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2012 Chevrolet Equinox air bags problems

19 complaints about air bags have been filed for the 2012 Chevrolet Equinox, which is 2% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
19 2% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
62,000 miles 15 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
9 and 0
Injuries and deaths
6 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When air bags problems show up

Air bags complaints by mileage, 2012 Chevrolet Equinox Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 62,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 2 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 3 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 2 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 2 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 1 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 2 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 2 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: 62,000 miles
Based on 15 complaints that include mileage. 47% 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 miles2
20k to 40k miles3
40k to 60k miles2
60k to 80k miles2
80k to 100k miles1
100k to 120k miles2
120k to 140k miles2
140k to 160k miles1
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 15 air bags complaints that report mileage, the median is about 62,000 miles, and 47% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 9 crashes, 6 injuries.

What owners wrote

Tl* the contact owned a 2012 chevrolet equinox. The contact stated that while her husband was driving about 25 MPH, he suffered a medical condition and lost control of the vehicle, crashing into a three feet high cement boulder. The air bags did not deploy. Both the driver and the front passenger sustained injuries that required medical attention. A police report was filed. The driver and the passenger had their seat belts latched at the time of the crash. The vehicle was totaled and was towed to a tow yard.

Reported at 133,000 miles, May 2020 CrashInjury

I was involved in an accident where I rear ended a stopped vehicle. My cruise was set at 57 MPH and I did not apply brakes. Because cruise was set, I hit once, bounced back and hit again. My airbags did not deploy at all. The vehicle has extensive damage to the frame but no airbag deployment.

Reported at 153,000 miles, March 2017 Crash

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