48 owner complaints to NHTSA about the 1999 Cadillac Deville cite air bags, 25% of all 192 complaints for this model year. NHTSA also lists 1 recall on this component.
“WE WERE LEAVING MY SON'S APARTMENT WHEN WE HIT THE SPEED BUMP AT ABOUT 5 MILES AN HOUR THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED AND BUSTED OUT OUR WIND SHIELD AND FILLED THE CAR WITH SMOKE. MY FIANC WAS DRIVING THE CAR AND HAD HIS THUMB HURT. SEVERAL OF THE ELECTRICAL THINGS IN THE CAR DO NOT WORK NOW. *TR”
“I HAVE A 1999 CADILLAC DEVILLE, D'ELEGENCE V8 AND MY AIR BAG LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON. I'M ASKING TO SEE IF THERE HAS BEEN OR WILL BE A RECALL, I'M NOT SURE IF ITS A SENSOR PROBLEM.? *JB”
“AUTOMOBILE RAN A RED LIGHT AND COLLIDED WITH THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF MY CAR. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE WAS DONE TO MY CAR. THE SIDE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY SO I WAS THROWN AGAINST THE DOOR WITH INJURY TO MY HEAD, NECK, SHOULDERS, AND LOWER BACK IN THE VICINITY OF MY KIDNEY. *JB”
“YESTERDAY, NOV. 22, I HAD A FRONT END COLLISION WHICH RESULTED IN MY CAR BEING TOTALLED. AT THE MOMENT OF IMPACT THE AIR BAG ON THE PASSENGER SIDE DEPLOYED AND INFLATED, BUT THE AIR BAG ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE DEPLOYED BUT DID NOT INFLATE. THE CAR WAS A 1999 CADILLAC DEVILLE SEDAN WITH 65,000 MILES ON IT. *AK”
“VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A DRIVER SIDE IMPACT COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, SIDE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. UPON INSPECTION OF THE VEHICLE BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY THEY NOTICED THAT THE SIDE AIR WAS DISCONNECTED AND DUCK TAPED. PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT VEHICLE WAS TAKEN INTO A DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THE SIDE IMPACT SENSOR MODULE RECALL 00V228000 REPAIRS PERFORMED. DEALERSHIP NEVER PERFORMED REPAIRS, BUT INDICATED HE DID SO. *AK”
“THE MANUFACTURER SENT A RECALL (00V-217) LETTER TO THE DEALER PRIOR TO THE SALE OF THE VEHICLE, BUT THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER EIGHT MONTHS AFTER THE SALE. *YH CONSUMER'S NEIGHBOR WROTE IN ABOUT HIS LINCOLN.”
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VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES. SOME OF THE SIDE IMPACT SENSOR MODULES HAVE QUALITY PROBLEMS THAT CAN CAUSE AN INADVERTENT DEPLOYMENT OF THE DRIVER OR PASSENGER SIDE IMPACT AIR BAGS. THESE SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOY WITH LESS FORCE THAN A FRONTAL AIR BAG AND ARE DESIGNED TO MINIMIZE THE RISK OF SERIOUS INJURY.
Complaints are unverified owner reports to NHTSA and are not normalized for sales volume. One complaint can cite several components.