Consumer's wife was told that light on air bag sensor was okay. But when consumer took automobile to dealer he was told that air bag light needed to repaired.

- Forest, VA, USA

The car is hard to turn to the left. The rack and pinion went out. Power steering fluid leaked on both sides of the car. The motor on the driver side power window went out. The seat belt light stays on even after the seat belt is buckled. The air bag light stays on and the air bag was not deployed.

- Grand Prairie, TX, USA

SRS air bag warning light came on. Took car to my dealer and was informed that they had ran diagnostics on air bag light. Which gave a code B1015- defective jumper harness for passenger inflator module. I feel that this is a manufactures defect and should be repaired at no cost to owners as a safety issue..

- Sylvester, GA, USA

The car was taken in for a defective alternater and was replaced. The service tech noticed the air bag light on and asked if I had seen it on. I said yes it had been on before and gone off from time to time. He then said it was a problem in the wiring harness that they had repaired on other Grand Prix and it would cost around $200 to fix it. He also said with the airbag light on the system would not deploy in the event of a accident. But my question was why should I pay for fixing the problem that they designed. There is a sbn # 98839010 on record seq 228, dated 9806 NHTSA SB602269 for this same problem. What recourse do I have? thank you

- Crown Point, IN, USA

Windshield wipers failed while driving in a rain storm (out of home state) at highway speeds. Vehicle was taken to dealership for repairs, which cost around $280. Both side door power window have problems, and dealer said regulators and motors need to be replaced for about $500 per door. Airbag light came on and dealer said that a harness on the passenger airbag needs to be replaced for about $250. Engine has been burning coolant - dealer says head gasket needs to be replaced and possibly cylinder heads at a minimum cost of $1900. Manufacturer was contacted about wipers, airbag, and power windows and said they couldn't help with the cost - standard warranty had expired. They were not obligated to fix.

- Bensenville, IL, USA

SRS airbag light had come on and would stay on for extended lengths of time and then go out occasionally. I brought the car into barry Nissan/Volvo, 166 connell highway, newport ri 02840 (a GM goodwrench service plus repair center) and notified them of the problem in the first week of January. They said they needed to order a part to even start an investigation. I had them order the part and scheduled an appointment for the following week. On Sunday January 9th, prior to my scheduled appointment, a passenger in my car noticed that their was powder all over the floor of the car. I brought the car in on the day of the sheduled appointment and showed them the powder. Barry Nissan /Volvo investigated the problem and called later to notify me that the passenger side air bag had deployed in the vehicle and that none of the sensors had tripped. They called their regional service manager and have been awaiting further instructions from him/her.

- Bristol, RI, USA

Ongoing problem with air bag sensor light coming on and staying on. Vehicle been in / out of dealer shop on three occasions, and problem keeps reoccurring. Can NHTSA help in this matter.

- Brodnax, VA, USA

Headlamps accumulate condensation. Left headlamp cover recently fell off, exposing bulb. Had to obtain entire headlamp assembly through dealer parts dept.--part and labor approx $130. Air bag warning light came on around Jul 1999, and has remained on. Have not had checked yet.

- Schertz, TX, USA

Air bag indicator light on dash doesn't go out.

- Sun Valley, CA, USA

Prior to end of warranty, light came on dash, showing air bag. Two days later it went out. I checked with local dealership, (reeves Pontiac in greenwood Indiana) they were already aware Pontiac had a problem with air bag lights as a service bulletin had been published. They said there had not been a recall. Two months later at 40000 miles, the light came on again and would not go out. The cost to fix it is about $350. Still no recall for an electrical switch they know may be defective, yet they published a bulletin and sent it out to all dealerships and did not notify car owners about possible problelm.

- Franklin, IN, USA

Air bag light stayed on, was taken to dealer who stated wire was loose, and they reset the switch so light went out, again this happened and they now state the module is bad and needs replaced at the cost of 880 dollars, however the simply reset the switch again. If the module is bad now was it bad when we first had the problem

- White Pigeon, MI, USA

The air bag warning light came back on two weeks after being serviced for the second time. Owner not sure if the air bag system is working. Problem repaired by dealer the third time..et.

- Sun Valley, CA, USA

False deployment of air bag.

- Perrysburg, OH, USA