2001 Chevrolet Tahoe Airbags Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET TAHOE. WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE FAILED TO YIELD AND THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO THE DRIVER SIDE OF THAT VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY INJURIES. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTO BODY REPAIR CENTER FOR BODY REPAIRS, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED FOR THE AIR BAG FAILURE. THREE YEARS LATER, WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO AN ANIMAL AND THEN INTO A GUARDRAIL. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED BACK INJURIES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTO BODY REPAIR CENTER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

NHTSA ID

10820375

Incident

Jan 18, 2014

Mileage

120,000 mi

THE VEHICLE AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY IN ACCIDENT WERE IT RECEIVED SEVERE FRONT END DAMAGE.

NHTSA ID

10783656

Incident

Oct 16, 2015

Mileage

220,000 mi

A VEHICLE PULLED IN FRONT OF US AND OUR VEHICLE T BONED THAT VEHICLE. NONE OF ARE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. WE WERE INJURED. THAT PERSON'S INSURANCE COMPANY CONTACTED US THE DAY AFTER THE ACCIDENT AND QUESTIONED WHY THE AIR BAGS DID NOT COME OUT? WE WANTED TO KNOW WHY ALSO. *TR

NHTSA ID

10607227

Incident

Jul 4, 2007

Mileage

62,000 mi

INVOLVED IN INCIDENT WHERE 2001 CHEVROLET TAHOE LOST CONTROL AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH AND FLIPPED END-OVER-END MULTIPLE TIMES TOTALING VEHICLE. BOTH DRIVER AND SINGLE PASSENGER INJURED REQUIRING AMBULANCE TRANSPORT TO ER. AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *TR

NHTSA ID

10597056

Incident

Dec 25, 2007

Mileage

120,000 mi

MY SON AND I WAS IN AN ACCIDENT SATURDAY FEBRUARY 16. MY RIGHT FRONT TIRE WENT OFF THE ROAD AND I TRIED TO CORRECT IT WHEN MY BACK RIGHT TIRE WENT OFF THE ROAD AND I TRIED TO CORRECT AND WENT TO THE LEFT WHEN MY LEFT BACK TIRE DUG INTO THE EARTH AND CAUSED MY TRUCK TO FLIP OVER. WHEN THE TRUCK FLIPPED OVER MY SON WAS EJECTED FROM THE VEHICLE AND HE WAS WEARING HIS SEAT BELT BUT THE BELT CAME UNDONE. ALSO IN THE ROLLOVER NO SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WHEN IF THEY DID IT MIGHT HAVE KEPT HIM IN THE VEHICLE. BEWARE IS ALL I CAN SAY. *TR

NHTSA ID

10499318

Incident

Feb 16, 2013

Mileage

117,000 mi

CHEVROLET TAHOE WAS DOUBLE PARKED ON EAST 15TH STREET BETWEEN 1ST AND 2ND AVE IN NYC. TRUCK WAS IN "PARK" WHEN BOTH SIDE AIRBAGS INADVERTENTLY DEPLOYED. THERE WAS NO IMPACT FROM ANY OTHER CAR AND THE TRUCK WAS NOT MOVING. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A MANUFACTURER DEFECT AND REPLACEMENT OR REPAIR MUST BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF GENERAL MOTORS AND/OR INSURANCE CO (NATIONWIDE). *TR

NHTSA ID

10396566

Incident

Apr 17, 2011

Mileage

84,000 mi

TL- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET TAHOE. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE HAS NO SIDE AIRBAG. THE CONTACT LOOKED THROUGH THE GLOVE COMPARTMENT AND FOUND THE AIR BAG WAS NOT THERE. THE CONTACT SPOKE WITH THE DEALERSHIP WERE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED AND WAS TOLD THE VEHICLE HAD NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 80,000.RL

NHTSA ID

10384810

Incident

Jan 10, 2011

I WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION IN MY 2001 CHEVROLET TAHOE WHERE I REAR ENDED A CAR. MY VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING 54 MPH AND THE OTHER VEHICLE WAS SLOWING TO TURN WITHOUT BLINKERS OR BRAKE LIGHTS. MY AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *TR

NHTSA ID

10365882

Incident

Nov 12, 2010

Mileage

177,000 mi

MY VEHICLE WAS STRUCK ON THE PASSENGER SIDE-I WAS GOING APPROXIMATELY 25 OTHER DRIVER WAS APPROXIMATELY 40...DRIVERS SIDE AIR BAG DIDN'T DEPLOY IN A ROLLOVER ACCIDENT RESULTING IN INJURY TO LEFT ARM...VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *TR

NHTSA ID

10300186

Incident

Aug 13, 2009

Mileage

68,000 mi

AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY IN HEAD-ON CRASH. *TR

NHTSA ID

10223626

Incident

Mar 28, 2008

Mileage

128,000 mi

DRIVING IN LARGE PARKING LOT APPROX 25 MPH, LIGHT POLE WITH CONCRETE BASE WAS IN BLIND SPOT AS I WAS TURNING. HIT THE CONCRETE HEAD ON, $12,000 WORTH OF DAMAGE TO MY TRUCK, FRAME BENT, FRONT END REPLACED AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE DEALER HAD NO EXPLANATION OTHER THAN THE DAMAGE MUST HAVE BEEN IN JUST THE WRONG SPOT. I WENT TO THE HOSPITAL WITH HEAD AND NECK INJURIES. *JB

NHTSA ID

10197689

Incident

Nov 3, 2003

Mileage

40,000 mi

HEAD-ON COLLISION AT 50 MPH AND AIRBAGS DID NOT INFLATE.*AK

NHTSA ID

10148912

Incident

Dec 6, 2004

I WAS DRIVINEG ON THE FREEWAY. THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS SET AT 70 MPH. IT WAS RAINING I WENT THROUGH A PUDDLE AND THE CAR HYDROPLANED AND HEADED TOWRD THE CONCRETE MEDIAN, IT WOULD NOT STRAIGHTEN AND I HIT THE MEDIAN HEAD ON. THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.*AK

NHTSA ID

10072577

Incident

Apr 30, 2004

Mileage

80,000 mi

FRONTAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY IN COLLISION. *AK

NHTSA ID

10066520

Incident

Apr 12, 2004

WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED SEVERE HEAD INJURIES AND WAS TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL. *AK *JB *NM

NHTSA ID

10044753

Incident

Oct 12, 2003

Mileage

50,000 mi

WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH DRIVER HIT THE BRAKES SUDDENLY AND VEHICLE HIT THE CURB AND ROLLED TWICE. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. PEOPLE WERE EJECTED FROM THE VEHICLE. AS A RESULT,THEY DIED. *AK

NHTSA ID

10046166

Incident

Aug 3, 2003

Mileage

38,000 mi

THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION, AND NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. *NLM *PH *JB

NHTSA ID

10018205

Incident

May 5, 2003

IT HAD BEEN RAINING SLIGHTLY AND AS I ATTEMPTED TO USE AN EXIT RAMP FROM THE HIGHWAY MY ANTILOCK BRAKES FAILED I SKIDDED AND SPUN AND ENDED UP HITTING THE CONCRETE BARRIER WHICH DID NOT MAKE MY AIRBAGS DEPLOY EVEN THOUGH THE CAR HIT HARD ENOUGH TO BEND THE FRAME OF THE FRONT END BY AN INCH AND A HALF

NHTSA ID

10007793

Incident

Jan 17, 2003

Mileage

37,500 mi

AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY DURING SIDE IMPACT. HE STATES THAT THE "B-PILLAR" IS SHOVED AGAINST THE AIR BAG. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TS

NHTSA ID

10004847

AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY DURING A SIDE IMPACT. HE SAYS HE DOES NOT KNOW WHERE THE AIR BAG SUPPOSE TO DEPLOY, BECAUSE THE B PILLAR IS RESTING AGAINST THE SIDE AIR BAG. HE WANTS TO KNOW IF THE B PILLAR IS SHOVED AGAINST THE SIDE OF THE AIR BAG WHERE IS THE AIR BAG SUPPOSE TO GO WHEN IT DEPLOYS. TS

NHTSA ID

10004844

Incident

Jan 28, 2003

AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY DURING SIDE IMPACT. HE SAYS THAT THE B PILLAR IS SHOVED AGAINST THE SIDE WHERE THE AIR BAG IS LOCATED, SO WHERE IS THE AIRBAG SUPPOSE TO GO. TS

NHTSA ID

10004842

Incident

Jan 28, 2003

DRIVER FRONT AND SIDE AIR BAGS AS WELL AS PASSENGER FRONT AND SIDE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY IN MY 2001 CHEVROLET TAHOE WHEN MY VEHICLE HIT BLACK ICE ON I-70 IN KANSAS AND WAS STRUCK BY AN 18 WHEEL TRUCK. TRUCK HIT AT SECOND PASSENGER DOOR ON RIGHT SIDE, SPUN OUR VEHICLE, RIPPED OFF THE FRONT GRILL, BADLY DENTED THE FRONT BUMPER AND TOTALLED THE VEHICLE. NO AIR BAGS DEPLOYED AND BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER RECEIVED CHEST, HEAD AND FACIAL INJURIES. DT

NHTSA ID

769917

Incident

Oct 23, 2002

THE THIRD ROW SEATBELT WILL NOT RETRACT AT ALL THE TOP OF THE SEATBELT WILL GET STUCK. PLEASE FURNISH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. MR

NHTSA ID

8022789

Incident

Aug 1, 2002

WHILE TRAVELING AT 35 MPH CONSUMER WAS HIT HEAD-ON, AND VEHICLE ALMOST TIPPED OVER. UPON IMPACT, FRONT AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

NHTSA ID

8018113

Incident

Apr 5, 2002

WHILE TRAVELING ONTO ON INTERSECTION ANOTHER VEHICLE RAN THE RED LIGHT AND HIT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, DUAL AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY.DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK *YH

NHTSA ID

8017829

Incident

Sep 19, 2001