# 2008 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 — AIR BAGS
> NHTSA complaint `1708729` · 2020-11-24 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** No
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** CHEVROLET
- **Model:** SILVERADO 1500
- **Year:** 2008
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** AIR BAGS
- **Miles at failure:** 103,000
## Narrative
STARTED MY VEHICLE TO MOVE IT IN THE DRIVEWAY THIS PAST SATURDAY AND BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO SHIFT INTO GEAR THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIRBAGS DEPLOYED WITHOUT WARNING. NO COLLISION, ETC.  THE VEHICLE WASN'T EVEN OUT OF PARK YET.  SOUNDED LIKE A SHOTGUN WENT OFF IN THE CAB OF THE TRUCK.  LUCKILY I WAS NOT LEANED FORWARD ATTEMPTING TO SHIFT GEARS OR I WOULD HAVE CAUGHT THE FULL FORCE OF THE DEPLOYMENT TO MY FACE.  TOOK QUITE A HIT TO THE CHEST AND STOMACH AREA.  EXTREMELY FORTUNATE THIS HAPPENED IN THE DRIVEWAY AND NOT WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS IN TRAFFIC.  UPON RESEARCH FOUND A PENDING RECALL WHICH HASN'T BEEN RESOLVED YET BY NHTSA.  THIS ISSUE IS REAL AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.  I COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED OR INJURED OTHERS IF THIS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING.  I AM NOW STUCK WITH 2 DEPLOYED AIRBAGS AND IF I WISH TO REPAIR SEVERAL THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO FIX PROBLEM.  GM NEEDS TO MAKE THIS RIGHT AND REPAIR.  IF THE MANUFACTURER TAKATA HAS IDENTIFIED A PROBLEM WITH THE AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT SYSTEM PROVIDED AND UTILIZED BY GM THIS SHOULD BE REPAIRED BY GM.
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