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 1995 GMC Jimmy submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 35 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.
The 25 most recent of 35, in the owner's own words
VEHICLE INVOLVED IN HEAD-ON COLLISION AT 45 MPH. VEHICLE WAS DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY, RESULTING IN INJURIES TO DRIVER'S CHEST AND ARMS. GMC HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK
I HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE AND MY AIR BAG DIDN'T GO OFF WHICH CAUSED ME TO HIT THE STEERING WHEEL AND HURT MY CHIN AND JAW. DT
AIR BAG LIGHT ON DASHBOARD HAS COME ON, AND IS STAYING ON. DEALERSHIP HAS EXAMINED VEHICLE AND DETERMINED THAT AIR BAG MODULE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. *AK *JB
VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AT 30 MPH WHERE THE AXLE BENT UP UNDER VEHICLE, CRUSHING DRIVER, AND AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. MANUFACTURER WILL BE NOTIFIED.*AK
WHILE DRIVING ON BACK ROAD HIT BLACK ICE, APPLIED BRAKES, AND RAN INTO A DITCH. DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DIDN'T DEPLOY. *AK
THE AIRBAG MODULE HAD TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $400.00. WITHOUT THIS PART THE AIRBAG COULD BE DEPLOYED ACCIDENTLY OR NOT AT ALL IN THGE EVENT OF A CRASH. THIS PART SHOULD BE COVERED LONGER, JUST AS THE EMMISIONS EQUIPMENT IS.
VEHICLE SLID OUT OF CONTROL WHEN PASSED BY A TRUCK, RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT, NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG AND FAILURE OF SEAT BELTS, INJURY RESULTED FROM FAILURES.
DURING VEHICLE COLLISION NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG WITH FAILURE OF THE SEAT BELT CAUSED HEAD, HAND AND FACIAL INJURY TO CONSUMER.
WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH APPLIED THE BRAKES, AND THEY WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOORBOARD, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO REAR END ANOTHER VEHICLE. DRIVER SIDE AND THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. *AK
VEHICLE HIT A CONCRETE WALL AT 40MPH, HEAD-ON, AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY, NOR DID THE SEAT BELT TIGHTEN. DEALER SAID THERE WAS NO DEFECT IN THE AIRBAG. *AK
WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 35MPH WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE PULLED OUT FROM SIDE STREET & WAS BROADSIDED. AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY UPON IMPACT. DRIVER SUFFERED TRAUMA TO THE ARMS. *AK
THE CONSUMER HAS EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG. THE CONSUMER'S AIRBAG FAILED TO DEPLOY DURING A FRONT END COLLISION. THE MANUFACTURER HAS YET TO BE CONTACTED. *AK DURING THE COLLISION, 2 PEOPLE WERE INJURED. *SLC
VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A REAR END FENDER BENDER AT APPROX. 30-35 MPH IMPACT, DRIVER'S AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER NOTIFED. *AK
WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH ANOTHER VEHICLE PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF OF THE CONSUMER, AND THE CONSUMER REAR ENDED THE VEHICLE IN FRONT. THE DRIVER 'S SIDE AIR BAG DID'NT DEPLOY. *AK
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ABOUT 30 MPH WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE PULLED OUT IN FRONT, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO REAR END THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID'NT DEPLOY.829274 DUP OF 829272; POSTED ON 09-07-1999. *AK
OWNER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT IN WHICH FRONT OF VEHICLE STRUCK THE SIDE OF ANOTHER VEHICLE AT 45 T0 50 MPH, CAUSING NON DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG. OWNER WAS HURT IN ACCIDENT DUE TO AIRBAG NOT DEPLOYING. *AK
ABS FAILED RESULTING IN CRASH AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.
ANT-LOCK BRAKES LOCKED UP CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL/ACCIDENT NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING COLLISION.
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING A VEHICLE COLLISION, RESULTING IN INJURIES TO CHEST, LEGS AND BACK.
DURING FRONTAL IMPACT AT 50 MPH, THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. 536788 DUP OF 824030; POSTED ON 09-07-1999. *AK ONE PERSON WAS INJURED IN ACCIDENT. *SLC
ANTI LOCK BRAKES FAILED RESULTING IN A COLLISION. BURNS CAUSED BY AIR BAGS.
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ABOUT 45-50 MPH, FOR NO APPARENT REASON THE VEHICLE BUCKED AND JERKED THEN ACCELERATED TO A SPEED OF 70+ MPH. DRIVER RAN VEHICLE INTO A OPEN BAY AT GAS STATION TO STOP. THE VEHCLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED *AK. CONSUMER STATED DRIVER SIDE AIRG DID NOT DEPLOY.*JB
WIFE DRIVING, ANOTHER VEHICLE RAN STOP SIGN, JIMMY HIT OTHER VEHICLE BROADSIDE, DRIVER'S AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
UPON IMPACT, DURING FRONTAL CRASH WHEN HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE BROADSIDE, AT APPROX. 40MPH, 12:00 ON FRONT BUMPER, AIRBAG FAILED TO DEPLOY. *AK
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAGS DURING COLLISION.
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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