Four problems related to air bag have been reported for the 1999 Chevrolet Tahoe. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
This was a very heavy front end collision. The visual dammage est. Is 10,000 dollars and still rising they do not have the internal damage est. I called gm and filed a formal complaint. They told me that they were very busy and did not have time to investigate this failure. They also told me that this would cost the to much money to do an investigation. The rep from gm told me that they could tell if the wreck was bad enough by the description of the wreck over the phone with out even seeing the wreck. The dallas fire department, dallas police department, tow truck driver and huffines Chevrolet which is a certified Chevrolet body shop said that this was way to much damage to the front end and they should have went off. But coprorate gm said that it was not and they could tell that without seeing the vehicle. Gm also told me that the other vehicle in the accident took all the impact, without even seeing the vehicles how would they now this? I still have 10,000 dollars of front end damage to my vehicle and that is way to much if the other vehicle took all the impact. They repeatedly told me that it was ok that they did not go off because the rest of the saftey equipment worked "I. E. Seatbelts, crumple zones" but that does not change the fact that the airbag system did not work and this would have kept my 7 month pregnant wife from hitting the dash board! if you have any question I will be more than happy to answer them large or small. Thank you!.
Contacted GMC , they would not come out to inspect vehicle as requested. No safety defect listed.
The vehecle was traveling approx 40 mph when it hit black ice andm slide off the road and hit a big rock on the passenger side front. The passenger side front body and axle was pushed back approx 6 to 8". Niether air bag opened passenger or driver. The passenger my wife suffered a broken back. The vehecle was totaled by the insurance. One reason we bought the Chevrolet Tahoe was because of the duel air bag. I feel that the severity of the accident the air bags should have opened. I have taken pictures and state farm insurance is also investigating the accident for the failed air bags.
Air bag problem. Manufacturer was not contacted.