The contact owns a 1999 Oldsmobile Alero. The contact states that she hit a pot hole and the air bag deployed. The air bag was possibly defective because it did not completely deploy, the air bag on the right side ejected and it bent open. It looked as if tissue was coming out of the vehicle, the driver side air bag did not completely deploy. This occurred 34 mph. The manufacturer was contacted, and they told her that there was nothing that they could do about vehicle and urged her to contact the insurance company. No injuries were reported. Also, a bad odor come from the air bag. This cracked the steering wheel and the dash board. It occurred almost a year ago. The air bag warning light was not on prior to the deployment.

- Mahopac, NY, USA

While driving 35 mph both frontal air bags inadvertently deployed. Vehicle was taken to the dealer for inspection, and mechanic could not duplicate the problem.

- Enid, OK, USA

Dear sirs, contacting you to make you aware of a problem with a certain model of car. The problem is that the vinyl dash of this car will peel back and over the passenger side airbag. I contacted the dealership and was only given an estimate of how much it would cost to repair the damage. I then asked the dealership why was this not a safety concern due the fact that the airbag was obviously damaged. This type of damage could make the airbag deploy for no reason a injure the passenger or even worse, not deploy upon a frontal collision. Again I was not given an answer on why this was not a concern. I thought about this and was concerned that what if the airbag deployed when not needed and there was a child in the seat. Even if the child was old enough to be in the front and was in there seat belt, I do not believe that the driver could not anything to stop any injury to the child.

- Montgomery, AL, USA

Air bag failed to deploy in front end collision. Car totaled.

- Whitesburg, KY, USA

While driving through a car lot at 5mph both air bags deployed inadvertently. Dealer/manufacturer were notified. Feel free to provide further details.

- Cunningham, TN, USA

While driving about 15 mph and applying the brakes, vehicle skidded and hit another vehicle at a frontal impact. Upon impact, driver's and passenger's airbags did not deploy which did not protect the occupants in this crash.

- Kenosha, WI, USA

While making a left turn at 7 mph driver's side and passenger'ser side air bags deployed.

- Florence, SC, USA