1996 CHEVROLET BLAZER Air Bags Problems

DRIVING APPROX. 35 MPH NORTH ON 5700 BLK OF TACONY ST PHILADELPHIA PA 19137, 2005 SILVER HONDA PULLS OUT OF DRIVE WAY HITS THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE AND REAR PASSENGER TIRE OF TRUCK, TRUCK THEN SPINS AND FLIPS OVER. NO AIR BAG DEPLOYED AT ALL SUSTAINED INJURIES. WAS TAKEN BY RESCUE TO HOSPITAL.

Mileage: 189,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 CHEVROLET BLAZER. THE CONTACT WAS TRAVELING 40 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT END CRASH WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD PERFORMED AS DESIGNED BASED ON THE SPECIFICATIONS OF THE CRASH. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 145,000.

Mileage: 145,000

I OWN A 1996 CHEVY BLAZER. MY GRANDDAUGHTER WAS DRIVING IN WET WEATHER, LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND SLAMMED INTO A ROCK CLIFF. THE CAR IS TOTALED AND I AM CONCERNED BECAUSE THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. I BELIEVE THE IMPACT WAS STRONG ENOUGH THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED. IT WAS A FRONT END COLLISION AND SHE WAS GOING APPROXIMATELY 25 MILES PER HOUR. ALTHOUGH SHE WAS NOT GOING FAST, THE IMPACT WAS VERY HARD, ENOUGH TO TOTAL THE CAR. THE WHOLE FRONT END WAS DESTROYED. SHE WAS VERY LUCKY THAT SHE WAS NOT SERIOUSLY HURT, BUT I AM CONCERNED THAT IF IT HAD BEEN A DIFFERENT SITUATION THAT SHE COULD HAVE BEEN FATALLY WOUNDED IF THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY.*JB

Mileage: 89,000

DT: CONTACT STATED DRIVERS SIDE AIRBAG FAILED TO DEPLOY ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THE FIRST INCIDENTOCCURRED IN OCTOBER, 2003. CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS ALMOST AT A COMPLETE STOP WHEN IT WAS HIT IN THE REAR END BY A VEHICLE GOING APPROXIMATELY 45-50 MPH. THE SERVICE DEALER COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM WITH THE AIRBAG AS TO WHY IT DID NOT DEPLOY. ON THE SECOND OCCASION IN OCTOBER, 2004, CONTACT'S VEHICLE HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE IN THE REAR PART WHILE GOING ABOUT 40-45 MPH, BECAUSE THE BRAKES TO STOP HIS VEHICLE. A CERTIFIED MECHANIC STATED IT WAS A MALFUNCTION IN THE AIRBAG SYSTEM. THE DEALERSHIP RAN A DIAGNOSTIC TEST TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE AIRBAG PROBLEM, BUT COULD NOT DETERMINE WHAT THE CAUSE FOR NON DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIRBAG. *AK

DT: THE CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AND THE AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 40-45 MPH AT THE TIME OF ACCIDENT. THE AIR BAG LIGHT WAS ON AT TIME OF ACCIDENT. FRONTAL IMPACT OCCURRED. THE CONSUMER WAS WEARING HIS SEAT BELT AT THE TIME OF IMPACT. IN WET CONDITIONS, THE BRAKES DID NOT GRAB AND THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *JB CONSUMER STATES THAT THE AIR BAG SYSTEM HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PROBLEM EVERY SINCE THE PURCHASE OF THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER FEELS THAT THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND IT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND CAN NOT BE REPAIRED BECAUSE OF IT.*SB

Mileage: 57,000

DT: THE PROBLEM BEGAN IN MARCH 1996. THE VEHICLE HAS AN AIR BAG LIGHT THAT STAYS ON. HAD A FRONT END COLLISION IN OCTOBER 2004, AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE SPEED AT THE TIME OF IMPACT WAS 45 MPH. NO AIRBAGS AT ALL DEPLOYED, VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH THE DRIVER'S AIR BAG ONLY. OCCUPANT WAS WEARING SEAT BELT. AIR BAG LIGHT WAS ON PRIOR TO ACCIDENT. DEALERSHIP IS NOT ABLE TO IDENTIFY OR REPAIR THE AIR BAG LIGHT THAT STAYS ON. THERE ARE INVOICES.*AK

Mileage: 58,000

WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION. IT STRUCK A RETAINING CEMENT WALL. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE IMPACT CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO STRIKE THE STEERING WHEEL, CRACKING IT. *AK

Mileage: 105,000

AIRBAG MODULE IS DEFECTIVE DUE TO A DIAGNOSTIC ENERGY RESERVE MODULE DROPPING BELOW NORMAL. CONSUMER FEELS AIRBAG MAY NOT DEPLOY.THIS IS A SAFETY RELATED DEFECT. TS...*AK

CONSUMER IS CONCERN THAT AIRBAG MAY NOT DEPLOY IN AN IMPACT DUE TO A DEFECTED DIAGNOSTIC ENERGY RESERVE MODULE. TS

Mileage: 68,000

NO SUMMARY. DT

DRIVER WAS FORCED OFF THE ROAD FROM AN EMBANKMENT AND VEHICLE LANDED IN A DITCH APPROXIMATELY 12 FEET BELOW THE ROAD. VEHICLE IMPACTED THE GROUND SURFACE HEAD ON. AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES. DT

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE VEERS TO THE LEFT, AS IF OUT OF ALIGNMENT. UPON PUTTING FOOT ON BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN, VEHICLE DID NOT STOP. CONSUMER HAD AN ACCIDENT, THERE WERE TWO INJURIES. *AK CONSUMER STATES REAR AXLE SEAL IS LEAKY, WHEN STOPPING VEHICLE OR SLOWING, THE BRAKE PEDAL GIVES WAY, AIR BAG FAILED. *YD

WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER CAME UPON SOME BLACK ICE, CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND HIT A CONCRETE BARRIER HEAD ON, THE IMPACT WAS SO HARD THAT IT PUSHED THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE IN ABOUT 2 FEET, HOWEVER THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY, CONSUMER SUFFERED NECK AND BACK TRAUMA.*JB

WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE PULLED OUT IN FRONT. DRIVER APPLIED BRAKES, BUT HIT AND T-BONED OTHER VEHICLE. DRIVER'S AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER SUFFERED SEVERE INJURIES.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, STEERING WHEEL LOCKED, CAUSING DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE, RESULTING IN A COLLISION.*AK CONSUMER STATED THE BRAKES ALSO FAILED, AIRBAG FAILED TO DEPLOY, AND POWER STEERING FLUID WAS ALSO LEAKING.*SLC

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN FRONTAL COLLISION AT 20 MPH. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS IF NEEDED. *AK

SHE WAS TRAVELING ON A CITY STREET AND ANOTHER VEHICLE MADE A TURN IN FRONT OF HER, AND SHE HIT HER REAR DOOR AND BROKE THE AXLE.. DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DIDN'T DEPLOY. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A DIRECT FRONTAL COLLISION AT 60MPH.UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, RESULTING IN MINOR INJURIES TO DRIVER. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK

THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN, THE CONSUMER WAS TRYING TO STOP THE BRAKES FAILED CAUSING ACCIDENT, THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY UPON IMPACT. *YH

VEHICLE HIT A UTILITY POLE AT 45MPH, AND AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 35MPH ON DRY PAVEMENT, GOING THROUGH INTERSECTION, HAD HEAD-ON COLLISION. AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY, AND DRIVER/PASSENGER SUSTAINED NECK AND BACK INJURIES. *AK

NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING ACCIDENT IN WHICH THE VEHICLE HIT A TELEPHONE POLE HEAD ON. NLM

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A FRONTAL IMPACT WITH A PHONE POLE AT 20 MPH OR MORE. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY BUT THE VEHICLE WAS DAMAGED. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. *AK

ABS FAILED, BRAKES LOCKED UP AND THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY THE VEHICLE SKIDDED TROUGH A STOP SIGN STRIKING ANOTHER VEHICLE

WAS DRIVING 45MPH ON WET ROAD WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE CUT IN FRONT. APPLIED BRAKES & SLID INTO REAR OF VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT WITH OTHER VEHICLE, AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. PROBLEM REPAIRED. SECOND TIME, ROAD DRY & APPLIED BRAKES QUICKLY. HEARD SQUEALING OF BRAKES & TIRES. BRAKES (ABS) FAILED TO STOP VEHICLE. RAN INTO AMBULANCE. ONCE AGAIN AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. WENT TO EMERGENCY ROOM FOR TREATMENT. *AK

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH AND WAS HIT BY ANOTHER VEHICLE HEAD-ON FRONT PASSENEGER'S SIDE, CAUSING VEHICLE TO GO THROUGH A BRICK WALL. UPON IMPACT, DUAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING SERIOUS INJURIES. CONSUMER HAD TO BE AIR LIFTED TO HOSPITAL INTO A TRAUMA UNIT. SEATBELTS WERE WORN AT THE TIME.*AK

NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG OCCURED WHEN CONSUMER REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. WHEN HE HIT THE VEHICLE THE FRONT END WENT DOWN UNDER OTHER VEHICLE. NLM

CONSUMER PLOWED INTO THE DRIVERS SIDE OF ANOTHER VEHICLE, THE SEAT BELT FAILED TO PROPERLY RESTRAIN CONSUMER DURING IMPACT CAUSING HER HEAD TO HIT THE REARVIEW MIRROR, THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING ACCIDENT, CONSUMER RECIEVED SEVERE WHIPLASH. NLM

CONSUMER PLOWED INTO THE DRIVERS SIDE OF ANOTHER VEHICLE, THE SEAT BELT FAILED TO PROPERLY RESTRAIN CONSUMER DURING IMPACT CAUSING HER HEAD TO HIT THE REARVIEW MIRROR, THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING ACCIDENT, CONSUMER RECIEVED SEVERE WHIPLASH. NLM

AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY DURING ACCIDENT. YH

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL CRASH WHILE DRIVING 20MPH AND HIT THE BOTTOM OF A RAVINE. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER HAS SEEN VEHICLE, AND SAID IT DID NOT AFFECT THE SENSORS. *AK

DRIVERSIDE AIRBAG FAILED TO DEPLOY DURING COLLISION RESULTING IN INJURY. YH

WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH HAD A DIRECT FRONTAL IMPACT, AND DRIVER'S AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY WHICH CAUSED SERIOUS INJURIES TO OCCUPANT. *AK *ML

I WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT ON MAY 6, 1999. I HAD A VEHICLE PULL OUT IN FRONT OF ME GOING ABOUT 65 MPH. I ENDED UP T- BONING HIM ON HIS DRIVER SIDE. MY AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY, MY SEATBELT DID NOT HOLD ME IN POSITION TO WHERE I HIT THE REARVEIW MIRROR WITH MY FOREHEAD AND BROKE IT. THE ROAD SURFACE WAS WET BECAUSE IT HAD RAINED EARLIER. THE BOY IN THE OTHER VEHICLE WAS DRIVING AN OLDER MODEL S-10 BLAZER THE IMPACT THROW HIM TO THE PASSENGER SIDE OF HIS VEHICLE. HE SUBSTAINED MINOR INJURIES WHILE AM SUFFERING FROM SEVERE WHIPLASH, BACK-ACHES, HEAD-ACHES AND NUMBNESS. I STRONGLY FEEL WITH THE IMPACT I TOOK THE AIR BAG SHOULD"VE DEPLOYED AND THE SEAT BELT SHOULD"VE HELD ME IN PLACE AND BRAKES WOULD"VE SLOWED ME DOWN SOONER. IN THE POLICE REPORT IT IS MARKED NO FOR SAFETY DEVICE ON BUT IT WAS ON BECAUSE I REMEMBER HAVING TO REACH MY CELL PHONE TO CALL FOR HELPBUT AT THAT TIME IT HAD LOCKED ME IN AND I HAD TO RELEASE THE LEVER TO MOVE TO WHERE THE CELL PHONE HAD FALLING. I CALLED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND TALKED TO DAN MACK WHO INVESTIGATED THE ACCIDENT. HE SAID HE AGREED WITH ME BECAUSE I WOULD"VE SUBSTAINED MORE INJURIES. AS OF MY KNOWLEDGE THE POLICE REPORT WAS NEVER CHANGED. ANY HELP YOU CAN GIVE ME WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND SERVICES. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH HAD A DIRECT FRONTAL IMPACT, AND DRIVER'S AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY WHICH DID NOT PROTECT THE OCCUPANT IN THIS CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

VEHICLE WAS STRUCK WHILE PARKED, AND CONSUMER WAS GETTING OUT OF VEHICLE (HIT & RUN). ALSO WHILE PURSUING THE VEHICLE, THE OTHER VEHICLE WAS PUT INTO REVERSE AND RAMMED OVER CONSUMER'S BUMPER, AGAIN DRIVER'S AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING HOME AT ABOUT 55 MPH CONSUMER BELIEVED THAT HE HIT SOME GRAVEL, AND IT MADE THE CAR LOSE CONTROL. CONSUMER THEN HIT A WALL. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, AND FRONT OF CAR WAS SMASHED. COSUMER SUSTAINED CUTS AND BRUISES THAT NEEDED TO BE STITCHED. *AK

OUT OF THE BLUE, THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT STAYS ON WHEN CAR IS STARTED. DEALER SAID THE COMPUTER CANNOT READ ANY SENSORS, AND CANNOT BE REPAIRED. MUST REPLACE MODULE.

THE DRIVER'S AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY DURING ACCIDENT. VEHICLE HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE THAT WAS GOING AT 40MPH, AND BRAKES MALFUNCTIONED. DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG AND THE FAILURE OF THE SEAT BELT TO RESTRAIN PROPERLY CAUSED SERIOUS INJURY TO THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE.(ATTORNEY FOR CONSUMER).

ABS BRAKES FAILED TWICE, ONCE RESULTING IN A CRASH. NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S/PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS UPON IMPACT.

COLLISION WITH THE FRONT RIGHT QUARTER PANEL HIT A VEHICLE AND THEN HIT A STONE WALL HEAD ON AT 25MPH, AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY.

CONSUMER WAS INVOLEVD IN A FRONTAL COLLISION, HITTING A TREE IN WHICH THE DRIVER'S AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHEN BLAZER WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH, TRAVELING ABOUT 45 MPH, WITH DAMAGES IN THE FRONT END, MOSTLY LEFT FRONT, TOTALLING $5,000.00 AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

AIR BAG: ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A TURN AT APPROXIMATELY 10MPH WHEN I COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER CAR . THE FRONT OF MY CAR HIT HIM ON THE SIDE AND MY AIR BAG DIDI NOT DEPLOY. BOTH CARS HAD TO BE TOWED. HAVE NOT SPOKEN TO DEALER YET ABOUT THE AIR BAG NOT DEPLOYING.

NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS UPON IMPACT, RESULTING IN INJURIES. *AK

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN 50 MPH FRONTAL COLLISON IN WHICH THE DRIVER'S AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE GIVE FURTHER DETAILS. AK

VEHICLES ABS BRAKES LOCKED UP, CAUSING VEHICLE TO LOSE CONTROL. CAR HIT A TREE AT 11:00 POSITION AT 30MPH AND DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. THE DRIVER HIT THE WINDSHIELD. *AK

DURING FRONT IMPACT AT SPEEDS OF 45 TO 50 MPH, THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

ACCIDENT--AIRBAG DIDN'T DEPLOY, BRAKE FAILURE.

FAILURE OF THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES, CONSUMER APPLIED FORCE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT, THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK *JB

NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S AIR BAG IN A REAREND COLLISION, RESULTING IN AN INJURY, ALSO PASSENGER SEAT RELEASED AND SLID TO ITS FORWARD POSITION. *AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AND HIT A POLE HEAD-ON, THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

HIT ANOTHER CAR AND THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE GIVE MORE DETAIL. *AK

DURING FRONTAL COLLISION AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE EXPLAIN IN MORE DETAIL. *AK

DURING FRONTAL COLLISION AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE EXPLAIN IN MORE DETAIL. *AK

AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY DURING FRONT END COLLISION; HIT FRONT/SIDE BY ANOTHER MOVING VEHICLE 25 TO 30 MPH. TT