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2017 Bentley Bentayga Air bags Problems

Complaints
3about this part
Share
33%of 9 total for the year
Median mileage
5,000miles
Trend
Not enough dataFewer than 15 complaints, too few for a reliable trend.

NHTSA recorded 3 complaints about the air bags of the 2017 Bentley Bentayga, 33% of the 9 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 5,000 miles. 1 of these say a crash was involved, according to the filers.

Fewer than 15 complaints name this part, so treat the figures as a rough indication only.

Example complaints

Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.

“1 the car will slip into neutral when you take your foot off the gas, even in terrible weather. This means no gear is actually engaged, and if an emergency occurs it has to first find a gear before you can utilise power. I can send attach a video to show the point in full, in very bad weather, but it will tno let me attach it here 2 we have done a cyber assessment on the car snd it is terrible, we tested a hospital chain in virginia and this single car was worse that over 10 hospitals combined. Systems can potentially be turned off cyberly. …”

NHTSA complaint #11020690, filed 2017-08, 5,000 miles

“Easy cyber attack against new Bentley - critical issue it is incredibly dangerous to connect this car to the internet using a sim card, as the car is littered with high impact vulnerabilities that can easily be exploited to shut down systems, this would deny service of systems, like steering or brakes, or airbags. There are nearly 100 connected devices in the car that is centrally managed using one computer systems that is very vulnerable. …”

NHTSA complaint #11021447, filed 2017-09, 6,000 miles

“The contact stated that she was a standing outside of a 2017 Bentley Bentayga while guiding a driver to park the vehicle in a residential garage when the anti-collision and anti-pedestrian feature failed. The contact stated that she was providing information from the electronic data recorder. The contact stated that the information provided was that the vehicle was traveling at 11 mph, when the accelerator pedal was depressed several times, the vehicle accelerated crashing into the contact and the garage wall. The contact stated that the air bags did not deploy. A police report was not filed. …”

NHTSA complaint #11422688, filed 2021-06, 4,000 miles

Related service bulletins

Air bags: other model years

YearComplaintsShare of year
2017333%

Other parts of the 2017 Bentley Bentayga

Brakes
2 complaints
Engine
2 complaints
Other or unknown
2 complaints
Steering
2 complaints
Electrical system
1 complaints
Forward collision avoidance
1 complaints
Fuel system
1 complaints
Vehicle speed control
1 complaints
Visibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
1 complaints

← All problems reported for the 2017 Bentley Bentayga

About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 31, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.

To check a specific vehicle for open recalls, use its VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls. Methodology