Front Air Bag problems of the 1997 GMC Savana

Two problems related to front air bag have been reported for the 1997 GMC Savana. The most recently reported issues are listed below.

1 Front Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 06/30/2008

The contact owns a 1997 GMC Savana 3500. While driving approximately 35 mph, the passenger side front air bag deployed without warning. There were no injuries. The authorized dealer was notified of the frontal air bag deployment and stated that they needed to be replaced. The vehicle has not been repaired. The contact was very concerned of the safety risk involved with the air bags deploying without a crash occurring. The failure and current mileages were 145,000. Updated 07/15/08. Updated 07/15/08.

2 Front Air Bag problem

Airbag inadvertently deployed with nobody inside the vehicle.


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