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 2016 Chevrolet Sonic submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 8 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
Hello, I need you guys help. I got into a car wrecked which wasn’t my fault. The airbags they deployed and my child car seat was damage. I got a police report stating that the car accident wasn’t my fault and it’s the fault of a 16 year old. He merge straight into my Car and I have all these expeensives that I cannot pay for.
THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT KEEPS GOING ON AND OFF. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR APPROX 2 MONTHS.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2016 CHEVROLET SONIC. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TURN ONTO A NEIGHBORHOOD STREET IN THE RAIN, THE VEHICLE HYDROPLANED AND BEGAN TO SLIDE. THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO THE FRONT END OF ANOTHER VEHICLE THAT WAS IDLING AT A STOP SIGN. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE HOOD AND FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE WERE DAMAGED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A COLLISION SHOP BY THE CONTACT'S INSURANCE COMPANY. THE OTHER DRIVER SUSTAINED SMALL CUTS THAT DID NOT REQUIRE MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 97,131.
AS I WAS DRIVING ON A STREET, POSSIBLY TWO MINUTES AFTER DEPARTING MY HOME, IS WHEN I'D REALIZED THE AIR BAG INDICATOR LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. EVERYTIME FOR THE NEXT THREE DAYS, THE WARNING LIGHT WOULD ILLUMINATE AS SOON AS THE CAR TURNED ON. IT FINALLY SHUT OFF AFTER I WENT OUT TO SHOP. IT WAS ILLUMINATED ON MY WAY TO THE SHOPS. I TURNED THE CAR OFF, SHOPPED AND WHEN I TURNED IT BACK ON, THE LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE AND HAS NOT SINCE THEN. NOW, IT HAS BEEN AROUND TWO WEEKS SINCE IT TURNED OFF.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2016 CHEVROLET SONIC. WHILE DRIVING AND MAKING A RIGHT TURN, ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE. THE SIDE CURTAIN AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE DRIVER AND FRONT PASSENGER SUSTAINED HEAD, NECK, AND BACK INJURIES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED TO CARMAX (2550 ROOSEVELT BLVD, CLEARWATER, FL 33760, (727) 507-0790). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND OPENED CASE NUMBER: 900227. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 58,000.
CAR WAS IN MOTION GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. STOPPED AT A REDLIGHT. CONTINUED QHEN LIGHT TURNED GREEN BUT NOT FAST AS THE NEXT LIGHT WAS TURNING RED. BRAKE FAILURE RESULTED IN A CAR ACCIDENT. UPON COLLISION THE AIR BAGS MALFUNCTIONED AND DID NOT DEPLOY. MANY OTHERS ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME ISSUES WITH THE CHEVROLET SONIC STARTING FROM THE 2015 MODEL. GM WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND HAS YET TO FIX IT OR RECALL IT.
FRONT PASSENGER SEAT AIRBAG INDICATOR SHOWS "OFF" WHEN A NORMAL SIZED ADULT IS SITTING IN THE SEAT. THIS IS AN INTERMITTENT CONDITION I.E DOES NOT HAPPEN EVERY TIME.. MOVING IN THE SEAT, CONNECTING OR DISCONNECTING SEAT BELT, OPENING AND CLOSING PASSENGER DOOR DOES NOT CHANGE THE INDICATION. INDICATOR REMAINS "OFF" AS CAR IS DRIVEN. BOTH DEALER AND CHEVY CORPORATE CUSTOMER SERVICE WERE CONTACTED WITHOUT A FIX. THIS HAS HAPPENED SINCE CAR WAS NEW.. I HAVE A COUPLE OF VIDEOS OF THE OCCURRENCE, SHOWING ENGINE RUNNING, AIRBAG INDICATOR SHOWING OFF, NO SRS WARNING LIGHTS AND AN ADULT IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. THIS CONDITION LEAVES THE FRONT SEAT PASSENGER AT HIGHER RISK FOR INJURY OR DEATH DURING AN ACCIDENT.
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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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