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2016 Chevrolet Cruze air bags problems

21 complaints about air bags have been filed for the 2016 Chevrolet Cruze, which is 5% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
21 5% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
71,000 miles 13 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
12 and 0
Injuries and deaths
8 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When air bags problems show up

Air bags complaints by mileage, 2016 Chevrolet Cruze Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 71,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 1 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 3 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 1 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 4 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 1 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 1 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 1 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 1 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 71,000 miles
Based on 13 complaints that include mileage. 38% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles1
20k to 40k miles3
40k to 60k miles1
60k to 80k miles4
80k to 100k miles1
100k to 120k miles1
120k to 140k miles1
140k to 160k miles1
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 13 air bags complaints that report mileage, the median is about 71,000 miles, and 38% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 12 crashes, 8 injuries.

What owners wrote

The contact owns a 2016 Chevrolet Cruze D2. The contact stated that while driving 20-25 MPH, the contact crashed into another vehicle. The air bags failed to deploy. As a result, the contact had whiplash to the neck and the front seat passenger head hit the windshield and whiplash to the neck. Medical attention was required. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to a tow lot. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The dealer nor the manufacturer were not notified of the failure.

Reported at 58,000 miles, November 2022 CrashInjury

In november of 2015 I was sitting at a stop sign and somebody hit me head on at approximately 45 to 50 MPH causing a substantial amount of damage to the front end of my car costing nearly a total of $9,000. The air bags didnt deploy resulting minor injuries. On march 06, 2016 my vehicle was involved in a head on collision with a deer at approximately 65 MPH resulting in $8,100 worth of damage to my vehicle. The air bags did not deploy again only this time no injuries were caused.

Reported at 1,400 miles, March 2016 CrashInjury

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