In motion. 2004 cavalier air bag did not deploy causing injury after impact with telephone pole. Picture of pole snapped in half. State road 252 martinsville indiana. Picture of pole car is totaled.
2004 Chevrolet Cavalier: airbags did not deploy in a crash
7 of the 330 complaints about the 2004 Chevrolet Cavalier describe airbags did not deploy in a crash.
- owner complaints
- 7
- of this car's complaints
- 2%
- typical mileage
- 50,000
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
Airbags did not deploy in a crash by model year
What owners say
Takata recall air bag did not deploy after hitting telephone pole. Snapped in half, car totaled. State road 252 martinsville, indiana. Car in motion.
Takata recall air bag did not deploy after hitting telephone pole. Snapped in half, car totaled. State road 252 martinsville, indiana. Car in motion.
Tl*the contact owns a 2004 chevrolet cavalier. The contact stated that the drivers seat malfunctioned and the air bag did not deploy when a truck crashed into her vehicle from the rear. She also crashed into the vehicle in front of her. The contact and a passenger were injured and had to go to the hospital the following day. The police was there but no report was filed. The gm manufacturer was notified and a claim was filed. A representative was scheduled to inspect the vehicle but they never came. The failure mileage was 45,000. Updated 03/05/10
While I was driving over a highway at 55 MPH under heavy rain conditions, I lost control of my vehicle (chevy cavalier 2004) and had a frontal crash against the concrete median. During the impact, the air bags did not deploy provoking minor injuries in the face to the only occupant of the vehicle. Two days after the accident I filled out a report with gmc and they sent an inspector to take the information from the "black box" and some pictures of the final condition of the car. I tried to contact the representative in charge (tracy saverino) for weeks, I left several voice messages to find out what to do with the damaged vehicle, already being repaired by the insurance company. I expressed my concern for keeping this vehicle in operation after the safety system's test in real conditions. Recently I was notified by a letter through the gmc claims department that they are not going to take responsibility for the defective system and they did not give any result of the investigation or explanation of the causes that originated the malfunction. They encourage me to preserve in the immediate post-accident condition the vehicle if I wished to support with evidences my claim when they have the information taken directly from the vehicle which was in the post-accident condition by the day of the inspection. This behavior constitutes a disrespect and is a form of abusive treatment considering that the company was reluctant to answer my phone calls and intentionally protracted the procedure to allow the customer to start with the repairs and dodge the responsibility and conceal a mechanical defect in this vehicle and probably many others with the same component serial number.
I'm filing this for my dad. He wouldn't know how to use a computer. A man stole a vehicle and was being chased by police in kansas city when my dad was in the intersection at the wrong time and was hit square on the driver's side of his chevy cavalier. I'm not sure of the year, but it's less than 3 years old. He had his seat belt on, but the air bag never deployed. The crash was severe enough that he has 7 fractured ribs, left pelvic fracture, left acetabular fracture, left tibia/fibular fractures and 2 fractures in the ankle of his left foot. He's still in rehab. I'm not sure the deployment of the airbag would have made a huge difference, but wanted to make sure this was not a consistent problem. I just clicked no on the previous page about release of my dad's information since you'd have to ask him that question. Thanks for looking into this. My number in san antonio is 210‑492‑7653 (barbara roach).
Vehicle t-boned at 45 MPH and front air bags did not deploy. Consumer had the vehicle towed to dealer, and mechanic determined that air bag sensor was located inside the front seat belts.
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Questions about the 2004 Chevrolet Cavalier no deployment
Is airbags did not deploy in a crash a common problem on the 2004 Chevrolet Cavalier?
7 of 330 owner complaints about the 2004 Chevrolet Cavalier (2%) mention airbags did not deploy in a crash. The model year with the most reports is 1996.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 2004 Chevrolet Cavalier?
There is no recall or service bulletin for this area of the car on record.
Other symptoms on the 2004 Chevrolet Cavalier
Fuel gauge 49Stalling 17Check engine light 11Overheating 10Fuel pump 7Wipers 7ABS 6Grinding brakes 6Fire or smoke 6Headlights 6Power windows 6Won't start 5
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