Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIR BAGS | |||
| 09/06/2012 | |||
| Tl* the contact owns a 1998 chevrolet tahoe. the contact stated that the driver was traveling 40 mph and experienced a seizure. as a result, the contact crashed into a ditch and the air bags failed to deploy. the crash caused the driver to suffer head injuries. the police were contacted and report was filed. the vehicle was destroyed and towed to a body shop. the manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. the vin was unknown. the failure and current mileages were unknown. | |||
| 09/06/2012 | |||
| Tl- the contact owns a 1998 chevrolet tahoe. the contact stated that the driver was traveling 40 mph and experienced a seizure. as a result, the contact crashed into a ditch and the air bags failed to deploy. the crash caused the driver to suffer head injuries. the police were contacted and report was filed. the vehicle was destroyed and towed to a body shop. the manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. the vin was unknown. the failure and current mileages were unknown. kmj | |||
| 09/06/2012 | |||
| Tl- the contact owns a 1998 chevrolet tahoe. the contact stated the driver was traveling 40 mph when the driver experienced a seizure and the vehicle crashed in to a ditch and the air bags failed to deploy. the crash caused the driver to suffer head injuries. the police were contacted and report was taken. the vehicle was destroyed. the vehicle was towed to a body shop. the manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. the vin was unknown. the failure and current mileages were unknown. rds | |||
| 12/08/2005 | 84228 | 1 | 06/10/2003 |
| Truck skid on ice and front end was smashed in. the air bags never deployed causing and driver to be thrown from the vehicle. the driver did have surgery on his leg because of the severity of the break. the driver will not be able to put any pressure on the leg for a minimum of three months. and after that it will be very minimal and will gradually increase. during this time the driver will not be able to work and therefore now has no source of income. truck is totaled. *nm | |||
| 01/12/2005 | 38000 | 3 | 11/02/1997 |
| Engine quit during heavy rain,at 40 mph, brakes locked up, resulting in loss of steering and control. vehicle ran off road and hit a tree. air bags did not deploy. no injuries, but major damage to vehicle. *nm | |||
| 01/18/2003 | 81625 | 10/12/1997 | |
| Brakes on 1998 chevy tahoe failed causing rear end collision. abs brakes never came on abs light on ofter collision. extenssive front end damage to vehicile srs system never deployed with major front end dammage. | |||
| AIR BAGS - FRONTAL | |||
| 05/30/2009 | 168000 | 1 | |
| I was in a front end accident and my airbags didn't deploy. *tr | |||
| Consumer was involved in a frontal collision whiletraveling at 30-40 mph, impact mid center, and neither driver's side nor passenger's side air bags deployed. please provide any further details.*ak | |||
| 07/28/1998 | 1 | ||
| In passing lane (55-65mph) when another started backing up. tahoe rearended vehicle. dual air bags did not deploy upon impact. no injuries. *ak | |||
| AIR BAGS - FRONTAL - SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE | |||
| 1 | 02/01/1998 | ||
| Due ot air bag sensor location, if carpet gets wet the sensor can make air bag deploy, design defect. | |||
| AIR BAGS - ON-OFF SWITCH ASSEMBLY | |||
| 1 | 11/01/1998 | ||
| Passenger side air bag on and off switch is lacking or not installed. yh | |||