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1996 Buick Regal air bags problems

22 complaints about air bags have been filed for the 1996 Buick Regal, which is 8% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
22 8% of this year's complaints
Crashes and fires
8 and 0
Injuries and deaths
14 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

What the data shows

These complaints mention 8 crashes, 14 injuries.

What owners wrote

Vehicle was involved in a frontal side collision. Uopn impact, airbags did not deploy, resulting in major injuries. Manufacturer has been notified.

April 2000 CrashInjury

Tl*the contact owns a 1996 buick regal. After inserting the key into the ignition, the driver's side frontal air bag spontaneously deployed without an impact or crash. He is in the process of notifying the dealer to determine the cause of the failure. The failure and current mileages were 157,000.

Reported at 157,000 miles, December 2008

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