1996 CADILLAC ELDORADO — AIR BAGS:FRONTAL

Name: NHTSA complaint: 1996 CADILLAC ELDORADO — AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
Start: 1999-08-12

crash · 170946 · 1999-09-14

Vehicle

Make: CADILLAC
Model: ELDORADO
Year: 1996
Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Component: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL

Severity

Deaths: 0
Injured: 0
Fire: No
Crash: Yes
Police report: No
Medical attention: No
Vehicle towed: No

Narrative

WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH CONSUMER STARTED TO SMELL SMOKE. JUST AFTERWARDS THE AIR BAG DEPLOYED, AFFECTING DRIVER'S VISIBILITY WHICH CAUSED DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE. DRIVER RAN OFF ROAD AND COLLIDED WITH A SIGN. *AK

Source

Authoritative: NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number: 847685
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown