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2001 PONTIAC MONTANA — LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH

1 injured · 418644 · 2003-07-17

Vehicle

Make
PONTIAC
Model
MONTANA
Year
2001
Manufacturer
General Motors, LLC
Component
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH

Severity

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

Narrative

POWER SLIDING DOOR ON A PONIAC MONTANA MINIVAN: THE PASSENGER WAS OPENING THE POWER SLIDING DOOR FROM THE INSIDE AND GOT HER FOREARM TRAPPED BETWEEN THE INSIDE DOOR HANDLE AND THE SEAT (HAND PULLING BACK ON THE HANDLE AND AS THE DOOR SLID OPEN HER ELBOW WAS PINNED AGAINST THE SEATBACK). SINCE THE DOOR DID NOT AUTOMATICALLY REVERSE, IT CONTINUED TO OPEN AND EVENTUALLY BROKE ONE OF THE BONES IN JONIT'S FOREARM. *AK

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
10028486
Machine
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