NHTSA Complaint #10929706 — 2016 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE

UNEXPECTED NOTICE OF A SERVICE WARNING LIGHT THAT SUDDENLY APPEARED ON MY WIFE'S TRAVERSE AFTER DRIVING FOR 2 WEEKS..... [XXX] AND I PURCHASED A DEMO TRAVERSE WITH 4000 MILES , AT A FT PIERCE CHEVROLET LOCATION RECENTLY... WE WENT ON A TWO WEEK TRIP TO HAWAII AND RETURNED THIS PAST WEEK ,AS WE STARTED THE CAR , UPON OUR RETURN, MY WIFE EXCLAIMED ; I HAVE A WARNING AIRBAG NOTICE LIGHT ON.... SO I THOUGHT ! ,( MAYBE IT WAS THE FACT I HADN'T BUCKLED MY SEAT BELT YET, AS I ENTERED THE STARTED CAR, MAYBE MY SEAT WASN'T FUNCTION RIGHT OR SOMETHING)..... I HAD HER TURN OFF THE CAR AND RESTART IT. CONTINUALLY , (THROUGHOUT THE DAY YESTERDAY), AS WE TRAVELED AROUND, DOING CHRISTMAS SHOPPING, THIS WARNING REAPPEARED EACH TIME WE STOPPED , GOT OUT TO SHOP AND RETURN TO START THE TRAVERSE.. WHEN I RETURNED HOME, I GOOGLE THE MEANING OF THIS WARNING, WHAT WAS IT CAUSES, WHAT IT ENTAILED / HOW TO REMEDY THIS WARNING AND MY STARTLED AND DISMAYED AS THE SEARCH RESULTS POPPED UP.... CHEVROLET WAS AWARE OF THE DESIGN DEFECT IN THE TRAVERSE VEHICLES, BUT DID NOT WARN US OR OTHER CONSUMERS PRIOR TO PURCHASING. THE DEFECTIVE AIRBAGS CAUSES SAFETY CONCERNS AND DIMINISHES THE RESALE VALUE OF THIS VEHICLE ,THE DEFECTIVE AIRBAGS IN THE TRAVERSE MAY CAUSE UNSAFE DRIVING CONDITIONS AND FINANCIAL BURDEN TO US AS OWNERS. AS NOTED IGNORING THE ACTIVE SERVICE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT WILL EVENTUALLY RESULT IN THE NON-DEPLOYMENT OF THE SIDE IMPACT RESTRAINTS, WHICH INCLUDE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEAT-MOUNTED SIDE AIR BAGS, FRONT CENTER AIR BAG (IF EQUIPPED), AND THE SEAT BELT PRE-TENSIONERS. SEEMS THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN A RECURRING MODEL ISSUE SINCE 2010.. I'M NOT HAPPY AND HOPE THE DEALERSHIP IS ABLE TO REMEDY THIS ISSUE, FOR HER , IN A TIMELY MANNER , BUT I STILL NEEDED TO POST A NOTICE TO THIS SITE..... INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR