Airbags failed when needed the most

[pjlipeika]

you would think wouldn't you??? But aparently when the car was totalled, the insurance company rushed us to accept their offer for the car so they didn't have to pay storage at the towing place. So as soon as my mother accepted the offer, the title was turned over to the insurance company. So technically it is not our car anymore, becuase the insurance company had to buy it from us. So we told the insurance company we wanted someone to investigate it, they led us to believe that they could. Now she is saying that they are only allowed to look at it, not touch it. This is complete horse s*** in my point of view. What does it matter to her. They aren't taking anything out of it, or ruining anything. The car is freak'n totalled, and they just need to access the computer to get some codes, but the lady is being a royal pain in the ass. So now we are going to no where.

[wrparks]

Wow, this whole situation sucks. You could always contact somebody from the NTSB to put some pressure on the insurance company. The NTSB should want to find out if this is a new/undocumented problem and can put all kinds of pressure on the insurance company. I'm pretty sure that the insurance company could not refuse them because the NTSB runs that sector to investigate defects.

[maxwedge]

If they paid him off for the car and he signed over the title, it is the insurance co's car.

[wrparks]

Originally Posted by maxwedge

If they paid him off for the car and he signed over the title, it is the insurance co's car.

Sure it is, but if GM or the NTSB wants to bad enough, they can get access to the car for any tests they want. It just depends on how bad they want to. I doubt GM really wants to know the answer, but it is the responsibility of the governemnt agencies to take care of matters like this, especially when they pertain to a major safety feature.

[maxwedge]

Yes the NHTSB has the power to perform any test on any car, regardless of ownership, GM may have to push some to to the same.

[phewop118]

Wow. I'm sorry about your situation. Perhaps your crush sensor on your radiator was bad or disconnected (but you'd probably have an "airbag" light). There was another guy on the forum who had the same thing happen to him. You might want to look a few months back into the records. Post pictures for us to see your car and how bad it actually was. Do you have pictures of the other lady's impala?

[johnsandssr]

I had trouble with my Impala too. Mine was a 2001 that I ran straight into a guard rail at about 50mph after going to sleep. I have no doubt that our seat belts saved our lives or at least the quality of our lives. How did you contact Chevrolet?

The lawyers around here are not too afraid of the auto manufacturers, they just want a death or serious injury. If you don't loose a limb or more it doesn't seem to be worth their time.