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2004 Chevrolet Colorado air bags problems

29 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the air bags on the 2004 Chevrolet Colorado8% of all complaints for this model year.

29
Air Bags complaints
8%
share of all complaints
94,854 mi
median reported incident mileage
4 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • The airbags were deactivated due to the wires being damaged through normal use of the extended cab rear door. A normal mechanic shop wouldn't fix it, because it was a safety issue, so took the truck to the chevrolet dealer, who confirmed the problem, and had to replace the wiring harness in that…

    filed Jan 4, 2020

  • In october 2015, I received a notice from gm indicating a fault with the airbags. The letter indicated that they would cover the repairs if the years had not exceeded 10 past manufacture, which, on a 2004 model this was already a disqualifier. They also indicated not in excess of 120k miles, again…

    filed Mar 7, 2018

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.