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2005 CHEVROLET COBALT — STEERING

crash1 injured · 1118512 · 2014-10-08

Vehicle

Make
CHEVROLET
Model
COBALT
Year
2005
Manufacturer
General Motors, LLC
Component
STEERING
Miles at failure
109,000
Speed
70 mph

Severity

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

Narrative

WHILE TRAVELING AT ABOUT 70 MPH ON RURAL INTERSTATE EXPRESSWAY, CAME UPON A CURVE, TAPPED BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN AND TRIED TO STEER RIGHT INTO THE CURVE AND COULDN'T GET THE STEERING WHEEL TO MOVE AT ALL. PUT MORE FORCE ON STEERING WHEEL AND IT JERKED THE CAR TO EXTREME RIGHT. TRIED TO COMPENSATE AND CAR WENT INTO 180 DEGREE SPIN ACROSS THE INTERSTATE, HIT AND FLATTENED TWO ROAD SIGNS, WENT DOWN AN EMBANKMENT, THEN WENT AIRBORNE WHILE ROLLING AND HIT A STAND OF PINES TREES. CAR SLID DOWN A TREE AND CAME TO REST ON PASSENGER SIDE. THROUGH THE GRACE OF GOD THE INJURIES WERE ONLY CUTS AND BRUISES. X-RAYS WERE TAKEN AND THERE WERE NO BROKEN BONES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. WAS TAKEN OUT OF THE VEHICLE THROUGH THE REAR WINDOW THAT HAD BLOWN OUT IN THE IMPACT AS NO OTHER DOORS WERE ABLE TO BE OPENED. *TR

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
10643446
Machine
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