There are 4 stored owner reports matching the air bags & restraints leading-label group for the 2002 Oldsmobile Silhouette in our NHTSA-sourced dataset. These are unverified consumer reports and may not reflect confirmed defects.
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Open the full vehicle complaint log (all categories)THE NEWS HAD THE AIR BAG RECALL AND THE GM PEOPLE SAY WE HAVE TO WAIT A MIN. OF 60 DAYS FOR THE NOTICE. THE GM DEALER HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF AIRBAG RECALL !! ALSO,THE FUEL GAUGE HAS GONE BAD ON SEVERAL OLDSMOBILE VANS AND YOU DO NOT KNOW HOW MUCH GAS CAR HAS THAT CAN BE DANGEROUS ON A HIGHWAY AND A RECALL WAS NEVER DONE ON FUEL GAUGES. *TR
WHILE DRIVING WITH MY FAMILY, TRAFFIC CAME TO A SUDDEN STOP AND MY SON (5YRS, IN A CAR SEAT), WHO WAS SITTING IN THE FIRST ROW BEHIND THE PASSENGER, SLAMMED HIS HEAD AGAINST THE BACK OF THE SEAT. MY WIFE BLAMED ME FOR NOT FASTENING HIM IN CORRECTLY. SO I LET HER DO IT, AND WE BOTH YANKED ON THE SEAT BELT TO MAKE SURE IT WAS OK. THEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN. MY WIFE TOOK THE VAN TO THE DEALER TO GET A NEW LATCH. WHILE WE WERE WAITING FOR THE PART TO ARRIVE, I WAS DRIVING AGAIN WITH MY FAMILY WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED YELLOW AND I SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES. MY SON NOW SITTING IN THE BACK ROW IN HIS CAR SEAT, AGAIN HIT THE BACK OF THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. NOW THE DEALER SAYS THAT THEY NEVER TOLD US THEY WOULD GET US ANOTHER PART, AND THAT WE HAD TO CALL GM. THEY SAID THEY WOULD SEND A REP OUT AND NEVER HAVE. FURTHERMORE WE RECEIVED A NOTICE THAT SAID OUR PARTS WERE IN AFTER THEY TOLD US THAT THEY COULDN'T GET THE PARTS. ALL WE WANT IS TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TESTED UNDER HARD BRAKING AND THE TWO LATCHES REPLACED. *JB
THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS HIT ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED TWO BROKEN RIBS, AND WAS TAKEN TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM TO RECEIVE TREATMENT. *AK THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. THE MANUFACTURER FELT THAT THE IMPACT WASN'T SUFFICIENT ENOUGH TO DEPLOY THE DRIVER'S AIRBAG. (SIDE PUSHED IN 11 1/2 INCHES) *SC
SEATBELT-2ND ROW PASSENGER SIDE BELT KEEPS PULLING TIGHTER AND TIGHTER AND LOCKING. CHILDREN WOULD REFUSE TO WEAR IT BECAUSE OF THE DISCOMFORT. REPLACED AND SEEMS FINE NOW. COMPUTER CONTROL- STILL ONGOING, BATTERY LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON AND OFF, ALTERNATER HAS BEEN REPLACED, STILL HAPPENING. SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL,TRACTION CONTROL OFF INDICATOR LIGHT, ABS INDICATOR LIGHT, AIR BAG INDICATOR LIGHT, ALL COME ON AT THE SAME TIME. VAN HESITATES AND THE HEADLIGHTS GO DIM THEN BRIGHT. DEALER HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO PINPOINT TROUBLE BUT AFTER THEY WORK ON IT, IT GOES AWAY FOR ABOUT 3 WEEKS AND STARTS AGAIN.
Complaints are unverified consumer reports submitted to NHTSA. A high complaint count may reflect vehicle popularity, not defect severity. Data sourced from NHTSA public records.
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Vehicle import recorded: Sep 7, 2026. This is the stored import date, not confirmation that every source was successfully refreshed.