*cn updated 8/12/2015
Tl* the contact owned a 2006 buick lucerne. While driving 40 MPH, the brakes and power steering failed. As a result, the contact crashed the vehicle into a telephone pole. The air bags failed to deploy. The contact sustained head injuries and a police report was filed. The manufacturer and dealer were not notified. Several months later, the contact received a recall notification for the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v355000 (electrical system). The vehicle was destroyed. The failure mileage was unknown.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 buick lucerne. The contact stated that while traveling approximately 30 MPH, the vehicle stalled without warning. As a result, the contact lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a light pole. The air bags did not deploy. A police report was filed. The driver sustained minor injuries. The vehicle was destroyed. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact was notified of recall the federal safety agency campaign id number: 14v355000 (electrical system). However, the vehicle had not been repaired under the recall since the parts needed were not available. The contact was waiting for a response from the local dealer and manufacturer to remedy the recall repair when the failure occurred. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was not available.
Reared ended vehicle about 20 MPH, insurance totaled the car $8,500 to repair it. Direct hit on front of car and air bags did not deploy. 2 days in hospital with broken sternum and ribs. Received recall today on the car saying airbags may not deploy if key accidentally turns off, I don't remember if that was case or not, but gm says it could happen.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 buick lucerne. The contact stated that the power steering and brakes failed to respond without warning. The failures caused the contact to crash and the vehicle was destroyed. A police report was filed and injuries were sustained from the crash that required medical attention. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 80,000. Updated 09/02/14*lj the consumer stated the airbags did not deploy. The driver sustained broken bones, dislocated ankle, and a broken wrist. The passenger sustained injuries to the ribs. Updated 09/10/2014
2006 lucerne suddenly left city roadway for no apparent reason. Lucerne collided with two telephone poles positioned next to each other. Delta v of collision between 22 and 25 MPH. Pole to driver side frame impact with driver side front wheel pushed into driver floor board so floor pushed against brake pedal post collision. No airbag deployed. Pdof was near straight ahead or 12 o'clock. Driver belt spooled out allowing driver's head to significantly deform the upper steering wheel rim. Driver belt cut a notch in the b-pillar trim exiting the d-ring hole. Gm looked at this car in litigation and agreed that the driver was belted. Driver suffered jaw fractures, rib fractures and lung injury. Driver died of collision related injuries 6 months post collision. General motors may dispute whether the death was related to the airbag non-deployment, but it can not dispute the relationship of the jaw and rib fractures to the non-deployment. Download of sdm showed no "events recovered". That appears to be consistent with the 2006 cobalt ignition recall issue. The key in the ignition after the accident has a string of keys and other items hanging down several inches from the key in the ignition, also seemingly consistent with the 2006 cobalt ignition recall issue. Driver would have been protected from serious injury be a timely airbag deployment in this collision according to biomechanics retained by the driver's family in litigation against general motors. This complainant suspects that the ignition switch in the 2006 is similar to the 2006 cobalt ignition switch, but does not have definitive confirmation of that. Complainant can send photographs of the damage to the lucerne and the lucerne bosch cdr crash data retrieval report by email or other means at your request.
My parents were involved in a front-end collision. Their car was totaled; the front end was smashed in so that they had to pry open the glove compartment to remove their personal papers and the key could not be removed from the ignition. The side airbags deployed; the front airbags never deployed. My fathers most severe injuries were due to the front airbags not deploying. This model is not part of the gm recall of cars whose front airbags did not deploy in front-end collisions. It's taken gm 10 years; 13 fatalities; and countless other injuries; to finally recall some models; but obviously not all. Shame on the federal safety agency for not following through. Updated 05/12/14
Service bulletins that may apply
- General motors: diagnostic information for intermittent restraints, air bag (SIR) indicator/lamp on with...
- Buick/cadillac/chevrolet/gmc: airbag light on, DTC B0071 and B0081 set (diagnose and replace right front...
- Air bag readiness light on, DTC B1019 set in sensing and diagnostic module (SDM) (reprogram instrument...
- Air bag indicator light is on
- New procedure for clearing passenger presence system (PPS) and sensing and diagnostic module (SDM) dtcs...
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 2006 Buick Lucerne no deployment
Is airbags did not deploy in a crash a common problem on the 2006 Buick Lucerne?
15 of 330 owner complaints about the 2006 Buick Lucerne (5%) mention airbags did not deploy in a crash. The model year with the most reports is 2006.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 2006 Buick Lucerne?
There are 0 recalls and 5 service bulletins for the same area of the car. Check them below with your VIN.
Other symptoms on the 2006 Buick Lucerne
Door locks 36Stalling 20Pulling 14Adaptive cruise 10Airbag light 10Check engine light 8Loss of power 8Fuel gauge 7Power steering loss 7Grinding brakes 5Wipers 5
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