Five problems related to warning light on have been reported for the 2003 Chevrolet Avalanche. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
On occasion the airbag warning light would come on, usually while driving. On subsequent starts, no light was displayed. Eventually the light would stay on for several days. I assumed this was a manufacturer initiated alert to have the airbags checked after 100,000 miles. When I next brought my vehicle in for an oil change service, I asked the adviser to have the airbags checked because of the warning light. He told me that when the light was on the airbags were inoperative! I told him to get it corrected. After 90 minutes my car was returned with the notice that a preliminary check did not uncover the cause, and I would have to return the vehicle at another time and expect to incur several hours of trouble shooting to determine the cause. Since my truck was out of warranty, I would be responsible to parts and labor. I cannot understand why an inoperative airbag system is not a safety recall issue. Perhaps if government motors was privately held, the actual government would force the manufacturer to repair all such safety related issues.
The contact owns a 2003 Chevrolet Avalanche. The contact was driving 30 mph when the air bag warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a private mechanic and the manufacturer was contacted. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and the current mileages were 107,000.
The airbag warning light comes on intermittenly. Because this is related to one of the vehicles saftey features it seems like the TSB (050941001) for this issue should be a recall. Especially since the dealership refuses to fix this problem without a commitment from the owner to pay for a diagostic check and then fight them to pay.
When starting the vehicle, the air bag warning light illuminated and remained on until the vehicle was shut off.
"service airbag system" display on vehicle information readout first appeared around ten years ago. Brought to dealer multiple times for diagnostics and repair (code b0026) but have not been able to correct this safety system defect. Vehicle is way out of warranty and attempting to repair items that have not been able to be fixed under warranty does not seem financially sound. Airbag warning light and "service airbag system" display have been constantly on since 2008.