NHTSA Complaint #10569182 — 2008 CHEVROLET COBALT

ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK IN HEAVY TRAFFIC IN INDIANAPOLIS, SOMEONE IN FRONT OF ME HIT THEIR BRAKES HARD. AS A RESULT, I ALSO HAD TO SLAM ON MY BRAKES. WHEN I DID SO, MY REAR END SPUN OUT. I LOST POWER STEERING. I CRASHED HEAD FIRST INTO THE CONCRETE MEDIAN. HOWEVER, THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. LUCKILY, I ESCAPED SEVERE INJURY; ALTHOUGH THE WRECK, THE RESULTING LOSS OF POWER STEERING, AND THE FACT THAT THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY WERE DIRECTLY DUE TO THE NEGLIGENCE OF GENERAL MOTORS. *TR