NHTSA Complaint #10246849 — 2002 GMC ENVOY

MY WIFE AND I WERE HEADED SOUTHBOUND ON 685 IN ROUND ROCK, TX IN OUR 2002 GMC ENVOY AT APPROX. 9:35 PM WHEN A DRIVER IN A MINI VAN RAN A RED LIGHT AT THE INTERSECTION OF 685 AND GATTIS SCHOOL RD. OUR VEHICLE STRUCK THEM IN THE REAR PASSENGER QUADRANT. THE SPEED LIMIT IS 60 MPH AT THIS INTERSECTION AND WE DID NOT HAVE TIME TO BRAKE. EVEN THOUGH THE FRONT OF OUR VEHICLE WAS CRUSHED INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, NO AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. MY WIFE, WHO IS IN THE HABIT OF WEARING HER SEATBELT (ALTHOUGH WE STILL CANNOT CONFIRM ONE WAY OR THE OTHER) STRUCK THE REAR VIEW MIRROR WITH HER HEAD WITH ENOUGH FORCE TO BREAK A HOLE IN THE WINDSHIELD WHERE IT WAS ATTACHED AND BREAK THE WINDSHIELD AROUND IT. SHE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL WITH A CONCUSSION AND HAD FOR A TIME GONE INCOHERENT AND UNRESPONSIVE WITH SHORT TERM MEMORY LOSS. SHE HAS HAD DAILY HEADACHES SINCE WITH SOME EXTREMELY SEVERE. SHE ALSO HAD MULTIPLE SEVERE CONTUSIONS DOWN HER LEFT SIDE, PARTICULARLY IN HER UPPER LEFT THIGH WITH A LARGE HEMOTOMA THAT IS STILL GIVING HER PROBLEMS. OUR VEHICLE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY TOTALED BY THE INSURANCE COMPANIES. WE HAVE CONTACTED GM ABOUT THE FAILURE OF THE AIRBAGS TO DEPLOY AND THEY ARE CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING AND SENT AN INVESTIGATOR TO DOWNLOAD THE COMPUTER INFORMATION LAST WEEK. THERE IS A POLICE REPORT THAT WAS FILED BY THE TEXAS DPS INVESTIGATING OFFICER. *TR