The air bag light stays on. It turns off sometimes for about 5 minutes or fewer minutes. No repair shop can determine how to repair this issue. When the air bag light is on the air bag would not operate that's what I have read. Is there a recall on the air bag light? Or is there a fix for this issue?
1996 GMC Sonoma airbags problems
10 complaints (7% of all complaints for this car). 7 crashes reported.
- owner complaints
- 10
- of this car's complaints
- 7%
- crashes
- 7
- recalls
- 0
Which part fails
- Frontal8
- Frontal: sensor/control module1
At what mileage
Complaints by mileage at the time of the problem.
0k-25k
25k-50k
50k-75k
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125k-150k
150k-175k
175k-200k
200k+
GMC Sonoma airbags problems in other years
Specific symptoms reported on the 1996 GMC Sonoma 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 1996 GMC Sonoma owners say
Most recent owner complaints, unedited.
1996 gmac sonoma air bag sensor rivet failure. Found drivers side sensor hanging from electrical lead, when I inspected the mounting area I found that the two rivets that secure the sensor were sheared off. I inspected the other sensor mounting and found that one of the two rivets was also sheared off. No front end impact had occurred and no indications were noted.
Consumer loss control of the vehicle and hit a tree, and the airbags failed to deploy.
Vehicle involved in frontal collision, none of the air bags deployed. *mrconsumer called gm and they informed consumer that from the description of the accident the air bags would not have deplyed because it wasn't a frontal collision.
Vehicle was involved in a frontal collision of 50 MPH impact and neither air bag deployed. Dealer was notified. Feel free to provide any further information.
Was driving at 25mph when another vehicle ran stop sign and struck the consumer, causing him to hit another vehicle. Air bag failed to deploy, resulting in an injury, dealer nofitied.
When applying the ABS brakes in a sudden stop, the brake failed to stop the vehicle, causing an accident in which the driver's side air bag did not deploy.
During a frontal impact accident at 35 MPH, the driver's side air bag did not deploy.
Upon impact, during frontal crash, at approx. 45mph, no braking, 12:30 on front bumper, airbag failed to deploy.
In front-end accident at more than 45mph, air bag did not deploy.
Questions about the 1996 GMC Sonoma airbags
Does the 1996 GMC Sonoma have airbags problems?
Owners have filed 10 complaints about the airbags of the 1996 GMC Sonoma, 7% of all its complaints.
At what mileage do 1996 GMC Sonoma airbags problems start?
Not enough complaints include the mileage to tell.
Was there a recall on the 1996 GMC Sonoma airbags?
There is no recall for this problem on this model year.
What year does the GMC Sonoma have bad airbags?
The GMC Sonoma model years with the most airbags complaints are 1995 (13 complaints), 1998 (11 complaints) and 1996 (10 complaints).
Other 1996 GMC Sonoma problems
Brakes 52Visibility 31Engine 19Transmission 16Electrical 8Acceleration 7Fuel system 6Seats 6Suspension 6Lights 3Body 2Seat belts 2Tires 2Locks 1Steering 1Wheels 1
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