# 2003 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO — AIR BAGS
> NHTSA complaint `550130` · 2005-09-23 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 2
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** CHEVROLET
- **Model:** MONTE CARLO
- **Year:** 2003
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** AIR BAGS
- **Miles at failure:** 54,000
- **Speed:** 55 mph
## Narrative
DT:  2003 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO.  THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN  ACCIDENT  WHILE TRAVELING 55 MPH THREE WEEKS AGO. UPON IMPACT,  THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE WAS A DEER IN THE ROAD, VEHICLE SWERVED AND HIT AN EMBANKMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED.    THERE WAS A DEER IN THE ROAD VEHICLE SWERVED AND HIT AN EMBANKMENT  DRIVER  SUSTAINED  A  KNOT THE FOREHEAD AND WAS HIT ON THE CHEST AND FOREHEAD. SHE WAS STILL UNDER A PHYSICIAN'S CARE.  ANOTHER  PASSENGER ALSO SUSTAINED INJURIES.   NO ONE HAS INSPECTED THE VEHICLE TO FIND OUT WHY THE  AIR BAGS  DID NOT DEPLOY.    A POLICE REPORT  WAS TAKEN BY THE STATE TROOPER. THE CONSUMER  HAD A FRIEND WHO WORKED AT GM AND WHO INDICATED THEY HAD FOUND NUMEROUS VEHICLES WITHOUT AIR BAGS.   *AK   *NM
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