Re: follow-up letter from frank seales, jr., chief counsel, the federal safety agency, dated4/15/99. My 1996 jeep cherokee is not listed as having an available airbag switch. Furthermore, after scanning the list of five middle atlantic states, I found no chrysler corporation dealers listed.
1996 Jeep Cherokee airbags complaints
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Wife is 4 feet tall and cannot drive without sitting closer than 10 inches to the wheel. Afraid driver's side air bag may explode, causing injury to wife. Wants to install the disconnect switch. Concern about safety of short person and air bag; posted on 09-07-1999. Also, concern about safety of short person and air bag; posted on 09-07-1999.
Air bag deployed upon a minor impact(about 2mph), also airbag deployment was violent, force of impact resulted in breathing difficulties, multiple fractures.
First instance, while driving slipped on ice, hit head first into guard rail, driver's air failed to deploy, driver sustained 3 crushed discs in back/broken finger. In second instance, while driving at 57 MPH, violent deployment of passenger's air bag, distracted driver, causing a major collision. Passenger suffered a broken neck and died.
Driving 30mph started applying (ABS) brakes slowly; vehicle did not slow up; brake pedal to floor; vehicle continued on. Turned steering wheel to avoid another vehicle; hit cement divider in hwy. Air bags did not deploy. Took to dealer.
While driving 30 MPH and applying the brakes the driver's side air bag deployed, causing the driver to hit a trailer. Please give further details.
Driver's airbag deployed after applying brakes suddenly. Driver sustained injuries.
When going through intersection about (15) MPH vehicle was involved in a crash, totalling the right front end of vehicle and there was no deployment of the driver's side air bag. Vehicle has not been repaired.
Passive restraints, driver's side air bag: driving approximately 40mph and vehicle from opposite side of hgw. Hitvehicle one head-on. Air bag did not deploy. Cause unknown, chrysler sent someone to look at vehicle, have not heard from them.
False deployment of airbag.
Failure of the passenger's side air bag, consumer was involved in an accident while travleing 70 MPH, the passenger was in the reclining position with the seat belt on and the air bag causing injuries to the occupant's legs.
Owner states that vehicle was involved in a frontal impact with no deployment of driver's side or passenger's side airbags.
Vehicle wnt into ravine front first, air bag did not deploy.
Frontal collision, impact 12:00 position, speed 55mph, drivers side air bag did not deploy.
The air bag unit light stays on. Tt
Consumer was driving when apply the brake it pulls to the right causing accident the air bag didn't deploy and seat belt didn't restrain head hit windshield .
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