# 2021 GMC SIERRA 1500 — AIR BAGS
> NHTSA complaint `2074118` · 2025-03-15 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** Yes
- **Vehicle towed:** Yes
## Vehicle
- **Make:** GMC
- **Model:** SIERRA 1500
- **Year:** 2021
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** AIR BAGS
## Narrative
Airbag system did not deploy but smoke in cabin during a crash.  Video of front, rear and inside cabin shows the rear end passenger side impact at an estimated 45-50 MPH.  I saw smoke in cabin, disturbed with anxiety after crash waiting for bags to deploy accidentally.  The airbag deployed red light illuminated notifying an airbag deployment. I received a GM message through the vehicle report application stating that my airbag system malfunctioned and I needed to take the vehicle to a service department for repair as soon as possible.  This crash was a total loss of the GMC Sierra, this was how hard the vehicle was hit.  Why did the airbag system smoke? Why did the airbags not deploy? Why did I receive a Malfunctioning Airbag system message from GMC?  Video shows that if the airbag system would have deployed on the steering wheel I would have had less head and neck trauma when whipping backward and then forward.
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*Source: [NHTSA ODI](https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/downloads/) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*