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2003 PONTIAC MONTANA — AIR BAGS

crash2 injured · 1813922 · 2022-05-20

Vehicle

Make
PONTIAC
Model
MONTANA
Year
2003
Manufacturer
General Motors, LLC
Component
AIR BAGS
Speed
29 mph

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
2
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
Yes
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
Yes

Narrative

Van crashed with damage to the front when it ran off the road and went into a culvert/ditch and air bags did not deploy resulting in paralyzation of the wife of the owner after van had been apparently donated to Charity Cars as junk vehicle or salvage vehicle. Vehicle was apparently repaired by towing company and offered for sale at at a used car dealership in Zanesville, Ohio. The passenger side lower dashboard had a white wire hanging down which may have been connected to a defective replacement airbag. I am an attorney representing the owner and the owner's wife. Black box was analyzed in 2019, but not with the latest program.

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11465536
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown