2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER — STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY

Name: NHTSA complaint: 2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER — STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
Start: 2004-07-02

crash1 injured · 487016 · 2004-08-20

Vehicle

Make: CHEVROLET
Model: TRAILBLAZER
Year: 2003
Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Component: STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
Miles at failure: 15,000

Severity

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

Narrative

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE, FOLLOWED BY LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THIS RESULTED IN VEHICLE GOING INTO THE MEDIUM AND TURNING OVER. DRIVER SUSTAINED 3 BROKEN RIBS. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A GARAGE WHO INDICATED THAT THIS OCCURRED BECAUSE THE TIE ROD BROKE. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK

Source

Authoritative: NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number: 10083652
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown