general problems of the 2008 Chevrolet Colorado

Four problems related to air bag have been reported for the 2008 Chevrolet Colorado. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2008 Chevrolet Colorado based on all problems reported for the 2008 Colorado.

1 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 11/01/2020

The electric ingnition system is not working on this and a million trucks in the country please fix this 10 minute waiting time to start.

2 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 06/12/2018

Sitting in a parking lot none within 100 feet of me my keys were on passenger seat when the air bag exploided then on January 2019 battery went dead put new battery in it then on February 13 lost all power to dash still had all other power but when I turned it off will not do anything had it towed to dealer said it the body control module put it in and still nothing I think it all goes back to the air bag.

3 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 12/07/2010

My son was driving my pickup on a two lane county road in the evening, after dark, the truck crossed the center line and went off the roadway on a gentle curve in the roadway. The truck struck the end of a guardrail, went down an embankment and struck a large tree. There was no debris or skid marks on the pavement. The accident was sighted the following day by a passerby. The driver and only occupant, my son, was deceased inside of the truck. He died of blunt force trauma to the head. The air bags did not employ and the on-star communication system did not make an emergency call. The keys were in the ignition. I asked the state patrol right away about the airbags not employing, it was shrugged off, saying well sometimes they don't. I asked my insurance company to look into it and had them hold the truck for investigation but after several months they called, said they didn't need it and wanted to get rid of it, so they did. To no avail, I called Chevrolet and explained what happened and was it wasn't on a recall list and couldn't take a report. I told them maybe it should be on a list but they didn't agree. I called the state insurance commissioners office and state attorney generals office and got no where with them either. I called an attorney and the bar association and was told there was nothing that could be done and a suit would get me know where since he was not married. I called on star and they gave me their condolences. Everywhere I turned was a dead end. But I just feel it isn't right and if the airbag would have worked I would still have my son today. I got your information a couple of weeks ago from a news reporter.

4 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 12/07/2010

The pick up, traveling in on a two lane road went off the roadway on gentle cure in the road, struck the end of a guardrail went down an embankment and struck a large tree, there was no debris or skid marks on the pavement, it was discovered the following day by a passer by. The driver, my son 33, was deceased. He died of head trama. The air bags did not employ and the on-star system did not call, the keys were in the ignition. My son was in my pick up, I asked the state patrol about the airbags not employing, it was shrugged off, saying well sometimes they don't. I asked the insurance company to look into it and had them hold the vehicle for several months, to no avail, I called Chevrolet and was told it wasn't on a recall list and they couldn't take a report. I called an attorney and the bar association and was told since he was not married there was no sense looking into it. I called on-star and they gave me their condolences. Everywhere I have tried to turn over the past 4 years was a dead end. But I just feel it isn't right and if the airbag would have worked I would still have my son today. I got your information from a news reporter.


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