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 2001 Chevrolet S10 submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 12 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
TAKATA RECALL I WAS INVOLVED IN A ACCIDENT 10-10-2016 AT 9:10AM, A VEHICLE PULLED IN FRONT OF ME CAUSING ME TO HIT THEM WITH THE FRONT OF MY TRUCK, THE DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY...UPDATED 10/28/16 *BF *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2001 CHEVROLET S10. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A LIGHT POLE, BUT THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE DRIVER HIT HIS HEAD ON THE WINDSHIELD UPON IMPACT. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE DRIVER RECEIVED STITCHES AND COMPLAINED THAT HIS BACK AND NECK WERE CONSTANTLY HURTING. HE ALSO SUSTAINED BRUISES AND ABRASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS DECLARED DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 180,000.
FAILURE OF AIRBAGS TO DEPLOY DURING AN AUTO ACCIDENT. *JB
DT*: THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH ANOTHER VEHICLE CAME ACROSS THE MEDIAN AND CRASHED INTO THE VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT THE DRIVER'S SEAT BELT FAILED TO LOCK AND BOTH FRONTAL AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONSUMER SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE NECK AND BACK. THERE WAS A FIRE COMING FROM THE ENGINE AREA AFTER IMPACT. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CUT ALL THE ELECTRICAL WIRES TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. ALTHOUGH THE POLICE RESPONDED NO REPORT WERE FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WERE IT HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED. *JB
MADE TURN ON SECONDARY WHILE WAS RAINING, ANOTHER AUTO WAS IN FRONT PASSED AND SLID ON WET ROAD. VEHICLE HIT A UTILITY POLE HEAD ON , AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. AUTO WAS SMASHED BADLY IN FRONT. (MAY BE TOTALED). *AK
WHEN HIT AT 75MPH IN THE FRONT ON DRIVER'S SIDE OF VEHICLE, THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK *SCC
CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A MAJOR COLLISION WHERE THE VEHICLE FLIPPED APPROXIMATELY 6 TIMES ULTIMATELY CRASHING INTO A WALL. NEITHER THE DRIVER OR PASSENGER AIR BAGS DEPLOYED.*AK *TS
RE: 774560 CONSUMER STRUCK VEHICLE FULL FORCE AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. MR *TS
CONSUMER WAS IN HEAD ON COLLISION AND THE AIR BAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY DURING THE COLLISION. TS
WHILE DRIVING AT A SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, A LARGE CHEVROLET VAN SHOT ACROSS THE FRONT OF MY VEHICLE FROM A SIDE ROAD. I STRUCK THE OTHER VEHICLE FULL FORCE BUT MY AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THIS RESULTED IN ADDITIONAL INJURY TO ME FROM THE SEAT BELT AND SHOULDER STRAP THAT I WAS WEARING. IN ADDITION, MY RIGHT ARM STRUKE SOMETHING DURING THE CRASH, CAUSING INJURY TO IT. THE RESCUE PEOPLE WERE ALSO VERY CONCERNED ABOUT GETTING ME OUT OF THE VEHICLE (THE DRIVER'S DOOR WAS JAMMED) BEFORE ADDITIONAL INJURIES MIGHT BE CAUSED BY THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYING UNEXPECTEDLY. SHORTLY AFTER TAKING OWNWERSHIP, I HAD REPORTED A VIBRATION PROBLEM WITH THE TRUCK TO CHEVY. CHEVY STATED THAT THIS WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM TO THEM WHICH THEY REFERRED TO AS "FRAME SHAKE" AND REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING TO FIX MY TRUCK. I NOW WONDER IF THE "CONTINUOUS VIBRATION" OF THE TRUCK DID NOT CONTRIBUT TO THE AIR BAGS NOT WORKING. EITHER WAY, THE FAILURE OF THE AIR BAGS COULD HAVE RESULTED IN DEATH INSTEAD OF JUST ADDITIONAL INJURIES. CHEVY NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT BOTH PROBLEMS IMMEDIATELY.*AK
AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATES INTERMITTENTLY ON REGUALR BASIS. THREE TRIPS TO DEALER HAS FAILED TO RESOLVE PROBLEM. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER CANNOT DIAGNOSE PROBLEM.*AK
ANOTHER DRIVER WAS SWERVING IN AND OUT OF TRAFFIC, CONSUMER LOST CONTROL, AND DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED. CONSUMER DID NOT HIT ANYTHING. PASSENGER SIDE DIDN'T DEPLOY. *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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