NHTSA complaint: 2006 CADILLAC DTS — AIR BAGS
type: Event
additional type: https://schema.org/AccidentReport
start date: 2012-12-03
description: AIR BAG FAILURE - 2006 LUX III CAR TOTALED 12-03-12 51558 MILES TOTALED CAR. WE WERE HIT ON THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR BY A 2003 1/2 TON EXTENDED CAB CHEVROLET PICKUP TRUCK AT 35 TO 40 MILES PER HR., THE DRIVER WAS DRUNK AND BEING PURSUED. HE WENT INTO THE CENTER OF THE INTERSECTION WITH STOP SIGNS ON ALL SIDES AND HIT ME AS I WAS TURNING LEFT. THERE WERE SEVERAL CARS AT THE INTERSECTION TAKING THEIR TURNS. THE ACCIDENT WAS A HIT AND RUN DUI. THEY DID CATCH HIM LATER. THE SIDE AIR DID NOT GO OFF, ALSO ONSTAR DID NOT GO OFF. I HAD MY CELL PHONE IN MY POCKET AND CALLED 911. WE WERE TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL. I HAD A LACERATION TO THE HEAD AND MY WIFE HAD 2 BROKEN RIBS. WE WERE REALLY SHAKEN UP , DAZED AND MY WIFE WAS SCREAMING FOR HELP.. REPORTED TO GENERAL MOTORS, NO EXPLANATION OF THE AIRBAG FAILURE YET (12-16-12). I HAVE TALKED TO AT LEAST 5 PEOPLE AT GM. ONSTAR SAID THE ONSTAR HELP IS NOT NOTIFIED IF THE AIR BAGS DO NOT GO OFF. WE HAD NO DASHBOARD WARNINGS ABOUT THE AIR BAGS. ALL OF OUR MONTHLY ONSTAR REPORTS HAVE HAD NO PROBLEMS REPORTED. *TR
organizer: General Motors, LLC
publisher: AI Analytics
license: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
source: https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/downloads/
source organization: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation

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property ID: NHTSA Complaint ID
value: 953915

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