While driving at 45 MPH consumer's daughter and friend were driving on a gravel road when the vehicle accelerated while brakes were depressed. Driver lost control of vehicle and hit a tree on the driver's side. Vehicle then careened off of the first tree and hit another tree that turned vehicle onto the top. Both occupants were taken to a hospital for minor injuries and stitches. The seat belts were worn at the time of accident, but the air bags did not deploy. Police responded to the accident. Vehicle was totaled.
1997 GMC Suburban: airbags did not deploy in a crash
5 of the 199 complaints about the 1997 GMC Suburban describe airbags did not deploy in a crash.
- owner complaints
- 5
- of this car's complaints
- 3%
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
Airbags did not deploy in a crash by model year
- 20021
- 20011
- 20001
- 19993
- 19975
- 19963
- 19953
What owners say
Steering would pull to right. Took vehicle to dealership and mechanic repaired it, but currently vehicle was pulling to left. Steering sensor was replaced. Had an accident due to steering problem. Steering went right, and vehicle hit curb. Then, spun around, backwards. Air bags did not deploy. Vehicle went across 4 lanes. Axle broke , and vehicle tumbled down a hill.
While driving at night & applied the brakes. The ABS brakes felt funny. They failed to stop vehicle. Went over 40 foot embankment. The air bags failed to deploy when the front end nosed into dirt. Driver hit head on windshield. Was wearing seat belt.
Lost control traveling down interstate I-20 eastbound in conyers, ga. Axle separated, and rear wheel came off. Suburban flipped 3x, skidded on passenger side & came to rest upside down. Airbags did not deploy but car was totally destroyed, including multiple hits on front bumper. 1 passenger airlifted to medical ctr; 3 others transported by ambulance. All alive & healing (thank god), but don't understand why airbags didn't deploy & axle could separate.
Vehicle pulled to the left when applying brakes , went to dealer, replaced brake master cylinder. After this repair, defect was still occurring which resulted in an accident, causing the consumer to rearened a another vehicle at approx 40-45 MPH. ,brakes completley faile. ,no ABS warning light. Driver's and passenger's side air bags did not deploy.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 1997 GMC Suburban no deployment
Is airbags did not deploy in a crash a common problem on the 1997 GMC Suburban?
5 of 199 owner complaints about the 1997 GMC Suburban (3%) mention airbags did not deploy in a crash. The model year with the most reports is 1997.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 1997 GMC Suburban?
There is no recall or service bulletin for this area of the car on record.
Other symptoms on the 1997 GMC Suburban
ABS 21Fuel pump 16Pulling 14Brake failure 11Tire blowout 11Wipers 10Stalling 7Transmission failure 7Jerking 5Power steering loss 5
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