# 2000 CHEVROLET MALIBU — EXTERIOR LIGHTING
> NHTSA complaint `1108587` · 2014-09-11 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 2
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** Yes
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** CHEVROLET
- **Model:** MALIBU
- **Year:** 2000
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** EXTERIOR LIGHTING
- **Miles at failure:** 85,000
- **Speed:** 40 mph
## Narrative
THE DAY MAY 13, 2009 MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE FOR ABOUT HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE AT 12: 15 A DAY.   ANOTHER VEHICLE DRIVING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION CROSSED THE STREET TO ENTER THE PARKING LOT OF ROSS.   MY WIFE QUICKLY USE THE BRAKES BUT THE VEHICLE WAS WHEN COLLIDED WITH THE OTHER VEHICLE STOPPED.   MY WIFE SUFFERED TRAUMA TO THE SPINE AND NECK.   BREAKING THE 5TH LUMBAR VERTEBRA AND HERNIATED CERVICAL.   NEVER AGAIN COULD WORK OR IT COULD OPERATE. REQUIRES A SPINAL FUSION WHICH COSTS $ 80,000.00.   NOW WE KNOW WHY THE VEHICLE DID NOT STOP AND DID NOT PREVENT THE ACCIDENT.  *TR
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