# 1996 CHEVROLET CAVALIER — AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
> NHTSA complaint `541612` · 2005-09-16 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 2
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** No
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** CHEVROLET
- **Model:** CAVALIER
- **Year:** 1996
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
- **Miles at failure:** 86,000
## Narrative
DT: VEHICLE WAS STOPPED AND THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED ON BOTH PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDES. THE AIR BAG LIGHT  CAME  ON AND OFF THE DAY BEFORE. AN ENGINEER FROM GM CAME AND STATED  AIR BAGS DEPLOYED BECAUSE OF MOISTURE IN THE CAR.  THE WINDOWS WERE DOWN THE NIGHT BEFORE AND RAIN GOT IN THE CAR. THERE WERE TWO PEOPLE IN THE VEHICLE WHEN  AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, THE AIR BAGS SMASHED THE WINDSHIELD.  TWO PASSENGERS SUSTAINED  INJURIES,  BRUISES. OWNER BELIEVED WAS A POLICE REPORT. GM WAS NOTIFIED AND DETERMINED THAT AIR BAGS DEPLOYED BECAUSE OF MOISTURE. NO PICTURES  WERE AVAILABLE. *AK  *NM
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