Consumer Complaint Detail

CHEVROLET / EXPRESS 1500 / 2007

Recalls
8 Injured
Investigations
1 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 007113549 Incident Date: Jun, 17 2007
Consumer's City: LEWISVILLE Consumer's State: TX
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: EXPRESS 1500 Model Year: 2007
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes Component's Description: Air bags
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 8
Vehicle's VIN#: 1GBFG15T571 Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jul, 29 2007 Complaint Type: EVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: Yes Purchase Date: Jun, 08 2007
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 8 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Tl*the contact owns a 2007 chevrolet express 1500. the contact stated that the air bags were defective. his vehicle was struck from the rear while it was parked and the air bags failed to deploy. the driver who crashed into him was killed. four people were injured in the contact's vehicle and four people were injured in the other vehicle. the vehicle was destroyed. a police report was filed. the manufacturer issued the contact a case number, however, they did not explain why the air bags did not deploy and if the vehicle was included in any recalls. the speed of the other vehicle at the time of the crash was unknown. the current and failure mileages were 2,800.