2009 Chevrolet Aveo

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET AVEO. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN AND THE VEHICLE VEERED TO THE RIGHT AND WENT INTO AN EMBANKMENT. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THREE OF THE TIRES BECAME DETACHED FROM THE WHEELS AND THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE NECK, FOREHEAD, AND BACK AND THE CONTACT WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BY AN AMBULANCE. THE POLICE WAS AT THE SCENE AND FILED A REPORT. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 24,000 UPDATED 9/11/14*CN UPDATED 1/20/2015 *JS

MY WIFE AND I WERE TRAVELING IN OUR CHEVY AVEO 2009, GOING ABOUT 65MPH ON A FAIRLY SECLUDED STATE HIGHWAY, WHEN SUDDENLY IT FELT AS THOUGH WE WERE ON BLACK ICE. I TRIED CONTINUING STRAIGHT, BUT WE WERE PULLED VIOLENTLY TO THE RIGHT, HITTING THE CEMENT BARRIER, WHICH LAUNCHED US LEFT ACROSS BOTH LANES OF TRAFFIC. FORTUNATELY THERE WAS NO ONCOMING TRAFFIC AT THE TIME. WHEN WE HIT THE LEFT SHOULDER, OUR CAR DID A 180, AND ROLLED 3 TIMES, LANDING UPRIGHT. I BLACKED OUT PART WAY THROUGH THE ACCIDENT AND AWOKE HUNCHED OVER WITH MY LEG OUT THE WINDOW. BUT WE WERE BOTH VERY FORTUNATE TO LEAVE THE ACCIDENT ALIVE, GETTING RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL WITH ONLY SUPERFICIAL INJURIES--CUTS FROM THE GLASS, MINOR HEADACHES AND SORENESS, ETC. OUR SEATBELTS WERE OUR SAVING GRACE. HOWEVER, WE NOTICED THAT NONE OF THE AIRBAGS EVER DEPLOYED. FROM THE SIGNIFICANT BODY DAMAGE DONE TO THE AVEO, WE AND THE SPECTATORS WHO ARRIVED TO HELP US, EXPRESSED SURPRISE THAT THEY NEVER WENT OFF. NOW 2 DAYS LATER, WE'RE BEGINNING TO EXPERIENCE GREATER PAIN IN THE LOWER BACK AND UPPER LEGS, WHICH WE HOPE DOESN'T TURN INTO SOMETHING MORE SERIOUS AND COSTLY THAN ORIGINALLY DETERMINED. WOULD IT BE CONSIDERED A DEFECT FOR AIRBAGS, EVEN SIDE ONES, TO NOT DEPLOY WHEN GETTING HIT AT THOSE SPEEDS? *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET AVEO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS ADVISED THAT THE AIR BAG SENSOR UNIT WAS NOT RESPONDING DUE TO HER EXCEEDING THE WEIGHT LIMIT CAUSING THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HER WEIGHT WAS 262 LBS AND THAT WAS UNACCEPTABLE THAT THE AIR BAG SENSOR FAILED TO ACCOMMODATE THE WEIGHT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 56,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 57,000.

MY MOTHER SWERVED TO KEEP FROM HITTING A VEHICLE ENTERING THE HIGHWAY. SHE ENDED UP IN THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC LANE. HER CAR WAS HIT BY A PICK UP TRUCK, SPUN AND WAS HIT AGAIN BY THE TRUCK. TRAFFIC WAS NOT HEAVY AND IT WAS ON A RURAL ROAD. HER AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY IN SPITE OF MULTIPLE STRIKES. WE WILL NEVER KNOW IF HER CAR CUT OFF DUE TO AN IGNITION PROBLEM OR IT WAS FAULTY AIR BAGS. SHE SUSTAINED CATASTROPHIC INJURIES INCLUDING A BROKEN NECK, BROKEN BACK, BROKEN WRISTS, BROKEN PELVIS, BROKEN LEG, BROKEN RIBS AND CHEST INJURIES. SHE WAS AIR LIFTED TO A TRAUMA CENTER. SHE DIED ON 6/9/09. THE AIR BAGS NEVER DEPLOYED WHICH COULD HAVE HELPED REDUCE HER INJURIES. *TR