Consumer Complaint Detail

SATURN / L300 / 2003

Recalls
1 Injured
Investigations
1 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005115414 Incident Date: Mar, 16 2005
Consumer's City: AUSTIN Consumer's State: TX
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: L300 Model Year: 2003
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes Component's Description: Seat belts:front
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 1
Vehicle's VIN#: 1G8JW54R03Y Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Aug, 13 2007 Complaint Type: EVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: Yes Purchase Date: Dec, 31 2004
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Tl*the contact owned a 2003 saturn l300. the contact's attorney stated that a ford vehicle lost control and struck the contact's vehicle on the driver side. the contact's wife struck her head on the left side and her hair was caught in the rear view mirror. the seat belt failed to restrain her and she died due to her head injury. her son, seated in the front passenger seat, was properly restrained and sustained minor injuries. a safety restraint expert stated that the passenger side seat belt showed witness marks of proper restrain, but the driver side seat belt did not show any witness marks. parker heights police filed report number 05-00081. the dealer and speed information were unavailable. the current and failure mileages were 40,000.