Two problems related to front air bag have been reported for the 2004 Chevrolet Silverado 1500. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2004 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 based on all problems reported for the 2004 Silverado 1500.
I have a question about vehicles that had there seats recovered by the dealership and not gm. I have a 2004 Chevrolet silverado that had the original cloth seats recovered in aftermarket leather by the dealership (this vehicle has the automatic air bag passenger sensing system) and I was wondering if my vehicle is impacted in the same way as those vehicles being recalled. The reason I'm asking this question is that in the remedy section of the NHTSA campaign document 0641700 it states "a replacement leather seat cover that is compatible with the passenger sensing system is not available" which makes me believe that the seat covers installed by the dealership is unsafe. If my vehicles is impacted, then what do I need to do? if my vehicle is not impacted, then how and why is my seat covers compatible with the sensing system? (I'm not trying to be difficult, but I'm concern the vehicle my be unsafe for my passenger) .
Gm has recalled 2004 silverado with leather seats because it causes air bag to deploy when not in an accident or not to deploy when in an accident. The only remedy is to buy back the vehicle at full cost per recall id# 7297, but gm has refused to buy back my vehicle even though they are the ones that submitted the recall. The dealer informed the consumer everything was working as designed. Updated 05/26/11 the consumer stated on leased vehicles were recalled. Updated 06/01/11.