Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIR BAGS | |||
| 01/31/2004 | 114000 | 3 | 05/13/2000 |
| My son rear ended a semi-tractor trailer truck in a snow storm last week. he was wearing his seat belt. air temps previous week were in the -20 to -40 range. temperature at time of accident was -15. i raise this as indicated below. *ak my concerns are: 1. the air bag did not deploy. there was $6000 damage to our 2004 chevy k2500 crew cab pick-up to include grill, radiator, both quarter panels, hood, bumper and forward engine components. the impact speed was estimated at 25 mph. that should have deployed the bag. i realize that there were no injuries and my insurance would have covered the bag, but i think (as did everyone else who have seen the damage) that the bag should have deployed. 2. abs system failed. truck rear end slid to right toward traffic. my son was able to regain control. choice of impact was either into on coming traffic, off road down deep hill into forest or rear end truck. note: other owners in area of the 1999-2000 pick-up series have also had abs system failed. local dealers are aware of failure around 100,000 mile mark but say that it is normal. abs light is now on. side note - we have had repeated problems with this vehicle and have taken it to different dealers. problems include ongoing short in electrical system in cold weather, 4 wheel drive fails to disengage although light on dash says it has (discovered at local repair shop), computer failure on dealer installed equipment (not covered under warranty because it was an option). | |||
| AIR BAGS - FRONTAL | |||
| 10/18/2001 | 11/01/1999 | ||
| My husband craig was in collided head on into the side of another vehicle doing about 35 to 40mph. he hit the front hard enough to total the front end of the truck and shove the engine back several inches. the frame is also bent. we believe the truck will be qualified as totalled. dispite the force of the impact, the air bags did not deploy. craig had his seat belt on so was only bruised and sore after the accident. we are conserned with the airbag failure. what if there had been a passenger or cercumstances would have required them? *ak | |||