Chevrolet Suburban 1500 no deployment problems

Filed Sep 24, 2015 · Airbags · 132,945 miles · WA · crash

While travelling on the highway at approximately 50 MPH, vehicle struck an adult deer - front end square hit offset to passenger side. Front passenger lights, grill, radiator supports, bumper, side fender, and hood all severely damaged. Airbags did not deploy. Damage to the vehicle ended up at $4,386.

Filed Apr 28, 2015 · Airbags, Body · 65,000 miles · MT · crash

My two children and I where coming home from a wrestling tournament traveling on a highway doing about 65 MPH. They were in the back seat. We all had seat belts on. I had a epileptic seizure and they said my foot hit the throttle so we might have be going faster when we hit. I last recall doing the speed limit. I went to the left and missed a power pole but hit the railroad tracks(these tracks are banked up on dirt and rock). Which caused the suburban to some how roll 4 to 5 times down the tracks.we ended up on the other side of the tracks on our rims. Every tire was blown. Every window was shattered except the front it had a hole in a center of it which a railroad tie came thru. There are impressions of the railroad road tracks on the suburban . The driver side of the suburban is smash down to the driver head rest . I ended up with a broken neck. Thank goodness my kids seats were reclined in the back or their necks would have broke. Not one part of this suburban is not smashed. Everything flew out of it when we rolled. My son had to crawl out the window and search on the ground to find cell phones that flew out of the suburban when we wrecked to call 911. The side air bags failed my family. I always felt safe with them. But we rolled and they did not work. Even the front airbag didn't go off when I first hit the tracks. Besides my broken neck it all turned out good. I will never buy a chevy again. Our insurance company said our suburban is totaled. Only thing worth anything is maybe the seats. Everything thing else is scrap metal. If you'd like to see pictures your welcome to contact us. But please check into these suburbans. If we wouldn't have had seatbelts we would all be dead. My husband went and bought a 2015 ford . I will never put my trust in a chevy again. Or airbags. I'm wondering if they just put a airbag sticker in them to make us feel safe. Thank you

Filed Jan 3, 2015 · Airbags · 160,000 miles · TN · crash · 1 injury

On january 29, 2014, my husband was driving my suburban traveling on a snow and icy road when the suburban begin to spin and went down an embankment. He was trapped in the vehicle between the steering wheel and windshield. He was wearing the shoulder and lap belt.the air bags did not deploy. Two other passengers in the vehicle had only minor injuries. The tennessee traffic report I received stated: airbag available-no deployment.

Filed Jun 5, 2014 · Airbags · 105,000 miles · TX · crash · 1 injury

I was driving on 7th ave and a car ran a stop sign at an intersection. It was dark early morning. I hit the car coming across and drove it into a tree.the driver in the camry had to be cut out of her car . My car had the front end severely damaged. Almost $10,000 damage to my car. The airbags did not activate. I asked the body shop doing the work and the state farm insurance claims person about why they did not work and was told the accident may not have been severe enough or the angle we hit did not require them to deploy. The driver in the other car went to the hospital. And I had knee surgery. I do not know the status of her injuries. I wonder why my airbags did not deploy at such a collision and if there are other suburbans out there with the same problem the owner just doesn't know or won't know til a collision.

Filed Apr 11, 2014 · Airbags · 235,000 miles · TX · crash · 1 injury

I was on my way to work on 1/25/2013. Coming through an intersection I was struck on the drivers side by an 18 wheeler. I woke up in the hospital almost a month later. Pictures of my vehicle show that my airbags did not deploy. Good thing I had my seat belt on. Md say the bruising to heart other internal injuries would have been prevented had airbags deployed.

Filed Jul 23, 2010 · Airbags · 98,000 miles · OR · crash · 2 injuries

Was hit on the passenger side and the side impact airbags did not deploy. Truck then flipped and no airbags deployed.

Filed Sep 27, 2009 · Airbags · 126,000 miles · CA · crash · 1 injury

Air bag did not deploy.

Filed Apr 3, 2009 · Airbags · 190,000 miles · TX · crash · 1 injury

Tl*the contact owns a 2004 chevrolet suburban 1500. While driving approximately 45 MPH, the contact fell asleep and crashed the vehicle into a tree. The frontal air bags failed to deploy. The driver received injuries to the face and neck. The insurance company stated that the vehicle was destroyed. The VIN was unknown. The current and failure mileages were 190,000.

Filed Oct 25, 2006 · Airbags · SC · crash · 2 injuries

Fell asleep at wheel, crashed at speed of 60-65 MPH, hit embankment first and then 24" diameter tree plus other smaller trees, front of vehicle compressed approx. 38 inches including bumper, never applied brakes due to sleeping, at impact driver's chest hit steering wheel and head hit dash, airbag never deployed, vehicle totaled and driver hospitalized with head/chest trauma

Filed Sep 21, 2006 · Airbags · 11,000 miles · MI · crash

Vehicle was in shop one time all ready because air bag light came on. Took in for service they said loose ground all fixed. Then on 9/11/2006 I was involved in an accident. A driver failed to yield while making a left turn. I hit him broad side at 45 miles per hour. Smashed front end of my vehicle, smashed the side of his vehicle in buckling his dash and his vehicle flipped on its side. My air bags did not deploy on the vehicle. I contacted gm and they said everything is ok, they sent out a person to investigate and he states that everything is ok. But at the scene of the accident every police officer did not believe me when I told them the air bags did not deploy, nor did the paramedic, they had to go look for themselves and see because they thought that they should have gone off. I have pictures of both vehicles if you should need them. I feel there is a safety defect.