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1999 PONTIAC MONTANA — AIR BAGS:FRONTAL

crash1 injured · 204684 · 2000-03-27

Vehicle

Make
PONTIAC
Model
MONTANA
Year
1999
Manufacturer
General Motors, LLC
Component
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
Speed
5 mph

Severity

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

Narrative

WHILE PULLING INTO THE DRIVEWAY TRAVELING AT A LOW RATE OF SPEED, AND GRADUALLY DEPRESSING ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, VEHICLE SUDDELY ACCELERATED, CAUSING CONSUMER TO RUN INTO A BRICK HOUSE. UPON IMPACT, THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIR BAGS. ALSO SKID MARKS ON THE PAVEMENT SHOWED THAT THE BRAKES WERE BEING APPLIED. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. *AK *ML

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
859232
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown