| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 007099663 | Incident Date: Jan, 19 2007 |
| Consumer's City: PROVO | Consumer's State: UT |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN | Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC |
| Model Name: AVEO | Model Year: 2007 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Air bags:frontal:sensor/control module |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: KL1TD56647B | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Mar, 21 2007 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Jan, 19 2007 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 4 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: (1)passenger seat airbag sensor malfunction/ no-fix/ thus no repair purchase new car01/20/07 and airbag light alerts occupants that (2) airbag is not engaged even when an adult is sitting in passenger seat. problem is intermittent. took car into dealer service after a week . consequence of failure is upon a front end collison, airbag would not deploy causing increased injury to passenger occupant. (3) dealer service/chevrolet and gm state there is no fix thus no repair has been done and vehicle has been in shop since feb 2nd, just two weeks after purchase. dealer service and gm tell me that it is a 'design problem' and even replacing the seat would not correct problem as error is within seating mechanism as well. *** service/gm stated it was my fault as "customer to wide" asked my family to come to dealership. service manager inspected family then said that couldn't be it. now they are claiming, "not weigh enough" for seat to pick sense someone in seat. my family members weigh between 125-170 lbs. |
