Side/window Air Bag problems of the 2008 Chevrolet Equinox

Passenger side air bag does not work when there's a child or person under 110 lbs in the seat. Headlights fill up with water.

Passenger side airbag seat sensor does not work when someone that weighs 130lbs is sitting in the passenger seat. Gm will not acknowledge that there is a problem with the airbag sensor on this vehicle. The chevy dealership said that *I* would have to pay to have the problem fixed because it's out of warranty. This is the same exact problem that the 2007 Equinox's had, which were recalled. It would seem to me that gm should have a recall on this vehicle since it is obviously a factory defect and could cause serious injury or death to someone if I were to get into an accident. This problem clearly violates fmvss standard number 208!.

While driving a 2008 chevy Equinox, it was noticed passenger side airbag was not operating, it has operated when the vehicle was new then spontaneously quite, failure is intermittent in nature , the consequences could be serious injury or death of passenger. Passenger side has a presence detection module and may or may not detect someone who weighs around 112 lbs. This violates federal law safety standard number208, occupant crash protection, Chevrolet has refused to confirm that there is a problem, and yes the same problem that affects 2007 models and early production 2008 models.

The contact owns a 2008 Chevrolet Equinox. The contact stated that the passenger¿s side air bag would not activate when the passenger¿s seat was occupied. The air bag ready light should have illuminated when the seat was occupied but failed to do so. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for inspection where they stated that they could not duplicate the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 33,911.