2001 Chevrolet Tahoe air bags problems
31 complaints about air bags have been filed for the 2001 Chevrolet Tahoe, which is 5% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 3rd most reported problem area for this model year.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 31 5% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 82,000 miles 14 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 26 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 32 and 3
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When air bags problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 0 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 2 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 2 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 2 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 2 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 1 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 3 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 1 |
What the data shows
Of the 14 air bags complaints that report mileage, the median is about 82,000 miles, and 29% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 26 crashes, 32 injuries, 3 deaths.
What owners wrote
While driving 40 MPH driver hit the brakes suddenly and vehicle hit the curb and rolled twice. Upon impact, airbags did not deploy. People were ejected from the vehicle. As a result,they died.
My son and I was in an accident saturday february 16. My right front tire went off the road and I tried to correct it when my back right tire went off the road and I tried to correct and went to the left when my left back tire dug into the earth and caused my truck to flip over. When the truck flipped over my son was ejected from the vehicle and he was wearing his seat belt but the belt came undone. Also in the rollover no side air bags deployed when if they did it might have kept him in the vehicle.
Other problems reported for the 2001 Chevrolet Tahoe
- Brakes 294 complaints
- Tires 32 complaints
- Seat belts 29 complaints
- Body & structure 25 complaints
- Electrical system 21 complaints
- Seats 21 complaints
- Steering 21 complaints
- Engine 19 complaints