1998 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN — AIR BAGS:FRONTAL

Name: NHTSA complaint: 1998 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN — AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
Start: 1999-07-04

crash1 injured · 175694 · 1999-09-15

Vehicle

Make: CHEVROLET
Model: SUBURBAN
Year: 1998
Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Component: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
Speed: 55 mph

Severity

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

Narrative

DURING IMPACT WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE THE MASTER CYLINDER SHEARED OFF THE FIRE WALL RENDERING BRAKES INOPERABLE AFTER IMPACT. DO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER NOR PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG RESULTED IN DRIVER SUFFERED A FRATURED STERNUM. VEHICLE TOTALED. *YC

Source

Authoritative: NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number: 548525
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown