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 1995 Chevrolet Astro submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 26 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.
The 25 most recent of 26, in the owner's own words
I WAS IN A CAR ACCIDENT GOING 40 MPH AND MY AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. ALTHOUGH THE VEHICLE IS NO LONGER DRIVABLE I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT MAT NEED TO BE CHECKED ON OTHER VEHICLES LIKE MINE. *TR
SENSORS IN THE SIR SYSTEM WHICH ARE MOUNTED ON THE FRONT BRACKET---BOTH BRACES ON MY VAN ARE MORE THAN 60% RUSTED THROUGH--THE POTENTIAL FOR A NONDEPLOYING AIR BAG SYSTEM IS HIGHER THAN ONE THAT IS COMPLETELY INTACT
VEHICLE INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION WITH A FORD, RANGER AT 45 MPH. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER / MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK
WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH ANOTHER VEHICLE PULLED IN FRONT , CONSUMER HIT OTHER VEHICLE WITH THE FRONT END. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING INJUIRES IN CHEST. NO INDICATIONS OF DEFECT. VEHICLE WAS TOTAL LOSS.*AK
WHILE IN AN ACCIDENT TRAVELING 50MPH AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
CONSUMER WAS IN AN ACCIDENT. HE WAS INSIDE OF A PARKING LOT AND ANOTHER VEHICLE RAN INTO HIM, AND THE AIRBAG WENT OFF IN HIS FACE. THE CONSUMER WANTS TO KNOW WHY THE AIRBAG WENT OFF. *AK
VAN INVOLVED IN CAR ACCIDENT. MY VAN BROADSIDED A 1990 LEBARON. I WAS TRAVELING APPROX. 35 MPH. THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. CHEVROLET INSPECTED THE VAN AND FOUND NO DEFECTS, BUT THEY REFUSED TO PROVIDE A COPY OF THEIR INVESTIGATION. THE INVESTIGATION WAS CONFIDENTIAL, BUT THEY DID NOT PROVIDE A REASON FOR THE AIRBAG NOT DEPLOYING. *AK
NO SUMMARY
ABS BRAKES FAIL TO STOP VEHICLE RIGHT AWAY WHEN APPLIED. WOULD KICK IN LATER. HAD TROUBLE SINCE 1994. THE LAST TIME ABS BRAKES WERE APPLIED, THEY LOCKED UP & ANOTHER VEHICLE WAS REARENDED. AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. TAKING VEHICLE TO DEALER, AGAIN, TO CHECK BRAKES OUT. *AK
CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION TRAVELING ABOUT 40-50 MPH. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. ALSO DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT LOCK UPON IMPACT. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
VEHICLE INVOVED IN AN ACCDENT, BROADSIDING ANOTHER VEHICLE AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED, AND HAD NOTHING POSTIVE TO SAY. SEEKING NHTSA FOR HELP IN THIS MATTER. *AK
VEHIICLE INVOVLED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION AT APPOXIMATELY 55 MPH. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER / MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. *AK
DRIVER'S AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY DURING COLLISON.
THE AIR BAG DID NOT INFLATE DURING FRONT END COLLISION, RESULTING I N INJURY.
VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH GOING ABOUT 20 MPH, HIT A CEMENT POLE HEAD-ON AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE WHOLE FRONT END OF VEHICLE WAS DAMAGED. DRIVER OF VEHICLE WAS KILLED, CAUSE OF DEATH WAS DETERMINED AS A HEART ATTACK. *AK
ANOTHER VEHICLE RAN STOP SIGN, ASTRO HIT OTHER VEHICLE BROADSIDE AT 50 MPH; THE FRONT OF ASTRO WAS DAMAGED; DRIVER'S AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER WAS INJURED. *AK
DRIVING VEHICLE, ANOTHER VEHICLE HEADING TOWARDS ASTRO SPUN OUT OF CONTROL, PUT ON ABS BRAKES, VAN DID NOT STOP, VEHICLE WAS HIT HEAD-ON, AIR BAG FELL INTO DRIVER'S LAP AND FILLED VEHICLE WITH SMOKE, SEAT BELT RESTRAINED BUT LEFT BRUISES. *AK
AIRBAG LIGHT ON DASH STAYS LIT UP INTERMITTENTLY. *AK
DURING A FRONTAL IMPACT ACCIDENT AT 15 MPH, THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVERS AIR BAG DURING HEAD ON COLLISION. *DSH THE SHOULDER HARNESS DID NOT RESTRAI THE CONSUMER AND THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY DURING IMPACT. *SCC *JB
NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S AIR BAG DURING A FRONTAL CRASH, RESULTING IN INJURIES. *AK
AIR BAG IMPACT SENSOR FAILED.
THE TRUCK WAS IN PARK AND THE TRUCK SLIPS OUT OF GEAR THEN ROLLED DOWN THE HILL HIT A TREE AND AIRBAG DIDN'T DEPLOY,THE SLIDING DOOR FEEL OFF WHILE GETTING OUT.
FRONTAL COLLISION IMPACT 12:00 POSITION SPEED 20MPH DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. TT
AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY UPON REAR ENDING DEAD STOP TOTALING VEHICLE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT
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