# 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT — AIR BAGS
> NHTSA complaint `772641` · 2010-03-10 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** CHEVROLET
- **Model:** COBALT
- **Year:** 2007
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** AIR BAGS
- **Miles at failure:** 20,660
- **Speed:** 35 mph
## Narrative
ON FEBRUARY 10, 2010, WHILE TRAVELING WEST ON 14TH STREET ANOTHER DRIVER IN THE LEFT LANE ENTERED MY LANE (RIGHT LANE), AND I SLAMMED ON BRAKES TO STOP FROM HITTING THE OTHER DRIVERS VEHICLE. DESPITE THE FACT IT WAS A SUNNY VERY COLD DAY OUTSIDE AND THE STREETS WERE DRY THE BRAKES ON MY VEHICLE LOCKED UP AS THOUGH I HAVE AN ANTI-LOCKING BRAKING SYSTEM, WHICH I DON'T HAVE ON MY CAR. THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME NONE RESPONSIVE AND MY CAR ENDED UP JUMPING THE CURB AND HITTING A TELEPHONE POLE ON THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE OF THE CAR. THERE IS DAMAGE TO THE DRIVER SIDE HEADLIGHT AND A DENT IN THE SAME AREA IN THE SHAPE OF THE POLE; FURTHERMORE, THE AIRBAG NEVER DEPLOYED. THE CAR IS CURRENTLY AT A GM BODY SHOP BEING REPAIRED BY THE OTHER DRIVERS INSURANCE; HOWEVER, IN LIGHT OF THE RECENT GM RECALL ABOUT AN ISSUE WITH THE STEERING WHEEL I AM BRINGING MY ACCIDENT TO YOUR ATTENTION JUST IN CASE THE ISSUES ARE RELATED. *TR
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