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Save up to $379 on Your Auto Insurance. Compare Quotes from Top Providers Now! Find the Best Deal and Apply! - Adv. There are two things that can go wrong with air bags -- they can deploy when they shouldn't, and they can fail to deploy when they should. Every manufacturer, including GM, has had problems with air bags, which are intrinsically complex and dangerous. Our advice? Never rely on your air bag. Always wear your seat belt and insist that passengers do the same. Equally important -- NEVER let small children sit in the front passenger's seat in a vehicle equipped with air bags. They can be very seriously injured and even killed if the air bag deploys. Children must be belted in in the back seat, using an appropriate child booster or infant seat. Some recent complaints ...
Lori of Rock Hill, SC November 23, 2009 The passenger side airbag on my sons 1997 Cheverolet Cavalier deployed while he was driving down the road at 55mph, busting up the dash and the windshield. Luckily my son maintained control of the vehicle and no one was injured. I contacted GM to see why this had happened. They wanted to inspect the car so after replacing the windshield so the car could be driven my son had to take it approx. 35 miles to a GM dealership and leave the car for the inspection. I also had to fax in copies of the title, registration, bill of sale, and my drivers license to Debbie at GM. After the inspection Debbie from GM called, there was a defect in the sensor because there was water under the seat. (of couse there was water, the car sat in the rain for four days with a brokken windshield) At this time she offered us 1,631.00 to buy back the vehicle. Four days later Debbie calls me back and withdrawls the offer and offers 900.00 to buy back the vehicle. Because "they can't offer more than we paid for the car." I recieved a deal on this car because I purchased it from my daughter-in-law. They weren't even offering to compensate my son at all for the towing or the cost of the new windshield. These were damages directly resulting from the defective deployment of the airbag. Dimtiros of Waupun, WI September 24, 2009 I hit a cow at 60 miles per hour head on. The air bags never deployed. When I bought a brand new truck I trusted my life in the safety of GM. Guess I was wrong. Carrie of Pittsburgh, PA August 26, 2009 I was driving im my 2008 Chevy Cobalt and was hit head on totaling my car. The airbags never deployed and everyone from the firefighters, police, bystanders, insurance adjuster, auto body shop and tow truck driver couldn't believe that the airbags never deployed. The whole front end is pushed in and resulted in my car being totaled. There isn't an area in the front of the car that doesn't have severe damage. This just doesn't make sense! Michelle of Spring, TX June 29, 2009 I was in a car accident in my 2006 Chevy Trailblazer. It was a frontal impact that ripped the front bumper off of my car, busted the radiator, buckled the hood, and totaled my car. To make things worse I hit my head extremely hard on the steering wheel & had to go to the hospital because the airbags never deployed. - I had to go to the hospital. - I missed work. - I was prescribed several medications... Kevin of Marysville, WA March 28, 2009 Kevin of Marysville WA (03/28/09) I had the vehicle towed the next morning to the dealer. G.M. investigated and has determined that I experienced a near rollover situation, therefore they decline to offer any warranty or other assistance. This was not a near rollover situation and if just perhaps it were, the airbags did not deploy for several seconds after the entire maneuver. The drivers seat belt is now limp and the passenger seat belt has retracted so tight that it literally broke the belt housing on top of the seat back (pieces) so tight that it is deforming the leather seat. I retrieved the vehicle from the dealer on March 25h to obtain additional repair estimates. The owner of a well establised, and experienced body shop came to my home to estimate it as it is not really legally drivable due to the seat belts. After reviewing this situation he told me that this isn't right, that he had never seen such a seatbelt retraction that was so foceful that it ripped the buckle stop right out of the passenger seatbelt. I thank my lucky stars that I did not have a passenger with me or a child in that seat. He suggested that I file complaints and perhaps create a video of this G.M. product. Mitch of Autrain, MI July 17, 2008 Mitch of Autrain MI (07/17/08) Rodney of Louisville, KY October 2, 2007 Rodney of Louisville KY (10/02/07) Report Your Experience
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