# 2014 FIAT 500 — AIR BAGS
> NHTSA complaint `1526895` · 2018-12-28 · Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** Yes
- **Vehicle towed:** Yes
## Vehicle
- **Make:** FIAT
- **Model:** 500
- **Year:** 2014
- **Manufacturer:** Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
- **Component:** AIR BAGS
- **Miles at failure:** 20,000
- **Speed:** 8 mph
## Narrative
I WAS ON A SIDE STREET TURNING L ONTO A BUSY STREET. THERE WAS A LONG LARGE WHITE VAN BLOCKING MY VIEW FROM TURNING. I WAS AT A STOP SIGN. AS I STARTED TO MOVE OUT I DID LOOK BOTH WAYS FIRST. THERE WAS A RED AUTO OVER A BLOCK TO MY LEFT & RIGHT AN AUTO WAS  WAY BEHIND TRACKS. WE HAVE A LONG SET OF TRACKS DUE TO BUSY STREET ON A SLANT. AS I TURN, ANOTHER CAR ON MY LEFT HIT MY CAR SO HARD THAT THE SEAT BELT DID NOT HOLD AND I WAS MOVED ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT OF CAR & THIS INTENSIFIED IMPACT ON MY LEFT SIDE HEAD TO LEFT DRIVER WINDOW. MY CAR WAS TOTALED.  LOC  MOMENTARILY, DISORIENTED, TAKEN TO ED VIA AMBULANCE, 2 INCH LACERATION TO SCALP.  THIS INITIATED MANY SYMPTOMS OF ILLNESS THAT ED NEVER KNEW ABOUT. CT SHOWED IRREGULARITIES TO LEFT BRAIN, I WAS UNABLE TO WRITE LEGIBLE, MY TEXTS WERE NOT UNDERSTANDABLE, MY SISTER STATED SHE HATED TO CALL BECAUSE I WASN'T MAKING SENSE & I FELL CONTINUOUSLY FOR NO REASON. I CAUSED NUMEROUS BROKEN RIBS DUE TO FALLS & ONCE HAD TO BE HOSPITALIZED DUE TO RIB SEPARATING FROM STERNUM. MY PSYCHIATRIST PUT ME ON ADDITIONAL MEDICATION DUE TO DEPRESSION.  HAD PT TO INCREASE MUSCLE TONE IN LEGS . JUST HAD A RADICAL MASTECTOMY 5 MO PREVIOUSLY AND I KNEW I WASN'T RIGHT.  THE POLICE REPORT INDICATED OTHER CAR WAS GOING 25MPH WHICH CAN'T BE CORRECT. THE SPEED LIMIT WAS 30MPH & EVERYONE WHO LIVES IN AREA KNOW OUR TRAINS ARE SO LONG THAT YOU WANT TO CROSS THEM BEFORE A TRAIN COMES. MY CAR WAS NEARLY ON TRAIN TRACKS.  I KNOW BY TURNING LEFT, I WAS AT FAULT B
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