Side/window Air Bag problems of the 1996 GEO Prizm

Five problems related to side/window air bag have been reported for the 1996 GEO Prizm. The most recently reported issues are listed below.

1 Side/window Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 01/17/1999

While driving at 45 mph on wet pavement, applied the brakes and they were hard. Rear ended another vehicle, the driver's side/passenger's side air bags didn't deploy.

2 Side/window Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 11/25/1998

Passenger side airbag on national backorder per gm. Unable to find one anywhere.

3 Side/window Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 02/16/1998

While driving about 55 mph on wet pavement, and as coming down the highway, there was a fuel spill in the road, causing vehicle to slide into the back of a pickup truck, driver's side/passenger's side air bags didn't deploy.

4 Side/window Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 10/20/1996

While driving the driver's and passenger's side air bags deployed without reason, cause unknown. Please provide details.

5 Side/window Air Bag problem

Owner states while driving vehicle she hit the curb at no more that 8-10mph and the driver's side airbag deployed. Owner questions the safety of vehicle because of the very low speed deployment and their was no damage to the vehicle.


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