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1997 Chevrolet Lumina air bags problems

36 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the air bags on the 1997 Chevrolet Lumina10% of all complaints for this model year.

36
Air Bags complaints
10%
share of all complaints
median reported incident mileage
22 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • Dashboard cover on passenger side airbag has detached/pulled away and buckled up from the foam air bag casing. Gm/chevrolet was notified of the problem via phone. The response given by gm/chevrolet representative was that the car was too old to warrant their attention/repair. This does not answer…

    filed Dec 17, 2016

  • Lost control of the vehicle driving home. Crashed. Police report is identical to steering recall. Which never was repaired. The vin number I have at home. Neither airbag deployed even though I smashed into a culvert. *tr

    filed Aug 6, 2014

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

Air Bags problems in other Lumina years

YearReportsShare
1999 Lumina77%
1998 Lumina157%
1996 Lumina3414%
1995 Lumina337%
1994 Lumina11%
1993 Lumina10%
1992 Lumina10%
1991 Lumina21%
Lumina air bags problems by year →

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.