Chevy equinox was traveling in the slow lane on highway. Side airbags deployed erroneously, no contact to the vehicle.
2011 Chevrolet Equinox airbags complaints
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The air bag light came on a few weeks ago and the light on the dashboard stays on when driving.
My airbag light keep coming on.it has been doing this since I bought the car 8 years ago. Chevy has fixed it before now it is doing the same thing again. It should be recall on the chevy equinox I'm not the only one who is having this problem. When I start the car the airbag light comes on.chevy diagnosed it and said the cause is b0074-00 and b0074-od the cost to repair is over a $1000.00 they know people have been having this problem for a long time. I bought this car brand new.
Traveling straight on city street, 30 MPH, was t-boned in center of driver's side door. Side airbag did not deploy? Damage to both doors, center and lower pillar, and the traction control bar bent. Concussion and bruising from inside pillar to driver. Driver was wearing seat belt at time of collision
Tamara recall the service airbag light comes on when I start my vehicle and stays on from time to time. This has been going on and scares me that it might deploy unexpectedly. I feel as if my life is in danger because of this.
Driving home I was approaching intersection in which a few cars were beginning to move as I approached the red light. On a county highway, upon seeing the slow start, I began breaking. Unfortunately I continually pushed brake pedal to floor numerous times with no ability to stop and ran my vehicle under back end of a fedex delivery truck. One head on collision occurred my airbag canisters initiated but but the air bags never deployed after impact I did receive indicator notification stating airbag service required. Prior to the collision o have had total rebuild of motor from block upward by gmc I reported that numerous times while on hwy my card would suddenly stall/ lag . Going from 65-70mph down to 20-30mph. Have had engine maintained well and changing oil etc was told all 3 times I took it is it resulted nothing that could be replicated. Despite having been lucky since it common apparantly for my vehichle to begin loses oil and has to be refilled q-2 x week ly.( seems to be common complaint from automotive men to state all is good. 1) it is not all good. 2) I could have been killed or seriously injured because of stalling, failed breaking system and lack of air bag.deployment.I also took several times for timing belt repair and even had motor rebuilt and also despite just having put on when this started 3 monthseago, have had issues since 4 mo after buying vehicle ( had 20,000 miles on it . Of course am always told not in warranty time limit or my VIN # not included in cars identified of increased risk and always told there is an inability to replicate complaints. Well now I have a totalled car but praise be to god he still writing my story and I am unharmed and will need new vehichle
Vechical was involved in a crash, rear ended another vehicle, vechical was totaled. Airbags never went off. On a highway about 50-60 MPH.
The lights keep coming on even though stuff was replaced
Airbag light stays on needs to be serviced it keeps saying airbags are off this light comes on everytime equinox is in motion and continues to beep all the time!
When seating in the driver seat turn on the car my air bag warren come on even when I turning the wheel left or right it come on and I did get warrant card and I call a chevy dealer in quincy fla and they said they did it still it keep popping up let talk about that oil that I keep losing with in 4week bout the oil when I get a oil charge when in a 3 week checking my cage and checking my oil stick now I know what the cage on the oil stick level should be I have a uncle that works for chevrolet dealer in upper state that show me what to look for now this don't make sense so
The service airbag light came on upon starting it one morning , but have not been in an accident. The car has a total of 58,863 miles on it. Can't understand why this happened!
Airbag light keep coming on. Dealer fixed it but it keep coming on. Comes on when I am stationary and driving. It always read service airbag.
June 9, 2017 at 10:00 pm I hit a deer on south dakota hwy 11 in lincoln county. The speed limit was 65 MPH and I was going 68 MPH when I hit the deer head on. I drove over to the side of the road and the vehicle stopped. After a few minutes my wife and I smelled burning electrical wire. We got out of the car and started to walk away and within 10 minutes the whole thing went up in flames. The car was totaled and the airbags did not go off. If we would have went in the ditch and been unconscious we would have burnt up with the vehicle. There is no reason that vehicle should have started on fire. Gmc will not acknowledge that there was anything wrong with the vehicle.
My airbag light is on saying airbag maintenance. I was not involved in a accident
Involved in an accident where I collided with another car. The front end of my car was completed damaged to the point where the car was totaled. The problem with this accident was the air bags did not go off causing injury to myself and my wife. I estimate the speed at collision to be around 30mph. I was traveling west bound at about 630pm in the evening, on a four lane city road with a center turn lane. I was in my lane and failed to stop before hitting the car in front of me. My wife spoke with the repair shop clerk who informed that this was a common issue with many equinox's under the same conditions. I believe the air bags should have gone off and therefore I
Takata recall hit on driver side front wheel and door bumper lites bent the front wheel in too the motor. Just started too move forward. City street going strate.
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 chevrolet equinox. When starting the vehicle, the air bag warning indicator remained illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the air bag sensor failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 127,000.
Service airbag has been on for about 6 months; currently the passenger airbag "off" is illuminated. I am going to assume that means the passengeer airbag will not deploy during an accident. I have been reading online and it seems like this is a common problem with the chevrolet equinox and chevy nor general motors have put a recall on the defective air bags. Dtc incorrect b0081 (right sis installed) and b0074 (passenger occupant classification sensor circuit) seems to be the cause.
Service airbag light came on after passenger seat and airbag light turned off. The side 2 passenger airbag kept going on and off until finally it shut down. Have never been in an accident nor has the airbags had a problem before. Safety issue here needs fixing. Multiple things started happening after I hit 50k miles. Tires losing air, passenger bag not working and sound going off and on.
Vehicle keeps showing service air bag and makes a digging notification noise while driving and I have not been involved in a accident
I was driving 79mph down interstate 295 when a voulcher flew into my front driver side lower car panel causing the air bag canister to deploy but not the airbag itself. The airbag light came on and the service airbag came up on my display. I contacted state patrol and they came out to see the damage but could not file a report. I do however, have the state patrol officers name and email address. I had to get my car towed and taken to a garage where an airbag specialist came out and claimed that the airbag system was messed up and it had to be replaced along with my seatbelts. I was not injured luckily but it is scary to know that my airbag did not deploy.
My husband and I purchased a 2011 chevrolet equinox on 8/20/14, mileage 29,548 from carmax in glencoe il. We also purchased the extended warranty. Shortly after we purchased the vehicle the service airbag light came on and I would constantly have to clear it from the screen so I could view the digital spedometer. I made a call in regards to the issue and was informed that there was no recall for this issue. I was very frustrated and continued to deal with this annoying problem for quite some time. In may 2015, my father urged me to have it checked out because he felt it was a major safety concern. So I made an appointment for 7/1/15 with the service department at the place where we purchased the vehicle. Mileage as of 7/1/15 was 39,609 after they took a look at the vehicle, they informed me that there was a problem with the connectors. Although the parts were covered under warranty, I still had to pay for the labor to the tune of $250.00. I am not sure why there has not been a recall because this is obviously a safety issue. I always get screwed over :(
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 chevrolet equinox. The contact was involved in a frontal crash. The air bags failed to deploy. A police report was not filed and no injuries were sustained. The vehicle was declared destroyed by the insurance company. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 58,000.
Large pickup truck with snow plow ran stop sign at intersection, snow plow blade hit left side/left front of car, at speed of about 45 MPH. Impact forced car off the road, into a pile of frozen ice and snow. Damage was severe enough that left front door was almost sliced off the car with serious body damage to left front and left front corner. All doors were jammed shut. Neither front nor side airbags deployed. Seat belt on driver did not tighten up either. Damage also to seat frame and dashboard.
While changing lanes during an ice storm, the vehicle's back end let lose and the driver lost control and slide into the media at which time the vehicle was projected into the guardrail head on. Neither front airbags deployed nor did any of the airbags deploy.
Air bag light came on and won't go off and won't stop dinging. No crashes, no sudden stops, 33,000 miles. This should be fixed by the dealers expense.
While driving this being with a malfunctioning tcmp I was coming up on a light at about 45 MPH and the brakes failed and upon impact the seat belt did not lock but actually let me move right into the steering wheel thus causing serious damage to my sternum and also breaking 2 ribs and my head cracked my windshield and the vehicle was totaled out by the insurance company who of course did not pay anything near what I did go figure.
My air bag light came on and stayed on. I just purchase the vehicle less than 90 days. They state the air bag was not under warranty. However, the tech states the tsb part in the passenger side is out in the air bag. I am sure the dealer knew of this issue when they did the diagnostic before the car was sold to me. They will not fix the vehicle @ their and expense and I am out of $541.00. I feel that this issues needs to be address and a recall down due to the complaints for air bag on file, and my money is refunded by the manufacturer .
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 chevrolet equinox. The contact stated that the service air bag warning light illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 56,000.
The service airbags light has been coming on for about 10,000 miles now- it is on and off.. We finally was able to get it to the dealer - dealer states there is a tsb about it but no recall so they will not fix it. We have standard warranty and an additional extended warranty and both say airbags and wiring are not covered. Mechanic at dealer states that all of them have the same problem with the wiring connector and it is a 10 minute fix, but we would have to pay 350.03 to fix. I think this should be made a recall as everyone's' safety is at risk.
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