Consumer Complaint Detail

BUICK / CENTURY / 2001

Recalls
1 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 006087576 Incident Date: Aug, 14 2006
Consumer's City: IRON STATION Consumer's State: NC
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: CENTURY Model Year: 2001
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes Component's Description: Air bags:frontal
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 1
Vehicle's VIN#: 2G4WS52J011 Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Dec, 04 2006 Complaint Type: EVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Nov, 14 2002
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Dt*: the contact stated while driving in a torrential rain at 11:30 pm, the vehicle hydroplaned on standing water, went off the two lane road and hit a tree head on. the contact had no information as to the speed of travel and would not offer a guess. the seat belt was worn but the frontal air bags failed to deploy. the driver sustained a broken nose, broken right eye socket and multiple lesions from the seat belt strap. the contact walked 1/4 mile from the accident to the contact's residence, then was taken to the hospital. there was no police report and the vehicle was towed to an independent tow yard. there were photos available. updated 1/17/2007 - insurance company has computer log of accident which was taken around august 20, 2006. *nm