Air Bag Not Deploy problems of the 2008 Chevrolet Suburban

Two problems related to air bag not deploy have been reported for the 2008 Chevrolet Suburban. The most recently reported issues are listed below.

1 Air Bag Not Deploy problem

Failure Date: 03/18/2021

Tl- the contact owned a 2008 Chevrolet Suburban. The contact stated while driving at 55 mph, the rear axle broke. As a result, the brakes would not engage when the brakes were supressed causing the contact to crash into a concrete barrier. The air bags failed to deploy. A police report was filed. The contact sustained a broken wrist and neck soreness. The contact has not seeked any medical attention. The vehicle was not drivable and was towed to her home address. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired as of yet. A dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer had not been informed of failure. The failure mileage was 140,000. Rd.

2 Air Bag Not Deploy problem

Failure Date: 10/10/2011

I was driving on 7th Ave and a car ran a stop sign at an intersection. It was dark early morning. I hit the car coming across and drove it into a tree. The driver in the camary had to be cut out of her car . My car had the front end severly damaged. Almost $10,000 damage to my car. The airbags did not activate. I asked the body shop doing the work and the state farm insurance claims person about why they did not work and was told the accident may not have been severe enough or the angle we hit did not require them them to deploy. The driver in the other car went to the hopspital. And I had knee surgery. I do not know the status of her injuries. I wonder why my airbags did not deploy at such a collision and if there are other Suburbans out there with the same problem the owner just doesn't know or won't know til a collision.




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