Our son was involved in a accident on 09/15/2013 where he was traveling north bound on soldiers home road in moraine ohio. His truck went of the right side of the road, when it did he accidentally hit the gas and not the brake. Truck then hit an electric pole as it picked up speed broke a tie rod in half. He then lost control as it flew across the street still increasing speed. At that time he hit 2 trees and a fire hydrant, then the truck spun and the rear wrapped around another tree. The airbags did not deploy either driver or passenger side. He was killed on impact and the passenger did survive.
GMC Sonoma no deployment problems
37 of the 1,344 owner complaints about the GMC Sonoma describe airbags did not deploy in a crash, most of them for the 1995 model year.
- owner complaints
- 37
- worst model year
- 1995
- typical mileage
- 46,282
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
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I had a 97 gmc sonoma that I was going down a dirt road about 30-35 MPH and swerved to miss a truck coming on my side of the road and lost traction and flipped over a hill and rolled 3 times and the airbags didnt deploy and the drivers seatbelt snapped .
Tl*the contact owns a 2002 gmc sonoma. While driving approximately 15 MPH and approaching a stop light, the vehicle did not stop when the brake pedal was depressed. The brake pedal extended to the floor and the contact rear ended another vehicle. There were no injuries. The contact's son diagnosed the vehicle as having brake line failure. The air bags did not deploy at the time of impact. The current and failure mileages were 30,000.
Dt*: the contact stated while driving 35 MPH attempting to apply brake pressure the vehicle was involved in a crash and the frontal airbags did not deploy. The driver was wearing a seat belt and a police report was filed at the scene. The vehicle sustained frontal damage and was able to be driven home. The dealership was alerted but no appointment has been made for inspection. Updated 4/6/2006 - the consumer has back pain as a result of the accident.
Our gmc sonoma was hit head on, both vehicles driving approximately 40-45 MPH. The sonoma had extensive front end damage, broken glass, the roof buckled (not a roll over) drivers side floor protruded into vehicle, console exploded into vehicle,impact great enough to shatter side windows and broken windshield ,front axle broken, frame showed 4-6" gap between cab & bed .......no airbags deployed. How many other families feel secure with knowing their vehicle has airbags?
Airbag did not deploy in a wreck. Truck was totaled with major damage to right front.
After consumer's vehicle was hit at 35 MPH on the front driver side frontal air bags did not deploy. Dealership was notified, but did not resolve the problem.
While driving 65 MPH consumer hit a cow in the road, and the air bags did not deploy. Took vehicle to dealership, where the mechanic had not resolved the problem.
Consumer loss control of the vehicle and hit a tree, and the airbags failed to deploy.
While driving at 68 MPH, consumer was involved in a frontal collision, airbags did not deploy. Please provide additional information. Ts
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Which GMC Sonoma years have airbags did not deploy in a crash problems?
The model years with the most reports are 1995 (10 complaints), 1996 (6 complaints) and 1997 (5 complaints).
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