Air Bag Problems of Chevrolet 2500

Chevrolet 2500 owners have reported 12 air bag related problems since 1996. Table 1 shows the 4 most common air bag problems. The number one most common problem is related to the vehicle's air bag (9 problems). The second most common problem is related to the vehicle's front driver side air bag inflator (1 problem). For details of each of the problem category, use the links in the table.

Table 1. Air Bag related problems of Chevrolet 2500


Recently reported Air Bag problems of Chevrolet 2500

The Air Bag problem

Truck would not start so I put the battery charger on it, on slow charge. About 2 hours later I heard a loud bang, walked out side and both air bags had deployed and busted the windshield.   Read details...

The Front Driver Side Air Bag Inflator problem

In last week in July 2015 I received a safety recall letter from gm. Recall # 15438 in the letter text it was stated vehicle was recalled /parts not available. No date when repair can be enacted was given! the following text appeared similar in my letter ////and on gm website when I entered my   Read details...

The Side/window Air Bag problem

On Thursday, August 6, 2015 at approximately 1:20 pm natchez railway employees [xxx] were attempting to start vehicle #1828 which was being stored on the grounds of the natchez depot. Vehicle #1828 is a 2002 Chevrolet 2500 pickup truck with VIN #[xxx] and had been driven from the grenada railway   Read details...

The Air Bag Not Deploy problem

Railroad hyrail vehicle equipped, after market, with hyrail wheel assemblies which allow the vehicle to operate on railroad tracks. Once hyrail (flanged) wheels are retracted, the vehicle is operated over the highways and public roads like any other vehicle.   Read details...




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