2006 Chevrolet Equinox: airbags did not deploy in a crash

Filed Dec 7, 2014 · Airbags · 145,000 miles · GA · crash · 3 injuries

I purchased a car from drivetime, in the year of 2012, a 2006 chevy equinox [awd]. On november 22, 2014, I was in my car and entering a blinf curve, when another car came head to head towards my SUV. I turned to the right to keep from going head on with the car. There was a 6 foot drop ditch on my passenger side. I swirled to keep from going into the ditch and hit a telegram pole instead. I do not remember much, because I blink out for at least ten minutes, my nephew said. In the course of this hit and run accident, my airbags did not deploy. I was rushed to the hospital by ambulance. After I was released from the hospital, I called my mechanic to check my car to see if the damages can be fixed without using my insurance. To my shocked, he expressed that my airbag was never connected in my truck. I contacted drivetime dealership, they said it ws expressed in my contract that they did not warrant the airbag neither did they guarantee that the work. I entered a panic phase, and the nightmares never stop. I almost died because they sold me a truck with disconnected airbags. I am afraid to drive my car, because next time I might not be so lucky. The car is in the shop, and they are harassing me to pay the car not, and when will I get the car out of the shop. I asked them will they fix the airbag, they said no, and if I do not pay the car note that they would reposses my car, and it would effect my credit. I am afraid of this car. Ii am disabled and I travel with a service dog [german sheppard]. She was hurt for a few days, after the incidence.

Filed May 2, 2014 · Airbags · 74,825 miles · MI · crash

My airbag did not deploy when the car hit the tree. It hit so hard the back tires came completely off the ground.

Filed Jan 16, 2014 · Airbags, Body · KY · crash · 2 injuries

Hit a one ton low bed dump truck, the whole front end of my SUV was demolished, my airbags didn't deploy and I ended up with really bad whiplash from the accident, to where I'm still in major pain! Wondering if there was a lawsuit against this? Never dealt with a wreck this bad, I was just curious!

Filed Jul 10, 2010 · Airbags · 104,000 miles · TN · crash · 1 injury

2006 chevy equinox air bags did not deploy in my daughter's front crash accident. Her car was totaled. She hit a mailbox and in a spin on the driver's front side hit a telephone pole. She hit her head on the steering wheel and hurt her back. The rear windshield was also shattered and also had a back flat tire. I called our local gm dealer and they told me to call gm. She called gm but they got her upset and she in other words said there was nothing they could do about the air bags not deploying. In other words this is a defect of this model and they aren't going to do anything about it.

Filed Aug 10, 2009 · Airbags · 48,000 miles · MO · crash · 1 injury

Vehicle involved in a one-auto accident - 2006 chevrolet equinox - hydroplaned and hit an embankment with the front end and flipped over. The air bag did not deploy. This is not the first time this vehicle has had an impact to the front bumper and the air bag has never deployed. Each time the front bumper had damage sustained which should have caused the impact the set the air bag off.

Filed Apr 1, 2008 · Airbags, Seat belts · 28,742 miles · CA · crash · 4 injuries

Four car pileup on hwy 41 nb. We were veh.#3 and hit forward and were hit from behind. Our seat belts did not restrain us and the air bags did not deploy. My husband , ernst, flew into the dashboard and I slammed into the steering wheel.