# 2000 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE — STEERING
> NHTSA complaint `1108581` · 2014-09-11 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** OLDSMOBILE
- **Model:** INTRIGUE
- **Year:** 2000
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** STEERING
- **Miles at failure:** 214,839
- **Speed:** 55 mph
## Narrative
AFTER ROUNDING A CURVE AND SEEING A DEER AND THINKING HOW LUCKY I WAS THAT IT DIDN'T JUMP OUT IN FRONT OF ME, MY ENGINE DIED AND I LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE.  IT WENT OFF INTO THE DRIVERS SIDE DITCH AND HIT A FIELD DRIVEWAY CULVERT WITH THE DIVERS SIDE TIRE, WHICH ULTIMATELY BENT THE FRAME AND TOTALED MY CAR..  HOWEVER, THE AIRBAGS DID DEPLOY AND I HAD ONLY A MINOR INJURY.  MY ELBOW WENT THROUGH A DRIVERS SIDE AIR VENT.    SINCE MY CAR IS TOTALED AND THE RECALL SOUNDS LIKE IT WAS THE CAUSE,  CAN I GET MY CAR FIXED OR SOME KIND OF COMPENSATION?  I HAD A LOT OF KEYS ON MY CAR RING AS A WORK FOR THE CITY.  *TR
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