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2016 Chevrolet Tahoe Air bags Problems

Complaints
10about this part
Share
4%of 256 total for the year
Median mileage
36,750miles
Trend
Not enough dataFewer than 15 complaints, too few for a reliable trend.

NHTSA recorded 10 complaints about the air bags of the 2016 Chevrolet Tahoe, 4% of the 256 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 36,750 miles. 5 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.

“Vehicle showed service air bag message on dash display comes on every time vehicle is started. Took vehicle to nick mayer GM in lewisburg,tn and after diagnosis it was determined to need a passenger side air bag system replaced at a cost of 1380.00 vehicle was purchased new from this dealership by me as the only owner and has 34000 actual miles the vehicle was in motion at the first warning on a city street,.dealership told me that with this condition complete air bag system is non funtional can you help me get this fixed??”

NHTSA complaint #11399193, filed 2021-03, 33,500 miles

“I was driving a 2016 chevy Tahoe on a residential street. My car lost all control of steering and brakes. While driving the car veered to the right and hit a car, continued on hitting 2 more parked cars, drove thru someone's large hedges, and was seconds away from driving into someone's house but was stopped when I hit the 2 parked cars in the driveway. My airbag also did not deploy. Two cars involved were totaled. Again, I had no control over the steering or the brakes. Thank god I'm alive and I didn't kill anyone.”

NHTSA complaint #11172341, filed 2019-01, 32,000 miles

“Thursday, april 12, 2018. Heading to work one morning on the interstate, the girl in front of me put on breaks (we were in the fast lane), so I put on my breaks. I looked in the rear view mirror and saw the driver behind me not paying attention and going 50-55 MPH. I had enough time to brace myself before he hit me from behind which made me hit the person in front of me (I have video and pictures). Fortunately, my Tahoe held up pretty good and didn't crumble with the type of impact it had. My concern is my airbags did deploy but actually didn't. …”

NHTSA complaint #11084838, filed 2018-04, 40,000 miles

“Air bag warning light came on will driving. Then turned off when restarted the car.will driving the in the rain the airbag warning light came back on and stay on.I tried to restart the car to see if the light would go out.it didn't. So is this a recall issue?”

NHTSA complaint #11323947, filed 2020-05, 49,456 miles

“While traveling southbound on a four lane highway at approximately 65-70mph (posted speed limit of 65) my 2016 Chevrolet Tahoe seemed to have no steering, similar to how a steering wheel feels when vehicle is off, as the vehicle was traveling over a knoll with a slight curve to the left. The accelerator was pressed to check to see if vehicle was in fact still running, which it was, but the steering wheel would not move. …”

NHTSA complaint #11279269, filed 2019-11, 46,000 miles

Air bags: other model years

YearComplaintsShare of year
202434%
202363%
202263%
2021276%
202047%
201987%
201822%
2017106%
2016104%
2015112%
20141314%
20135122%
20126134%
201118541%
201011537%
20099734%
200823344%
200750042%
200676%
2005196%
2004143%
2003194%
2002317%
2001316%
2000217%
1999204%
199893%
199751%
1996166%
1995187%

Other parts of the 2016 Chevrolet Tahoe

Brakes
92 complaints
Transmission and drivetrain
47 complaints
Other or unknown
46 complaints
Electrical system
31 complaints
Steering
20 complaints
Engine
19 complaints
Suspension
19 complaints
Fuel system
14 complaints
Body and structure
11 complaints
Forward collision avoidance
7 complaints
Electronic stability control
6 complaints
Exterior lighting
6 complaints

← All problems reported for the 2016 Chevrolet Tahoe

About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Nov 1, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.

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