1996 Pontiac Grand Am: airbag warning light

Filed Jun 19, 2013 · Airbags · 140,000 miles · MO

Tl* the contact owns a 1996 pontiac grand am. The contact stated that while driving 35 MPH, the air bag warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnosis where it was advised to the contact that the sensor was disconnected and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified. The approximate failure mileage was 140,000.

Filed Jun 17, 2008 · Airbags, Body · IL

There is water on all four floors of my car (front driver and passenger/back seat two both passenger sides). The rear left floor has particularly heavy water saturation. My air bag light has also stayed on for the last two weeks. Yesterday, I received a letter from gm indicating that the air bag controller on the 1996 pontiac grand am is mounted above the floor pan beneath the front passenger seat, and that if the vehicle is exposed to significant water entering the interior and soaking the carpet, the air bag controller can be soaked and damaged. The damaged controller can make the air bags deflate, even without impact or crash. Conversely, the air bags may not deploy at all because of the controller damage. This letter was sent by gm as an owner manual supplement and they will not be responsible for what is clearly a problem. At this point, no recall has been issued. Because I am unemployed, I have no money to repair the car, and am scared to drive it. Hence, I now have no transportation as well as no money or job. Gm should be responsible for this. If they are aware enough of a problem as to notify owners of this car, they should be paying for repairs to a car that is saturated with water.

Filed Jun 17, 2008 · Airbags · 101,197 miles · PA

Air bag light stays on after you start the car due to air bag controller getting wet. It is under the passenger seat.

Filed Jun 17, 2008 · Airbags, Body · 11,700 miles · IN

06/05 water under the dash made me think the windshield was leaking-an auto glass dealer determined it was not leaking and agreed to take out the carpet-he discovered the firewall was not sealed properly from the factory- I paid him to seal it & dry & replace the carpet...09/07 I had problems with the all the alarm lights on the dash coming on---after turning off &restarting the car--the only light left on was the air bag light----06/17/08 I received an 'owner manual supplement' to add to my owners manual telling me the "air bag controller" may or may not deploy in a crash or even without warning....this is a design defect ...there are 1000's of the these time bombs going down the same highways we are traveling-gm needs to issue a recall & replace these---gm is not able to notify every owner of this problem after 12 years-people are driving these vehicles 60 and 70 miles an hour down the highways & their air bag may deploy without warning--the potential for horrific accidents even deaths of innocent people are inevitable-please force gm to take recall not print inserts for the owners manuals.

Filed Jul 10, 2007 · Airbags · NY · 1 injury

1996 pontiac air bag deployed while starting the car. Customer states air bag light came on he made an appointment to have it fixed sometime later his daughter was starting the car up and the air bag deployed she was taken to the hospital for minor burns**sb the consumer stated that his daughter will not drive the car anymore due to the fact the airbag deployed and injured her. The consumer stated he can't and won't sell to anyone and would like the dealer to pay off the additional $1,200 still owed on the car and warn others about the defect.

Filed Feb 25, 2007 · Airbags · 14,400 miles · NY

I stopped at a stop sign, started to creep forward to see if there was any oncoming traffic. I proceeded to go and I heard a loud sound like a gun shot. Looked over to the passenger side of the car and my airbag had deployed for no reason and no warning. Passenger side deployed but the drivers side did not. Airbag light was not on. I did not hit anything head on and the road was clear. No reason for air bag to go off.

Filed Jan 4, 2006 · Airbags · 123,495 miles · TX · 1 injury

Dt*: the contact stated while driving at 15 to 20 MPH on a dirt road both frontal airbags deployed. The air bag deployment cracked the windshield and destroyed the dashboard. After the deployment the airbag warning light illuminated. The contact sustained injuries to the head and left hand.

Filed Dec 19, 2001 · Airbags · KS · 1 injury

Both frontal air bags deployed while driving at 35 MPH for no reason, this occurred one day after air bag light came on and remained on. Manufacturer was notified. *ak