Air Bag Problems of Chevrolet Prizm

Chevrolet Prizm owners have reported 26 air bag related problems since 1996. Table 1 shows the 7 most common air bag problems. The number one most common problem is related to the vehicle's air bag not deploy (12 problems). The second most common problem is related to the vehicle's air bag light on (7 problems). For details of each of the problem category, use the links in the table.


Recently reported Air Bag problems of Chevrolet Prizm

The Air Bag Not Deploy problem

The car was hit on the back bumper causeing the car to go off the road and causing a it to roll over twice which totalled the car to this date the airbags have never deployed   Read details...

The Air Bag Light On problem

The contact owns a 2000 Chevrolet prism. The contact stated that the air bag light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who diagnosed that the air bag and air bag sensor was defective and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired but the failure recurred.   Read details...

The Front Air Bag Sensor Control problem

Airbag light on and horn not working   Read details...

The Side/window Air Bag problem

My 2002 Chevrolet Prizm (same as a Toyota corolla) has its cruse control, horn, and the drivers side airbag all mounted on the steering wheel, electrically connected to the rest of the car through an inflatable restraint steering wheel module coil (aka clock spring) mechanism.   Read details...

The Front Air Bag problem

Consumer was driving west when the other car was going east. The other car turned in front of consumer's vehicle, consumer hit othe rvehicle and started to spin around ,couldn't stop, resulting in a crash. Upon impact, airbags didn't deploy.   Read details...




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