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1999 PONTIAC GRAND AM — SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR

crash2 injured · 217189 · 2000-06-08

Vehicle

Make
PONTIAC
Model
GRAND AM
Year
1999
Manufacturer
General Motors, LLC
Component
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
2
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
No
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

11/15/1999 INVOLVED IN 25 TO 30 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION, AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, RESULTING IN 2 INJURIES, PONTIAC CONTACTED SEVERAL TIMES AND EACH TIME GIVEN DIFFERENT ANSWERS AS TO WHY THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. FIRST REASON GIVEN WAS IT LIKED A FRACTION OF AN INCH TO DEPLOYMENT, 2ND TIME PONTIA CONTACTED THEY ADVISED THAT IT WASNT AT FAST ENOUGH SPEED FOR DEPLOYMENT, 3RD TIME CONTACTED PONTIAC ADVISED THAT I SHOULD BE GLAD THAT THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY ,4TH TIME CONTACTED PONTIAC ADVISED THAT CAR AIRBAGS DO NOT DEPLOY WHEN OTHER VEHICLE IS PICK-UP SIZE OR LARGER THE DEALERSHIP AND THE BODY SHOP WHERE I HAD VEHICLE REPAIRED BOTH ADVISED THAT THE AIR BAGS SHOULD HAS DEPLOYED ON IMPACT. HAVE HAD THE BRAKES ROTORS TURNED ONCE AND 2 MONTHS. NOW HAVE TO GET NEW BRAKES ON VEHICLE. *AK

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
723733
Machine
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