NHTSA Complaint #11629385 — 2005 CHEVROLET CORVETTE

AIR BAGS issue reported to NHTSA

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Crash 2 Injuries

Complaint Details

ODI Number	11629385
Vehicle	2005 CHEVROLET CORVETTE
Component	AIR BAGS
Date of Incident	December 5, 2024
Date Filed	December 7, 2024
Mileage	N/A miles
Crash	Yes
Fire	No
Injuries	2
Deaths	0
Vehicle Towed	No
State	OK

Consumer Description

This lead to an injury accident which totaled the car. I have documentation stating that the recall was fixed, but after I moved to Germany with the Army, the recall regularly activated the active handling when not needed (e.g parking) but then when we started slipping, the active handling did not engage and we crashed, totaling the car. The airbags did not engage even though the car played pinball on both sides of the autobahn. If we were going any faster, we would have died.

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