NHTSA complaint: 2012 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 3500 — AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2012 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 3500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 80 MPH, THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND CRASHED INTO A GUARDRAIL. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE ROLLED OVER SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE COLLIDING INTO A TREE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED FROM THE SCENE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND THE DRIVER WAS FATALLY INJURED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS EXAMINED BY AN INDEPENDENT FIRM WHO DETERMINED THAT THE AIR BAG SWITCH WAS FAULTY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: CASE-9-558-170-8379. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation