I was t boned, a lady ran a stop sign hitting my car I was passenger, but it was my vehicle. I need up on the dash board when the firemen and emt go on the scene they told us to lean the seats all the way back incase the air bags later deployed and they never did! I ended up getting 2 back surgeries due to that accident on4/23/07 in my 2001 chevy tracker which the airbags never went active and it was a bad impact! There was a police report made of the accident as well.
2001 Chevrolet Tracker airbags problems
10 complaints (12% of all complaints for this car). Typical mileage when it fails: 100,000. 10 crashes reported.
- owner complaints
- 10
- of this car's complaints
- 12%
- typical mileage
- 100,000
- crashes
- 10
- recalls
- 0
Which part fails
- Frontal6
At what mileage
Complaints by mileage at the time of the problem.
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Chevrolet Tracker airbags problems in other years
Specific symptoms reported on the 2001 Chevrolet Tracker airbags
Phrases found in the owners' own descriptions, so one complaint can mention several symptoms.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
What 2001 Chevrolet Tracker owners say
Most recent owner complaints, unedited.
Airbag did not deploy on chevy tracker 2001 after being rear ended at 100 MPH while traveling at a speed of 69 MPH and hit the center divider head on.
10/29/2009, 2001 tracker zr2 model, vehicle traveling 50 MPH with a slight right hand turn in road, west bound on hwy 26 far left hand lane. Heard a loud bang, vehicle became uncontrollable, went into right hand spin, crossed three lanes of traffic and hit concrete barricade on far right hand of hwy. Driver was slammed into window and sustained minor injuries, air bags did not deploy. Inspection of vehicle reveals damage to left rear fender, door and both wheels. Lower control arm came loose, steering rod broke in half and destroyed the rack housing. Could have died in this accident, so very lucky here.
Driver of vehicle while traveling 35 MPH hit a ford f150 that made a u-turn from the right shoulder of the road. Driver did not have time to hit brakes. Airbag did not deploy. Driver was injured.
Tl*the contact owns a 2001 chevrolet tracker. While driving 40 MPH on a major highway, the contact crashed into another vehicle that was stopped in the road. The air bags failed to deploy. The vehicle was destroyed. The contact was injured and transported to the hospital. A police report was filed. The current and failure mileages were 130,000.
While driving 50 MPH driver struck a deer head on. Upon impact, driver side airbag didn't deploy. The driver sustained slight injuries from making contact with the steering wheel.
Consumer stated while driving at normal speed and wearing seat belt had a front collision ,and neither of the air bags deployed. No warning light appeared prior to the crash. Police report and pictures are available.
In an accident, vehicle hit a pole and upon impact airbags did not deploy, causing minor injuries to driver.*ak
While driving, vehicle ran into the back of another vehicle at 40 MPH due to ABS anti- lock brakes locking up. Also, seat belt did not lock, and airbags did not deploy, one person was injured in the accident. *ak
While traveling at 45 to 50 MPH another vehicle in front slammed on vehicle's brakes, and consumer's vehicle rear ended the other vehicle. None of airbags deployed, and drivers side seatbelt failed to lock. Consumer was injured by steering wheel. Consumer had vehicle towed to dealer. Please provide any further information.
Questions about the 2001 Chevrolet Tracker airbags
Does the 2001 Chevrolet Tracker have airbags problems?
Owners have filed 10 complaints about the airbags of the 2001 Chevrolet Tracker, 12% of all its complaints.
At what mileage do 2001 Chevrolet Tracker airbags problems start?
The typical (median) mileage in owner complaints is 100,000 miles.
Was there a recall on the 2001 Chevrolet Tracker airbags?
There is no recall for this problem on this model year.
What year does the Chevrolet Tracker have bad airbags?
The Chevrolet Tracker model years with the most airbags complaints are 2000 (10 complaints) and 2001 (10 complaints).
Other 2001 Chevrolet Tracker problems
Body 15Engine 15Suspension 11Brakes 10Steering 10Transmission 7Visibility 6Seat belts 4Wheels 4Tires 3Electrical 2Fuel system 1
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