Tl* the contact owned a 2003 chevrolet trailblazer. While driving 50 MPH, the vehicle slid on black ice and crashed into a ditch. The air bags failed to deploy. A police report was filed. The contact sustained a cut to the head and a severe back injury that required medical attention. The vehicle was destroyed and towed. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 186,000.
2003 Chevrolet Trailblazer airbags complaints
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Air bag and seat belt light stay on
Tl* the contact owned a 2003 chevrolet trailblazer. While driving approximately 20 MPH uphill, a vehicle traveling downhill crashed head on into the contact's vehicle. The frontal air bags did not deploy. The passenger sustained whiplash and bruises to the elbow, chest, and stomach that required medical attention. A police report was filed. The passenger was also injured and taken to the hospital, but was released the same day. The vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The VIN was invalid. The approximate failure mileage was 141,000.
My 2003 trailblazer was sitting still and when I started up the service air bag light came on and stayed on.this happened on 10/15/2015 @ 4:00 pm.
Tl* the contact owns a 2003 chevrolet trailblazer. While the vehicle was parked, the air bags deployed without warning. The vehicle was driven to the dealer, but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 100,000. Updated 7/16/15*cn updated 10/18/2017
Tl* the contact owns a 2003 chevrolet trailblazer equipped with bf goodrich rugged trail t/a tires, size: p245/65ri7. While driving at 65 MPH, the contact heard a vibration coming from the tires. The contact lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a pole. The vehicle rolled over multiple times and the air bags failed to deploy. In addition, the contact noticed that the threads from the rear driver side tire had separated. The contact sustained head, shoulder, elbow, and hip injuries that required medical attention. A police report was filed. The vehicle was destroyed. The vehicle and tire manufacturers were not notified of the failure. The vehicle failure mileage was 116,000 and the tire failure mileage was 40,000. The dot number was unavailable.
Tl* the contact owned a 2003 chevrolet trailblazer. The contact stated that while driving at 50 MPH during inclement weather conditions, the contact lost control of the vehicle and crashed into an embankment. The air bags failed to deploy. The contact sustained spine injuries that required medical attention. A police report was filed. The vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 90,000. Updated 5/11/15
Tl* the contact owns a 2003 chevrolet trailblazer. While driving approximately 45 MPH, the vehicle hydroplaned and lost control causing the contact to crash into an embankment. The vehicle flipped over several times and landed on its side. The air bags failed to deploy. The contact sustained injuries that required medical attention. A police report was filed. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 90,000. Updated 5/11/2015
Tl* the contact owns a 2003 chevrolet trailblazer. While driving approximately 35 MPH, the vehicle slid on ice and crashed into a cement wall. The air bags did not deploy and the seat belt did not restrain the contact. The contact sustained chest, neck, and knee injuries that required medical attention. A police report was filed. The vehicle was driven to the contact's residence. The vehicle was then taken to an independent mechanic, but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 70,000.
Air bag light came on and has remained on since it started. I have had it looked at however they indicated there were no recalls and the expense was going to be over $1000 to repair, which I don't have. Given the recent recalls on air bags, and additional information I found recently on your site, this seems to be an issue that may warrant recall/repair from the manufacturer and not out of pocket expense for the consumer.
2003 chevrolet trailblazer. Consumer stated her husband was involved in an accident, and the air bags did not deploy. Consequently, he died from his injuries. *ss updated 02/09/15.
Tl* the contact owned a 2003 chevrolet trailblazer. While driving approximately 70 MPH, a deer jumped in front of the vehicle causing the contact to crash. The air bags failed to deploy. The contact sustained a neck and back injury that required medical attention. A police report was filed. The vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 170,000.
Driver side: side airbag deployed without warning or cause while sitting at stoplight. Airbag struck recent left shoulder surgery causing pain in recovering area. Also caused left ear ringing for a couple hours. Mechanic and chevrolet have never heard of such a thing happening.
Driver 55 miles on north I-35 freeway engine lost power and driver had no power steering no power brakes hit right side wall and hit left side wall on freeway front tire blew out and safety belt pulled out of holder and driver was thrown all over auto driver had contacted gm motors and they said the auto was not on recall list and was safe auto had one previous problem as above loss of power but engine pick up power and ran this accident was just like the gm recall on the switch the driver injury severe and may never walk again driver has had two surgeries and still in the hospital since 6 15 2014 this needs to be on the gm report for defect auto list.
Airbags did not deploy during accident. Vehicle went through a guard rail, sustained front end damage.
Tl* the contact owns a 2003 chevrolet trail blazer. The contact stated that while driving an unknown speed, the contact abruptly applied the brakes to avoid a crash. The contact lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a cement barrier. The vehicle then rolled over and landed in an embankment. The driver's side air bag failed to deploy. The contact suffered injuries to the neck and a broken leg. The contact also stated that the ignition switch was replaced twice prior to the crash. The VIN was not available. The vehicle was destroyed. The cause of the failure was unknown. The failure and current mileage was 70,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2003 chevrolet trail blazer. The was driving 40 MPH, and crashed into the side of another vehicle. The air bags failed to deploy. The contact sustained injuries to the right shoulder, spinal stenosis and fractured knees. A police report was filed of the incident. The contact stated that she had also been involved in two prior crashes in which the air bags failed to deploy. The previous crashes did not result in any injuries and a police report was not filed. The vehicle was inspected by a representative sent by the manufacturer but they were unable to determine the cause of the air bag failure. The failure mileage was 80,000.
Driving approximately 40 to 43 MPH when another vehicle turned directly in front of me. Total frontal damage buckling up hood on my car as I hit other vehicle in front-end passenger side. Their airbag deployed but mine didn't, even with total front end damage to my car. Had seatbelt on, but due to impact still pulled my whole body forward (like crash test dummy). This was a very hard crash totaling my car.
While traveling in slow traffic, the car in front of my wife stopped. By the time she noticed they stopped it was too late and she hit the back of their ford explorer moving at around 20-30mph. The front end of our trailblazer was crushed. My daughter and wife were wearing their seat belts. The officers and paramedics on the scene were shocked that the airbags did not come out with the amount of front end damage. They had to cut the battery wires to prevent the airbag from coming out later when she cleaned out the trailblazer. An example of how much damage was taken to the front end, the corner fenders were pushed back so far they couldn't open wither front door. The fenders were crushed into the doors keeping them shut. I would think with an impact like that the airbags would have came out, it was a square hit meaning even damage across the front end.
Tl* the contact owns a 2003 chevrolet trailblazer. The contact stated that he crashed into a light pole while driving at unknown speeds and the air bags did not deploy. The contact sustained injuries but was not transported to the hospital. The police was notified of the crashed and a report was filed. The vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer was not notified. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 170,000.
My wife and I were involved in a head on collision (hit by a drunk driver) our air bags did not deploy, I sustained a c7 fracture, scalped by the rear view mirror (22 stitches to hold my scalp) 6 stitches on my nose and bruised knees. My wife has a broken nose all the bones in her right foot broken and bruised knees.
Tl*the contact owns a 2003 chevrolet blazer. The contact stated that while driving approximately 45 to 50 MPH in the rain he crashed head on into another vehicle. The air bags did not deploy. There were no air bag warning indications prior to the crash. The driver sustained a concussion and injuries to his neck, knee, and feet. A police report was filed. The driver was transported to the hospital by ambulance. The manufacturer was contacted and offered no assistance. The failure could not be diagnosed since the insurance company deemed the vehicle as being destroyed. The failure and current mileage was approximately 130,000. The VIN was unavailable. Updated 5/2/11 *cn updated 1/11/11
The 2003 chevrolet trailblazer I have owned since I purchased it brand new in 2003 was involved in an accident on 10/24/2010. My kids were driving when another vehicle sideswiped them, causing them to leave the road. When they reentered the road, the vehicle hit them again causing the trailblazer to flip over a guardrail and rollover several times; landing on its roof. There were four vehicle occupants (including the driver). Neither driver, passenger side nor side airbags deployed during the accident.
2003 chevrolet trailblazer. S10 comeback fwd ltr to potus re complaint against gm regarding defective airbag, involve in car accident and the airbag did not deploy. *tgw the consumer stated another vehicle hit a deer, crossed the center lane and hit their vehicle head on. The consumer stated the seat belts did not restrain them. *jb updated phone number 05/28/10.
Tl*the contact owns a 2003 chevrolet trailblazer. While driving 45-50 MPH in inclement weather, the contact crashed into a retainer wall. She stated that other passing vehicles pushed her vehicle into the retainer wall. The air bag did not deploy. She was also injured when the crash occurred. The manufacturer stated that they would take pictures of the vehicle. The vehicle has not been repaired. A police report was filed. The failure and the current mileages were 82,000. The consumer stated it was a hit and run accident. Updated 04/07/10.
Had car accident was hit by another vehicle and hit a retaining wall going about 45 miles an hour and air bag did not deploy 2003 trail blazer.
My airbag has malfunctioned. The light remains on and I was forced to have it repaired even though many other models of my vehicles were under a recall on both frontal and driver's side airbags. My VIN# didn't apply but was showing all of the problems listed under the other models recall. It was about $450 to replace the malfunctioning coil which I had done at the chevy dealership.
The airbag did not deploy in a front-end collision that will most likely total the vehicle. The other vehicle's did deploy.
Tl*the contact owns a 2003 chevrolet trailblazer. While driving 45 MPH, the contact rear ended another vehicle. The front air bags failed to deploy. There were no injuries and a police report was filed. The VIN and engine size were unknown. The failure and current mileages were 77,000.
Tl*the contact owns a 2003 chevrolet trailblazer. While driving 32 MPH, the contact crashed into a building. The vehicle was destroyed. The air bags failed to deploy. The contact sustained injuries to her mouth and eye. The ambulance arrived on the scene and transported the contact to the hospital. A police report was filed. Chevrolet has not been notified. The VIN, engine size, and number of cylinders were unknown. The current and failure mileages were 71,000.
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