2000 GMC Yukon Air Bags & Restraints Problems

MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING OUR 2000 YUKON A WEEK AND A HALF AGO, AND WHILE COMPLETELY STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN NOT TWO MILES FROM OUR HOME, THE PASSENGER SIDE CURTAIN AIRBAG DEPLOYED. NO ONE WAS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT AT THE TIME, AND THANKFULLY NO ONE WAS INJURED, HOWEVER I AM INCREDIBLY WORRIED ABOUT THE INTEGRITY OF THE VEHICLES SAFETY. I HAVE TWO CHILDREN IN CAR SEATS, AND MY INFANT SON SITS DIRECTLY BEHIND THE PASSENGER SEAT IN A REAR FACING CAR SEAT. NOT ONLY WOULD THE INCREDIBLY LOUD 'GUNSHOT' SOUND HAVE POSSIBLY DAMAGED HIS EARS, BUT THE SMOKY AFTERMATH THE CAR WAS FILLED WITH WOULD HAVE BEEN TERRIBLE FOR BOTH CHILDREN'S LUNGS. AIRBAGS ARE AN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT SAFETY FEATURE THAT IS UNPARALLELED WHEN THEY OPERATE CORRECTLY. OBVIOUSLY THERE IS FAULTY WIRING OR SENSORS IN THIS MODEL SUV FOR THE SIDE SEAT AIRBAG TO GO OFF NOT ONLY WHEN THERE WAS NO ONE SITTING IN THE PASSENGER SEAT, BUT WHEN THE CAR WAS AT A COMPLETE STOP. MY CONCERN IS WITH THE REST OF THE VEHICLES AIRBAG SENSORS, BECAUSE I AM NOT CONFIDENT THAT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO SPONTANEOUSLY GO OFF WHILE I AM DRIVING. WE CONTACTED OUR LOCAL DEALERSHIP WITH THE PROBLEM IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE AIRBAG DEPLOYED, HOWEVER IT WAS A SUNDAY AND WE WERE TOLD NO ONE WAS AVAILABLE TO HELP US. A VEHICLE INSPECTION WAS SCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY, THE 21ST, AND MY HUSBAND RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE INSPECTOR LATER THAT NIGHT TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE INCIDENT. WE WERE TOLD BY THE INSPECTOR THAT WE WOULD BE RECEIVING A CALL FROM GMC WITH THE DETAILS AND OUTCOME OF THE INSPECTION. IT IS NOW THURSDAY THE 23RD, AND EVEN AFTER TWO PHONE CALLS I STILL HAVE NOT HEARD BACK FROM ANYONE. I HAVE NOW BEEN WITHOUT A VEHICLE FOR TWELVE DAYS, AND STILL CANNOT DRIVE IT BECAUSE I AM NOT COMFORTABLE TRANSPORTING MY CHILDREN. I FEEL VERY STRONGLY THAT GMC IS RESPONSIBLE FOR REMEDYING THE PROBLEM AND ASSURING ME THAT THIS WILL NOT HAPPEN AGAIN UNDER ANY PREMATURE CIRCUMSTANCES. *TR

MY FATHER IN LAW WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WHILE DRIVING MY HUSBAND AND MY CAR. THE CAR WAS TOTALED IN THE ACCIDENT AND HE FRACTURED HIS NECK AND BROKE SOME RIBS. NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. *TR

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 31 MPH ON A GRAVEL ROAD IN DRY CONDITIONS THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND IT STRUCK A TREE. UPON IMPACT, THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE FRONT PASSENGER HAD TO BE EXTRACTED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE DASHBOARD COLLAPSED INTO THE FRONT SEAT ALONG WITH THE FIREWALL. THERE WERE 3 INJURIES, AND A POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. A GM REPRESENTATIVE RETRIEVED THE BLACK DETECTION BOX, VERIFIED THE SPEED OF 31 MPH, AND DETERMINED THAT THE AIRBAGS SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED. GM PURCHASED THE SALVAGED VEHICLE FROM THE INSURANCE COMPANY AND DESTROYED IT. *AK

WHILE DRIVING STRAIGHT ON THE HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 70 MILES/HR, BOTH RIGHT AND LEFT SIDE IMPACT AIRBAGS DEPLOYED SIMULTANEOUSLY AND SPONTANEOUSLY. GMC YUKON XL 2000. *JB

REAR SEAT BELTS IN 2000 GMC YUKONS FAIL TO RETRACT, PROVIDING NO SAFETY FOR CHILDREN IN THE REAR SEAT WHEN SEATED IN CHILD RESTRAINT SEATS THAT ARE NOT SEMI-PERMANENTLY MOUNTED IN THE REAR WITH THE SEAT BELT THREADED THROUGH THEM. CHILD SEATS THAT USE THE SEAT BELT AS THE PRIMARY RESTRAINING DEVICE ARE USELESS WHEN THE BELTS DO NOT TIGHTEN. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM TO GMC AND THE DEALER HAS REPAIRED AND/OR REPLACED THE SEAT BELT ON SEVERAL OCCASSIONS. THE DEALER'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO NOT PULL THE BELT OUT ALL THE WAY BECAUSE IT MAY NOT RETRACT - SOMETIMES HARD TO ENFORCE WITH CHILDREN. THE SOLUTION IS FAIRLY SIMPLE - THE AFFECTED VEHICLES SHOULD HAVE A REDESIGNED SEAT BELT MECHANISM PROVIDED TO VEHICLE OWNERS, EITHER BY RECALL OR ON REQUEST. *AK

AIR BAG LIGHT APPEARS ON DASHBOARD UNTIL VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

AIR BAG INDICATOR HAS LIT ON MANY OCCASIONS FOR LAST SEVERAL WEEKS. DEALER CLAIMS THEY CANNOT FIND A PROBLEM OR MAKE IT LIGHT, ALTHOUGH THERE WAS AN ERROR CODE IN THE VEHICLE COMPUTER. DEALER ATTEMPTED TO CHARGE ME FOR CHECKING AS EXTENDED WARRANTY WOULD NOT COVER. WE DRIVE IN FEAR THAT ONE OR BOTH AIR BAGS MAY DEPLOY AT ANY TIME DUE TO A SHORT CIRCUIT, CAUSING A MAJOR ACCIDENT.*AK

FRONTAL COLLISION AT 40-45 MPH, NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. DRIVER SUFFERED HEAD INJURY. *AK *YD

ATTORNEY IS WRITING ON BEHALF OF CLIENTS, WHILE DRIVING 40MPH IN RAINY AND FOGGY WEATHER, VEHICLE RAN OFF THE ROAD HITTING AN EMBANKMENT WITH THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER'S FACE STRUCK STEERING WHEEL SUSTAINING FACIAL INJURIES. INSPECTION OF VEHICLE FOUND THAT A COIL IN THE STEERING COLUMN WAS NOT CONNECTED WHICH WAS THE CAUSE OF THE AIRBAG NOT DEPLOYING. PHOTOS ATTACHED. *TT

FRONT SEAT BELTS LOCK IN POSITION TO ANY TYPE OF MOVEMENT. REAR BACK SEAT THAT LAYS DOWN PUSHED AGAINST FRONT, CAUSING SEAT BELTS TO LOCK. SEAT BELTS WERE REPLACED ONCE BEFORE FOR THE SAME EXACT THING. *AK *ET

THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY IN A HEAD ON COLLISION RESULTING IN INJURIES. NLM

AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY. HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES AND IS NOW AT DEALER. DEALER IS HAVING PROBLEM WITH AIRBAG SENSOR CLIPS, WHICH KEEP FAILING AFTER REPLACEMENT. DEALER CONSIDERS THIS A SAFETY ISSUE AS AIRBAG COULD DEPLOY WHILE DRIVING. *AK

THE SEAT DIRECTLY BEHIND DRIVER'S SEAT WILL NOT LOCK WHEN A CHILD'S RESTRAINT SEAT IS USED AND THE BELT IS PULLED TIGHT TO GET SLACK OUT TO HOLD CHILD'S SEAT SECURE. *ML

INITIA FUNCTION OF PASSSENGER SEAT BELT INOPERTIVE. ONCE SEAT BELT IS LATCHED THE PASSENGER IS RESTRAINED IN THE UPRIGHT POSITION. INORDEER TO MOVE ABOUT IN THE COMPATMENT MUST RELEASE BELT 9 UNLATACH. SAFTY ISSUE MAY RESULT IF PERSON UNLATCHES AT A TIME WHEN AN ACCIDENT OCCURS. ATTEMPTED ON SIMILAR VEHICLE ( PASSENGAER SIDE) WITH SAME RESULTS (MALFUNCTION.) DEALER HAS ALL BUT GIVEN UP. I CANNOT ACCEPT SOMETHING MUST BE DONE TO RIGHT THE PROBLEM THANK YOU R. B. LICCARDO.TED SAME FUNCTION ON NEW SIMILARVEHICLE SIMILAR. *AK

PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT FAILS TO INERTIA RELEASE: EXPLANATION FOLLOWS: WHEN ATACHING SEAT BELT NO FUTHER MOVEMENT IS ALLOWED DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE INERTIA RELEASE MALFUNCTIONS LOCKING THE PASSENGER IN ONE POSITION ANY FURTHER MOVEMENT RSTRAINS THE PASSENGER INTO LOCKED POSITION REQUIRENG TO RELAEQSE THE BELT ENTIRELY TO MOVE ABOUT THE COMPARTMENT. ASAFTY ISSUE IF RELEASING TO PERFORM SOME DUTY A THE SAME TIMEAND ACCIDENT OCCURS CAN BE SERIOUS.OSITIONK MODE REQUIREING THE ENTIRE RELEASE OF THE BELT TO MOVE ABOUT IN THE NTTHER RTHER MOVEMENT WILL LOCK THE PASSENGERRSE FUNCTION OF THE LOCKING ACTION OF THE BELTT LOCKS INPLACE THEREBY TO MOVE ABOUT IN THE VEHICLE REQUIRS THAT DISENGAGE THE BELT. *AK

FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELT CONTINUALLY RETRACTS WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION PINNING THE PASSENGER TO THE SEAT. TO RELEAVE PRESSURE PASSENGER MUST UNBUCKLE AND REPOSITION BUCKLE. TO COMPENSATE DEALER INSTALLED AN EXTENSION BUT STILL DIDN'T CORRECT PROBLEM AND CREATED A NEW ONE FOR PASSENGERS UNDER 200LB. WITH EXTENSION BUCKLE IS IN THE MIDDLE OF OCCUPANTS ABDOMIN ALONG WITH THE SHOULDER BELT. LEAVING ONLY THE LAP BELT TO RESTRAIN PASSENGER. *AK

AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATES ON DASHBOARD, HAS OCCURRED FOUR OTHER TIMES. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED ABOUT PROBLEM; HOWEVER, HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO SERVICE MALFUNCTION. *AK

AIRBAG LIGHT STAYED ILLUMINATED , INDICTATING A DEFECT AND EITHER INOPERATIVE OR SUDDEN DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAGS. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN.PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

PROBLEMS WITH AIR BAG LIGHT COMING ON INTERMITTENTLY. *MR CODES WERE FOUND FOR THE LEFT FRONT SIDE AIR BAG AND A RECALL WAS FOUND REGARDING THIS ISSUE BUT THE VIN NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED. *SCC *JB

MY NEW GMC WAS SHIPPED WITHOUT A DRIVERS SIDE AIRBAG. WE HAD AN INTERMITTANT INDICATION (WARNINING LIGHT) ABOUT 4 WEEKS AFTER WE PURCHASED THE VECHICLE. I BELIEVE THE AIR BAG WAS TAKEN/NOT INSTALLED AT THE FACTORY AND THAT THE WIRING WAS RIGGED TO SHOW AN AIRBAG WAS INSTALLED. I CONTACTED GM CUSTOMER SERVICE, WITH NO RESPONSE OTHER THEN THEY CREATED A FILE. BOTTOMLINE...IF AN AIRBAG IS NOT INSTALLED THE SYSTEM SHOULD INDICATE A FAULT. IF MY AIRBAG WAS TAKEN THERE MAY BE OTHER FAMLIES DRIVING AROUND WITHOUT AN AIRBAG. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF AN AIRBAG IS NOT INSTALLED HOW IT COULD PASS A SYSTEMS SENSOR CHECK. THE LOCAL GM DEALER HAS ORDERED A NEW AIRBAG.*AK