Air Bag Not Deploy problems of the 1998 Chevrolet Lumina

Two problems related to air bag not deploy have been reported for the 1998 Chevrolet Lumina. The most recently reported issues are listed below.

1 Air Bag Not Deploy problem

Failure Date: 07/26/2017

The contact owns a 1998 Chevrolet Lumina. While driving approximately 28-30 mph, another motorist made an out of turn left turn in front of the contact's vehicle. As a result, the contact crashed into the front driver's side of the other vehicle. The air bag indicator illuminated, but the air bags did not deploy. The vehicle was inoperable. The contact was waiting for his insurance company to determine if the vehicle was totaled. A police report was filed. The contact received injuries to the back, stomach, and neck. Medical assistance was needed. The contact had not taken the vehicle to the dealer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 73,000.

2 Air Bag Not Deploy problem

Failure Date: 03/03/2001

Front end damage to both sides of car, air bags did not deploy, cruise control was on, kept increasing speed, sometimes would not release when brake was touched, other times it would shut off by itself, lost control of car, front end went into a ditch & car was flipped, air bags are still intact at this time.


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