Chevrolet air bags problems
Across all Chevrolet models in NHTSA's complaint database, 15,901 complaints involve air bags. The Silverado 1500 accounts for the largest share (15%). The single worst model year is the 2008 Silverado 1500 with 594 air bags complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 15,901 about air bags, all Chevrolet models
- Most affected
- Silverado 1500 15% of these complaints
- Typical mileage
- 70,000 miles 7,579 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 4864 and 98
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Which Chevrolet models
Worst model years for air bags
- 2008 Chevrolet Silverado 1500594 complaints
- 2007 Chevrolet Tahoe501 complaints
- 2007 Chevrolet Silverado 1500479 complaints
- 2011 Chevrolet Silverado 1500307 complaints
- 2017 Chevrolet Traverse264 complaints
Air bags complaints by model year
View the numbers
| Model year | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 1990 | 27 |
| 1991 | 60 |
| 1992 | 60 |
| 1993 | 30 |
| 1994 | 89 |
| 1995 | 513 |
| 1996 | 389 |
| 1997 | 336 |
| 1998 | 281 |
| 1999 | 315 |
| 2000 | 411 |
| 2001 | 321 |
| 2002 | 420 |
| 2003 | 351 |
| 2004 | 341 |
| 2005 | 543 |
| 2006 | 521 |
| 2007 | 2,265 |
| 2008 | 1,836 |
| 2009 | 1,067 |
| 2010 | 1,050 |
| 2011 | 1,126 |
| 2012 | 579 |
| 2013 | 622 |
| 2014 | 622 |
| 2015 | 504 |
| 2016 | 324 |
| 2017 | 435 |
| 2018 | 95 |
| 2019 | 83 |
| 2020 | 64 |
| 2021 | 94 |
| 2022 | 42 |
| 2023 | 37 |
| 2024 | 26 |
| 2025 | 12 |
| 2026 | 10 |
Among the 7,579 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 70,000 miles.
Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles each brand sells, so large brands naturally have more complaints.