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2007 Chevrolet Tahoe air bags problems

501 complaints about air bags have been filed for the 2007 Chevrolet Tahoe, which is 33% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
501 33% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
100,000 miles 182 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
18 and 0
Injuries and deaths
20 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When air bags problems show up

Air bags complaints by mileage, 2007 Chevrolet Tahoe Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 100,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 8 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 13 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 14 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 23 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 31 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 31 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 25 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 15 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 7 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 6 complaints 200k+ miles: 9 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 100,000 miles
Based on 182 complaints that include mileage. 19% 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 miles8
20k to 40k miles13
40k to 60k miles14
60k to 80k miles23
80k to 100k miles31
100k to 120k miles31
120k to 140k miles25
140k to 160k miles15
160k to 180k miles7
180k to 200k miles6
200k+ miles9

What the data shows

Of the 182 air bags complaints that report mileage, the median is about 100,000 miles, and 19% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 18 crashes, 20 injuries.

What owners wrote

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 chevrolet tahoe. The contact stated that the vehicle was involved in a frontal crash with another vehicle at approximately 30 MPH but the air bags did not deploy. The driver of the contact's vehicle and a passenger suffered minor injuries. The vehicle was destroyed and a police report was filed. The contact called the manufacturer who took a complaint but provided no further assistance. The current and failure mileages were unknown. The VIN was unavailable.

March 2010 CrashInjury

Multiple dashboard cracks around passenger airbag and now on drivers side. I am the original owner and the tahoe has always been in the garage when parked at home.

Reported at 40,000 miles, June 2011

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