1995 CHEVROLET TAHOE Air Bags Problems

ON 3/13/2001 WAS INVOLVED IN AN MVC WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF THE VEHICLE I STRUCK OFF ROAD. I WAS TRAVELING APROX. 40-45 MPH WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES IMMEDIATELY AND SLID APROX. 75 FEET ON ROAD AND CONTINUED TO SLIDE OFF ROAD FOR ANOTHER 50 FEET WHEN I COLLIDED WITH THE OTHER VEHICLE. ABS SYSTEM NEVER KICKED IN,AND THE VEHICLE SLID UNCONTROLLED UNTIL COLLISION WITH INJURIES TO MYSELF WHEN THE SEAT BELT DID NOT HOLD MY BODY AND ALLOWED ME TO TRAVEL FORWARD STRIKING THE STEERING WHEEL WITH THE AIR BAG NOT DEPLOYING WITH A FRONTAL IMPACT AND SUDDEN DECELERATION. *AK (TIRESIZE: 245/75R16)

HORN WOULD SOUND WHILE DRIVING OR WHEN THE VEHICLE IS VIBRATED (EXAMPLE: DOOR IS SHUT, HOOD POPPED OPEN, ADJUSTMENT OF STEERING COLUMN). HAD THIS PROBLEM 2 TIME PREVIOUSLY, A GM AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP LOOK AT SITUATION AND COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM WITHOUT GOING INTO A DETAIL DIAGNOSTIC. PULLING THE FUSE FOR THE HORN WOULD NOT STOP THE HORN FOR SOUNDING. FINALLY HAD TO PULL THE HORN RELAY LOCATED IN THE FUSE BOX UNDER THE HOOD TO STOP HORN FROM SOUNDING. FINALLY HAD A DETAILED DIAGNOSTIC WAS PERFORMED AND THE ONLY THING THAT THE DEALERSHIP COULD FIND WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE AIRBAG. SUPPOSEDLY THE AIRBAG EXPANDS WHEN IT THE AREA AROUND IT HEATS UP, WHICH IN TURN APPLIES PRESSURE ON THE HORN RING, ERGO THE HORN GOES OFF EVEN WHEN THE FUSE WAS REMOVED. DEALERSHIP COULD NOT FIND AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM DURING THEIR 2 HOURS OF DIAGNOTICS. RECOMMENDED SOULTION REPLACE AIRBAG / HORN RING $638.00 (PARTS ONLY). SUPPOSEDLY NEW AIRBAG HAS A NEW DESIGN TO PREVENT THIS FROM OCCURRING AGAIN.

WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION THE FOOT BRAKE FAILED TO DISENGAGE THE CRUISE CONTROL RESULTING IN VEHICLE COLLISION, AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY UPON IMPACT AND THE SEAT BELT FAILED TO RESTRAIN HIM CAUSING HIS HEAD TO STRIKE THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDSHILED KNOCKING HIM UNCONSIOUS. NLM

RE: INCIDENT AE00013 - THE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON INTERMITANTLY, TOOK IT TO DEALER, THEY COULDN'T FIND PROBLEM WITH IT. ABOUT A MONT LATER THE TAHOE STARTED INTERMITANTLY LOSING POWER WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE, CAUSING SEVERAL NEAR CRASHES. TOOK IT AGAIN TO THE DEALER THAT THEN DETERMINED THE BATTERY WAS LEAKING ACID ON TO THE AIRBAG SENSOR. HAD TO REPLACE THE AIRBAG SENSOR AND BATTERY. THEY CHARGED OVER $700 TO DO SO, INCLUDING $89 LABOR JUST TO INSTALL A NEW BATTERY! ABOUT A WEEK OR SO AFTER THAT SIMILAR LOSS OF POWER WAS OCCURRING. TOOK TAHOE TO A DIFFERENT CHEV DEALER WHO THE FOUND ALTERNATOR WAS NOW BAD, WHICH I SUSPECT MAY BE RELATED TO THE ONGOING BAD BATTERY PROBLEMS.*AK

WHILE DRIVING ON ROAD TRAVELING ABOUT 35 TO 45MPH CAME TO AN INTERSECTION, HAD THE RIGHT OF WAY WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE TRAVELING WEST FAILED TO STOP AT A STOP SIGN, AND PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF CONSUMER' VEHICLE. CONSUMER HIT FRONT LEFT OF THE OTHER CAR. UPON IMPACT, NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. CONTACTED DEALER AND MANUFACTURER. WOULD SENT A REPRESENTATIVE TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

DEFECTIVE ABS SYSTEM RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT AND DRIVERS SIDE AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY.

NO SUMMARY

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A 30 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

STEERING COIL FAILED.AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON. COST TO FIX APROXIMATELY $350 TO FIX THIS SAFETY PROBLEM. *AK

NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING VEHICLE COLLISION RESULTED IN CHEST, RIBS AND STERUM INJURIES FROM HITTING THE STEERING WHEEL.

AIR BAG LIGHT WAS ON FOR NO APPARENT REASON, AND CONSUMER HAD IT LOOKED AT. WAS TOLD THAT THE AIR BAG COIL WAS OPEN AND IT HAD TO BE REPLACED. DEALER WAS CONTACTED.

WHILE DRIVING THE TRUCK THE DRIVER WENT INTO AN TREE WHICH CAUSED THE TRUCK TO FLIP OVER. THE DRIVER STATES THAT SHE WAS GOING 45MPH. THE TREE STRUCK THE PASSENGER'S SIDE. DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. *AK

THE LIGHT INDICATING THAT THE AIR BAG HAS BEEN DEPLOYED IS ON CONSTANTLY AND COULD CAUSE THE AIR BAG TO DEPLOY AT ANY TIME. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED ABOUT PROBLEM. MANUFACTURER SAID THAT THEY WOULD INSPECT THE VEHICLE TO FIND OUT CAUSE OF PROBLEM, BUT COULD MAKE NO PROMISES AS TO THE REPAIR OF THE VEHICLE BECAUSE WARRANTY IS OVER. *AK

AIR BAG DID NOT INFLATE WHILE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT.

VEHICLE WAS IN A FRONT-END ACCIDENT, AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY AND SEAT BELT DID NOT HOLD DRIVER. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

VEHICLE WAS IN A FRONT-END ACCIDENT, AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY AND SEAT BELT DID NOT HOLD DRIVER. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

DURING SIDE IMPACT TO DRIVER'S FRONT TIRE 45MPH, UPON IMPACT AT APPROX. 35MPH HIT A BUNCH OF TREES 10:00 TO 2:00 FRONT BUMPER, AIRBAG FAILED TO DEPLOY. TT

DURING SIDE IMPACT TO DRIVER'S FRONT TIRE 45MPH, UPON IMPACT AT APPROX. 35MPH HIT A BUNCH OF TREES 10:00 TO 2:00 FRONT BUMPER, AIRBAG FAILED TO DEPLOY. TT

NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S AIR BAG IN ACCIDENT, RESULTING IN AN INJURY.