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NHTSA recall 96V211000

Air bags › Frontal

Buick Skylark and 1 more

Reported Oct 28, 199648,689 vehicles affectedGENERAL MOTORS CORP.Built Aug 1, 1995 – Feb 28, 1996

The defect

During deployment of the passenger air bag, the air bag fabric can snag on a reinforcement inside the instrument panel, causing the expanding air bag to lift the instrument panel pad and then deploy under the instrument panel instead of through the door in the instrument panel.

The risk

In a crash, the front seat passenger could receive more severe injuries if he or she contacts a broken reinforcement or if the snagging affects the deployment of the air bag.

The remedy

Dealers will inspect the instrument panel pads and, if necessary, install a plastic edge protector to the instrument panel pad reinforcement. on certain early-production vehicles, the instrument panel pad will be replaced.

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Vehicles in this recall

Buick Skylark
1996
Oldsmobile Achieva
1996

Notes

Owner notification:owner notification IS expected to begin during november 1996. Note: owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact buick at 1-800-521-7300 or oldsmobile at 1-800-442-6537.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-800-424-9393.