NHTSA — Air Bags Problems

10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
2 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
3 / 0
Average Mileage:
80,667 miles

About These NHTSA Complaints:

This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.

So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.

2001 Buick Regal seat belts / air bags problems

seat belts / air bags problem

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2001 Buick Regal Owner Comments

problem #6

Aug 152020

Regal

  • 178,000 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

Had a front tire blow out car went across the road down into small ditch and stopped to hit a mailbox resulting in the airbags deploying the passenger side airbag came out so hard that it broke the windshield driver side airbag came out and resulted in it breaking my spine I've had to have one surgery since then and maybe more

- West Plains, MO, USA

problem #5

Sep 122016

Regal

  • 155,000 miles
The contact owns a 2001 Buick Regal. While driving 55 mph, the air bag warning indicator illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a local mechanic who diagnosed that the module was faulty. The manufaturer was notified the VIN was invalid. The failure mileage was 155,000. Updated 03/01/17

- Greensboro, NC, USA

problem #4

Apr 112016

Regal

  • miles
The contact owns a 2001 Buick Regal. The contact received a recall notification for NHTSA campaign number: 15V701000 (air bags); however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure.

- Phoenix, AZ, USA

problem #3

Dec 052006

Regal

  • Automatic transmission
  • 91,000 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

- while driving on the highway at 65 mph, contacts 2001 Buick Regal was rear ended, causing the contacts vehicle to crash into another vehicle. Upon impact the driver's side and passenger side airbags failed to deploy. The failure mileage was 91000. The contact can provide copy of the police report. Updated 03/07/07

- Martinez, CA, USA

problem #2

Sep 152004

Regal 6-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 60,000 miles
Consumer has a concern that the air bag light will illuminate while driving. Dealer was notified.

- Griffin, GA, USA

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problem #1

Aug 162002

Regal

  • Automatic transmission
  • miles
While driving at any speed and with no warning air bag light stays on, causing air bag to be inoperative in the event of a vehicle accident. Dealer notified.

- Oakland, TN, USA

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