2003 Chevrolet Silverado

THIS IS THE SECOND OF THREE FATAL COLLISIONS INVESTIGATED THIS YEAR BY MY OFFICE INVOLVING CHEVROLET PICKUPS THAT CAUGHT FIRE AFTER BEING INVOLVED IN FRONTAL COLLISIONS. THIS WAS AN OFF SET HEAD ON, PASSENGER SIDE TO PASSENGER SIDE. PASSENGER IN PICKUP WAS PINNED IN VEHICLE DUE TO CRUSH AND CONSUMED BY FIRE.

THE VEHICLE WAS IN AN ACCIDENT AND ROLLED OVER, THE CONSUMER STATED SHE MUST HAVE FALLEN ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL. NEITHER FRONT DRIVER OR PASSENGER AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. DRIVER COULD NOT RECALL WHETHER THERE WAS PRE-IMPACT BRAKING, BUT ASSUMED SO SINCE IT WAS A NATURAL REACTION. BOTH PASSENGERS WERE WEARING SEAT BELTS, AND THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT WAS NOT ILLUMINATED AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO THE COLLISION. DRIVER SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES, SUCH AS BROKEN RIBS/ CONTUSIONS AND BRUISES. THE PASSENGER WAS KILLED.*AK ODI SPOKE TO CONSUMER. THE COMPLAINANT WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND MAY HAVE FELL ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL. HUSBAND WAS MOST LIKELY A SLEEP IN THE PASSENGER'S FRONT SEAT AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH. THE VEHICLE DRIFTED INTO OPPOSITE LANE. THE DRIVER UPON REALIZATION OF WHAT WAS GOING ON OVER CORRECTED AND HIT A CONCRETE DRAIN RESULTING IN THE VEHICLE FLIPPING 2 1/2 TIMES. THE PASSENGER SUSTAINED BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA ACCORDING TO THE DEATH CERTIFICATE. THE COMPLAINANT STATED THAT THE INJURIES TO THE PASSENGER WERE ON THE TOP/SIDE. THE COMPLAINANT DID NOT REMEMBER THE DETAILS. THE PASSENGER WAS BELTED BUT DIED INSTANTLY FROM THE TRAUMA. THE DRIVER DID REMEMBER IF SHE HIT THE STEERING WHEEL. CW *TS *JB

I WAS APPROACHING A TRAFFIC LIGHT IN TOWN AND WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED THE BRAKE LINE BROKE AND THERE WERE NO BRAKES. I SWERVED TO MISS THE CAR INFRONT OF ME BUT HIT HER PASSENGER SIDE REAR. SHE IN TURN HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF HER. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RESTART, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. ON ONE OCCASION, ANOTHER VEHICLE REAR ENDED THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE DUE TO THE FAILURE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED NECK AND BACK INJURIES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING WHILE IN REVERSE. THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO A PILE OF DEBRIS. THE CONTACT SUFFERED INJURIES TO THE NECK AND BACK. THE CONTACT NOTIFIED THE DEALER REGARDING THE SUDDEN ACCELERATION AND THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY HAD NO REPORTS OF ANY SILVERADO'S ACCELERATING WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT THEN NOTIFIED THE MANUFACTURER AND FILED A COMPLAINT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 77,000. UPDATED 05/16/12*LJ

DIRECT FRONTAL IMPACT WITH SIDE OF CAR THAT RAN RED LIGHT. AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. SPEED WAS APPROXIMATELY 40-50 MPH. *JB

AIR BAGS DID NOT INFLATE WITH A FRONT END CRASH THAT PUSHED THE MOTOR IN THE DASH. SON RECEIVED HEAD INJURIES WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO ABOUT THIS. PICKUP WAS A TOTAL LOSS. FRAME WAS BENT. OUR ATTORNEY WOULD LIKE TO PUSH THIS BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT YOU WILL DO FOR US FIRST. I HAVE PICTURES IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM. *JB

WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE. AS A RESULT, THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL, AND DROVE INTO A EMBANKMENT. DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES TO BOTH LEGS AND LEFT ARM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, DUAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER SUSTAINED HEAD INJURIES DUE TO HIS HEAD HITTING THE STEERING WHEEL.*AK THE CHEVROLET TESTERS CAME TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE. THEY CONCLUDED THAT THE IMPACT WAS NOT HARD ENOUGH NOR WAS THE VEHICLE GOING FAST ENOUGH FOR THE AIR BAG TO DEPLOY. *NM

I PURCHASED A NEW CHEVROLET SILVERADO TRUCK ON 8/15/2003. I DROVE IT 15,000 MILES AND THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AND WAS REPLACED. ON ANOTHER TRIP RETURNING FROM DENVER TO DURANGO I WAS DRIVING ON A MOUNTAIN ROAD WHEN THE BACK WHEELS SUDDENLY, WITHOUT WARNING LOCKED UP. THIS CAUSED THE TRUCK TO GO INTO AN UNCONTROLLED SKID AND I CRASHED INTO THE SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN. THE TRUCK BOUNCED BACK INTO THE ROAD AND ALMOST FORCED OTHER CARS OFF THE HIGHWAY. THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY WAS VERY STEEP WITH NO GUARDRAIL. HAD I SKIDDED THAT DIRECTION, I WOULD HAVE TUMBLED SOME 200 FEET OR MORE. TO ADD TO THIS THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY UPON DIRECT FRONTAL IMPACT WITH THE MOUNTAIN. ALL OF THIS INFORMATION WAS NOTED IN THE COLORADO HIGHWAY PATROL ACCIDENT REPORT # 908FZEH21P. GENERAL MOTORS HAS ACCEPTED RESPONSIBILITY BUT 10+ WEEKS LATER HAS NOT REPLACED THE TOTALED TRUCK!*AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE LEAKED FUEL. WHEN THIS OCCURRED THE BRAKE PEDAL BECAME HARD AND FAILED TO STOP VEHICLE WHEN THE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, RESULTING IN A REAR END CRASH. CONSUMER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND DEALERSHIP ONLY REPAIRED THE BODY PARTS DAMAGED BY THE CRASH. HOWEVER, DEALERSHIP INDICATED IT COULDN'T FIND ANY LEAK. WHEN THE CONSUMER PICKED UP THE VEHICLE FROM THE DEALERSHIP THERE WAS SMOKE COMING OUT FROM UNDER THE HOOD. DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT THE SMOKE WAS CAUSED BY FLUID FROM THE RADIATOR, AND THE BODY PARTS THEY HAD REPLACED. THE FAILURE RECURRED WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 55 MPH. THIS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO HYDRO PLANE FROM THE DIESEL FUEL, AND CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. IT WAS TOWING A TRAILER AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THE TRAILER JACK KNIFED AND DAMAGED THE SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. IT WAS TOWED TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP, WHO FOUND A LEAK IN THE FUEL INJECTOR LINE.*AK

AIR BAGS NOT DEPLOYING ON A NEW CHEVY SILVERADO PICK-UP/ FOLLOWING A VEHICLE CRASH. DRIVER WAS INJURED, AND SCARRED. WAS HOSPITLIZED AND STILL HAVING PROBLEMS AND WILL HAVE A LIFETIME SCAR ON FACE AREA. ALSO LEGS AND THIGHS ARE SCARRED. OUR SON WAS TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED PASSING, LOST CONTROL WENT OFF HIGHWAY HEAD ON INTO DEEP DITCH, FLIPPED OVER, WENT SIDE TO SIDE COMING TO REST SIDEWAYS ON TIRES THAT WERE NOW FLAT AND STILL NO AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT. SENT A COMPLAINT AND PICTURES, POLICE REPORT AND MEDICAL RECORDS TO GM, NO SATISFACTION FROM THERE. WHAT DOES A VEHICLE HAVE TO HAVE DONE TO HAVE AN AIRBAG DEPLOY???? VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. SON IS PERMANTLY SCARRED, AND PARENTS HAVE LOST FAITH IN CHEVY TRUCKS, AND AIRBAGS. HIS OLDER BROTHER CO-SIGNED SO HE WOULD HAVE A "NEW, SAFER" VEHICLE AND AM NOW SO VERY UPSET WITH GM AS TO AN EXPLANATION AS TO WHY THESE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY TO PROTECT OUR SON. THIS VEHICLE (HE WAS SPEEDING PASSING) WENT OFF THE ROAD HEAD ON INTO A DEEP DITCH, OVERTURNED SEVERAL TIMES, HIT SIDE TO SIDE IN DITCH, FLATTENED TIRES AND CAME TO REST ON SHOULDER OF ROAD. NOW HOW MUCH MORE DOES IT TAKE TO DEPLOY AN AIR BAG???? I THINK IF WE WERE WEALTHY AND COULD AFFORD A LAWYER THEY MAYBE WOULD OF LISTENED AND CHECKED THIS MORE, BUT AS WE ARE JUST "COMMON" HARD WORKING US CITIZENS, WE DON'T REALLY COUNT. ALSO OUR SON WAS DRINKING AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT, ( SHOULD NOT MATTER TO SAFETY OF VEHICLE EQUIPMENT) I WAS TOLD IT WAS NOT "CATASTROPIC ENOUGH" OF AN ACCIDENT TO WARRENT ANY DAMAGES. ?? THEN THEY TRIED TO SAY THE "ACCIDENT" (MEANING VEHICLE) WASN'T. I THINK WE ALL KNOW WHAT THEY MEANT. WE WERE NOT LOOKING FOR "MILLIONS" (STRETCHING IT), JUST HIS MEDICAL BILLS AND THE PROBLEM CORRECTED IN OTHER CHEVY'S SO THIS WOULD NOT HAPPEN TO SOMEONE ELSE. AS USUAL THE HONEST PEOPLE, AND HARD WORKING MIDDLE CLASS CAN GET NO HELP. PRAYERS GO OUT TO ANYONE ELSE THIS HAS HAPPENED TO AND THAT IT WON'T HAPPEN TO SOMEONE ELSE'S CHILD.

WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, THE FRONT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED NECK AND BACK INJURIES. *AK *SC

WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY, THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, RESULTING IN A FRONTAL COLLISION. THE VEHICLE WENT INTO AN EMBANKMENT. UPON IMPACT, THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES. *AK BROKEN STERNUM, SPINE AND RIBS. THE CONSUMER WAS WEARING HIS SEAT BELT. THE SDM CRASH DOWN LOAD FROM THE CRASH WAS SENT TO ODI WITH PICTURES OF THE VEHICLE. CW *MR *JB

WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH, THE REAR END STARTED SHAKING AND WITHOUT WARNING THE STEERING WHEEL HAD LOCKED UP, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER STATED, ' THE VEHICLE ROLLED OVER THREE TIMES BEFORE RESTING ON ITS SIDE'. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE THREE PASSENGERS WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BY AMBULANCE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

INVOLVED IN A 45 MPH COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. AIRBAGS IN MY 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO DID NOT DEPLOY.*AK

AIR BAGS FAILED TO OPEN ON HEAD END COLLISION. SPEED APPROX. 40 MPH. 2003 CHEVY SILVERADO - NEW CONDITION

2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO EXT. CAB 4X4 WITH ONSTAR, WRECKED. HIT TREES. TRUCK TOTALLED, FRONT-END DAMAGE, SIDE AND REAR END DAMAGE. AIR BAG DID NOT INFLATE. ONSTAR DID NOT WORK. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ON ROUTE 95 MY BRAKE LINE BROKE. IT IS COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT. I FOUND THOUSANDS OF OTHER PEOPLE ONLINE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. GM NEEDS TO RECALL THIS. I HAD TO SWERVE ACROSS TRAFFIC AND DRIVE ON THE GRASS SHOULDER TO COME TO A STOP. VERY VERY SCARY. *TR

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING OUR 2003 SILVERADO WHEN SHE WAS APPROACHING A BEND IN THE ROAD. SHE WENT TO APPLY THE BRAKES, AND THE PEDAL WENT RIGHT TO THE FLOOR. TO AVOID HITTING OTHER VEHICLES, SHE ENDED UP GOING OFF ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE SHE PUT THE SHIFTER INTO PARK AND APPLIED THE EBRAKE. A TOW SERVICE WAS CALLED AND HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A LOCAL SERVICE SHOP. THE SHOP HAD DETERMINED THAT THE CAUSE OF THE BRAKE FAILURE WAS DUE TO RUSTED BRAKE LINES. I FIND IT AMAZING THAT ON A TRUCK WITH NO RUST, THAT THE BRAKE LINES ARE THE FIRST THING TO RUST OUT. *TR