Other Restraint System Info: Driver and Passenger Roof Airbags and Occupant Sensors
Plant City: Hamtramck
Plant Country: United States (USA)
Plant State: Michigan
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: CXL
TPMS: Direct
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2006
STRUCTURE
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS THE INSTRUMENT PANEL HAD NO ILLUMINATION. THE INSTRUMENTS WERE UNABLE TO BE SEEN WITHOUT PROPER ILLUMINATION. THE MANUFACTURER DETERMINED THIS WAS THE WAY THE VEHICLE WAS DESIGNED. UPDATED 07/25/06. *JB
2009
AIR BAGS
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 BUICK LUCERNE. WHILE PARKING THE VEHICLE WITH THE BRAKE PEDAL DEPRESSED, THE VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD AND DAMAGED THE FRONT END WHEN IT CRASHED. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY, BUT THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE CONTACT REFUSES TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE IN THIS CONDITION. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY WILL TEST DRIVE IT THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 4,500.