Air Bag Problems of Chevrolet Uplander

Due to a minor accident with a deer, we need to replace the airbags in this only 12-year old vehicle, with only 135,xxx miles on it. A chevy dealer reports that these airbags are 'discontinued and no longer available'. This car should easily be usable for another 135,xxx+ miles. Over half of the useful life of this vehicle will be lost if we cannot replace the airbags. Vehicle was traveling approx 60 mph on an interstate highway, (slowing down because of the deer approaching). Unsafe condition is only the unavailability of new, replacement airbags. Rest of minor body damage is easily repairable. This 'extended body 7-passenger' vehicle is built on a full 'truck' frame, which was not damaged. Only loss besides the airbags is one headlight assembly and minimal sheet metal damage.

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My. Front. Air. Bag. Explode in my face without any reason. The car was park in my house. When I try to lower windows the air bag activated.

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Customer got into driver's seat to clean the dash and before touching anything, the airbag deployed. Vehicle was not moving and keys were not in ignition. Customer taken to emergency department for evaluation; minor injury.

The abs light is on in my van, I have been told that the airbag could deploy at any time or that in the event of a crash that it won't deploy at all. I purchased this vehicle used but this problem started in 2009. The light will go off occasionally, but only for a few miles. This should be fixed by Chevrolet, however the dealer has stated that it is and was not covered under warrenty.

Chevrolet Uplander places the back seat passenger air bags in the seat. Because it is in the seat, there is no armrest provided for the passenger. All passengers that I have had in the back seat have "made" an armrest to be more comfortable, but thereby blocking the function of the airbag. This safety feature of the car will not function properly in a collision, due to passenger desire to be comfortable. This is a very poor design and should be corrected prior to any injuries.

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