Consumer Complaint Detail

CHEVROLET / TRAILBLAZER / 2002

Recalls
1 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
Yes Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 006084223 Incident Date: Oct, 30 2006
Consumer's City: Consumer's State: MO
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: TRAILBLAZER Model Year: 2002
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes Component's Description: Air bags:frontal
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: Yes Persons Injured: 1
Vehicle's VIN#: 1GNDT13S122 Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Nov, 02 2006 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: Yes Purchase Date: Sep, 14 2001
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: I drive a 2002 chevy trailblazer 4wd and my son was driving the vehicle on halloween night. he was driving the speed limit of 30 mph and swerved to avoid a possum in the road, he overcorrected and lost control of the car causing the car to colide with a tree at the front panel and driver's side door. upon impact the air bag did not inflate and the car immediately caught fire. luckily my son was able to crawl out the passenger side window but this could have been a terrible situation. we would like to know why the airbag did not inflate and why the car would have caught on fire with a driver's side impact?