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2008 CHEVROLET SILVERADO — AIR BAGS
1 injured · 1815616 · 2022-05-31
Vehicle
- Make
- CHEVROLET
- Model
- SILVERADO
- Year
- 2008
- Manufacturer
- General Motors, LLC
- Component
- AIR BAGS
- Miles at failure
- 240,000
Severity
- Deaths
- 0
- Injured
- 1
- Fire
- No
- Crash
- No
- Police report
- No
- Medical attention
- No
- Vehicle towed
- No
Narrative
Takata Recall. The contact owns a 2008 Chevrolet Silverado. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the front driver's and passenger's air bags deployed without warning, causing the front windshield to explode and damage the passenger's side dashboard. There was no impact to the vehicle that could have caused the air bags to deploy. The contact was not injured; however, his fiancée, who was a passenger, had bruises on her knees, legs, and arms, as well as burns and cuts on her legs. No medical attention was received. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired by an independent mechanic or dealer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The contact related the failure to NHTSA Campaign Number: 16V746000 (Air Bags) associated with the VIN. The failure mileage was approximately 240,000.
Source
- Authoritative
- NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
- ODI Number
11466775
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown