NHTSA Complaint #10620828 — 2009 GMC ACADIA

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 GMC ACADIA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE BLEW AND THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, CRASHING INTO A TWO FOOT DITCH. THE VEHICLE THEN WENT THROUGH A ROW OF HEDGES AND CRASHED INTO A TREE ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. THE SEAT BELT DID NOT RESTRAIN THE CONTACT AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE REAR SEATS COLLAPSED AS WELL. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A SEVERE CONCUSSION FROM HITTING HER HEAD ON THE WINDSHIELD, BRUISED LEGS, ARM, FRACTURED NOSE, AND BRUISING TO THE FACE. THE CONTACT WAS FOUND LYING OVER THE CONSOLE AND WAS TAKEN TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A COLLISION SHOP. THE CONTACT LATER RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN NUMBER 14V266000 (SEAT BELT) HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED FOR THE REPAIR WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.