NHTSA Complaint #11292456 — 2011 NISSAN VERSA

NISSAN VEHICLE WAS ON A MAIN CITY ROAD IN MOTION AND THEN SLOWING DOWN TO TRAFFICS CHANGE IN SPEED WHEN REAR ENDED. AS SOON AS VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED, BRAKES WERE PRESSED TO PREVENT FURTHER COLLISIONS WITH VEHICLES UP FORWARD. MY VEHICLE SEATBELTS FAILED TO RESTRAIN DRIVER AND ALL PASSENGERS WEARING THEM DURING A COLLISION. SEAT BELTS DIDN'T RETRACT UNLESS BRAKES WERE SLAMMED. TWO PASSENGERS IN THE BACK WERE CHILDREN. ONE CHILD HAD A CONVERTIBLE CAR SEAT, SAVING THEM AND FULLY RESTRAINING THEM TO SEAT. THE SECOND CHILD WAS IN A BOOSTER SEAT AND WHIPLASHED COMPLETELY FORWARD AND BACK NEARLY HITTING HEAD BEHIND DRIVERS SEAT. THE DRIVER LOCKED THEIR ARMS IN PLACE TO PREVENT HITTING THE STEERING WHEEL. THE FRONT PASSENGER, MYSELF, HIT THE AREA OF THE GLOVE COMPARTMENT AND SUFFERED A SMALL BUT DEEP GASH ON THE FOREHEAD. THIS REQUIRED SUTURES TO CLOSE WOMB UP. NO AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WHEN IMPACT TO VEHICLE WAS MADE. AIRBAGS WERE REPLACED WHEN RECALL TO VEHICLE AIRBAGS WERE MADE IN THE PAST, 2017.*DT VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. TRACKING NUMBER XXXXXXXX 'PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).'*JB