# 2007 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 — AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
> NHTSA complaint `664498` · 2008-04-05 · 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:** SILVERADO 1500
- **Year:** 2007
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
- **Miles at failure:** 17,682
- **Speed:** 70 mph
## Narrative
FEB. 21, 2008, MY WIFE AND MYSELF WERE INVOLVED IN A ACCIDENT DURING AN ICE STORM.  OUR TRUCK FISH TAILED AND PLOWED THROUGH A HSY GUARD RAIL AT AN ANGLE OF APPROX 60 DEGREES.  THE AIR BAGS DID NOT WORK.  IT THEN BOUNCED OFF A SECOND GUARD RAIL IN THE OUTSIDE OF THE OPPOSITE LANE AND SPUN THE TRUCK AROUND AND HEADED FOR THE MIDDLE GUARD RAIL AND PARKED.  THE AIR BAGS DID NOT WORK A SECOND TIME.  SO, THE INJURY TO OUR NECKS AND UPPER TORSO WAS MORE SEVERE BECAUSE OF THE AIR BAGS NOT WORKING.  THE SEAT BELTS STRAIN INJURED US.  WE HAD LEASED A 2007 SILVERDO LT EXTENDED CAB WITH WARRANTY AND GUARANTEES.  I WENT ONLINE AND CHECKED THE SAFETY RATING.  SHOCKED, THIS IS WHY I AM MAKING THIS COMPLAINT.  *TR
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