Not too far from me

[Road Trip]

3500s should have no are bags 8600lb gvwr 2500s should have no air bags I have no idea why 2500 suburbans have them.

Here's another data point: My '99 C2500 8-lugger with the HD 8600 GVWR was built with no airbags.

Simple is good. Even if I have to own my defensive driving duties a wee bit more while lumbering
around...instead of relying on the billowy kiss from a deploying airbag to keep me out of trouble. :0)

 

[Keeper]

My 99 K3500 has drivers bag, no passenger
98, 99, and 99 K2500 suburbans all have both

 

[HotWheelsBurban]

Why is there no airbag on the passenger's side, was that an option in the pickups in 1998?
My 1998 Suburban has one, there.

Nice looking truck, I would love to see it up-close and drive it.

That's a non airbag wheel. My '97 C3500 has this same setup; the interior is identical to my truck except for the floor shift for the 4wd, and mine doesn't have the factory CD player (yet!).
As noted in other posts, any of the trucks rated at 8600# gvw or higher (my CCLB is rated at 9000#) at this point in time, were not required to have airbags.
That is a badass truck, Rawhide's little brother in 4wd!

 

[HotWheelsBurban]

Huh, learn something new every day. I had to go out and look after you said this. Sure enough, just a big horn button that looks like an airbag but no air bag label on it.

Yup the horn button should just say "Chevrolet" and the bowtie, and a bugle for the horn symbol.

 

[someotherguy]

My 99 K3500 has drivers bag, no passenger
98, 99, and 99 K2500 suburbans all have both

Are you 100% sure on your K3500? Does the horn cover actually have the SRS logo on it?

Richard

 

[Keeper]

Are you 100% sure on your K3500? Does the horn cover actually have the SRS logo on it?

Richard

Well, I've been daily driving it for 24 years and have 336k on it, so I didn't need to go actually look when I posted earlier. I just went to take a pic of it for you and apparently one of you wisenheimers has switched out my steering wheel.

Not a proud moment... my last remaining memory cell is on the blink... I swear it said AIR BAG right on it, but nope it's a little trumpet... must have been the suburbans wheel I was picturing. aaaarghh. smh

 

[HotWheelsBurban]

Well, I've been daily driving it for 24 years and have 336k on it, so I didn't need to go actually look when I posted earlier. I just went to take a pic of it for you and apparently one of you wisenheimers has switched out my steering wheel.

Not a proud moment... my last remaining memory cell is on the blink... I swear it said AIR BAG right on it, must have been the suburbans wheel I was picturing. aaaarghh. smh

They do look similar.... we've been daily-ing the crew cab for the last year, but this past Saturday I had to put the Burb back into service. Hopefully just for this week, as the heat is pretty much non functional and we're getting ready to get close to freezing for morning lows(when I go to work, ugh).

 

[someotherguy]

Well, I've been daily driving it for 24 years and have 336k on it, so I didn't need to go actually look when I posted earlier. I just went to take a pic of it for you and apparently one of you wisenheimers has switched out my steering wheel.

Not a proud moment... my last remaining memory cell is on the blink... I swear it said AIR BAG right on it, but nope it's a little trumpet... must have been the suburbans wheel I was picturing. aaaarghh. smh

It's OK. I probably made the same mistake a dozen years ago when I hadn't looked closely at enough of them. To compound it, my '98 crew cab had a whole airbag column swapped in, so it did in fact have an airbag wheel (non-operational) and all the associated yellow wiring on the column. Most likely a quick replacement after a previous theft attempt/event.

Richard

 

[HotWheelsBurban]

It's OK. I probably made the same mistake a dozen years ago when I hadn't looked closely at enough of them. To compound it, my '98 crew cab had a whole airbag column swapped in, so it did in fact have an airbag wheel (non-operational) and all the associated yellow wiring on the column. Most likely a quick replacement after a previous theft attempt/event.

Richard

And they're basically the same shape, and some say Chevrolet or GMC, and some Chevys just have the big bowtie.

 

[Caman96]

Well, I've been daily driving it for 24 years and have 336k on it, so I didn't need to go actually look when I posted earlier. I just went to take a pic of it for you and apparently one of you wisenheimers has switched out my steering wheel.

Not a proud moment... my last remaining memory cell is on the blink... I swear it said AIR BAG right on it, but nope it's a little trumpet... must have been the suburbans wheel I was picturing. aaaarghh. smh

You must’ve had the Placebo Bag option. They just make you “feel” safer.