2011 Chevrolet Equinox Air Bags Problems
- 40
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.
Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.
Among these 40 stored complaint records:
- 13 indicate a crash
- 8 indicate injury
- 1 indicate fire
What owners report
- airbag light · 11 records
- light came · 9 records
- service airbag · 7 records
- failure mileage · 7 records
- left front · 5 records
- keep coming · 4 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 30–60k mi | 14 |
| 100–150k mi | 8 |
| 1–30k mi | 6 |
| 60–100k mi | 4 |
| 150–400k mi | 2 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Air Bags · Engine
The air bag light came on a few weeks ago and the light on the dashboard stays on when driving.
ODI 11256623
Air Bags · Fuel/Propulsion System · Service Brakes
Driving home i was approaching intersection in which a few cars were beginning to move as i approached the red light. On a county highway, upon seeing the slow start, i began breaking. Unfortunately i continually pushed brake pedal to floor numerous times with no ability to stop and ran my vehicle under back end of a fedex delivery truck. One head on collision occurred my airbag canisters initiated but but the air…
Crash reported
ODI 11192087
Air Bags
Vechical was involved in a crash, rear ended another vehicle, vechical was totaled. Airbags never went off. On a highway about 50-60 mph.
Crash reported
ODI 11189908
Air Bags
Tamara recall the service airbag light comes on when i start my vehicle and stays on from time to time. This has been going on and scares me that it might deploy unexpectedly. I feel as if my life is in danger because of this.
ODI 11219668
Air Bags · Seat Belts
The lights keep coming on even though stuff was replaced
ODI 11161263
Air Bags
Airbag light stays on needs to be serviced it keeps saying airbags are off this light comes on everytime equinox is in motion and continues to beep all the time!
ODI 11104786
Air Bags · Power Train
When seating in the driver seat turn on the car my air bag warren come on even when i turning the wheel left or right it come on and i did get warrant card and i call a chevy dealer in quincy fla and they said they did it still it keep popping up let talk about that oil that i keep losing with in 4week bout the oil when i get a oil charge when in a 3 week checking my cage and checking my oil stick now i know what…
ODI 11061157
Air Bags
The service airbag light came on upon starting it one morning , but have not been in an accident. The car has a total of 58,863 miles on it. Can't understand why this happened!
ODI 11041514
Air Bags
Airbag light keep coming on. Dealer fixed it but it keep coming on. Comes on when i am stationary and driving. It always read service airbag.
ODI 11035926
Air Bags · Electrical System
June 9, 2017 at 10:00 pm i hit a deer on south dakota hwy 11 in lincoln county. The speed limit was 65 mph and i was going 68 mph when i hit the deer head on. I drove over to the side of the road and the vehicle stopped. After a few minutes my wife and i smelled burning electrical wire. We got out of the car and started to walk away and within 10 minutes the whole thing went up in flames. The car was totaled and the…
Crash reported · Fire reported · 2 injuries
ODI 11010876
Air Bags
My airbag light is on saying airbag maintenance. I was not involved in a accident
ODI 10984743
Air Bags · Body
Involved in an accident where i collided with another car. The front end of my car was completed damaged to the point where the car was totaled. The problem with this accident was the air bags did not go off causing injury to myself and my wife. I estimate the speed at collision to be around 30mph. I was traveling west bound at about 630pm in the evening, on a four lane city road with a center turn lane. I was in my…
Crash reported · 2 injuries
ODI 10949808
Air Bags
Takata recall hit on driver side front wheel and door bumper lites bent the front wheel in too the motor. Just started too move forward. City street going strate.
Crash reported
ODI 10906307
Air Bags
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 chevrolet equinox. When starting the vehicle, the air bag warning indicator remained illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the air bag sensor failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 127,000.
ODI 10904394
Air Bags
Service airbag light came on after passenger seat and airbag light turned off. The side 2 passenger airbag kept going on and off until finally it shut down. Have never been in an accident nor has the airbags had a problem before. Safety issue here needs fixing. Multiple things started happening after i hit 50k miles. Tires losing air, passenger bag not working and sound going off and on.
ODI 10894627
Air Bags
Service airbag has been on for about 6 months; currently the passenger airbag "off" is illuminated. I am going to assume that means the passengeer airbag will not deploy during an accident. I have been reading online and it seems like this is a common problem with the chevrolet equinox and chevy nor general motors have put a recall on the defective air bags. Dtc incorrect b0081 (right sis installed) and b0074…
ODI 10897822
Air Bags
Vehicle keeps showing service air bag and makes a digging notification noise while driving and i have not been involved in a accident
ODI 10788315
Air Bags · Seat Belts
I was driving 79mph down interstate 295 when a voulcher flew into my front driver side lower car panel causing the air bag canister to deploy but not the airbag itself. The airbag light came on and the service airbag came up on my display. I contacted state patrol and they came out to see the damage but could not file a report. I do however, have the state patrol officers name and email address. I had to get my car…
ODI 10760208
Air Bags
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 chevrolet equinox. The contact was involved in a frontal crash. The air bags failed to deploy. A police report was not filed and no injuries were sustained. The vehicle was declared destroyed by the insurance company. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 58,000.
Crash reported
ODI 10721958
Air Bags · Seat Belts
Large pickup truck with snow plow ran stop sign at intersection, snow plow blade hit left side/left front of car, at speed of about 45 mph. Impact forced car off the road, into a pile of frozen ice and snow. Damage was severe enough that left front door was almost sliced off the car with serious body damage to left front and left front corner. All doors were jammed shut. Neither front nor side airbags deployed. Seat…
Crash reported
ODI 10690234
Air Bags · Body
While changing lanes during an ice storm, the vehicle's back end let lose and the driver lost control and slide into the media at which time the vehicle was projected into the guardrail head on. Neither front airbags deployed nor did any of the airbags deploy. *tr
Crash reported
ODI 10682338
Air Bags
My husband and i purchased a 2011 chevrolet equinox on 8/20/14, mileage 29,548 from carmax in glencoe il. We also purchased the extended warranty. Shortly after we purchased the vehicle the service airbag light came on and i would constantly have to clear it from the screen so i could view the digital spedometer. I made a call in regards to the issue and was informed that there was no recall for this issue. I was…
ODI 10732422
Air Bags
Air bag light came on and won't go off and won't stop dinging. No crashes, no sudden stops, 33,000 miles. This should be fixed by the dealers expense. *tr
ODI 10650405
Air Bags
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 chevrolet equinox. The contact stated that the service air bag warning light illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 56,000.
ODI 10617370
Air Bags
My air bag light came on and stayed on. I just purchase the vehicle less than 90 days. They state the air bag was not under warranty. However, the tech states the tsb part in the passenger side is out in the air bag. I am sure the dealer knew of this issue when they did the diagnostic before the car was sold to me. They will not fix the vehicle @ their and expense and i am out of $541.00. I feel that this issues…
ODI 10617825