Air bag design flaw - a life threatening design flaw. I am the original owner of a 1999 Buick Lesabre custom (purchased at the end of the model year). The car often spends time in the bright Florida sun. Although I use a reflective windshield sun screen, the car still gets hot inside (as do most Florida cars). Recently, the horn began to honk continuously. I took it into the orange Buick and GMC dealer in orlando fl. The problem is that the air bag has swolen up and compressed the horn relay. The air bag is broken and needs to be replaced. This is apparently a flawed air bag design, which must also endange people with this steering wheel/air bag design, living throughout the hot southern United States. The cost to replace the poorly designed air bag (with another one having the same poor design) is over $700 (difficult for me to do since I recently lost my job, which has moved off shore to india). It seems that the Buick manufacturer should be required to correct their life-threatening flawed air bag design. I hope to hear back from the D.O.T. about this life-threatening safety issue.

- Kissimmee, FL, USA

Vehicle was involved in a a 40 mph frontal collision in which driver and passenger air bags did not deploy, cause has not been determined.

- New York, NY, USA

My vehicle was rear ended by another vehicle ( Chevy astro mini-van) in excess of 60 mph. I was traveling at posted 30 mph. My car was shoved into the concrete wall of the bridge causing severe front damage and then riding up the wall and then back onto the roadway. The front airbags did not deploy causing the driver to be slammed into the steering wheel.

- Big Rock, TN, USA

Passenger side air bag is not available for replacement through the manufacturer.

- Amsterdam, NY, USA

The company/manufacturer failed to replace the passenger side air bag after the driver was involved in a mishap.

- Amsterdam, NY, USA

Vehicle being reported owned by avis corporation. Driver/patient was operating a Buick la sabre, rented from avis. Driver states he was approaching intersection, during a light rain storm, and was unable to stop or control the Buick. The Buick contact a mid 80's Nissan pickup truck which was in the intersection. The Buick appears to have contact the front left tired, riding up onto the left fender and hood of the pickup. The pickup body had moderate damage suggestive of contact speed between 10-20 mph. Body damage to the Buick appears to be primarily on the left side. The left fender had minimum damage. The front bumper and undercarriage appeared to have moderate damage. All the transmission oil from the transaxle was released onto the pavement do to damage to the transaxle housing.. both drivers were wearing lap/shoulder harnesses and did not report any injuries. The airbags on the Buick la sabre did not deploy. The driver of the Buick was sitting well back from the steering wheel and also had a correctly adjusted head restraint. Given the apparently volicity of the Buick I am unclear why the air bags did not deploy.

- San Francisco, CA, USA

When vehicle was involved in a crash. It was hit on the driver's side by a semi trailer truck, then consumer's vehicle hit another truck. When this happened, there was no deployment of driver's side or passenger's side air bags. Vehicle was totalled.

- Michigan City, IN, USA