NHTSA complaint: 2010 CHEVROLET HHR — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
TL * THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET HHR. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A TRUCK. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES TO THE LEGS, NECK, AND BACK. ONE OF THE PASSENGERS SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE LOWER BACK AND HANDS. THE OTHER PASSENGER SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE LOWER BACK AND THIGHS. MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS RECEIVED AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. AFTER THE CRASH, THE CONTACT RECEIVED RECALL NOTICES FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 14V153000 (STEERING) AND 14E021000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: IGNITION SWITCH); HOWEVER, THE PARTS WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 102,000.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation