NHTSA Complaint #10824896 — 2006 BUICK LUCERNE

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2006 BUICK LUCERNE. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND FLICKERED OFF AND ON. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT COULD NOT BE DIAGNOSED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. A FEW MONTHS LATER, THE CONTACT WAS REAR ENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE IN A DRIVE THRU. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED AND THERE WERE TWO INJURIES. THE DRIVER HAD BACK AND NECK INJURIES AND THE PASSENGER HAD NECK INJURIES. BOTH REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. ON ANOTHER OCCASION, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT WAS INJURED. THE CONTACT HAD ABDOMINAL PAIN, LEFT HIP PAIN, AND LEFT SHOULDER BRUISES, WHICH REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE DRIVEN HOME AND WAS LATER DEEMED DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000.