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2021 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 air bags problems

20 complaints about air bags have been filed for the 2021 Chevrolet Silverado 1500, which is 2% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
20 2% of this year's complaints
Crashes and fires
10 and 1
Injuries and deaths
8 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

What the data shows

These complaints mention 10 crashes, 1 fire, 8 injuries.

What owners wrote

Airbag failure to deploy. Vehicle didn't deploy airbags at a head on side collision, metal bumper got pushed in and front tow hook got bent, Impact was detected by iPhone crash detection.

December 2023 CrashInjury

I hit a couple of palm trees and an oak tree and the air bags didn't go off.. Huge concern do I want to buy another one?

Reported at 1,200 miles, January 2021

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