Side/window Air Bag Problems of GEO Prizm

GEO Prizm owners have reported 7 problems related to side/window air bag (under the air bag category). The most recently reported issues are listed below.

1 Side/window Air Bag problem of the 1997 GEO Prizm

Failure Date: 09/05/2000

When vehicle was involved in a frontal crash air bag on the driver's side did not deploy fast enough, causing driver to hit head on steering wheel. Vehicle was not totalled. Please provide any further information.

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2 Side/window Air Bag problem of the 1999 GEO Prizm

Failure Date: 03/28/2000

The driver was traveling at 50mph along a straight highway when sudddenly the steering wheel started moving violently from side to side. The driver was unable to maintain control, left the road and flipped the car several times landing upside down. The driver removed her seatbelt and was attempting to exit through the back broken window when the front airbags very slowly started to inflate. The airbags never fully inflated. The side airbags never inflated. We are anxious to find out if there is a way to determine whether a steering defect lead to the accident.

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3 Side/window Air Bag problem of the 1996 GEO Prizm

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.

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4 Side/window Air Bag problem of the 1996 GEO Prizm

Failure Date: 11/25/1998

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

5 Side/window Air Bag problem of the 1996 GEO Prizm

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.

6 Side/window Air Bag problem of the 1996 GEO Prizm

Failure Date: 10/20/1996

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

7 Side/window Air Bag problem of the 1996 GEO Prizm

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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