2004 Chevrolet Colorado Airbags Problems

Your airbags were automatically disabled because the wires in the extended cab rear door got damaged from normal use and wear. A regular mechanic wouldn't repair it since it's a safety system, so you had to take it to a Chevrolet dealer who confirmed the issue and replaced the wiring harness in that door.

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 A DISQUALIFIER ON MY VEHICLE WITH 150K MILES. ADDITIONALLY, WHEN I SHOWED THE LETTER TO THE LOCAL DEALER, AND THEY RAN A VEHICLE REPORT, THE RECALL WAS NOT SHOWN. FOR ALL INTENT THEN, GM IS DISREGARDING THE FAULTY AIRBAGS ON MY VEHICLE. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WHEN THE INDICATOR IS ON, THE AIRBAGS ARE NOT FUNCTIONING. I WOULD THINK THAT AN AIRBAG ISSUE, WITH A KNOWN CAUSE BY THE MANUFACTURER, SHOULD BE A LIFETIME RECALL. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THE TRUCK. ORIGINALLY, THIS WAS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WHEN USING THE LEFT REAR DOOR, BUT IT IS NO LONGER SO. I AM SUBMITTING THIS REPORT TODAY, AS I AM CONCERNED THAT THIS LONG STANDING ISSUE WILL NEVER BE SATISFIED BY GM.

WHILE IN PARKED OR IN MOTION, THE AIR BAG INDICATOR LAMP STAYS LIT. I TOOK IT TO TWO SEPARATE REPAIR SHOPS AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. ONE SHOP REMOVED THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT TO CHECK FOR FAULTY WIRES OR CONNECTIONS AND FOUND NONE. I WAS ADVISED TO TAKE MY 2004 CHEVROLET COLORADO DOUBLE CAB TRUCK BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED IT, TO HAVE DIAGNOSED & REPAIRED. THE PROBLEM STILL EXIST AS OF TODAY.

SEVERAL MONTHS AGO I RECEIVED A SAFETY RECALL FOR THIS VEHICLE. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO MY CHEVY DEALERSHIP, THEY TOLD ME THEY COULD NOT PERFORM THE REPAIR BECAUSE THE ODOMETER HAD OVER 120,000 MILES ON IT. MY QUESTION IS THIS, DO ALL SAFETY RECALLS NO LONGER BECOME SAFETY PROBLEMS WHEN THE ODOMETER REACHES A CERTAIN NUMBER ? IF THIS IS THE CASE THERE MUST BE THOUSANDS OF SAFE UNSAFE VEHICLES ON OUR HIGHWAYS DUE TO THIS TYPE OF ENFORCEMENT. PLEASE TELL ME THIS IS A JOKE.

AIRBAG LIGHT IS CONTINUALLY ON. WHEN RUNNING, DRIVING, AT ALL TIMES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET COLORADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.

WIRES TO THE AIRBAG WIRING HARNESS ARE BROKEN IN REAR DRIVE RSIDE PASSENGER DOOR. RESULTING IN AIRBAG LIGHT TO COME ON. *TR

AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT CAME ON I FEEL THIS NEEDS TO BE A RECALL AS OTHER COLORADO OWNERS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET COLORADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THAT THE BROKEN WIRE IN THE EXTENDED CAB FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98,000.

THE AIR BAG LIGHT WOULD NOT GO OFF. THE POWER WINDOW ON THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR WOULD NOT OPERATE FROM THE DRIVERS DOOR MASTER SWITCH PANEL.THE PASSENGER SIDE MIRROR STOPPED WORKING. THE AIRBAG LIGHT REMAINS ON, THE INOPERATIVE POWER REAR WINDOW CONTINUES TO BE OPERATIONAL BUT ONLY FROM THE REAR DOOR SWITCH AND CONTINUES TO BE NON RESPONSIVE TO THE DRIVERS DOOR MASTER PANEL. THE ALL THE POWER WINDOWS CEASED TO FUNCTION AND I FOUND A BLOWN FUSE WHICH WHEN REPLACED ALLOWED THE THREE WORKING WINDOWS TO RESUME OPERATION. I HAD A CERTIFIED MECHANIC TROUBLESHOOT THE AIRBAG SYSTEM WITH A COMPUTER PROGRAM. HE TOLD ME THE AIRBAG SYSTEM WOULD NOT RESET DUE TO A FAULT WITH THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR AIRBAG LOCATED IN THE "A" PILLAR. AS THERE ARE ALREADY RECALLS ON GM PICKUP TRUCK DRIVER SIDE MASTER WINDOW,MIRROR SWITCH AND THESE ABOVE STATED FAILURES THE RISK OF SAFETY MAY HAVE TO BE INVESTIGATED AND A RECALL EXPANDED. *TR

TRUCK LEFT ROAD HIT EMBANKMENT THEN ROLLED. AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *TR

AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT WAS LIT ON MY 2004 CHEVROLET COLORADO EXTENDED CAB WHICH I ASSUME WOULD MAKE THE AIR BAGS INOPERABLE DURING AN ACCIDENT. PROBLEM DETERMINED TO BE A BROKEN WIRE IN THE HARNESS BETWEEN THE CAB AND THE BACK DOOR. *TT

2004 CHEVY COLORADO TURNED ON PARTIALLY TO THE ON POSITION TO START THE VEHICLE AND THE DRIVERS AIRBAG POPPED OUT IN MY FACE AND HIT ME VERY HARD .THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT HIT OR ANYTHING, IT WAS IN A STANDARD PARKING LOT AND WHEN IT POPPED OUT MY HEARING WHEN BLANK OR DEAF LIKE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT RUNNING AT THE TIME OF THE EXPLOSION. CHEVY THOUGHT MAYBE A MALFUNCTION BUT THEN ADVISED ME TO GO DOWN THE ROAD TO A NEARBY ABRA AUTO BODY WHICH THAT GUY THOUGHT CHEVY MAY BE HIDING A TYPE OF AIRBAG MALFUNCTION RECALL, ANYWAYS CHEVY WOULDN'T ESTIMATE THE PRICE TO BE FIXED AND ABRA SAID I WAS LOOKING AROUND 1300.00 FOR REPAIR.*TR

DRIVER/OWNER TRAVELLED INTO A PARKING LOT, PARKED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND TURNED THE IGNITION COMPLETELY OFF. WITHIN SECONDS, THE DRIVER STEPPED OUT OF THE VEHICLE, THEN LEANED OVER TO RETRIEVE THE KEY WHICH WAS STILL IN THE IGNITION. AS THE DRIVER REMOVED KEY FROM IGNITION, WITHOUT WARNING, THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED, STRIKING HIM IN THE LEFT CHEEK. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED FACIAL BURNS. PARAMEDICS AND FIRE RESPONDED. LATER, HE WAS TAKEN TO AN EMERGENCY ROOM. PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT, THE VEHICLE OPERATED PROPERLY AND RECEIVED ROUTINE MAINTENANCE WITH DEALER.

I WAS IN A CAR ACCIDENT A VEHICLE HAD RAN OUT OF GAS, I WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 45MPH AND REAR ENDED THE STOPPED VEHICLE. THEN A TRUCK HIT ME. MY AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *TR

AIRBAG INDICATOR LIGHT REQUIRED DEALER REPAIR TO REPLACE A WIRING HARNESS AT A COST OF $91. *TR

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET COLORADO EXTENDED CAB. THE CHILD SAFETY SEAT WILL NOT FIT INTO REAR EXTENDED CAB FOLD DOWN PORTION SEAT. THE DEALER TALKED TO GM, AND GM DID NOT AGREE THAT THIS WAS A PROBLEM. GM CAME AND TOOK PICTURES OF THE SEAT INSIDE THE CAR, AND SAID IT DID COMPLY. THE CONSUMER HAD THE SEAT INSPECTED BY THREE CAR SAFETY SEAT INSPECTORS ,AND THEY TOLD HIM THAT IT DID NOT PASS , AND IT WAS NOT SAFE FOR THE CHILD. THE INFANT SEAT WILL FIT, BUT A LARGER SEAT WILL NOT. FOR A BIGGER SEAT TO EVEN COME CLOSE TO FITTING IN THE BACK SEAT, THE SEAT WOULD HAVE TO BE PUSHED UP SO MUCH THAT IT WOULD ENDANGER THE PERSON SITTING IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BECAUSE THEY WOULD BE SO CLOSE TO THE AIR BAG. THERE WAS NO CUT OFF SWITCH FOR THE AIR BAG IN THIS CAR. *AK

THE CONSUMER CRASHED INTO A TREE HEAD ON AT 35 MPH. THE FRONT AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY UPON IMPACT. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES TO HIS HEAD, SHOULDER AND NECK.*JB

ON 10/15/2004, I BEGAN TO TURN THE IGNITION KEY OF MY 2004 CHEVROLET COLORADO AUTOMOBILE. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED. JUST AS I TURNED THE IGNITION, THE STEERING WHEEL AIRBAG INFLATED. THE STEERING WHEEL AIRBAG INFLATED FOR NO REASON. THE VEHICLE IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY SINCE I HAVE ONLY OWNED THE VEHICLE SEVERAL WEEKS. THE MANUFACTURER WILL BE REPLACING THE AIRBAG UNDER WARRANTY. THE AIRBAG INFLATION DID NOT RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY. THE ONLY INJURY WAS A RUG BURN LIKE FEELING TO THE FACE AND A SORE LEFT EYE AND A SORE LEFT HAND. NEITHER APPEAR TO BE SERIOUS.*JB

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AT 40 MPH IMPACT. DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT FAILED TO HOLD THE DRIVER IN PLACE , AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY. DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES, AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL BY AN AMBULANCE. DEALER WAS CONTACTED, AND THE VEHICLE IS AT THE BODY SHOP.*AK

THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED INADVERTENTLY WHEN THE KEY WAS TURNED IN THE IGNITION TO START VEHICLE. IT IS CURRENTLY AT DEALERSHIP. *AK *SC *JB