Owner-reported complaints naming the airbag system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the air-bag system — deployment behaviour, inflators, sensors and warning lights. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1994 Chevrolet Astro submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 25 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
INVOLVED IN ACCIDENT WHILE DRIVING A 1994 ASTRO AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.*MR. THE CONSUMER REAR ENDED ANOTHER MOTORIST AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. *JB *NLM
AIRBAG FAILED TO DEPLOY. I REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE AT APPROXIMATELY 25-30 MPH AND THE OTHER VEHICLE WAS AT A COMPLETE STOP. *JB
WE ARE A BODY SHOP. THIS VEHICLE CAME IN FROM SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT AND THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. HIT A TREE ON RIGHT FRONT AND SHOVED R FENDER AND RT FRONT DOOR BACK APPROX. 1 1/2 FEET.*AK
CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A 60 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH THE DRIVER AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK
FRONT PASSENGER TIRE BLEWOUT, FORCING VEHICLE INTO AN EMBANKMENT AND IT COLLIDED INTO A LARGE ROCK AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK DRIVER'S HEAD HIT WINDSHIELD. *YH
SAMEWINDSHIELD WIPER PROBLEM. ALSO, ABS AND AIR BAG PROBLEMS AS REPORTED BY MANY. ABS SYSTEM IS NOT SAFE. *AK
WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A DIRECT FRONTAL IMPACT IN WHICH THE DRIVER'S AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY AND DID NOT PROTECT THE OCCUPANT IN THIS ACCIDENT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
VEHICLE COLLISION WITH NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAGS, SEAT BELT DISCONNECTED FROM THE FLOOR, INJURIES FROM FAILURES.
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 35MPH VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION, AND THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. MANUFACTURER WILL BE CONTACTED. *AK
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING APPROX. 45 MPH WHEN AN OTHER VEHCLE CROSSED HIS PATH, CREATING A CRASH. DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY AT POINT OF IMPACT NOR HAS IT DEPLOYED YET. GARAGE (512-719-5440) WORKER ALLEN SAYS THAT VEHICLE'S AIR BAG IS GOING TO DEPLOY AT ANY TIME FOR WHATEVER REASON. MANUFACTURER WILL NOT AGREE TO REPAIR COST, BUT WILL PUT REPORT BEFORE A REVIEW BOARD BEFORE DECIDING WHAT THE WOULD DO. *AK
DRIVING ABOUT 7 TO 15 MPH. THE CONSUMER VEHICLE WAS HIT IN THE FRONT, ON LEFT SIDE, THE AIR BAG DIDN'T DEPLOY AT THE TIME OF IMPACT; RESULTING IN CONSUMER BEING INJURED WITH BROKEN NOSE, NOW UNDER DOCTOR'S CARE. *AK
OWNER WAS INVOLVED IN AN HEAD-ON COLLISION AND THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG. SPEED AT THE TIME OF ACCIDENT WAS 45-50MPH. THE CAUSE HAS NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED. DUP OF 810235, ADDED ON 25-FEB-98. *AK
FRONTAL COLLISION, VEHICLE WAS IMPACTED AT 12:00 POSITION, SPEED 45MPH, DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
WAS DRIVING ALONG ABOUT 40MPH, SNOW WAS FALLING, THE VAN STARTED TO SLIDE INTO THE NEXT LANE. GOT CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND THEN SUDDENLY IT JUST STARTED SPINNING, HAD NO CONTROL AND HIT A TREE WITH A HARD FORCE AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH WHILE TRAVELING (55-60) MPH AND THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF THE DIRVIER'S SIDE AIR BAG. *AK
SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED FOLLOWED BY AIRBAG GAS ESCAPING INTO DRIVER'S FACE.
AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY/SHOULDER PORTION OF SHOULDER/LAP BELT DID TIGHTEN UP DURING FRONTAL ACCIDENT; VEHICLE BROADSIDED ANOTHER VEHICLE; PERSONAL HEAD INJURY.*AK
DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY IN FRONTAL COLLISION (12:00) AT 45 MPH. TT *VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. *JB
NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S AIR BAG DURING ACCIDENT, RESULTED IN INJURY. *SKD
DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG DIDN'T DEPLOY DURING AN ACCIDENT, RESULTING IN INJURY, WAS TOTALLED. *AK
UPON IMPACT, DURING FRONTAL CRASH APPROX. 45MPH, NO DAMAGE TO BUMPER, LOTS OF FRONT END DAMAGE, DRIVERS SIDE AIRBAG FAILED TO DEPLOY. TT
NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S AIR BAG DURING ACCIDENT, RESULTED IN INJURY. *SKD
AT 12:00 POSITION AT 35-40MPH HIT A CONCRETE BRIDGE EMBANKMENT AND AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. TT
UPON IMPACT, DURING FRONTAL CRASH AT APPROX. 50-55MPH, 12:00 ON FRONT BUMPER AIRBAG FAIL TO DEPLOY. TT
ABS BRAKES FAILED, RESULTING IN ACCIDENT. *AK
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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