# 1992 BUICK LESABRE — AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
> NHTSA complaint `546526` · 2005-07-28 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** BUICK
- **Model:** LESABRE
- **Year:** 1992
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
## Narrative
DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 1992 BUICK LESABRE. THE CONTACT STATES THAT THE AIR BAG PARTIALLY DEPLOYED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION. AT 40 MPH.  IT PUSHED CONSUMER'S  CAR BACK TWO FEET AND  ENGINE BACK 4 INCHES. SOMEONE FROM BUICK CAME OUT AND  INSPECTED VEHICLE, AND THEN  INDICATED  THEY WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE VEHICLE BECAUSE IT WAS STILL DRIVABLE.  CONTACT STATED  THAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED.  WHILE DRIVING SOMETIMES  CONSUMER  HEARD A HUMMING NOISE LIKE THE AIR BAG WAS GOING TO DEPLOY.  CONTACT  PULLED OVER AND WAITED FOR THE HUMMING NOISES TO STOP. CONTACT  FILED A COMPLAINT BEFORE AS INDICATED IN   ODI 10105027.  ALSO, CONSUMER'S  AUNT WAS  IN AN ACCIDENT WITH SAME   THIS HAPPENED ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO.  BOTH FENDERS, HOOD, GRILL, AND BUMPER WERE COMPLETELY DAMAGED.  UPON IMPACT, THE DRIVER'S  AIR BAG  PARTIALLY DEPLOYED, WHILE PASSENGER'S AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY.  CONTACT'S AUNT  WAS THE ONLY OCCUPANT IN THE VEHICLE.  SHE HAD SEAT BELT ON. THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT WAS NOT ON PRIOR TO THE CRASH. DRIVER SUSTAINED A  BROKEN COLLAR BONE. THIS  VEHICLE WAS USED  FOR TRANSPORTATION ONLY, SHE STILL HAD TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE. *AK
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