Five problems related to air bag not deploy have been reported for the 2002 Chevrolet Suburban. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
I purchase a 2002 chevy Suburban on 7/2/05 in delaware county from a dealership. We drove the car to our house in montgomery county and the car didn't move from the house until 7/4/05. On 7/4/05 my fiance drove the car to work and the tire exploded from the left front of the car on the way. The car hit the barrier on the right side and bounced off and then proceeded to hit the left side barrier were it came to a stop. The tire was not recoverable. Also the air bag never deployed. The accident happen going north on 309 in bucks county on a straight uphill gradient. The conditions of the road and weather were dry. There is a police report on the incident stating accident happen due to tire failure. According to the inspection sticker the tire was removed and inspected by the dealership. We have been trying to get this settled with the dealership for the past year, since we only had the car for a little more then a day. There response was and still is that there is nothing they can do to help. The estimate we received from the body shop was for $22,000 therefore the car was totaled and is currently sitting in my driveway. The tire was a goodyear wrangler p265/70r17.
Husband had an accident, car pulled out in front of him and hit them on driver and back seat passenger side head. Upon impact, air bag did not deploy.
The consumer was involved in an accident. The consumer was driving about 60 mph and rear ended another vehicle and the air bags failed to deploy. Also the seat belts did not hold the driver and passenger causing them to go forward into the windshield. Provide further details.
I was hit on the head inside my 2002 Suburban, wearing my seat belt at 48 mph by an oncoming Mazda miata. My steering column collapsed, I went into oncoming 3 lanes of traffic, went up a curb, went through a brick retaining wall, and hit a telephone pole. My airbag did not deploy on any of the 3 impacts. Why? also, my driver?s seat came off the track.
While driving 25 mph, vehicle was involved in a collision in which the driver's side air bag did not deploy, causing injuries. The vehicle was hit broad side on the passenger side. It flipped on the drivers side and slid 39 feet. The driver received severe lacerations to the back area by shattered glass. The passenger has whiplash and a small contusion to the head with bruises.