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Chevrolet Recall : GM/Air Bag Deployment
1997 Chevrolet Cavalier
Air bags deploy with great force and can seriously injure unrestrained occupants who are too close to them.
Air Bags
Date Announced
JUN 29, 1998
Vehicles Affected
675,302
NHTSA Campaign #
98V146000
Summary
Vehicle description: Passenger vehicles. Because of certain calibrations in the air bag's sensing and diagnostic module, an inadvertent air bag deployment could occur in a low speed crash or when an object strikes the floor pan.
Actions
Dealers will recalibrate the air bag sensing and diagnostic module.
Documents (2)
Defect and Noncompliance Notice(Part 573)
Recall Document