# 1999 CADILLAC DEVILLE — AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
> NHTSA complaint `164166` · 1999-08-14 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** No
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** CADILLAC
- **Model:** DEVILLE
- **Year:** 1999
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
## Narrative
CAR WAS STOPPED AND AT IDLE AT TRAFFIC LIGHT.  RIGHT SIDE DOOR AIR BAG DEPLOYED FOR NO APPARENT REASON HITTING MY WIFE IN THE SIDE AND GIVING HER A LARGE BRUISE ABOUT 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER.  THE CAR WAS REPAIRED AT TUTWILER CADILLAC ON JULY 29, 1999, 10101 N. MERIDIAN ST., INDIANAPOLIS, IN, PHONE NO. 317 846-7888.  I CONTACTED THE CADILLAC ASSISTANCE CENTER, AND RECEIVED NO SATISFACTORY ANSWER AS TO WHY THIS HAPPENED.  THEY WOULD NOT LET ME TALK TO ANYONE WHO COULD EXPLAIN.  I DID NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE.  I TOOK IT DIRECTLY TO ED MARTIN CADILLAC IN ANDERSON, IN AND TRADED THE CAR FOR ANOTHER ONE (7/30/99) AT MY LOSS, AS CADILLAC WOULD NOT REPLACE THE CAR.   AS FAR A I KNOW, THE CAR IS STILL AT ED MARTIN'S.
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