Last june I took my car in for normal service and right as I was exiting the lot, I got a "service airbag' notification that was not on there anytime within the 5 years I've had the car, nor before I dropped it off. I asked the dealer to look at it because maybe a sensor or wire was loose and they refused without additional payment. I raised such a question that the manager of the dealership sent me paperwork stating that the dealer I bought it from sold me a salvaged car, however the VIN was one number or letter off. The dealer where I received service from also kept asking me if I was in an accident and I have not been; however with my car being a certified pre-owned, maybe there was one previously that was not reported? Suffice it to say, a lawyer would be pricey. All & all the paperwork I was sent did not match the VIN on my car and I started looking in forums and found many other people were having the same "service airbag" issue out of the blue, which LED me to wonder why this hasn't been classified as a recall.
2012 Chevrolet Volt airbags complaints
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Tl* the contact owns a 2012 chevrolet volt. The contact stated that while there was a passenger seated in the front passenger's seat, the service air bags and passenger air bags off warning light was illuminated. Colonial west chevrolet of fitchburg located at (314 john fitch hwy, fitchburg, ma 01420) was contacted and informed of the failure. The contact was informed that the vehicle was not subjected to a recall. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 120,000.
Service airbags warning light on dashboard with no cause. Seat and interior has not been exposed to water. Many other owners have expressed this problem. No codes indicate anything to isolate what part of the system is affected.
While the vehicle is parked and the key fob is carried inside the owners pants pocket, the owner's keys will inadvertently press against the unlock button on the fob for an extended period of time (5 secs ?). The remote will in turn signal the volt to power all four windows in the car to the "express window down" feature. During this time frame the owner of the car is unaware of the windows in the lowered position and if rain enters the interior of the car the interior & seats become saturated. This in turn may cause the passenger airbag occupancy sensor to malfunction and display the "service airbag" warning light on the driver instrumentation screen. There are reports from gm service departments telling customers the airbag occupancy sensor is defective because the owner got the seat wet and offer very little assistance. The express window down feature can not be switched off from any menu settings of the car. This is a clear recall that can adversely effect the driver / passenger airbag safely deploying.
The service airbag sensor keeps coming on. We are worried the passenger airbag will not work correctly if needed.
Intermittent passenger side airbag warning light illumination. The warning light comes on when very light items are placed on the seat and when a passenger is present.
An air bag error message appears on the dash. We discovered if a person sits in the front passenger seat the error clears. We just bought the car, and the dealer states that this safety feature would fall on us to repair. When we test drove the car there as someone in the front passenger seat so we were not aware of the issue till after it was purchased.
The passenger airbag system will intermittently code for service airbag. It will do this when a passenger is in or not in the seat. When it does this the airbag indicates as off instead of defaulting to on. This is worrisome cause the airbag could not deploy in the event of any accident on the passenger side when it is occupied.
Airbag light comes on when even the slightest pressure is placed on the passenger seat. I was told that replacing the sensor in the seat is the only remedy, and that is repair is not covered by warranty. This is a major safety issue that is known to gm.
Vehicle displaying service airbag warning. Was told by dealer the passenger airbag will not deploy unless a $1000 part is ordered and installed. This is a critical safety device and should be covered as a safety recall. This warning appears upon starting the vehicle and remains on. The dealer stated the passenger sensing module shorted out internally. The vehicle currently has 124k miles on it.
This issue appears to be related to an open investigation (pe19013). Airbag warning displayed after passenger has exited the vehicle ('service airbag'). Appears to be caused by faulty passenger presence sensor. Fault cleared when vehicle is turned off/on. Dealer (paradise chevrolet, ventura, ca) advised that passenger presence and airbag systems have an 'internal fault' (b0074, b0081) which dealer service rep stated may cause the passenger airbag not to deploy correctly in the event of an accident. Quoted repair cost of $499 for sensor and 3 hours labor (@$150/hr).
Air bag warning light is illuminated due to a failed sensor in the passenger seat. Had to replace with a used seat.
Airbag light coming on intermittently took car to chevrolet dealer and was told it was a bad sensor in the passenger seat and the cost would be 900 dollars for part and labor.
After a front seat passenger has exited the vehicle, a warning message appears stating service airbag. This will appear immediately after the persona has exited and, in some cases, following the restart of the vehicle without a passenger. Pushing down hard on a certain section of the seat will often make the warning message disappear, but this is happening with regular frequency. Dealer quoting cost to repair is between $900-$1100 dollars. I belive this is part of investigation pe19013.
The service airbag light comes on for no apparent reason. It doesn't matter if someone is sitting in the seat or not. If someone is in the seat when this happen the airbag is not armed so it would not deploy in an accident. I am the original owner, it was purchased in october 2011 and has over 90,000 miles on it. This is an important safety issue since the airbag won't deploy during an accident.
Randomly when driving it will say service airbag and then the light for the passenger airbag turns on showing that it will not deploy.
Constant service airbag warnings, started as intermittent, now it's constant. The passenger seat sensor is defective and would be extremely expensive to repair, this is an obvious design flaw with this vehicle, there's thousands of reports of this from other owners, it's something chevy should recall and repair free of charge.
Constant updates on the dashboard related to airbag service related issue. The notification frequency is exacerbated when something or someone is in the passenger seat.
The passenger front seat occupancy sensor is faulty causing the air bag to not be armed while passenger is in seat. Sometimes the air bag will be on but when passenger moves in seat or we hit a bump the air bag light goes off. It will cost $989.00 to fix for a sensor inside seat is what dealer told me. This is a problem several other owners are having.
I purchased my 2012 chevy volt in 2016 at 65,000 miles. Very shortly after purchase, I noticed the airbag light come on. It was not on all the time, but if someone was in the seat or if my purse was on the seat the light would come on and off. Sometimes it will be off, but come on if I hit a pothole - which is inevitable in houston. I took the car to my local chevy dealership, and they told me that I have a faulty airbag sensor in the passenger seat and it would be $800+ to fix the issue. I thought I had an isolated issue until I saw many others with the same problem.
Air bag sensor pad in front passenger seat is faulty. Dash light comes on and off at random in front seat. May lead to airbags failing to go off. Front passenger seat faulty, air bag sensor pad is not installed beneath the foam in the seat, instead it is on top. Has lead to numerous problems when even just setting a bag on the seat. This is a safety problem. Powertrain issue, battery section 3 failed prematurely due to a $5 temperature sensor failing. Cost to replace the entire battery section was $3000+ dollars for a $5 part.
The check airbag sensor comes on sporadically, and the car does not seem to recognize when someone is in the passenger seat. The estimated cost of the sensor repair is ~$900 even though the warning is not consistent. This happens while driving. As far as I can tell, there is no known cause.
Air bag warning light is illuminated due to a failed sensor in the passenger seat. Had to replace with a used seat.
Air bag warning light is illuminated due to a failed sensor in the passenger seat. Had to replace with a used seat.
Air bag warning light is illuminated due to a failed sensor in the passenger seat. Had to replace with a used seat.
Passenger side air bag / seat sensor malfunctioned shortly after purchasing the vehicle. Seen many other complainants exactly the same issue. Got in a car accident and my passenger was almost killed as the air bag did not deploy. The manufactures really needs to recall and fix these seat sensors. This has been going on way to long. Also the conditioning unit failed due to faulty manufacturing.
Air bag sensor inside the seat started failing intermittently. Over 6 months it went from going off and back on once a trip, to multiple times in a trip. Then full on failed. Appears to be a common issue based on discussions here: https://gm-volt.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-306433.html
2012 chevy volt airbag passenger side. Light car has been tampered with by the dealerships. Have been dealing with this since I bought the car. Refusal to fix. Issue allows for third party access to my vehicle. Using sub language menus. For spanish and french. This is a major problem and no one is doing anything about it. This calls for a major investigation into chevy dealerships, fraud. My car had this right after my first in warranty service at roseville chevy dealership. Please help. My vehicle is being illiegaly monitored . And exstorted for money to fix a problem that is related to tailight switching bulbs and antilockout issues with the car.
Service airbag light appears at random times, none of the seats have any damage or spills. Appears to be a common issue that chevy does not want to fix. Please help.
The service airbag light came on due to a sensor in the seat cushion being faulty
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