general problems of the 2006 Chevrolet Equinox

Five problems related to air bag have been reported for the 2006 Chevrolet Equinox. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2006 Chevrolet Equinox based on all problems reported for the 2006 Equinox.

1 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 01/31/2017

Air bag is stuck to the horn which disabled the ability to honk.

2 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 12/30/2016

My granddaughter was involved in an accident where as another vehicle failed to stop at a stop sign and pulled into her path. She and the other vehicle were both at a speed of 25 mph. The front clip was torn from her car and no drivers airbag deployed. She did have her seatbelt on which did prevent serious injury. The accident occurred 30 Dec 2016. This happened on city streets.

3 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 05/22/2014

This vehicle was involved in a rollover accident and the air bags didn't come out and the seat belt on driver side had no give. This accident resulted in a death and two serious engerecies to the front passenger and the rear passenger located behind the passenger.

4 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 11/14/2013

Hit a one ton low bed dump truck, the whole front end of my SUV was demolished, my airbags didn't deploy and I ended up with really bad whiplash from the accident, to where I'm still in major pain! wondering if there was a lawsuit against this? never dealt with a wreck this bad, I was just curious!.

5 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 09/10/2008

The vehicle was involved in a frontal crash. The driver nor the passenger airbag deployed. The whole front end of the vehicle was pushed in.


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