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2009 HYUNDAI GENESIS — SEAT BELTS

crash1 injured · 1134396 · 2014-11-25

Vehicle

Make
HYUNDAI
Model
GENESIS
Year
2009
Manufacturer
Hyundai Motor America
Component
SEAT BELTS
Miles at failure
50,000
Speed
25 mph

Severity

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

Narrative

I AM FILING ANOTHER COMPLAINT TO RECORD THIS CRITICAL DESIGN ISSUE BASED ON ALL THE RECENT COVER-UPS BY THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY. ON NOV 10TH,2013 MY VEHICLE WAS HIT IN THE REAR WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH BY ANOTHER VEHICLE AT A SPEED SLIGHTLY FASTER THEN MY VEHICLE. WHEN THE VEHICLE HIT US, THE HEADRESTS DEPLOYED MOVING OUR HEADS FORWARD BUT THE SEAT BELTS DID NOT RESTRAIN BOTH THE DRIVER AND THE PASSENGER. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED HEAD TRAUMA AS A RESULT. I CONTACTED HYUNDAI MOTORS ABOUT THIS SERIOUS CONDITION AND AFTER MANY LETTERS THEY SAID THAT THE VEHICLE MET ALL THE TEST DATA IN A COLLISION. WHAT THEY DIDN'T SAY IS THAT THERE ISN'T A TEST FOR REAR COLLISIONS REQUIRED BY THE NHTSB. THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE DESIGN OF THE HEADRESTS AND THE FUNCTION OF THE SEATBELT RESTRAINING CAPABILITY. THIS CAN ONLY BE PROVEN BY EITHER A REAR COLLISION RESULTING IN SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH OR CONDUCTING A REAR END COLLISION AT A SLOW SPEED BY BOTH VEHICLES. HYUNDAI DID INSPECT THE VEHICLE AND THE SEATBELTS ( MEASURED THEM ; ONLY INSPECTION THAT COULD BE MADE). DO WE NEED TO SEE ANOTHER DEATH RESULTING IN THE NHTSB AND THE AUTO INDUSTRY AVOIDING TESTING TO SAVE MONEY OR IGNORE A SAFETY PROBLEM. *TR

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
10660822
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