While traveling at 25 MPH another vehicle pulled out in front of consumer's vehicle, and it hit drivers side of other vehicle head-on. Consumer's vehicle airbags did not deploy. Please provide any further information.
1996 Geo Prizm: airbags did not deploy in a crash
10 of the 61 complaints about the 1996 Geo Prizm describe airbags did not deploy in a crash.
- owner complaints
- 10
- of this car's complaints
- 16%
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
Airbags did not deploy in a crash by model year
What owners say
Frontal collision with a tree at 35 MPH. Upon impact, both air bags did not deploy. Dealer/ manufacturer were not notified at this time. *ak
Was traving at about45miles per hour,car cut me off, hit rear drivers side bumper, hit my bumper, went through my grill and hood, looking at front of car hole is in the upper left hand coner of decritive plate and bumper,bumper is damaged on top of it,and bowed down, dont understand why air bags did not deploy.
Air bags did not deploy.
Consumer was driving between 35- 40 MPH when she hit a vehcle head-on. Upon impact, dual airbags did not deploy which could have caused injuries.
While driving at 45 MPH on wet pavement, applied the brakes and they were hard. Rear ended another vehicle, the driver's side/passenger's side air bags didn't deploy.
While driving about 55 MPH on wet pavement, and as coming down the highway, there was a fuel spill in the road, causing vehicle to slide into the back of a pickup truck, driver's side/passenger's side air bags didn't deploy.
At 7:30am consumer was driving approximately 55-60mph when she began to merge right. Consumer felt like she had hit something, she saw nothing. Then the vehicle began to spin and she saw her wheel rolling down the interstate, vehicle hit the wall and skidded down the side. Air bag did not deploy.
Vehicle was involved in a frontal collision, impact 12:00 position, speed 20mph, dual airbags did not deploy.
Driving at speed of 70mph, vehicle impacted at a 1:00 position, dual airbags did not deploy.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 1996 Geo Prizm no deployment
Is airbags did not deploy in a crash a common problem on the 1996 Geo Prizm?
10 of 61 owner complaints about the 1996 Geo Prizm (16%) mention airbags did not deploy in a crash. The model year with the most reports is 1994.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 1996 Geo Prizm?
There is no recall or service bulletin for this area of the car on record.
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