Air Bag Not Deploy problems of the 2006 GMC Sierra 1500

Two problems related to air bag not deploy have been reported for the 2006 GMC Sierra 1500. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2006 GMC Sierra 1500 based on all problems reported for the 2006 Sierra 1500.

1 Air Bag Not Deploy problem

Failure Date: 04/06/2016

My wife while driving our 2006 GMC sierra was involved in a t-bone accident. She was driving south in her lane and was cut off causing her to hit the car that turned in front of her. She could not stop in time and when she hit the other car her airbag did not deploy. She died from broken ribs that puncher-ed her heart and she bled to death at work two hours later, the coroner determined her death to be from blunt force chest trauma.

2 Air Bag Not Deploy problem

Failure Date: 09/15/2007

The contact owns a 2006 GMC Sierra 1500. While driving 55 mph, the contact struck a deer. The deer went under the front driver side wheel and caused the vehicle to crash into a tree at 45 mph. The front air bags failed to deploy. The vehicle is currently at the body shop. The insurance company is investigating the failure and they also want GMC to explain why the air bags did not deploy. The current and failure mileages were 25,300.


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