# 2004 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX — STEERING
> **FATAL** · NHTSA complaint `1172487` · 2015-04-07 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 1
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** Yes
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** PONTIAC
- **Model:** GRAND PRIX
- **Year:** 2004
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** STEERING
- **Miles at failure:** 102,000
- **Speed:** 35 mph
## Narrative
MY MOTHER WAS KILLED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION IN A 2004 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX.  SHE WAS TRAVELING SOUTH BOUND ON A STREET CALLED HEWITT  WHEN HER LEFT THE LANE FOR NO KNOWN REASON AND HIT A CAR TRAVELING NORTH BOUND HEAD ON DYING WITH IN SECONDS OF THE ACCIDENT. THE POLICE DID NOT KNOW WHY THIS HAPPENED . THERE WERE NO SKID MARKS FROM BRAKING NOR GOUGES NOR ANYTHING THAT SHOWED SHE TRIED TO BRAKE OR AVOID HITTING THIS CAR. I  HAD JUST TALKED TO HER 20MIN BEFORE HER DEATH. HER LEFT LEG WAS BROKE AS IF SHE HAD APPLIED GREAT PRESSURE TO THE BRAKES AND HER STEERING WHEEL WAS IN A LOCKED POSITION CAUSING HER RIGHT ARM TO BREAK. THERE IS NO KNOWN REASON WHY HER SEAT BELT GAVE AWAY BECAUSE SHE WAS KNOWN TO WEAR HER SEATBELT AT ALL TIMES I RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER A YEAR LATER ABOUT THIS VEHICLE BUT IT WAS TO LATE. MY MOTHER HAD AN EXCELLENT DRIVING RECORD. THIS HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS LOSS!   *TR
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