NHTSA Complaint #11121123 — 2008 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Z06

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2008 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Z06. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ACTIVATED, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL INDICATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE PRESSURE WAS HIGH AND THEN LOW. THE MESSAGE "SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING" FLASHED ACROSS THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE THEN SLID TO THE LEFT, SPUN 360 DEGREES, AND CRASHED INTO THE MEDIAN AND SEVERAL TREES. THE CONTACT WAS KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUSNESS AND THE PASSENGER WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE CONTACT WAS INJURED AND TRANSPORTED TO A HOSPITAL VIA AMBULANCE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED AND TOWED. THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED BY HIS ATTORNEY NOT TO SPEAK TO ANYONE; THEREFORE, THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.