2004 Chevrolet Silverado air bags problems
31 complaints about air bags have been filed for the 2004 Chevrolet Silverado, which is 4% of all its NHTSA complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 31 4% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 36,000 miles 27 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 21 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 20 and 1
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When air bags problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 10 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 5 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 2 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 5 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 0 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 2 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 2 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 1 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 27 air bags complaints that report mileage, the median is about 36,000 miles, and 63% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 21 crashes, 20 injuries, 1 death.
What owners wrote
Fatal crash. Entire left side of vehicle ripped off including driver door. Truck flipped also. Hit 4 trees. Speed limit was 65 in the area they believe the vehicle to be moving a little over the speed limit. Air bags never deployed none of them. The impact totaled the vehicle.
Recently while trying to start my truck there was a drivability issues with the powertrain, I had the lock light for the theft deterrent system on the instrument panel come on. The check engine light was also lit. The airbag light for the passenger side wouldn't come on.it read "airbag off" even though there was a passenger seated. The red warning light for the drivers side did not appear to work either. This issue only happened one time.cw
Other problems reported for the 2004 Chevrolet Silverado
- Brakes 219 complaints
- Electrical system 162 complaints
- Steering 45 complaints
- Engine 28 complaints
- Drivetrain & axles 26 complaints
- Body & structure 25 complaints
- Transmission 25 complaints
- Suspension 24 complaints