2003 Chevrolet Silverado Airbags Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE ABS, CHECK ENGINE, AND PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG LIGHTS REMAINED ILLUMINATED. IN ADDITION, THE POWER STEERING FAILED. THE FAILURES RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED, BUT A FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

NHTSA ID

10761604

Incident

Jul 1, 2014

Mileage

100,000 mi

TRUCK COLIDED WITH GUARD RAIL. BOUNCED OFF, HIT VEHICLE 1, THEN INTO VEHICLE 2 THEN STOPPED AFTER HITTING VEHICLE 3 A SEMI TRUCK. ALL DAMAGE WAS DONE TO FRONT OF THE CHEVY SILVERADO. AT NO TIME DID THE AIRBAGS DEPLOY. SILVERADO WAS DETERMINED TO BE TOTALED DUE TO THE EXCESSIVE DAMAGE ON THE FRONT. AIRBAGS SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED DURING ONE OF THE IMPACTS. *JS

NHTSA ID

10592423

Incident

May 8, 2014

I HIT A DEER HEAD ON AND TOTALED MY SILVERADO. I HIT IT AT 55 MPH AND NEITHER OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. *TR

NHTSA ID

10577089

Incident

Nov 14, 2013

Mileage

175,000 mi

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH WHEN THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT INDICATOR ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN SUGGESTED REPLACEMENT OF BOTH AIR BAGS SENSORS UNDER THE SEATS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 76,000. UPDATED 6/1/10 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED THE LIGHT COMES ON OCCASIONALLY. UPDATED 06/07/10*JB

NHTSA ID

10324309

Incident

Dec 1, 2009

Mileage

75,000 mi

DIRECT FRONTAL IMPACT WITH SIDE OF CAR THAT RAN RED LIGHT. AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. SPEED WAS APPROXIMATELY 40-50 MPH. *JB

NHTSA ID

10154224

Incident

Mar 23, 2006

DT: THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS PULLING A TRAILER. WHEN HE APPLIED BRAKE PRESSURE THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP BEFORE STRIKING ANOTHER VEHICLE IN THE REAR END. THERE WAS DAMAGE TO BOTH VEHICLES. HOWEVER, NO ONE WAS INJURED. A POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN AT THE SCENE. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. A MANUFACTURER'S REPRESENTATIVE INSPECTED THE VEHICLE. COLLECTED CRASH DATA FROM THE VEHICLE COMPUTER, WHICH INDICATED WHEN BRAKE PRESSURE WAS APPLIED THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE CONTACT TRADED THE VEHICLE AFTER THE ACCIDENT. *AK THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. UPDATED 03/09/06

NHTSA ID

10146783

Incident

Jun 24, 2005

Mileage

19,000 mi

AIR BAGS DID NOT INFLATE WITH A FRONT END CRASH THAT PUSHED THE MOTOR IN THE DASH. SON RECEIVED HEAD INJURIES WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO ABOUT THIS. PICKUP WAS A TOTAL LOSS. FRAME WAS BENT. OUR ATTORNEY WOULD LIKE TO PUSH THIS BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT YOU WILL DO FOR US FIRST. I HAVE PICTURES IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM. *JB

NHTSA ID

10137033

Incident

Aug 14, 2005

WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, DUAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER SUSTAINED HEAD INJURIES DUE TO HIS HEAD HITTING THE STEERING WHEEL.*AK THE CHEVROLET TESTERS CAME TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE. THEY CONCLUDED THAT THE IMPACT WAS NOT HARD ENOUGH NOR WAS THE VEHICLE GOING FAST ENOUGH FOR THE AIR BAG TO DEPLOY. *NM

NHTSA ID

10089611

Incident

Aug 14, 2004

Mileage

19,900 mi

THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. *JB

NHTSA ID

10092336

Incident

Sep 15, 2004

Mileage

11,000 mi

I PURCHASED A NEW CHEVROLET SILVERADO TRUCK ON 8/15/2003. I DROVE IT 15,000 MILES AND THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AND WAS REPLACED. ON ANOTHER TRIP RETURNING FROM DENVER TO DURANGO I WAS DRIVING ON A MOUNTAIN ROAD WHEN THE BACK WHEELS SUDDENLY, WITHOUT WARNING LOCKED UP. THIS CAUSED THE TRUCK TO GO INTO AN UNCONTROLLED SKID AND I CRASHED INTO THE SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN. THE TRUCK BOUNCED BACK INTO THE ROAD AND ALMOST FORCED OTHER CARS OFF THE HIGHWAY. THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY WAS VERY STEEP WITH NO GUARDRAIL. HAD I SKIDDED THAT DIRECTION, I WOULD HAVE TUMBLED SOME 200 FEET OR MORE. TO ADD TO THIS THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY UPON DIRECT FRONTAL IMPACT WITH THE MOUNTAIN. ALL OF THIS INFORMATION WAS NOTED IN THE COLORADO HIGHWAY PATROL ACCIDENT REPORT # 908FZEH21P. GENERAL MOTORS HAS ACCEPTED RESPONSIBILITY BUT 10+ WEEKS LATER HAS NOT REPLACED THE TOTALED TRUCK!*AK

NHTSA ID

10088906

Incident

Jun 25, 2004

Mileage

23,000 mi

WHILE DRIVING SRS LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. CONSUMER =DROVE THE VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR INSPECTION. BUT, DRIVER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. *AK

NHTSA ID

10089910

Incident

Aug 27, 2004

AIR BAGS NOT DEPLOYING ON A NEW CHEVY SILVERADO PICK-UP/ FOLLOWING A VEHICLE CRASH. DRIVER WAS INJURED, AND SCARRED. WAS HOSPITLIZED AND STILL HAVING PROBLEMS AND WILL HAVE A LIFETIME SCAR ON FACE AREA. ALSO LEGS AND THIGHS ARE SCARRED. OUR SON WAS TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED PASSING, LOST CONTROL WENT OFF HIGHWAY HEAD ON INTO DEEP DITCH, FLIPPED OVER, WENT SIDE TO SIDE COMING TO REST SIDEWAYS ON TIRES THAT WERE NOW FLAT AND STILL NO AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT. SENT A COMPLAINT AND PICTURES, POLICE REPORT AND MEDICAL RECORDS TO GM, NO SATISFACTION FROM THERE. WHAT DOES A VEHICLE HAVE TO HAVE DONE TO HAVE AN AIRBAG DEPLOY???? VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. SON IS PERMANTLY SCARRED, AND PARENTS HAVE LOST FAITH IN CHEVY TRUCKS, AND AIRBAGS. HIS OLDER BROTHER CO-SIGNED SO HE WOULD HAVE A "NEW, SAFER" VEHICLE AND AM NOW SO VERY UPSET WITH GM AS TO AN EXPLANATION AS TO WHY THESE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY TO PROTECT OUR SON. THIS VEHICLE (HE WAS SPEEDING PASSING) WENT OFF THE ROAD HEAD ON INTO A DEEP DITCH, OVERTURNED SEVERAL TIMES, HIT SIDE TO SIDE IN DITCH, FLATTENED TIRES AND CAME TO REST ON SHOULDER OF ROAD. NOW HOW MUCH MORE DOES IT TAKE TO DEPLOY AN AIR BAG???? I THINK IF WE WERE WEALTHY AND COULD AFFORD A LAWYER THEY MAYBE WOULD OF LISTENED AND CHECKED THIS MORE, BUT AS WE ARE JUST "COMMON" HARD WORKING US CITIZENS, WE DON'T REALLY COUNT. ALSO OUR SON WAS DRINKING AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT, ( SHOULD NOT MATTER TO SAFETY OF VEHICLE EQUIPMENT) I WAS TOLD IT WAS NOT "CATASTROPIC ENOUGH" OF AN ACCIDENT TO WARRENT ANY DAMAGES. ?? THEN THEY TRIED TO SAY THE "ACCIDENT" (MEANING VEHICLE) WASN'T. I THINK WE ALL KNOW WHAT THEY MEANT. WE WERE NOT LOOKING FOR "MILLIONS" (STRETCHING IT), JUST HIS MEDICAL BILLS AND THE PROBLEM CORRECTED IN OTHER CHEVY'S SO THIS WOULD NOT HAPPEN TO SOMEONE ELSE. AS USUAL THE HONEST PEOPLE, AND HARD WORKING MIDDLE CLASS CAN GET NO HELP. PRAYERS GO OUT TO ANYONE ELSE THIS HAS HAPPENED TO AND THAT IT WON'T HAPPEN TO SOMEONE ELSE'S CHILD.

NHTSA ID

10072429

Incident

May 25, 2003

Mileage

9,000 mi

WHILE STARTING UP THE VEHICLE SRS LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION., AND THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE CONTROL MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, AND REPLACED IT. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN A GARAGE THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED ON THEIR OWN. MECHANIC REPLACED THE AIR BAGS, PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK

NHTSA ID

10072005

WHIEL DRIVING AT 40 MPH VEHICLE WAS HIT HEAD ON AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY.*MR

NHTSA ID

10066690

Mileage

7,400 mi

WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, THE FRONT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED NECK AND BACK INJURIES. *AK *SC

NHTSA ID

10055994

Incident

Jan 24, 2004

Mileage

10,778 mi

WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY, THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, RESULTING IN A FRONTAL COLLISION. THE VEHICLE WENT INTO AN EMBANKMENT. UPON IMPACT, THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES. *AK BROKEN STERNUM, SPINE AND RIBS. THE CONSUMER WAS WEARING HIS SEAT BELT. THE SDM CRASH DOWN LOAD FROM THE CRASH WAS SENT TO ODI WITH PICTURES OF THE VEHICLE. CW *MR *JB

NHTSA ID

10056087

Incident

Jan 24, 2004

INVOLVED IN A 45 MPH COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. AIRBAGS IN MY 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO DID NOT DEPLOY.*AK

NHTSA ID

10050872

Incident

Oct 18, 2003

Mileage

11,913 mi

THE VEHICLE WAS IN AN ACCIDENT AND ROLLED OVER, THE CONSUMER STATED SHE MUST HAVE FALLEN ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL. NEITHER FRONT DRIVER OR PASSENGER AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. DRIVER COULD NOT RECALL WHETHER THERE WAS PRE-IMPACT BRAKING, BUT ASSUMED SO SINCE IT WAS A NATURAL REACTION. BOTH PASSENGERS WERE WEARING SEAT BELTS, AND THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT WAS NOT ILLUMINATED AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO THE COLLISION. DRIVER SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES, SUCH AS BROKEN RIBS/ CONTUSIONS AND BRUISES. THE PASSENGER WAS KILLED.*AK ODI SPOKE TO CONSUMER. THE COMPLAINANT WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND MAY HAVE FELL ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL. HUSBAND WAS MOST LIKELY A SLEEP IN THE PASSENGER'S FRONT SEAT AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH. THE VEHICLE DRIFTED INTO OPPOSITE LANE. THE DRIVER UPON REALIZATION OF WHAT WAS GOING ON OVER CORRECTED AND HIT A CONCRETE DRAIN RESULTING IN THE VEHICLE FLIPPING 2 1/2 TIMES. THE PASSENGER SUSTAINED BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA ACCORDING TO THE DEATH CERTIFICATE. THE COMPLAINANT STATED THAT THE INJURIES TO THE PASSENGER WERE ON THE TOP/SIDE. THE COMPLAINANT DID NOT REMEMBER THE DETAILS. THE PASSENGER WAS BELTED BUT DIED INSTANTLY FROM THE TRAUMA. THE DRIVER DID REMEMBER IF SHE HIT THE STEERING WHEEL. CW *TS *JB

NHTSA ID

10032322

Incident

Jul 10, 2003

AIR BAGS FAILED TO OPEN ON HEAD END COLLISION. SPEED APPROX. 40 MPH. 2003 CHEVY SILVERADO - NEW CONDITION

NHTSA ID

10032581

Incident

Aug 1, 2003

Mileage

4,000 mi

2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO EXT. CAB 4X4 WITH ONSTAR, WRECKED. HIT TREES. TRUCK TOTALLED, FRONT-END DAMAGE, SIDE AND REAR END DAMAGE. AIR BAG DID NOT INFLATE. ONSTAR DID NOT WORK. *AK

NHTSA ID

10030725

Incident

Jul 31, 2003

Mileage

8,400 mi

THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AT HIGHWAY SPEED. UPON IMPACT THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOYED. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*JB

NHTSA ID

8017964