2000 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 Air Bags Problems

From the initial report, the driver was over speed limit. However, the airbags DID NOT deploy that could have potentially saved his life.

The contact owns a 2000 Chevrolet Silverado 1500. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 02V178000 (Air Bags); however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The local dealer was contacted. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect.

My husband just had a wreck last night. His gas pedals got stuck causing him to lose control of the truck and the truck to spend around in the middle of the street. It hit another car and a telephone pole before jumping the curb and landing in a field. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY ON ANY PARTS OF THE TRUCK THAT WAS IMPACTED BY THE WRECK. Both sides of the truck are completely smashed in and both windshields have been busted out. My husband actually came of the windshield of the truck where the Airbag should have deployed.

MY SON FELL ASLEEP WHILE DRIVING AND HIT A TREE AND NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. HE HAD HIS SEATBELT ON HOWEVER I DON'T THINK IT WORKED PROPERLY EITHER DUE TO HIS CHIN HIT THE STEERING WHEEL AND HEAD HIT THE WINDSHIELD. HE PUSHED THE ENTIRE STEERING COLUMN INTO THE DASH ABOUT 4-5 INCHES AND COULDN'T EVEN MOVE THE SHIFTER ON THE COLUMN. THE TRUCK IS TOTALED AND THERE IS MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE ENTIRE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE AS HE HIT THE TREE HEAD ON BUT TOWARD THE PASSENGER SIDE. THIS IS A 2000 CHEVY SILVERADO CREW CAB, 4X4, STEPSIDE

Mileage: 150,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2000 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 80 MPH, THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF A SEMI TRUCK. BOTH THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED ALTHOUGH IT WAS DEACTIVATED VIA THE AIR BAG DEACTIVATION SWITCH LOCATED ON THE LOWER MIDDLE SECTION OF THE DASHBOARD. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER AND LOCAL DEALER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200,000.

Mileage: 200,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING HIGHWAY SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT END COLLISION DUE TO ANOTHER DRIVER HARD BRAKING. EVEN THOUGH THE VEHICLE WAS EQUIPPED WITH AN AIR BAG ON/OFF SWITCH, WHICH DISABLED THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG FROM DEPLOYING, THE AIR BAG STILL DEPLOYED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED FROM THE SCENE TO A&A TOWING SALVAGE YARD AND HAD NOT BEEN DETERMINED WHETHER IT WAS DESTROYED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 292,000.

Mileage: 292,000

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V383000 (AIR BAGS). THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE DEALER (GALLES CHEVROLET LOCATED IN ALBUQUERQUE, MN) CONFIRMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE RECALL REMEDY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE VIN WAS INVALID. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE BENCH SEAT COVER WAS REPLACED AND CAUSED THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT TO ACTIVATE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 06V417000 (AIR BAGS: FRONTAL). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 105,000 AND THE APPROXIMATE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 105,100.

Mileage: 105,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE DRIVER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH IN HEAVY WINDS, SHE LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE ROLLED OVER SEVERAL TIMES AND THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES TO HER HEAD AND STOMACH. THE FRONT PASSENGER SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE HEAD, MOUTH AND HAND. ONE OF THE PASSENGERS IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE RECEIVED INJURIES TO THE BACK AND THE OTHER PASSENGERS HEAD AND HANDS WERE INJURED. THE PASSENGER SEATED IN THE MIDDLE SUSTAINED INJURIES TO HER FACE. THE INSURANCE COMPANY CONFIRMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE BODY SHOP. THE MANUFACTURER INVESTIGATED THE FAILURE, BUT CONCLUDED THAT THEY NEEDED MORE EVIDENCE. THE POLICE REPORT WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 85,000. UPDATED 10/20/10 *BF UPDATED 10/26/10*JB

Mileage: 85,000

I WAS DRIVING MY 2000 CHEVORLET SILVERADO 1500 EXTENDED CAB PICK UP APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH AND STRUCK THE RIGHT SIDE OF A 20 FT. CATTLE TRAILER THAT WAS BEING PULLED BY ANOTHER TRUCK MAKING A LEFT TURN IN FRONT OF ME. MY TRUCK WAS TOTAL LOSS. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. I RECEIVED NECK AND HEAD INJURY, CRACKED RIBS, COMPLEX CONCUSSION AND INJURY TO MY HIP FROM THE ACCIDENT. I WAS WEARING MY SEAT BELT. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED.. *TR

Mileage: 160,000

I WAS TRAVELING APPROX 25 MPH IN THE RAINY, WET EVENING OF JUNE 15, 2010 AT 10:30 PM TRAVELING EAST ON CR 87 AND TURNING TO GET UP ON THE OVERPASS BRIDGE OF EXIT 234. I STARTED TO HYDROPLANE WHEN I HIT THE GRAVEL, ROCK PART OF THE ROAD AND SKIDDED INTO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE BRIDGE HITTING MY PASSENGER TIRE AND BOUNCING ME OUT AND SPINNING AROUND. I TRIED TO COMPENSATE BY APPLYING BRAKES GENTLY AND MY BRAKES LOCKED UP, MY SEAT BELT DID NOT HOLD ME BACK AS I HIT THE STEERING WHEEL WITH MY HEAD AND CHEST. I THEN WAS SPUN HEAD ON INTO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE BRIDGE AND SMASHED THE ENTIRE FRONT END OF MY TRUCK. I WAS SO SCARED AND ALL I COULD THINK IS WHEN IS MY AIRBAG GOING TO GO OFF, IT NEVER DID. THERE IS OVER $5000.00 DAMAGE TO MY VEHICLE AND IT IS ONLY WORTH $8000.00. I WENT TO THE ER AND SUFFERED MILD CONCUSSION, NECK STRAIN AND BRUISED CHEST. *TR

Mileage: 138,000

I WAS TRAVELING APPROX 25 MPH IN THE RAINY, WET EVENING OF JUNE 15, 2010 AT 10:30 PM TRAVELING EAST ON CR 87 AND TURNING TO GET UP ON THE OVERPASS BRIDGE OF EXIT 234. I STARTED TO HYDROPLANE WHEN I HIT THE GRAVEL, ROCK PART OF THE ROAD AND SKIDDED INTO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE BRIDGE HITTING MY PASSENGER TIRE AND BOUNCING ME OUT AND SPINNING AROUND. I TRIED TO COMPENSATE BY APPLYING BRAKES GENTLY AND MY BRAKES LOCKED UP, MY SEAT BELT DID NOT HOLD ME BACK AS I HIT THE STEERING WHEEL WITH MY HEAD AND CHEST. I THEN WAS SPUN HEAD ON INTO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE BRIDGE AND SMASHED THE ENTIRE FRONT END OF MY TRUCK. I WAS SO SCARED AND ALL I COULD THINK IS WHEN IS MY AIRBAG GOING TO GO OFF, IT NEVER DID. THERE IS OVER $5000.00 DAMAGE TO MY VEHICLE AND IT IS ONLY WORTH $8000.00. I WENT TO THE ER AND SUFFERED MILD CONCUSSION, NECK STRAIN AND BRUISED CHEST. *TR

Mileage: 138,000

INVOLVED IN A WRECK WERE MY FRONT END HIT THE REAR OF A FORD 4X4 F150, WAS TRAVELING AROUND 30 MPH AND AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. HAVE PICTURES OF MY FRONT END,TRUCK WAS TOTALED. *TR

Mileage: 224,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH ON ICY ROADS, THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE SLID ON THE ICE AND STRUCK THE MEDIAN ON THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE THEN SPUN FROM THE LEFT OF THE HIGHWAY TO THE RIGHT, AND FINALLY CAME TO A STOP WHEN HE WAS ABLE TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL. HE EXITED THE VEHICLE AND HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. NO ONE WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED, ALTHOUGH THE CONTACT SUSTAINED MINOR BACK PAINS AND A SWOLLEN JAW. NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED IN THE VEHICLE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 92,000. UPDATED 01/08/09 *BF UPDATED 01/09/09. *JB

Mileage: 92,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH AND APPROACHING A STOP LIGHT, THE VEHICLE DID NOT STOP WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. AS A RESULT, HE REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THE VEHICLE AS HAVING A ROTTEN AND CORRODED BRAKE LINE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 162,000.

Mileage: 162,000

25 MPH, HEAD ON COLLISION WITH TREE, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS, FACE HIT STEERING WHEEL, NOSE INJURY AND LIP CUT OPEN. *TR

Mileage: 144,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE SPUN OUT AND STRUCK THE CENTER DIVIDER. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE ROAD CONDITIONS WERE WET AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH. ONE PASSENGER SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE SHOULDERS AND CHEST ALONG WITH A SORE NECK. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE MAY BE DESTROYED. THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED EXTENSIVE FRONT END DAMAGE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 77,000.

Mileage: 77,000

MY WIFE AND I WERE INVOLVED IN A NEAR HEAD ON COLLISION ON MAY 6,2007 WHILE DRIVING A 2000 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 EXTENDED CAB PICK UP. THE SPEED AT IMPACT WAS APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH , AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE SEAT BELTS PERFORMED AS DESIGNED. HOWEVER, THE 2 INJURIES COULD HAVE BEEN REDUCED IF THE AIR BAG FAILURE HAD NOT OCCURRED. *AK

Mileage: 135,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION WITH A ROADSIDE BARRIER. NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED UPON IMPACT. THE CONTACT WAS TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL WITH NECK INJURIES, FRACTURES OF THE RIBS AND FOOT, AND FACIAL LACERATIONS. A POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN, AND THE VEHICLE WAS CONSIDERED A TOTAL LOSS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT SEEN BY A DEALER. UPDATED 10/25/2006 - *NM

Mileage: 70,000

MY VEHICLE HYDROPLANED FROM THE LEFT LANE INTO THE RIGHT LANE. THE FRONT OF MY VEHICLE IMPACTED A VEHICLE IN THE RIGHT LANE, MY VEHICLE THEN CONTINUED INTO A RETAINING WALL ON THE SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE. I IMPACTED THE RETAINING WALL HEAD ONAT APPROX 35 MPH. MY VEHICLE WAS THEN STRUCK IN THE PASSENGER SIDE BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. MY AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY IN THE ACCIDENT.*AK

Mileage: 109,000

IN A FRONTAL CRASH, THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY, WHICH RESULTED IN EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO VEHICLE.*AK *JB

THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY DURING A FRONTAL COLLISION. ONE MONTH LATER THE CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE RELATED TO A FAULTY AIR BAG MODULE. *SCC *NLM

CONSUMER'S HUSBAND LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND HIT A BUILDING. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER SUSTAINED EXTENSIVE FACE INJURIES. HAD TO HAVE TOP LIP COMPLETELY REPLACED.*AKJLG

WAS DRIVING 40MPH AND STARTED TO APPLY BRAKES WHEN VEHICLE SLID ON WET/ SLIPPERY ROAD,AND REARENDED VEHICLE IN FRONT. UPON IMPACT, FRONT AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY.*AK

MY SON REAR ENDED CAR IN FRONT OF HIM. BRYCE PASSENGER FRONT TEETH WERE KNOCKED OUT. THEY WERE GOING 40MPH THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. BRYCE (14) IS DIABETIC AND HIS DENTAL BILLS WILL BE COSTLY AND HIS HEALTH ISSUE WILL EFFECT HIS TREATMENT.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH AND WITHOUT HITTING A ROCK OR BUMP PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAG HAD DOUBLE FAILURE, AND IT CAME OUT, BUT DIDN'T BUST THROUGH THE DASH.*AK

WHILE DRIVING SWERVED TO AVOID ANOTHER AUTOMOBILE AND HIT A CONCRETE PILLOW HEAD-ON. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER WAS INJURED. *AK

NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING ACCIDENT, CONSUMER SUSTAINED TRAUMA TO THE CHEST.(ATTORNEY FOR CLIENT) YH

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT 55 MPH LEFT BRAKES LOCKED UP, VEHICLE WENT THROUGH A DITCH AND HIT AN ENBANKMENT. UPON IMPACT, BOTH AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. ALSO, SEAT BELT BROKE. *AK