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2004 Chevrolet Avalanche 1500 air bags problems

12 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the air bags on the 2004 Chevrolet Avalanche 15008% of all complaints for this model year.

12
Air Bags complaints
8%
share of all complaints
95,927 mi
median reported incident mileage
4 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • I had jumped my dead battery and left the truck running. About 10 minutes after being jumped, the driver's airbag deployed. The vehicle never moved and was sitting idly in park and nothing touched the vehicle. *tr

    filed May 28, 2020

  • Service air bag light came on. Research online and found that this is a very common problem and should be recalled for safety reasons.

    filed Aug 6, 2016

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.