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 2001 Chevrolet Venture submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 15 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
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET VENTURE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE INVOLVED IN A CRASH, THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND MINOR INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. UPDATED 10/2/14*CN UPDATED 05/12/2015 *JS
WE WERE TRAVELING NORTH BOUND GOING ABOUT 60 MPH ON HWY 99 JUST NORTH OF SACRAMENTO. AN AMBULANCE CUT IN FRONT OF US AND SLOWED DOWN. THE RIGHT FRONT OF THE 2001 CHEVY VENTURE STRUCK THE LEFT REAR END OF THE AMBULANCE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY MY DAUGHTER INJURED HER HAND AND LEGS. I INJURED MY STERNUM, BRUISED MY STOMACH, AND INJURED MY RIGHT LEG. WE DO HAVE PICTURES SHOWING THAT THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *TR
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION THE VEHICLE IN FRONT MADE A U TURN WHICH RESULTED IN A COLLISION. THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE IMPACTED THE OTHER VEHICLE ON THE REAR LEFT SIDE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AT THE SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS ALSO PRESENT. UPDATED 08/29/06. *JB
HAD INTERMITANT AIRBAG LIGHT, REPAIRED BY DEALER UNDER WARRANTY. DEALER FIXED DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR. THEN HAD 40 MPH FRONT END CRASH, FRONT AND SIDE AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. SDM HAS HISTORY OF FAILURE ON THIS VAN. CONTACTED GM, THEY STATED 'NO ISSUE - CASE CLOSED'. NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. I AM AN AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEER, ALL CONDITIONS SHOULD HAVE BEEN MET IN THIS CRASH FOR AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT.
I HAVE A 2001 VENTURE WITH AN AIRBAG LIGHT THAT OCCASIONALLY COMES ON. DEALER SAYS THAT IT IS A FAULTY SENSOR IN THE SEAT BELT. DEALER AND GM CUSTOMER SERVICE BOTH CLAIM NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR A DEFECTIVE SRS ON A VEHICLE WITH LESS THAN 48,000 MILES. I CONTEND THAT THE SAFETY RESTRAINT SYSTEM SHOULD LAST THE LIFE OF THE VEHICLE IF IT IS NOT DAMAGED DUE TO WEAR OR ABUSE. I CONTEND THAT GM IS LIABLE IF MY SRS FAILS.
WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONSUMER SUSTAINED A FRACTURED STERNUM AND WAS HOSPITALIZED. *AK ANOTHER VEHICLE ALSO HIT THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE IN THE REAR. THE VEHICLE WAS DECLARED TOTALED. *SC *JB
THE CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION WITH A TRAILER THAT BECAME DETACHED FROM ANOTHER CONSUMER'S VEHICLE AND NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. *JB
MY DAUGHTER AND I WERE INVOLVED IN A COLLISION AT APPROX 65MPH WITH A 24' FLATBED TRAILER THAT DETACHED ITSELF FROM A VEHICLE HEADED THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. MY VAN HAD SEVERE FRONTAL/RIGHT FRONTAL DAMAGE. ON STAR WAS NOTIFIED UPON IMPACT-BY THE AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT SENSORS-AND DISPATCHED EMS FOR ME. THE DRIVER, PASSENGER AND SIDE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE ON STAR SYSTEM SHOWS THEY DID. *AK
I WAS INVOLVED IN A ACCIDENT IN MY 2001 CHEVROLET VENTURE. WE WHERE DRIVING AT A SPEED OF 45 MPH, WHEN A CAR PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF US. WE HIT HIM BROADSIDE AT 30-45 MPH. OUR VEHICLE THEN SPUN AROUND AND WAS HIT BROADSIDE ON THE DRIVERS SIDE BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE FRONT NOR THE SIDE PASSENGER AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. OUR VEHICLE WAS TOTALED.*AK
TRAVELING 45-50 MPH WITH GREEN LIGHT IN 2001 CHEVY VENTURE MINI-VAN, CAR TURNED ABRUPTLY IN FRONT OF US, WE STRUCK THEM IN THE PASSENGER SIDE. ALL 4 IN OUR VEHICLE WEARING SEAT BELTS BUT NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. BOTH VEHICLES WERE TOTALED. *NLM
I WAS IN A ACCIDENT GOING BETWEEN 30 TO 32 MPH AND HIT A CAR WITH THE FRONT OF THE VAN. THE OTHER CAR WAS STRUCK ON THE DRIVER SIDE OF THE CAR. NEITHER OF THE AIR BAGS IN MY VENTURE VAN WENT OFF. THE FRONT BUMPER, HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY, GRILL AND HOLD WERE ALL DAMAGED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND POLICE DEPARTMENT WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I MAKE A COMPLAINT WITH YOU BECAUSE THEY STATED THAT BOTH AIR BAGS SHOULD HAVE WENT OFF. AS FAR AS I KNOW THERE IS NO SWITCH TO TURN EITHER AIR BAG OFF.
AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK
WAS DRIVING VEHICLE AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH WHEN VEHICLE IN FRONT STOPPED SHORT. APPLIED BRAKES AND PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, FAILING TO STOP VEHICLE. VEHICLE IN FRONT WAS REAR-ENDED. AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY UPON IMPACT. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS.*AK
CONSUMER'S VEHICLE BROADSIDED ANOTHER VEHIICLE AT 20-25 MPH AND NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED.DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION IN WHICH DRIVER'S AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK CONSUMER STATES THERE WERE 2 INJURIES AND ONE FATALITY. *YH
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