# 2009 BUICK LACROSSE — AIR BAGS
> NHTSA complaint `1102103` · 2014-08-25 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** Yes
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** BUICK
- **Model:** LACROSSE
- **Year:** 2009
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** AIR BAGS
- **Miles at failure:** 84,000
- **Speed:** 45 mph
## Narrative
LEFT HOME FOR LOCAL RESTAURANT ABOUT 7:AM ON MAY 8.  TRAVELING DOWN HWY 2 LANE, MUST HAVE DROPPED WHEEL OFF PAVEMENT AND THE CAR WENT CRAZY.  I DO NOT REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED.   THE ACCIDENT REPORT SAYS VEHICLE CROSSED THE ROAD, HIT A BANK HEAD FIRST AND FLIPPED THE VEHICLE.   ONE CAR ACCIDENT.  AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.  I WAS TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO A HOSPITAL, THEN TRANSPORTED TO ANOTHER STATE TO A TRAUMA CENTER.  MULTIPLE INJURIES.  I WAS IN HOSPITAL FOR 12 DAYS AND THEN A NURSING REHAB FOR 2 WEEKS.   I DID NOT KNOW THERE WAS A RECALL ON MY VEHICLE UNTIL THIS MONTH AUGUST 2014.  NO OTHER CARS WERE INVOLVED.  *TR
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