2000 Oldsmobile Silhouette Air Bags & Restraints Problems

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED WITH A CHILD PASSENGER RESTRAINED IN A BOOSTER SEAT WITH THE RIGHT REAR SEAT BELT, THE WEBBING SHOULDER STRAP BECAME ENTANGLED AROUND THE CHILD'S NECK WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT PULLED THE WEBBING STRAP UPWARD CREATING SOME SLACK WHILE A BYSTANDER UNBOLTED THE REAR SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY FREEING THE CHILD. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. UPDATED 10/20/2006 - *NM

WHILE TURNING LEFT THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN SIDE COLLISION. NO REPORT OF AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT. AS A RESULT, DRIVER SUSTAINED HEAD AND HIP INJURIES. *AK

THE RIGHT SIDE SEAT BELT WILL NOT ENGAGE OR RETRACT. DRIVER NOTICED THAT THE FRONT SEAT BELT WOULD ENGAGE AND RETRACT AN ITS OWN. TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT SEAT BELT NEEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT STAYED LIT. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THAT THE AIRBAG WAS BAD AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, BUT THEY WOULD NOT COVER THE COST FOR REPLACEMENT. *NLM

THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD, THE DEALER REPLACED THE COMPUTER MODULE, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM RECURRED.*JB *TS

BROKEN FIBERS WERE OBSERVED ON THE SEATBELT FOR THE RIGHT SECOND ROW CAPTAINS CHAIR. FIBERS WERE BROKEN WITHIN 0.25 INCHES OF THE REAR EDGE AT A LOCATION APPROXIMATELY 10.5 INCHES FROM THE LOWER ATTACH POINT, A LOCATION CORRESPONDING TO CONTACT WITH THE METAL SEAT HINGE WHEN THE BELT WAS POSITIONED OVER THE SEAT. WHEN USING THE EVENFLO ON MY WAY INFANT SEAT WITH SEAT BASE, THE SEAT BELT WAS POSITIONED CLOSE TO THE SEAT BACK, AND WHEN TIGHTENED FOR A PROPER FIT, THE SEAT BELT EASILY CONTACTED THE METAL HINGE, WHICH LED TO WEAR FAILURE OF THE FIBERS.*AK

THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT IS BROKEN. ALSO, THE VEHICLE HAD A ELECTRICAL SHORT WHICH CAUSED THE AIR BAG LIGHT TO COME ON. DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AND THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THAT THEY CAN DO ABOUT IT. PH *TT