Air Bag Problems of Buick Encore - part 2

Tl the contact owned a 2014 Buick Encore. While driving on a curved residential road, another vehicle crashed into the front driver's door, tire, bumper, and hood of the contact's vehicle. The impact pushed the contact's vehicle onto the lawn. The contact suffered injuries to the right hip that required medical attention. The manufacturer was contacted and stated that the vehicle was previously repaired per NHTSA campaign number: 16v651000 (air bag, seat belts). The manufacturer provided case number: 917354. Police report number: 2019-08107 was filed. The vehicle was destroyed and towed. The approximate failure mileage was 29,000.

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My car was in motion going approximately 45-50 mph when it hit a stationary vehicle on the highway. I was able to hit my brakes but still hit the car in almost full force, head on. Both my car and the car I hit are totaled, and I was taken by ambulance to the hosputal after, but my airbags did not go off.

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2014 Buick Encore. Consumer writes in regards to a malfunction with the front passenger seat airbag feature. Updated 05/1/2017.

There was a recall on the airbags as being unsafe. I contacted my dealer and asked for them to return my call so I could determine a solution to the unsafe situation. They have not contacted me back in any fashion.

The vehicle was driving down a city street at approximately 35 - 40 mph. There was a glancing side impact to the drivers door, and all airbag curtains deployed. Causing bruising, burns, sprain, and a concussion. The impact to the vehicle was minimal. The airbag module had been flashed already. The new modules are on back-order and may be several months/indefinite before it can be repaired.

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General motors never notified me of a recall on my 2015 Buick Encore in sept 2016. I found out about the recall by reading it in the newspaper. It involved the air bag. I called my local dealer and they made the repair. I called gm and asked why they didn't notify me. They had no good answer as to why. One of the people I talked to said the reason was because the recall was before I purchased the car ( I bought the car in Feb 2015) this makes no sense. My local dealer told me the recall was made on 9sep 2016. The Buick web site had another person asking a question about this recall and stated they never received a recall notice. The answer given was call your Buick dealer. Air bag recalls are very serious and I feel that gm should be the one to notify ever one.

In a line of traffic getting ready to make a left turn and without warning, the engine raced causing the car to accelerate and slam into the rear of another car causing over $5k worth of damage to the Encore. The air bags did not go off. The impact was so intense that the rear glove box opened tossing the contents out into the trunk.

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