NHTSA campaign 00V171000 · Manufacturer campaign 00058
Buick and Oldsmobile Recall 00V-171: GM/INADVERTENT AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT
- Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation
NHTSA recall 00V171000 (Manufacturer campaign 00058) was reported by GENERAL MOTORS CORP. on July 3, 2000, with 268,146 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme and Buick Regal for model years 1995–1996 (try.vin imports model years 1995 and later). Owners were notified on December 29, 2000, per NHTSA.
Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files
Is my vehicle included?
This page lists, by model year, the vehicles NHTSA's recall record names for campaign 00V171000 in the model years try.vin imports (1995 and later); NHTSA's own record can list more. A model year on the list doesn't mean every vehicle of that year is included, and some may already have been repaired.
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Key facts
- NHTSA campaign
- 00V171000 (also written 00V-171 or 00V171)
- Filed by
- GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
- Manufacturer campaign number
- 00058
- Report received
- Potentially affected
- 268,146 vehicles (per NHTSA)
- Component
- Air Bags — Frontal
- Owners notified
- NHTSA investigation
- Engineering Analysis EA99-026 (per NHTSA's investigations file)
Vehicles listed for this recall
NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 00V171000. try.vin imports model years 1995 and later, so NHTSA's own list can be longer. Model years with a try.vin recall page link to it. Build dates are NHTSA's range for a model year (per NHTSA); a vehicle built in that range is not necessarily included.
Buick
Buick Regal
- 1995 · Vehicles built June 1, 1994 – July 31, 1995 (per NHTSA)
Oldsmobile
Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme
NHTSA's recall notice
As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 00V171000.
Defect description
VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES. CORROSION OF THE AIR BAG INFLATOR'S INTERNAL WIRING, WHICH CAN OCCUR OVER TIME, COULD CAUSE THE INADVERTENT DEPLOYMENT OF THE DRIVER'S AIR BAG. THIS DEPLOYMENT COULD OCCUR DURING VEHICLE START-UP, WHILE THE VEHICLE IS PARKED OR IDLING, OR WHILE IN OPERATION.
Safety consequence
IF THE CONSUMER IS TOO CLOSE TO AN INFLATING AIR BAG, SERIOUS INJURIES COULD OCCUR.
Manufacturer remedy
DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE INFLATORS ON THESE AIR BAGS.
Notes
OWNER NOTIFCATION BEGAN ON DECEMBER 29, 2000.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 GM CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE AT 1-877-250-1790, 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 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).
Sources
Official NHTSA notice for recall 00V171000
Campaign details come from NHTSA's recall files, which try.vin imports once a day. The plain-language subject and the completion rate come from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Recalls Data dataset. How try.vin reads recall data.