2017 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Airbags Problems

The contact owns a 2017 Chevrolet Silverado 1500. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle drove over a pothole, and an abnormal sound was coming from the vehicle. No warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the ball joint on the front upper control arm had failed. The vehicle was repaired. The contact stated that the failure persisted. The vehicle was repaired three times. The contact stated that on a separate occasion, while the brake pedal was depressed, there was an abnormal sound coming from the brakes. The contact believed that the sound was coming from the brake pump having too much air. The contact was informed that the brake oil reservoir was empty. There was no oil stains never found on the ground. The brake pads were replaced. Most recently, the message "Service Air Bag" was displayed on the instrument panel. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer or an independent mechanic after the most recent failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact stated that in the past the temperature sensor, the thermostat, the radiator, and the water pump were replaced. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 30,000.

NHTSA ID

11720700

Incident

Aug 26, 2018

Mileage

30,000 mi

The contact owns a 2017 Chevrolet Silverado. The contact stated that while driving 10-15 MPH, the driver and passenger side air bags deployed independently. A dealer and an independent mechanic were contacted. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer or an independent mechanic to be diagnosed. The contact sustained injuries to the head and neck. No medical attention was required. No police report was filed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure, and they informed him that he would have to wait two to three weeks before getting the diagnosis. The approximate failure mileage was 120,000.

NHTSA ID

11693907

Incident

Sep 26, 2025

Mileage

120,000 mi

I hit a deer going 60mph and the side airbags in the pillars attempted to deploy but did not appear to fully inflate, not only that but my steering wheel airbag did not deploy at all/no other airbags deployed.

NHTSA ID

11685318

Incident

Sep 5, 2025

I was driving at approximately 35 -40 mph in foggy and wet conditions. As I approached a corner, I collided with a big metal dumpster. My airbags gave off that powder, and the smell was prominent, and the dash light came on. As well as, my side airbags (only the plastic) popped out, but, to my amazement, none of my actual airbags deployed at all. And my passenger seat belt was locked up to where I couldn't use it anymore, and no one was in that seat. Had I been in a frontal collision, I might have died. This is a major safety issue I have a 2107 Silverado 1500 LT.

NHTSA ID

11641850

Incident

Feb 8, 2025

The contact owns a 2017 Chevrolet Silverado 1500. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the air bag warning light had illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a local independent mechanic where the contact was advised to take to vehicle to a local dealer. The vehicle was taken to a local dealer where it was diagnosed that the passenger side door air bag needed to be replaced. The contact was informed that the repairs were not covered by a recall. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 88,000.

NHTSA ID

11620186

Incident

Oct 9, 2024

Mileage

88,000 mi

To be clear, the vehicle was not in an accident. The check airbag light keeps pinging every few minutes while driving. So I took to the Chevrolet of Watsonvill dealership and said the truck has a faulty passenger door airbag, which raises safety concerns for me. I have a [XXX] son as well as two [XXX] parents that sit in the passenger seat often and would hate for that faulty airbag to either deploy while driving or not deploy when needed. How do I see if this vehicle can be included in a safety recall? INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

NHTSA ID

11619683

Incident

Sep 29, 2024

Airbag light comes on and off intermittently for last year

NHTSA ID

11608783

Incident

Aug 15, 2024

The contact owns a 2017 Chevrolet Silverado 1500. The contact stated that on two separate occasions, while driving at various speeds, the air bag warning light illuminated on the instrument panel. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where the contact was provided an estimate for a diagnostic test. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 76,000.

NHTSA ID

11556644

Incident

Nov 22, 2023

The drivers air bag actuator activated in a front end collision but the air bag didn't deploy.I explained the problem to the collision center of the dealership where the vehicle was taken.The insurance company has assigned an adjuster. There were no warning lights

NHTSA ID

11554200

Incident

Nov 2, 2023

8/10/2023 2017 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 had a collision with a deer on driver side front bumper and grille near Piedmont KS in the country. Airbags did NOT deploy although the airbag light DID come on at time of incident. On-Start contacted husband, driver, to make sure he was ok since it was a front end collision. Truck is currently at Gerber Auto Collision 10760 W Kellogg Wichita KS being repaired. Truck was due to be returned to us by 8/21/2023. As of this morning, the date was updated to be 8/21 to 8/25. I called them on it and they said they were having "someone" check the airbags since the light was on but it did not deploy.

NHTSA ID

11539339

Incident

Aug 10, 2023

When driving the airbag goes on the light goes off when turning off the vehicle but as soon as you start driving the airbag light goes on

NHTSA ID

11522760

Incident

May 1, 2023

Bad airbag sensor. Transmission wet out with 144000 miles

NHTSA ID

11517174

Incident

Apr 14, 2023

My 2017 Chevrolet Silverado's air bag light has come on. I had the Chevrolet dealers review and diagnosis the issue. I am told that the passenger airbag and sensor need replacing. Cost to repair 2400.00 and dealership (Wilson Chevrolet) doesn't think they can get the parts in to complete repair. I was told my year and make have a recall, but not my model for the same issues. I do not believe that a truck that is just 5 years old should have this type of safety issue and not covered by the manufacturer, Chevrolet. And if there is a recall for the year and make, shouldn't cover all model trucks in that recall?

NHTSA ID

11501922

Incident

May 4, 2022

The contact owns a 2017 Chevrolet Silverado 1500. The contact was alerted by OnStar of a malfunction with the air bag system. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer who diagnosed that a module associated with the air bags had failed and needed to be replaced. The contact stated that the dealer was in the process of repairing the vehicle. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and confirmed that the repair was not covered under recall or warranty. The approximate failure mileage was 36,000.

NHTSA ID

11496731

Incident

Nov 9, 2022

Mileage

36,000 mi

Airbags failed to deploy when the truck was hit on the drivers side.

NHTSA ID

11489547

Incident

Oct 14, 2022

1. I lost power steering, power breaks, all dash lights/power and I believe air bags. The truck is available for inspection. 2. The first time I was traveling at 65mph in moderate traffic, it was very difficult to pull over to safety. The second time I was traveling at 50mph on a very windy road with heavy traffic. I almost hit another vehicle head on with several vehicles traveling in both lanes. The last time I was backing into my carport and almost bumped I to my house. 3. No, I called onstar the first time, they did a system check and said everything was good. I called a dealership the Second time and they confirmed I had no open recalls and explained it would be difficult to troubleshoot because it was intermittent. 4. I will be calling back to the dealership in the morning to make an appointment. 5. I got the audible chime, the airbag light came on and the "trailer break" message came on the info center. But everything goes back to normal.

NHTSA ID

11479268

Incident

Aug 8, 2022

The contact owns a 2017 Chevrolet Silverado 1500. The contact stated while driving at an unknown speed, the airbag warning light illuminated intermittently. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed however, the contact was unsure of the part that needed to be repaired. The vehicle was repaired however, the failure persisted. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer where it was diagnosed with the same failure. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 55,000.

NHTSA ID

11431280

Incident

Jan 15, 2021

Mileage

55,000 mi

APRIL 04,2021. STOPPED FOR TRAFFIC ON I-10 , 17 MILES EAST OF LAFAYETTE .LA. WHILE SITTING APPROX. 10 TO 12 FEET BEHIND THE AUTO , A FORD 350 WITH A TRAILER STRUCK ME FROM BEHIND AT APPROX. 50 PLUS MPH. THE IMPACT PUSHED ME INTO THE CARIN FRONT. TOTALLY DESTROYED THE REARED. MY REARED AND FRONTEND WAS DAMAGE. MY FRONT BUMPER CAVED IN. AFTER IMPACT, MY TRUCK CAB FILLED WITH SMOKE. MY AIRBAGS NEVER DEPLOYED. MY AIR BAG LIGHT DISPLAYED THAT BAGS WAS DEPLOYED BUT THEY DIDN'T. GOT OUT OF TUCK BECAUSE AT THE TIME, I HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS HAPPENING. AFTER SUCH AN SERIOUS IMPACT FROM THE BACK AND FRONT, I WAS VERY DISCOURAGE THAT THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AS THEY WERE SUPPOSE TO

NHTSA ID

11408099

Incident

Apr 10, 2021

Mileage

47,650 mi

I WAS INVOLVED IN A REAR-END COLLISION, WHERE I WAS SITTING STATIONARY. THE OTHER VEHICLE HIT ME GOING ESTIMATED SPEED OF 50 MPH. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, YET THE GAS FROM THE AIRBAGS FILLED THE VEHICLE AND SOME OF THE PLASTIC IN THE INTERIOR HAS BEEN BROKEN/DAMAGED. THE POLICE OFFICER ASKED ME IF I "VAPED", THAT IS HOW CLOUDY IT WAS INSIDE THE VEHICLE AND SMELLED LIKE SULFUR. THIS HAS CAUSED GREAT CONCERN THAT THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, YET THE GASES FROM THEM DID.

NHTSA ID

11360271

Incident

Sep 20, 2020

Mileage

88,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10-15 MPH, THE SIDE CURTAIN AIR BAGS FOR THE PASSENGER'S AND DRIVER'S SIDE DEPLOYED WITHOUT IMPACT. THE CONTACT CONTACTED THE DEALER GOSCH CHEVROLET (400 CARRIAGE CIR, HEMET, CA 92545, (951) 216-3486) WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THEIR VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND OPENED A CASE REGARDING THE MATTER HOWEVER, NOTHING RESULTED FROM THIS AS OF YET. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 21,000.*JB

NHTSA ID

11343880

Incident

Jul 31, 2020

Mileage

21,000 mi

AIR BAG DEPLOYED AND DRIVER BURNED HAND COUGH DEVELOPED FROM INHALATION OF AIRBAG POWDER POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT OF ASTHMA AND MEDICAL TREATMENT OF COUGH ONGOING TRAVELING I35 N JUST 3 MILES NORTH OF STACY MN. HIT DEER

NHTSA ID

11231121

Incident

Jun 7, 2019

Mileage

75,000 mi

TAKATA RECALL , I WAS IN MOTION ON A CITY STREET AND HIT A DEER WHEN MY AIR BAG SENSOR WENT OFF IN MY DASH AND CAUTION LIGHTS AND SOME LIGHT WOULD NOT SHUT OFF BUT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY

NHTSA ID

11230421

Incident

Jul 3, 2019

Mileage

49,000 mi

TRAVELING APPROX 30MPH, ON A CITY STREET, ANOTHER VEHICLE TURNED LEFT IN FRONT OF ME, I DID NOT EVEN HAVE TIME TO HIT THE BRAKES. BOTH THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIRBAG DEPLOYED BUT THE DRIVER SEATBELT DID NOT LOCK UP. I CAME COMPLETELY OUT OF THE DRIVERS SEAT, MY CHEST HIT THE AIRBAG AND MY LOWER ABDOMEN AND UPPER THIGHS WERE BRUISED BADLY FROM HITTING THE STEERING WHEEL. I ALSO HAD NECK PAIN FOR 2 DAYS AFTERWARD. I HAD A PASSENGER IN THE FRONT SEAT AND THAT SEATBELT LOCKED, THE PASSENGER WAS NOT INJURED AND ONLY A LITTLE SORE IN THE NECK AND BACK THE NEXT DAY.

NHTSA ID

11210492

Incident

May 26, 2019

Mileage

40,000 mi

I HAD A DEER RUN INTO THE SIDE OF MY 2017 SILVERADO AND AIRBAG DEPLOYED AFTER AUTOBODY REPLACED AND FIX TRUCK THE TRUCK THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED AGAIN WHILE TRUCK WAS BEING PROGRAMMED GM CLAIMS THERE INVESTIGATION COMES BACK THERE NOT AT FAULT BUT REFUSES TO RELEASE ANY DOCUMENTATION TO US MAKING US THINK THERE IS MUCH MORE THERE INVESTIGATION IS HIDING AND THEY DONT WANT TO BECOME LIABLE

NHTSA ID

11210389

Incident

Apr 19, 2019

Mileage

57,000 mi

TL* A POLICE OFFICER REPORTED THAT THE CONTACT OWNED A 2017 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE OFFICER STATED THAT WHILE THE DRIVER WAS TRAVELING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WITHOUT WARNING. WHILE CONTINUING TO DRIVE, THE STEERING SEIZED. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE STRUCK THE CONCRETE DIVIDER, CROSSED THE MEDIAN, AND CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED UNKNOWN INJURIES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. THE POLICE OFFICER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD BE TOWED FROM THE SCENE. THE DRIVER CALLED AN UNKNOWN DEALER, BUT NO INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. *DT*JB

NHTSA ID

11145007

Incident

Nov 2, 2018