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2020 CHEVROLET BLAZER — AIR BAGS

crash1 injured · 2093574 · 2025-05-20

Vehicle

Make
CHEVROLET
Model
BLAZER
Year
2020
Manufacturer
General Motors, LLC
Component
AIR BAGS
Miles at failure
72,000
Speed
65 mph

Severity

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

Narrative

The contact owns a 2020 Chevrolet Blazer. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 65 MPH when a semi-truck crashed into the rear of the vehicle on the driver's side of the vehicle. The vehicle began to spin, causing it to go into the lane the semi-truck was in, and it was hit on the driver's side of the vehicle several times. The vehicle ended up crashing into the median and coming to a stop. The air bags did not deploy. The contact received neck injuries, spinal injuries, headaches, consistent ringing of the ears, shoulder injuries, and hip injuries. Medical attention was needed. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed and taken to the dealer, who repaired the driver's side doors, tires, rims, and other parts of the body of the vehicle that the contact was unable to identify. The air bag failure was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and opened a case. The failure mileage was approximately 72,000.

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11662080
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown