# 1999 PONTIAC GRAND AM — AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
> NHTSA complaint `535256` · 2005-05-16 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** PONTIAC
- **Model:** GRAND AM
- **Year:** 1999
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
- **Miles at failure:** 150,000
- **Speed:** 45 mph
## Narrative
DT:  AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.  IT HAD BEEN RAINING AND THERE WAS SAND ACROSS THE ROAD.  CONSUMER HIT THE SAND AND STARTED SPINNING AND SPUN  AROUND SEVERAL TIMES AT LEAST 5 TIMES, WENT DOWN AN EMBANKMENT AND HIT A BIG PINE TREE WITH THE FRONT OF THE CAR.  THE AIR BAGS NEVER DEPLOYED.   *TT
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