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 2004 Chevrolet Avalanche submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 9 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
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR FLASHED AND REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG MODULE NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 167,000.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, AN ELK JUMPED IN FRONT OF THE VEHICLE AND THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO AVOID A CRASH. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO A DIRT MOUNTAIN. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT AND THE FRONT PASSENGER SUSTAINED HEAD TRAUMA AND UPPER BODY INJURIES. THE CONTACT AND THE FRONT PASSENGER REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.
REAR ENDED A SUV AT 40 MPH WITHOUT BREAKING AND THE AIR BAGSA DID NOT DEPLOY. *TT
2004 CHEVY AVALANCHE SIR LIGHT (SERVICE AIRBAG) REMAINS ON CONSTANTLY AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO REPAIR AT CHEVY DEALER. WHEN THE SERVICE AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON, THE AIRBAG SYSTEM WILL NOT DEPLOY AIRBAGS IF INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. NO DEATH OR INJURY YET AND HOPEFULLY WILL NOT BE IN AN ACCIDENT WHILE DRIVING BACK AND FORTH TO THE DEALER OVER AND OVER AGAIN. BUT HOW MUCH MONEY AND TIME SHOULD YOU SPEND ON SOMETHING THAT IS OUT OF YOUR CONTROL BUT COULD COST YOU YOUR LIFE IF AN EVENT OCCURS THAT YOU NEED THE AIRBAG TO DEPLOY. TW*
NO INJURIES. AIRBAG SYSTEM FLASHING ON AND OFF ON DASHBOARD DISPLAY INTERMITTENTLY. NO PARTICULAR PATTERN IN DRIVING CONDITIONS. TOOK TO DEALER AND PAID TO HAVE IT FIXED HOWEVER AFTER ABOUT 5 MONTHS IT STARTED AGAIN. BROUGHT IT IN A SECOND TIME AND AGAIN AFTER ABOUT 5 MONTHS STARTED AGAIN. DEALER CLAIMED IT WAS BAD WIRE AND REPLACED BUT WAS ALSO TOLD AIRBAGS WOULD NOT WORK IF IN A COLLISION. *TR
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 20-35 MPH, THE VEHICLE VIOLENTLY VIBRATED. TOTAL CONTROL WAS LOST OF THE VEHICLE CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO VEER INTO THE OTHER LANE RESULTING IN THE VEHICLE HITTING THE SIDE OF A MOUNTAIN. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT, POPPING NOISES WERE HEARD WHILE TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT GOING FORWARD AND IN REVERSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THE PASSENGER SIDE TIE ROD WAS BROKEN. THERE WAS DAMAGE DONE TO THE VEHICLE. THERE WAS NOT A POLICE REPORT FILED.
DT: CONTACT COMPLAINED ABOUT AIR BAG SYSTEM PROBLEM. SINCE VEHICLE WAS NEWLY PURCHASED THE AIR BAG DASH LIGHT INTERMITTENTLY WENT ON AND OFF. AT ALLAN GREEN CHEVROLET SALES DEALER THEY TRIED TO CORRECT THE DEFECT THREE TIMES WITHOUT SUCCESS. CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO CAMINO REAL CHEVROLET, AND THEY COULD NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM EITHER IN TWO ATTEMPTS. CONTACT DECIDED TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A THIRD DEALER, OSAMA CHEVROLET, THIS ONE TRIED FOUR TIMES, AND THE AIR BAGS LIGHT CONTINUES TO COME ON AND OFF. THE ROAD CONDITIONS AT EVERY INCIDENT HAVE BEEN NORMAL. CONTACT EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE HE HAD NO CONFIDENCE THAT THE AIR BAGS SYSTEM WILL WORK IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT . *AK UPDATED 02/07/06. *JB
DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. THE CONTACT HAS BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH AIR BAGS EVER SINCE LAST YEAR. THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED EVERY TIME HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY SAID THEY FIXED IT AND LATER THE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. THE CONTACT TOOK VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD HIM THAT THEY PUT SENSOR ON, AND DONE SOMETHING TO THE WIRING, AND EVERY TIME THE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON. THE AIR BAG LIGHT HAS BEEN COMING ON SINCE AUGUST 9, 2004. FROM THE TIME THAT THE DEALER SAID THAT THEY REPAIRED THE VEHICLE WAS ABOUT THREE WEEKS AND THE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. *AK EACH TIME THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TOT HE DEALER THEY REPLACED THE AIR BAG MODULE. *NM
DT: VEHICLE HAS HAD AIR BAG PROBLEMS, AND IT HAS BEEN IN AND OUT OF THE SHOP SINCE 12/29/2004. THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIX IT. THE LIGHT COMES ON THAT SAYS TO SERVICE THE AIR BAGS. *TT
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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