Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIR BAGS | |||||
| 98839010 | 06/01/1998 | 602269 | Some customers may comment that the air bag warning light comes on intermittently or stays on. *yc | 10/20/1998 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIR BAGS | |||
| 05/20/2007 | 60000 | 1 | 10/23/2006 |
| Tl*the contact owns a 1998 chevrolet monte carlo. while driving 60 mph, the contact was unaware of an approaching curve. she overcorrected the turn, struck the guard rail, sped down an embankment, and crashed into the side of a house. the air bags failed to deploy. the contact sustained severe head, chest, and neck injuries. a police report was filed. the dealer and manufacturer have not been contacted. the engine size was unknown. the current and failure mileages were 60,000. | |||
| Consumer state as a result of highdroplained into a ditch at 40 mph vehicle air bags did not deploy. please provide further information. ph | |||
| 06/01/2000 | 1 | 11/01/1997 | |
| Horn does not work and the airbag is located in the same pod. *ak | |||
| 08/16/1998 | 1 | 04/01/1998 | |
| Repairs have been made by the manufactor as of 3/31/99.*ak | |||
| AIR BAGS - FRONTAL | |||
| 04/06/2004 | 1 | 08/20/1998 | |
| Air bag on passenger side dash has lifted up - the vinyl cover has lifted off. there was no impact or any other reason for this to happen. the air bag is still in the dash and has not imploded but i am fearful that this might happen. chevrolet has said they will review the problem and perhaps may or may not pay 50% to having the air bag repaired which they say means installing an entire new system. i contend that this is a defect and chevrolet should take care of the problem free of charge. chevrolet said because of the year and mileage (62,000) that it is not under warrenty and they cannot be responsible. | |||
| 02/08/2001 | 4 | 09/01/1998 | |
| Brakes failed at 25 mph causing consumer to rearend another vehicle. damage to vehicle was $2100. vehicle had been taken to dealer numerous times in past, beginning in august of 2000. dealer replaced calipers/pads, and turned rotors. dealer said there was nothing wrong with brakes. also, neither airbag deployed. *ak *slc | |||
| 06/22/1999 | |||
| While driving approximately 45 mph, vehicle had direct frontal impact, and driver's/passenger's airbags did not deploy, failing to protect occupant in this crash. no prior problems with airbag system. please provide further information. *ak | |||
| AIR BAGS - SIDE/WINDOW | |||
| Passenger's side airbag is defective. vehicle was checked by dealer, who stated consumer needed to do maintenance on airbags. *ak | |||