Six problems related to front air bag have been reported for the 1996 Oldsmobile Achieva. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
Front air bags (driver and passenger) deployed for no apparent reason.
While driving my 1996 olds Achieva southbound on I-271 in ne ohio both frontal airbags deployed. Conditions were good. Pavement was dry. There was no type of impact. Caused me to swerve and nearly lose control of the vehicle. Have severe chest pains. I am trying to get something done to correct this now.
Passenger in vehicle sustained serious eye injury due to a faulty air bag on this particular vehicle - .
My wife was involved in a motor vehicle accident in which the vehicle in question never deployed the air bags. If they opened my wife would not have sustained any injuries. I'd like to know why.
Owner claims that she went off the road and hit a tree front-on and the air bags didn't deploy. Dup 533629, posted on 03-Nov-98.
False deployment of driver's air bag while driving on expressway.