# GOODYEAR GOODYEAR — AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
> NHTSA complaint `374464` · 2002-09-04 · Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** GOODYEAR
- **Model:** GOODYEAR
- **Year:** —
- **Manufacturer:** Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
- **Component:** AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
## Narrative
I WAS IN A VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT ON AUGUST 7TH, AT 10:30 AM WHILE DRIVING IN THE MIDDLE LANE OF THE MASS PIKE RT. 90  FRAMINGHAM, MASS.  I THOUGHT MY KIA SEHPIA WAS IN ACCELENT  CONDITION, BUT WHILE I WAS DRIVING IN THE MIDDLE LANE, THE STEERING WHEEL AND COLUMN STARTED SHAKING AND I COULD NOT STEER THE VEHICLE.  I TRIED TO KEEP THE VEHICLE IN THE LANE BUT COULD NOT CONTROL THE STEERING.  THE CAR SCREECHED AND WAS PULLING TO THE RIGHT. TO MY IMMEDIATE RIGHT WAS A LARGE RYDER RENTAL TRUCK, I  BRACED MYSELF AND HIT THE LEFT FRONT END OF THE TRUCK.  THE REST IS A BLUR,  I SPUN AROUND AND THE REAR OF MY CAR HIT THE GUARD RAIL AND I FORTUNATELY STOPPED IN THE BREAKDOWN LANE.  IT HAPPENED SO FAST, BUT WHAT IS MOST UPSETTING,  I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.   I'M NOT SURE IF IT WAS A STEERING COLUMN PROBLEM OR A TIRE PROBLEM.  ALL I KNOW IS, I WAS DRIVING SAFETLY AND THEN MY CAR WHEN OUT  OFF CONTROL. THE RIGHT FRONT OF MY VECHICLE WAS SEVERLY DAMAGED, AND MY PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY.*AK
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