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2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO — AIR BAGS

crash1 injured · 474985 · 2004-05-11

Vehicle

Make
CHEVROLET
Model
SILVERADO
Year
2003
Manufacturer
General Motors, LLC
Component
AIR BAGS
Miles at failure
9,000
Speed
80 mph

Severity

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

Narrative

AIR BAGS NOT DEPLOYING ON A NEW CHEVY SILVERADO PICK-UP/ FOLLOWING A VEHICLE CRASH. DRIVER WAS INJURED, AND SCARRED. WAS HOSPITLIZED AND STILL HAVING PROBLEMS AND WILL HAVE A LIFETIME SCAR ON FACE AREA. ALSO LEGS AND THIGHS ARE SCARRED. OUR SON WAS TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED PASSING, LOST CONTROL WENT OFF HIGHWAY HEAD ON INTO DEEP DITCH, FLIPPED OVER, WENT SIDE TO SIDE COMING TO REST SIDEWAYS ON TIRES THAT WERE NOW FLAT AND STILL NO AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT. SENT A COMPLAINT AND PICTURES, POLICE REPORT AND MEDICAL RECORDS TO GM, NO SATISFACTION FROM THERE. WHAT DOES A VEHICLE HAVE TO HAVE DONE TO HAVE AN AIRBAG DEPLOY???? VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. SON IS PERMANTLY SCARRED, AND PARENTS HAVE LOST FAITH IN CHEVY TRUCKS, AND AIRBAGS. HIS OLDER BROTHER CO-SIGNED SO HE WOULD HAVE A "NEW, SAFER" VEHICLE AND AM NOW SO VERY UPSET WITH GM AS TO AN EXPLANATION AS TO WHY THESE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY TO PROTECT OUR SON. THIS VEHICLE (HE WAS SPEEDING PASSING) WENT OFF THE ROAD HEAD ON INTO A DEEP DITCH, OVERTURNED SEVERAL TIMES, HIT SIDE TO SIDE IN DITCH, FLATTENED TIRES AND CAME TO REST ON SHOULDER OF ROAD. NOW HOW MUCH MORE DOES IT TAKE TO DEPLOY AN AIR BAG???? I THINK IF WE WERE WEALTHY AND COULD AFFORD A LAWYER THEY MAYBE WOULD OF LISTENED AND CHECKED THIS MORE, BUT AS WE ARE JUST "COMMON" HARD WORKING US CITIZENS, WE DON'T REALLY COUNT. ALSO OUR SON WAS DRINKING AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT, ( SHOULD NOT MATTER TO SAFETY OF VEHICLE EQUIPMENT) I WAS TOLD IT WAS NOT "CATASTROPIC ENOUGH" OF

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
10072429
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