Owner-reported complaints naming the airbag system, filed with NHTSA
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Airbags reportsComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
18
Latest Mar 16, 2002
Share of all reportsThis category as a share of every owner report on file for this model year. One report can name more than one component, so the categories overlap.
7%
of 246 total
Crash or fire reportedReports in this category whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. The reporter's own answer on the NHTSA form, not a verified finding.
12
Injuries or deaths reportedTotals the submitters entered on their own reports in this category. Not verified by NHTSA and not a casualty statistic.
16
What this page shows
Reports naming the air-bag system — deployment behaviour, inflators, sensors and warning lights. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1995 Chevrolet Tahoe submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 18 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.
Owner reports naming airbag
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
AirbagsBrakesSeat belts
Filed Mar 16, 2002
Crash reported1 injury reported
ON 3/13/2001 WAS INVOLVED IN AN MVC WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF THE VEHICLE I STRUCK OFF ROAD. I WAS TRAVELING APROX. 40-45 MPH WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES IMMEDIATELY AND SLID APROX. 75 FEET ON ROAD AND CONTINUED TO SLIDE OFF ROAD FOR ANOTHER 50 FEET WHEN I COLLIDED WITH THE OTHER VEHICLE. ABS SYSTEM NEVER KICKED IN,AND THE VEHICLE SLID UNCONTROLLED UNTIL COLLISION WITH INJURIES TO MYSELF WHEN THE SEAT BELT DID NOT HOLD MY BODY AND ALLOWED ME TO TRAVEL FORWARD STRIKING THE STEERING WHEEL WITH THE AIR BAG NOT DEPLOYING WITH A FRONTAL IMPACT AND SUDDEN DECELERATION. *AK (TIRESIZE: 245/75R16)
NHTSA ID
759442
Incident
Mar 13, 2001
AirbagsElectrical
Filed Feb 13, 2002
HORN WOULD SOUND WHILE DRIVING OR WHEN THE VEHICLE IS VIBRATED (EXAMPLE: DOOR IS SHUT, HOOD POPPED OPEN, ADJUSTMENT OF STEERING COLUMN). HAD THIS PROBLEM 2 TIME PREVIOUSLY, A GM AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP LOOK AT SITUATION AND COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM WITHOUT GOING INTO A DETAIL DIAGNOSTIC. PULLING THE FUSE FOR THE HORN WOULD NOT STOP THE HORN FOR SOUNDING. FINALLY HAD TO PULL THE HORN RELAY LOCATED IN THE FUSE BOX UNDER THE HOOD TO STOP HORN FROM SOUNDING. FINALLY HAD A DETAILED DIAGNOSTIC WAS PERFORMED AND THE ONLY THING THAT THE DEALERSHIP COULD FIND WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE AIRBAG. SUPPOSEDLY THE AIRBAG EXPANDS WHEN IT THE AREA AROUND IT HEATS UP, WHICH IN TURN APPLIES PRESSURE ON THE HORN RING, ERGO THE HORN GOES OFF EVEN WHEN THE FUSE WAS REMOVED. DEALERSHIP COULD NOT FIND AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM DURING THEIR 2 HOURS OF DIAGNOTICS. RECOMMENDED SOULTION REPLACE AIRBAG / HORN RING $638.00 (PARTS ONLY). SUPPOSEDLY NEW AIRBAG HAS A NEW DESIGN TO PREVENT THIS FROM OCCURRING AGAIN.
NHTSA ID
758198
Incident
Feb 8, 2002
AirbagsDriver assistanceSeat belts
Filed Feb 21, 2001
Crash reported4 injuries reported
WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION THE FOOT BRAKE FAILED TO DISENGAGE THE CRUISE CONTROL RESULTING IN VEHICLE COLLISION, AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY UPON IMPACT AND THE SEAT BELT FAILED TO RESTRAIN HIM CAUSING HIS HEAD TO STRIKE THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDSHILED KNOCKING HIM UNCONSIOUS. NLM
NHTSA ID
559801
Incident
Aug 25, 2000
AirbagsDriver assistanceElectrical
Filed Jun 24, 2000
RE: INCIDENT AE00013 - THE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON INTERMITANTLY, TOOK IT TO DEALER, THEY COULDN'T FIND PROBLEM WITH IT. ABOUT A MONT LATER THE TAHOE STARTED INTERMITANTLY LOSING POWER WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE, CAUSING SEVERAL NEAR CRASHES. TOOK IT AGAIN TO THE DEALER THAT THEN DETERMINED THE BATTERY WAS LEAKING ACID ON TO THE AIRBAG SENSOR. HAD TO REPLACE THE AIRBAG SENSOR AND BATTERY. THEY CHARGED OVER $700 TO DO SO, INCLUDING $89 LABOR JUST TO INSTALL A NEW BATTERY! ABOUT A WEEK OR SO AFTER THAT SIMILAR LOSS OF POWER WAS OCCURRING. TOOK TAHOE TO A DIFFERENT CHEV DEALER WHO THE FOUND ALTERNATOR WAS NOW BAD, WHICH I SUSPECT MAY BE RELATED TO THE ONGOING BAD BATTERY PROBLEMS.*AK
NHTSA ID
724475
Incident
Aug 1, 1999
Airbags
Filed Apr 5, 2000
Crash reported
WHILE DRIVING ON ROAD TRAVELING ABOUT 35 TO 45MPH CAME TO AN INTERSECTION, HAD THE RIGHT OF WAY WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE TRAVELING WEST FAILED TO STOP AT A STOP SIGN, AND PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF CONSUMER' VEHICLE. CONSUMER HIT FRONT LEFT OF THE OTHER CAR. UPON IMPACT, NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. CONTACTED DEALER AND MANUFACTURER. WOULD SENT A REPRESENTATIVE TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE. *AK
NHTSA ID
859737
Incident
Mar 24, 2000
Airbags
Filed Feb 2, 2000
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
NHTSA ID
718214
Incident
Aug 15, 1997
AirbagsBrakes
Filed Nov 1, 1999
Crash reported1 injury reported
DEFECTIVE ABS SYSTEM RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT AND DRIVERS SIDE AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY.
NHTSA ID
714153
Incident
Aug 21, 1998
Airbags
Filed Sep 14, 1999
Crash reported4 injuries reported1 death reported
NO SUMMARY
NHTSA ID
711350
Incident
Aug 14, 1999
Airbags
Filed Jul 22, 1999
Crash reported
CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A 30 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
NHTSA ID
842877
AirbagsSteering
Filed Mar 25, 1999
STEERING COIL FAILED.AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON. COST TO FIX APROXIMATELY $350 TO FIX THIS SAFETY PROBLEM. *AK
NHTSA ID
704930
Incident
Nov 1, 1998
Airbags
Filed Feb 3, 1999
Crash reported1 injury reported
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING VEHICLE COLLISION RESULTED IN CHEST, RIBS AND STERUM INJURIES FROM HITTING THE STEERING WHEEL.
NHTSA ID
543670
Incident
Nov 9, 1998
Airbags
Filed Nov 4, 1998
AIR BAG LIGHT WAS ON FOR NO APPARENT REASON, AND CONSUMER HAD IT LOOKED AT. WAS TOLD THAT THE AIR BAG COIL WAS OPEN AND IT HAD TO BE REPLACED. DEALER WAS CONTACTED.
NHTSA ID
830076
Incident
Sep 18, 1998
Airbags
Filed Feb 19, 1998
Crash reported
WHILE DRIVING THE TRUCK THE DRIVER WENT INTO AN TREE WHICH CAUSED THE TRUCK TO FLIP OVER. THE DRIVER STATES THAT SHE WAS GOING 45MPH. THE TREE STRUCK THE PASSENGER'S SIDE. DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. *AK
NHTSA ID
821558
Incident
Sep 10, 1997
Airbags
Filed Jun 24, 1997
THE LIGHT INDICATING THAT THE AIR BAG HAS BEEN DEPLOYED IS ON CONSTANTLY AND COULD CAUSE THE AIR BAG TO DEPLOY AT ANY TIME. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED ABOUT PROBLEM. MANUFACTURER SAID THAT THEY WOULD INSPECT THE VEHICLE TO FIND OUT CAUSE OF PROBLEM, BUT COULD MAKE NO PROMISES AS TO THE REPAIR OF THE VEHICLE BECAUSE WARRANTY IS OVER. *AK
NHTSA ID
813434
Incident
May 7, 1997
Airbags
Filed Apr 15, 1997
Crash reported1 injury reported
AIR BAG DID NOT INFLATE WHILE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT.
NHTSA ID
516411
Incident
Mar 17, 1997
Airbags
Filed May 1, 1996
Crash reported1 injury reported
VEHICLE WAS IN A FRONT-END ACCIDENT, AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY AND SEAT BELT DID NOT HOLD DRIVER. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
NHTSA ID
983894
Incident
Apr 20, 1996
Airbags
Filed Feb 15, 1996
Crash reported1 injury reported
DURING SIDE IMPACT TO DRIVER'S FRONT TIRE 45MPH, UPON IMPACT AT APPROX. 35MPH HIT A BUNCH OF TREES 10:00 TO 2:00 FRONT BUMPER, AIRBAG FAILED TO DEPLOY. TT
NHTSA ID
979339
Incident
Jan 13, 1996
AirbagsBrakes
Filed Jan 8, 1996
Crash reported1 injury reported
NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S AIR BAG IN ACCIDENT, RESULTING IN AN INJURY.
NHTSA ID
500623
Incident
Jan 1, 1996
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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