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 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 16 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
We have been calling and trying to get this recall taken care of. Every time we call they never have the parts and "will let us know". Its getting frustrating getting these notices from different sources and not being able to take care of it. Please help us to het this done by directing us to a repair shop that has the parts available.
Rear roof rail airbag inflator endcap failure. The endcap of the steel inflator separated and ejected throught the roof liner, read passenger window and through the wall of a house. The vehicle was parked in the driveway at the time and was not running. I was next the the window at the time of failure and was narrowly missed by the end cap but was his by the full force of the passenger window and sustained minor abrasions and closed head trauma from the glass. A police report was filed, and the manufacturer was notified. The vehicle is currently at a dealership awaiting inspection by the manufacturer.
Hit a deer about 50mph air bags went off cab filled with smoke but air bags did not deploy only the charge went off
The contact owns a 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 2500. The contact received a notification for NHTSA Campaign Number: 21V504000 (Air Bags) however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The dealer had been notified about the issue and confirmed that parts were not yet available. The manufacturer had been notified of the issue but offered no assistance. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The contact had not experienced a failure. VIN tool confirms parts are not available.
The contact owns a 2015 Chevrolet Silverado. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 21V504000 (Air Bags) however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The dealer was made aware of the issue and confirmed that parts were not available. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. VIN tool confirms parts not available.
The contact owns a 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 2500. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 21V504000 (Air Bags) however, the part to do the recall repair was not available. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The local dealer and WINEGARDNER GMC Buick of Prince Frederick (935 Solomon's Island Rd N, Prince Frederick, MD 20678) were made aware of the issue and informed the contact that parts were not yet available. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. VIN tool confirms parts not available.
Takata recall. The contact owns a 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 2500. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 21V504000 (Air Bags) however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was notified of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. VIN tool confirms parts are not available.
The contact's father owns a 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 2500. The contact's father received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 21V504000 (Air Bags) however, the part to the recall repair was unavailable. The contact stated on September 13, 2021, while his father was driving 5 mph over a pothole, the driver’s and passenger’s side front roof rail air bags deployed inadvertently. The contact stated that the air bag warning light was illuminated after the failure. The contact stated no one was injured or needed medical attention. No police report was filed. The driver was able to drive the vehicle to a repair shop. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. A dealer was not contacted. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The failure mileage was approximately 146,000. VIN tool confirms part not available.
AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT AND BEEPER REPEATEDLY GOES OFF INTERMITTINGLY.
SERVICE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON. VEHICLE WAS NEVER INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. CHIMING NOISE IS CONSTANT AND DIFFICULT TO TOLERATE.
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500. UPON ENTERING A RESIDENTIAL DRIVEWAY, ALL OF THE SIDE CURTAIN AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WITH FORCE AND A WHITE SUBSTANCE EMITTED INTO THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED HEAD TRAUMA, NECK, AND BACK PAINS THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE CONTACT HAD TO BE TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL. THE INSURANCE COMPANY WAS NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO OBX CHEVROLET (6166 N CROATAN HWY, KITTY HAWK, NC 27949, 252-261-5900), BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 62,000.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500. WHILE THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY, A SECOND VEHICLE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE. DURING THE CRASH, THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE PANEL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE AIR BAG PANELS ON BOTH SIDES HAD SEPARATED. SMOKE APPEARED FROM THE AIR BAG PANELS, BUT THE AIR BAGS REMAINED IN POSITION AND DID NOT DEPLOY. AFTER THE INCIDENT, THE SEAT BELTS WERE INOPERABLE DUE TO THE AIR BAG FAILURE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 58,000.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH MAKING A RIGHT TURN, THE FRONT PASSENGER, FRONT DRIVER, AND REAR DRIVER SIDE DOOR AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WITHOUT WARNING OR IMPACT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. IN ADDITION, THE DEALER CUT THE AIR BAGS OUT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 71,650.
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V651000 (AIR BAGS, SEAT BELTS); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.
2015 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO DEALERSHIP DID NOT NOTIFY CONSUMER OF AIRBAG RECALL, REPAIRED AIRBAG RECALL. . *SMD
SNOW ON THE ROAD SLID OFF IN THE DITCH NO IMPACT WITH ANYTHING WAS COMING BACK OUT OF DITCH AIRBAGS DEPLOYED TRUCK SHUT OFF.
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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