1997 Chevrolet Lumina air bags problems
38 complaints about air bags have been filed for the 1997 Chevrolet Lumina, which is 9% of all its NHTSA complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 38 9% of this year's complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 23 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 16 and 4
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
What the data shows
These complaints mention 23 crashes, 16 injuries, 4 deaths.
What owners wrote
The air bag on the passenger side of my car has 2 half dollar size holes in it one burnt looking and the other ripped both on even sides the drivers side one deployed right because he had to shove mine out of my face his went flat automatically throwing him into the wind shield and also his seatbelt broke from the plastic part from the door not helping the matter any.
While making left hand turn into a parking lot, the steering wheel locked up. The driver hit a parked car and both air bags did not deploy. The vehicle was towed to the dealer for analysis and the mechanic noticed that rack and pinion needed to be replaced. Recall#03v527000 followup letter sent by consumer. Consumer states that GM purposely desrtoyed the defective parts before they could be examined by an independient party.
Other problems reported for the 1997 Chevrolet Lumina
- Steering 90 complaints
- Fuel system 52 complaints
- Engine 50 complaints
- Brakes 40 complaints
- Electrical system 28 complaints
- Wipers, windshield & visibility 20 complaints
- Lighting 18 complaints
- Transmission 16 complaints