# 2003 CHEVROLET VENTURE — AIR BAGS
> NHTSA complaint `652044` · 2008-01-03 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** No
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** CHEVROLET
- **Model:** VENTURE
- **Year:** 2003
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** AIR BAGS
- **Miles at failure:** 49,157
- **Speed:** 3 mph
## Narrative
ON 10/30/07, MY 2003 CHEVY VENTURE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON.  I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO THE LOCAL DEALER, AND WAS TOLD THAT THE R/S SAFETY DEPLOYMENT MODULE WAS FAILING AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.  THE DEALER TOLD ME THIS WAS NOT A HUGE PROBLEM AND THAT THE VEHICLE WAS SAFE TO DRIVE.  HE TOLD ME THE REPAIRS COULD WIAT UNTIL I HAD THE MONEY IN JANUARY.  ON 11/25/07, WHICLE DRIVING THE VEHICLE, THE DRIVERS SIDE (SIDE) AIRBAG DEPLOYED AND EXPLODED IMMEDIATELY.  I PHONED THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE PROBLEM WAS UNRELATED AND THEY WERE NOT RESPONSILBE.  I FILED A PRODUCT ALLEGATION COMPLAINT WITH GM.  THEY SENT AN INSPECTOR TO THE DEALER WHO REVIEWED THE CAR AND FOUND IT WAS A COMPUTER MALFUNTION OF THE SAFETY DEPLOYMENT MODULE THAT CAUSED THE AIRBAG TO DEPLOY.  HE STATED THAT THEIR WAS NOTHING THAT I COULD HAVE DONE TO CAUSE THE AIRBGA DEPLOYMENT.  THE DEALER ADMITTED TO GM THAT THEY TOLD ME THE VEHICLE WAS SAFE TO DRIVE, BUT GM DECLINED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE.  I HAVE SINCE FOUND OUT THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS RECALLED FOR 2 SEPARATE FRONT AIRBAG PROBLEMS.  GM STATES THAT THIS VEHICLE HAS NO OPEN RECALLS ON IT.  THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED, AND IS NOW OFF THE ROAD.  I AM PAYING THE LOAN OFF AND HOPING TO GET SOME RESOLUTION TO HAVE THIS VEHICLE REPARED SO I CAN CONTINUE TO USE IT.*CN
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