Air Bag recall

Rocket Man said:

Well to be fair...not a single one of these airbags in the GM trucks have gone off accidentally. They even tried to increase the salt and moisture substantially in tests and try to get them to fail and couldn’t. Not a single one. So even though they were made by the same company, there might be something to say about the specs GM had them built to. That’s what they claimed and I tend to believe them. Otherwise at least a few would have failed by now. Oh well, in the end the NHTSA won.

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Where is Ralph Nader when ya need him, my Corvair is unsafe at any speed !

rdhogg said:

That is my worry, (check picture out), did they take the passenger out of the dash to do the recall. That is the big concern.

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yes they took out the rectangle section where the bag is.

rdhogg said:

That is my worry, (check picture out), did they take the passenger out of the dash to do the recall. That is the big concern.

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I have pulled mine in my Silverado that had a cracked dash a couple times. There’s 4 bolts underneath that hold the thing securely and the plastic cover unsnaps by barely pushing in on the clips from underneath as you gently push up on the airbag. IMO you would have to be a clumsy oaf to cause any more cracking. I pulled mine, pulled the dash and repaired the cracks by using hot staples, reinstalled everything and I didn’t cause any extra cracking in that area. The driver side cracked in a new area a few days later so I ordered a new dash and did it again. But the airbag R&R is super easy.

Every time I go into the dealer they look at the status and say, "no parts" and they say, "probably next time" and we move on to other issues.

Like @Rocket Man said, none of them have actually gone off. Given they sold quite a few in the 2007-2014 range, I am not worrying about it. Besides, its my wife's seat...

I'm *crossing fingers* lucky so far that the 2007 Tahoe we just purchased has 87k and NO cracks. Don't know if original owner replaced it, or just lucky (so far) so I'm also concerned that doing anything near the dash will make me run out of luck. Other recalls don't show up when putting in the VIN, so I'm assuming the other airbag recall work was done without a hitch.

wsteele said:

Every time I go into the dealer they look at the status and say, "no parts" and they say, "probably next time" and we move on to other issues.

Like @Rocket Man said, none of them have actually gone off. Given they sold quite a few in the 2007-2014 range, I am not worrying about it. Besides, its my wife's seat...

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Besides, its my wife's seat...

BOO! You know she can still reach you from there

Caligirl said:

Besides, its my wife's seat...

BOO! You know she can still reach you from there

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I have the lumps to prove it.

I'm not allowed to read magazines in the car while a passenger because I'd "bad dog!" my husband with a rolled up magazine haha.

Caligirl said:

I'm *crossing fingers* lucky so far that the 2007 Tahoe we just purchased has 87k and NO cracks. Don't know if original owner replaced it, or just lucky (so far) so I'm also concerned that doing anything near the dash will make me run out of luck. Other recalls don't show up when putting in the VIN, so I'm assuming the other airbag recall work was done without a hitch.

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What other airbag recall? This recent one is the first for these model year trucks

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gooffeyguy said:

What other airbag recall? This recent one is the first for these model year trucks

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I thought there were others?!? I've researched so much about different years, I could be wrong.