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2007 Chevrolet Equinox air bags problems

149 complaints about air bags have been filed for the 2007 Chevrolet Equinox, which is 16% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
149 16% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
75,000 miles 117 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
8 and 0
Injuries and deaths
10 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When air bags problems show up

Air bags complaints by mileage, 2007 Chevrolet Equinox Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 75,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 16 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 15 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 19 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 9 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 21 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 19 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 4 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 3 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 6 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 5 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 75,000 miles
Based on 117 complaints that include mileage. 43% 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 miles16
20k to 40k miles15
40k to 60k miles19
60k to 80k miles9
80k to 100k miles21
100k to 120k miles19
120k to 140k miles4
140k to 160k miles3
160k to 180k miles6
180k to 200k miles5
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 117 air bags complaints that report mileage, the median is about 75,000 miles, and 43% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 8 crashes, 10 injuries.

What owners wrote

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 chevrolet equinox. The contact was sitting at a traffic stop when another vehicle crashed into his rear. The impact abruptly pushed the contact's vehicle forward, causing him to crash into the preceding vehicle. The air bags failed to deploy. The contact sustained minor neck and back injuries, the rear driver's side passenger sustained facial lacerations from the shattered rear window and the driver of the second vehicle sustained minor injuries to the neck.

Reported at 117,000 miles, December 2013 CrashInjury

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 chevrolet equinox. While the vehicle was parked, the passenger side air bag light failed to illuminate. The failure occurred constantly. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the passenger seat electronic control unit failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The VIN was not included in NHTSA campaign number: 07v344000 (air bags). The manufacturer was not made of the failure. The failure mileage was 94,000.

Reported at 94,000 miles, February 2016

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