The consumer lost control of vehicle while driving 35 MPH and hit a metal pole. The consumer refused medical treatment, but sustained a head injury. The dealer and the manufacturer were not notified.
2002 Jeep Liberty airbags complaints
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2002 jeep liberty passenger air bag deployed during the accident but the driver's side air bag did not deploy.***no answer required***. *mr the manufacturer denied the consumers claim stating there was not enough force with the main structure of the vehicle.
While driving 45 MPH consumer's vehicle was involved in a head on collision. Upon impact, dual air bags did not deploy . No major injuries reported. As a result the vehicle was totaled.
A tractor trailer rear ended the consumer's vehicle while driving at 65 MPH. Upon impact, the vehicle was pushed into another vehicle twice. Upon impact, none of the air bags deployed. The driver sustained neck, back, spine and hip injuries. Two years prior to this accident, air bag recall 01v373000 repairs were performed. The recall remedy failed.*ak *nm
I ordered my jeep liberty 7/01 and picked it up 9/01. The morning of 4/4/04 I was driving home and started crashing into trees. The car was spinning, back and forth across the road - hit 3 trees, mailboxes and a telephone pole (hard enough that even though it was the last thing that I hit, it moved enough that it tore the cables out of someone's house). About 50 feet before the 1st tree, was my front passenger tire and about 2 feet of the axle (or whatever holds the rim and tire on the truck). The front of the truck from the right front quarter panel to 1/3 across the front of the truck is up inside the dashboard, the back driver's tire is blown out, the spare tire on the back is smashed, the 2 passenger side doors are smashed and the entire truck is off the frame. I told the tow driver and police about the recall that I'd just gotten that stated that the "a ball joint that has separated from the knuckle could result in loss of vehicle directional control and could result in a crash." I had an appointment to get it fixed 4/6/04...the accident was 4/4/04. My injuries: airbags didn't go off but I was wearing my seatbelt. I broke my arm (8 weeks in cast, 6 weeks in a brace and I'm still in physical therapy. Standard seatbelt bruise that lasted more than 3 weeks, and the associated pain. My insurance is covering my medical and the replacement of the car (with financing, it paid exactly what I owed). So, even though jeep knew about the need for a recall in october 2003, I wasn't notified until march 2004. It was a clear dry night. I was awake and coherent, not speeding or drinking, and paying attention when I suddenly lost control. In fact, it's [xxx] lucky that I was only going 35-40. Jeep claims they're not responsible. All I want is for them to admit that they were at fault. If they'd sent the recall notice in a timely manner, back in 10-11/03, it would have been fixed prior to another winter of snow and sleet and crap getting into that joint to corrode it! *la information redacted pursuant to the freedom
Defective airbags on 2 jeep liberty vehicles. Both 2002 models. The first accident was in february of 2002. Both accidents were head on. Airbags failed to release on both occasions. Complaintant was wearing seat belt on both occasions.
While vehicle was parked with the engine on front air bags deployed inadvertently. The cause of deployment had not been determined. *ak
A jeep liberty with "side impact" air bags was in a collision. The collision was serious enough to "total" the car and the side impact airbag did not deploy. An independent investigator for "chrysler" performed an inspection, chrysler stated to myself in a letter to answer my concerns that the air bag was operational. However, when my body shop guy had to tear down the car further for insurance purposes he noticed that it wasn't even attached.
Consumer received two recall notices. 1. The federal safety agency recall# 01v373000 concerning air bag failure in december 2003. Consumer contacted the dealer, who informed the consumer the parts were not available. The dealer was supposed to contact the consumer when the parts became available. 2. The federal safety agency recall 03v460000 subject concerning lower control arm ball joint failure on 3/2/2004. Consumer contacted the same dealer, who did not have the parts. No reason was given as to why the parts were not available.
While driving, the vehicle suddenly accelerated. The driver was unable to maintain control of the vehicle. This caused the driver to hit another vehicle on the drivers side. None of the air bags deployed. The driver was not hurt. The driver had the vehicle towed to the dealer for analysis. The mechanic was unable to duplicate the problem.
Consumer states that when was hit in the front center of the vehicle air bags did not deploy, causing minor injuries to the consumer. *ak the vehicle wasn't able to be stopped and was struck on the passenger's side, then struck in the back. All three vehicle's in the accident were a total loss.
While driving at 45 MPH, the vehicle was involved in a head on collision. During the air bag deployment, the driver's shirt caught on fire. The consumer reported to be a non smoker. *ak *scc
While driving at 55 MPH consumer was involved in a frontal collision. Upon impact, neither of the air bags deployed. Dealer and manufacturer were notified.
While traveling at 30 MPH vehicle was involved in a frontal collision and air bags did not deploy.*mr
We were traveling at 30 MPH and vehicle that hit us was going 35-40. It ran a red light and we t-boned the othe rvehicle, smashing the front of my 2002 jeep liberty. No airbags deployed. We were both taken to the hospital ,and suffered substantial injuries, including hairline fractures to the collarbone and rib/bone chip and hematoma to the shin/ neck and back pain/bumps and bruises. I just sent chrysler a letter with pictures of the car and police report, asking them to compensate us for their faulty equipment.
While traveling 45 MPH and as a result of a frontal impact air bags did not deploy at any time.
While driving vehicle at 35mph the vehicle rear ened another vehicle. Both front air bags did not deploy.
Consumer states that vehicle was in a head on collision and both front air bags did not deploy.
Consumer's son was involved in a frontal collision and neither air bag deployed. Also, neither seat belt held the driver and passenger in their seats. Dealer notified. *ak *scc
While driving 40 MPH the vehicle hit a large patch of deep slush which pulled the vehicle off the road. As a result the vehicle hit a tree head on. The vehicle air bags did not deploy and the seat belt did not properly restrain the driver. The driver hit her head on the dash and experienced swelling in her left knee, a stiff neck, headaches and bruising of the left leg and forearm. The manufacturer indicated the air bags performed as designed since the damage to the vehicle was centered on the left side of the vehicle. *mr *nlm
I had a head on crash with a cement divider on dec 24th 2002. The liberty was a total loss and I received a head, neck and back injury. The airbags did not deploy even though I was traveling 65 MPH when the crash accorded. Chrysler was contacted and took no responsibility for the airbags. They stated the threshold for the sensors were not met and if they had, I could have been hurt worse. They said airbags deploy at 200 MPH and can cause injuries worse than the crash.
The consumer inquired about the air bag recall for a 2002 jeep liberty. Mr. *ak *jb
Accident on march 25th, 2002. The other driver ran a stop sign going 10-15 MPH. I was going 45 MPH. His toyota camry struck my jeep liberty on the front passenger side. The impact tore the front tire off and ripped out the right front suspension. There was no air bag deployment. I slammed into the dash and had severe bruises on my knees.
The vehicle was involved in a collision, and the frontal air bags did not perform as designed.
Seat belt and air bag failure during head-on collision.
The federal safety agency campaign id#01v311000 id#01v373000 have not been notified by chrysler of these. Had 2002 jeep liberty since dec 2001 VIN#[xxx] *jb information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
My daughter's jeep liberty rolled. During the roll, the drivers side seat belt released her. There was an eventual frontal impact but no air bags deployed. My daughter was thrown from the vehicle and killed. *jb see annotations for addition follow up information.cw
Upon making a slight lane correction at approx. 60 MPH, my daughter's 2002 jeep libety began swerving uncontrollably. She felt no resistance to the steering wheel as she tried to stop the swerving. At no time did she apply the brakes. Witnesses said it appeared she had a flat tire. Eventually, the vehicle entered the grass median and rolled 2.5 or 3.5 times coming to rest on the roof facing on-coming traffic. The complete rear end(tires and differential) separated and ended up approx. 75 feet from the vehicle. The right front axle or cv joint was broken. Neither her passenger or her air bags deployed. The driver's seat belt was broken at the end of the motion of the rolling. Both occupants were bruised and cut. We believe the axle failed and caused this potentially fatal accident. This vehicle had approx. 3000 miles on it. At 1800 miles the engine had thrown a rod and the engine was replaced completely. The jeep liberty is structurally unsound and of poor design particularly in the area of the rear suspension. Daimler-chysler has lowered the suspension in obvious response to roll over incidents.*jb..
Failure of airbag to deploy and driver side seat belt to lock.
A head on collision involving a 2002 jeep liberty (vehicle in question) and a late model honda civic, both vehicles moving at approx. 20 MPH. Collision resulted in front end damage of both vehicles. Jeep liberty front driver and passenger airbags did not deploy.
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