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2007 CHEVROLET COBALT — AIR BAGS

crash1 injured · 1042529 · 2014-03-04

Vehicle

Make
CHEVROLET
Model
COBALT
Year
2007
Manufacturer
General Motors, LLC
Component
AIR BAGS
Miles at failure
104,014
Speed
50 mph

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
1
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
No
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

I WAS TRAVELING ON THE FREEWAY WHEN I WAS CLIPPED BY A DIESEL TRUCK ON MY DRIVERS LEFT REAR. I SPUN COUNTER CLOCKWISE IN FRONT OF DIESEL AND WENT STRAIGHT TOWARDS CENTER DIVIDER, UPON OBSERVING A VEHICLE IN THE SAME LANE MY VEHICLE WAS HEAD TOWARDS. BOTH VEHICLES MADE CONTACT HITTING ME ON MY DRIVERS FRONT PANEL AND THE COBALT HITTING STRAIGHT INTO CENTER DIVIDER NO AIR BAGS WERE DEPLOYED. INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED, CAR WAS A TOTAL LOSS. THIS VEHICLE HAS NOTHING BUT PROBLEM TWICE IN 2013 THE KEY WOULD BREAK OFF IN THE IGNITION AND WERE NOT FITTING CORRECTLY CAUSING REPLACEMENT. *TR

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
10566915
Machine
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