B0051

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2008 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER with 92557.0 miles

While driving on a straight section of a city street at only 30 mph both side curtain airbags deployed. I was startled but quickly looked around to see if i had hit anything or had been hit by another car. I was still moving forward and as soon as safely possible pulled the car over and got out to inspect what had happened. There was no collision with any other object or car and the airbags had deployed without warning. The airbag light had not been on and the car was driving normally. I called my insurance company and reported the incident and requested a tow. The insurance adjuster has since determined that since there has been no collision that the cause must be from a manufacturer's defect. The body shop has run the codes from the on board computer and they are B0051,B0058,B0062,B0065,B0070, and u7300. Except for the u7300 the rest are stating the obvious that the airbags and seat belt tensioners have deployed. This is a very serious safety concern because if i had been driving at highway speeds on a section of road that was curved i do not think that i could have maintained control of the vehicle.
AIR BAGS,

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2003 CHEVROLET TAHOE with 111500. miles

One day this winter i went out in the garage and started my Tahoe. Out of the blue my service air bag light came on. Today i took my care to get it checked out and the error codes (B0051 & B0053) indicated that the airbags had been deployed. The service manager agreed that there was no evidence of a collision or that the air bags had been deployed, and that the air bags are not working. Due to the age of the vehicle they indicated that there was nothing they go do to cover the work needed to repair the problem and get the airbags working again. The estimate is for $1,200. They also indicated that there were not any recalls or service bulletins on this type of problem.I contacted gm via chat, and they said there were not recalls or service bulletins for this issue, and they could not due anything to assist with the repair. I am the original owner and always kept the vehicle in good working order using the original dealer, and have not had any accidents with the vehicle. I can afford to get the repair done, my concern is how many other people that can't might be impacted by this and will drive the vehicles without the air bags.
AIR BAGS,