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The contact owns a 2007 Chevrolet Silverado. The contact stated that while turning the vehicle on, the service air bag warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the seat bladder on the passenger side needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 60,000.
The contact owns a 2007 Chevrolet Silverado. The contact stated that there was a large crack that extended from the driver side instrument panel to the passenger side air bag housing. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who stated that the defect was common based on the age of the vehicle. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 82,000.
The contact owns a 2007 Chevrolet Silverado 1500. The contact stated that while driving approximately 15 mph, the vehicle crashed into a tree causing extensive damage to the front end. The contact indicated that during the crash the front air bags did not deploy and the driver suffered injuries to the right knee, while the front passenger suffered injuries to both knees and head. A police report was not filed. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 95,000.
The contact owns a 2007 Chevrolet Silverado. The contact stated that the air bag warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the chip for airbags needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and stated that the vehicle was not included in a manufacturers recall related to the failure. The failure mileage was 93,000. Updated 02/04/15 updated 10/6/2015
The contact owns a 2007 Chevrolet Silverado. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle stalled without warning. The contact also stated that the air bag light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing, who stated that the air bag sensor needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 48,000.
- Clay , NY, USA
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Vehicle was involved in head on collision that totaled it. Other vehicle was an older model van, do not know extent of damages to it. My concern is the air bags did not deploy was told by GM that crash did not meet criteria for deployment!!!!! a head on collision at 50 mph that totaled 2500 series Chevy truck. Hard for me to believe I now own a 2008 Chevy 1500 series, do I need to concerned?
On impact to front end of my vehicle the air bags did not deploy. The air bags on the other vehicle did deploy. How can I be sure my airbags are functioning properly. There is about $9,000 damage to my vehicle. I am sendingagain because I am not certain the first one went through.
ABS does not work, light is on the dash. Airbag lights are on the dash and not sure if they are working, tailgate does not latch closed. Key does not always want to turn and we need to move it back and forth before it will start the vehicle.
The contact owns a 2007 Chevrolet Silverado. The contact stated that while driving 45 mph, the vehicle hydro planed and the contact crashed into the road barrier. No air bags deployed upon impact. There were four injuries and a police report was filed. Injury details were not available. The vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure and current mileage was 102,000.
The contact owns a 2007 Chevrolet Silverado. The contact stated that the air bag warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the technician diagnosed that there were defective air bag bolts. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. No repairs were made to the vehicle. The failure mileage was 63,000 and the current mileage 67,000.
The service airbag message lighted on the dashboard followed by an explosion. Seat belts tightened and locked. The dealership verified complaint, found SDM internally shorted. Needed new SDM and both front pretensioners and control module. Total cost of repair was $1445.99.
The contact owns a 2007 Chevrolet Silverado. The contact stated that the air bag light illuminated. The vehicle was not repaired or diagnosed. The manufacturer was not contacted about the failure. The failure mileage was 49,200.
Service airbag light came on, looked in owners manual and it advised to get it serviced. I called the local Chevy dealer who advised me just to drive it, "that's common" I was told. Far cry from the hazards the book explains. Is there a recall on the 2007? not impressed!
Silverado 2007 truck cracks just keep appearing in dash in airbag section for no reason. Truck is parked in garage 80 percent of time. If cracks keep appearing, what is going to keep airbag from coming out of dash for no reason" this truck is 6 years old with 62,000 miles on it very clean and the dash looks awful. Have contacted Chevrolet and they say no recalls, please tell me why"
The dashboard on my 2007 (new body style) Chevy Silverado ls, 4.3L has cracked, randomly, right above the passenger air bag. There was nothing to cause this crack, it just appeared. After doing some research, many other GM owners, ranging from Silverado to Tahoe to escaldes, also have cracks in their dash, in the same spot, some worse than others. My main concern is it cracking more, and also if the passenger airbag were to deploy, the possibility of the dash breaking apart and possibly throwing shards of plastic at me or passenger. Not only is the safety an issue, but the appearance is an issue, since its a rather large crack, it looks unsightly. Thanks for your time, hopefully something can be done about this popular defect that hasn't been addressed by GM yet.
The contact owns a 2007 Chevrolet Silverado. The contact stated that while entering the vehicle, the driver's side air bag light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnosis where it was stated that the driver's side air bag light sensor needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired and the manufacturer was not notified. The approximate failure mileage was 56,000.
I offer same complaint as filed under NHTSA id# 10485141.a service air bag warning light came on in my 2007 Chevrolet Silverado truck. I went to the dealer who sold it to me to have it serviced & was told the right front impact sensor was corroded & had to be replaced. This was a safety issue, and stated to dealer that GM should cover the cost of repair. The dealer said no & that there was no recall on record.I agree completely with the comments provided under above-referenced compliant: "I called GM & was told that this was an environmental issue & the salt air in my area caused the corrosion and GM was not responsible. I told the person that I was talking to that apparently GM must be aware of the problem if they know that the salt air corrodes the sensors. I mentioned the fact that since there is a problem that the air bag could possible inflate while driving & cause the driver to swerve off the road or into another vehicle thus causing death or serious injury. I was then given a file number (71-1127296694) and told the matter would be investigated. I later received a phone call from GM, said looked into complaint & since it was an environmental issue GM was not responsible for repairs. I then stated to him that I was aware that Chrysler recently had a recall of vehicles to be repaired because the airbag sensors were corroding. I was told that GM. Had no such recall. My argument is that this is a safety issue. The corroded sensors could malfunction and cause the air bags to deploy thus causing the driver to swerve and potentially get into a serious accident. Chrysler Corp. Must have realized this because they had a recall." This is a potentially serious situation. Please investigate. Jhb
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- Milton, FL, USA