1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee Airbags Problems

ON JANUARY 24,2014 MY WIFE WAS A FATALITY AFTER A 45 M.P.H. COLLISION WITH A GUARDRAIL BUTT, THEN ROLLING OVER AFTER THE INITIAL IMPACT. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY EITHER ON INITIAL IMPACT OR THE ROLLOVER. SHE WAS WEARING HER SEAT BELT. HAS THERE EVER BEEN A RECALL ON THESE VEHICLES PERTAINING TO THESE AIR BAGS FAILING? MY WIFE MAY STILL BE ALIVE TODAY IF NOT FOR THIS DEFECT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 JEEP CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE SITTING IDLE AT A COMPLETE STOP, A TRUCK CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE, PUSHING THE VEHICLE INTO A FOREGOING VEHICLE. THE CONTACT'S AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE NECK AND BACK. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS ALSO CONCERNED THAT THE FUEL TANK LOCATION COULD BE A GREATER DANGER IF THERE WAS ANOTHER REAR END CRASH. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000 AND THE APPROXIMATE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 183,000.

DURING IMPACT ACCIDENT,HIT DEER, PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG MALFUNCTIONED CAUSING CHEMICAL BURNS AND INJURIES TO LOWER EXTREMITY. *AK

THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION, IT STRUCK A TREE HEAD ON. UPON IMPACT, THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH IMPACT TO DEPLOY THE AIR BAGS. THE FRONT GRILL WAS PUSHED INTO THE ENGINE. *AK *SC

I WAS HAVING BRAKE TROUBLE WITH THE CHEROKEE AND FOR A MONTH I KNEW I HAD TO GET BRAKE PADS ON MY TRUCK 1996 GRAND CHEROKEE. ON AUGUST 21, 2003 I WAS IN CAR ACCIDENT WHICH CAUSED ME TO LOSS CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND NOT BE ABLE TO GAIN IT BACK I WENT UP ON TWO AND CRASHED INTO A MEDIAN THE TRUCK OVER THREE TIMES AND I CAME OUT OF THE SEAT BELT AND LANDED IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. I DID HAVE ON MY SEAT BELT BUT CAME UP OUT OF IT. I THINK THE ROTORS MAY HAVE BEEN CORRDID AND HELPED WITH THE ACCIDENT MY SECOND CONCERN IS HOW I WAS ABLE TO COME OUT OF THE SEATBELT AND BECOME SEVERELY INJURED. I SHATTERED MY LEG AND HAD TO RELEARN TO WALK. I JUST WENT THROUGH MY SECOND SURGERY PERTAINING TO THIS ACCIDENT. WHAT STEPS DO I NEED TO GO THROUGH IN ORDER TO GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT THE SEATBELT ISSUE AND THE FACT THAT IT DIDNT SECURE ME FROM THE ACCIDENT. MY HEAD STILL WENT INTO THE WINDSHILED AND I THINK SOMETHING HAPPENED WITH THE AIR BAGS AS WELL BECAUSE THEY WERE TORN BY THE TIME THE TRUCK STOPPED ROLLED AND MY HEAD ISTILL WENT INTO THE WINDOWSHIELD AND WAS CUT UP BAD. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING AT 30 MPH ANOTHER VEHICLE LOST CONTROL AND HIT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. *AK

WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY VEHICLE WAS HIT AND CRASHED INTO A TREE. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THIS WAS AN HIT AND RUN ACCIDENT. *AK

THE CLOCK SPRING/MODULE FAILED, WHICH CAUSED THE AIR BAG TO BE INOPERATIVE. *JB

I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE ON INTERSTATE 81 SOUTH AND SLID ON ICE WHICH MADE ME HIT AT GUARD RAIL AT A HIGH SPEED AND FLIP THE VEHICLE. AT IMPACT AT LEAST 40 M.P.H. THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.*JB

CONSUMER STATES HIS DAUGHTER HAD A HEAD ON COLLISON WITH HIS JEEP AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. HE ALSO STATES SHE WAS GOING ABOUT 35-40 MPH AND HIT A TREE.

CONSUERM STATED COLLIDED HEAD-ON W/A WALL TRAVELLING APPROX 35MPH. NEITHER DRIVER OR PASSENGER AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. TS

DRIVER LOST CONTROL, VEHICLE WENT OFF THE ROAD INTO TREES AND THEN ROLLED OVER. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. CONSUMER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.*AK *JG

I WAS IN A CAR ACCIDENT WHEN I TRIED TO AVOID ANOTHER CAR THAT SLID INTO MY LANE. THE BACK PART OF THE JEEP HIT A TELEPHONE POLE AND THEN I SLID IN THE ICE AND HIT A TREE HEAD ON. POLICE ESTIMATED THE SPEED I HIT AT WAS 30 MPH. NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED AND MY SEAT BELT DIDN'T LOCK UP WHEN THE BRAKE WAS ON SO I HIT THE WINDSHIELD AND STEERING WHEEL. *AK

AIRBAG SEVERLY DAMAGED MY RIGHT EYE. I HAD SEAT BELT ON, SEAT WAS UPRIGHT. NO OTHER INJURIES.*AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, RESULTING IN MINOR INJURIES. MANUFACTURER WILL BE NOTIFIED.*AK

WHILE DRIVING APPROX. 40 MPH, THE DRIVER SWERVED TO AVOID HITTING A DEER AND THE VEHICLE OVERTURNED, ROLLING TWICE. THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, I ASSUME BECAUSE WE WEREN'T STRUCK FROM THE FRONT, AND MY SEATBELT DIDN,T SECURE, I ALSO ASSUME FOR THE SAME REASON. I WAS THE PASSENGER AND WAS CAUGHT HANGING HALF OUT THE PASSENGER WINDOW AND THE VEHICLE ROLLED OVER ME BREAKING BOTH HIPS AND MY PELVIS. THIS HAPPENED ON JULY 30, 2000 IN SHELBY COUNTY, TEXAS. DUE TO SOME OTHER REPORTS I HAVE HEARD I HAVE LEARNED THAT JEEP CHEROKEES HAVE A HISTORY OF OVERTURNING EASIER THAN ANOTHER STYLE OF VEHICLE PERHAPS. *AK

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION TRAVELING ABOUT 35-40 MPH IN WHICH DRIVER'S SIDE NOR THE PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. *AK

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

CAR HYDROPLANED INTO AN EMBANKMENT WHEN ATTEMPTING TO STOP. LUCKILY THE REAR WINDOW ON THE LIFTGATE OF THE JEEP POPPED OFF ON IMPACT TO THE EMBANKMENT. FIRST DEFECT: BACK OF DRIVERS SEAT BROKE CAUSING DRIVER TO BE EJECTED FROM THE VEHICLE THROUGH THE REAR WINDOW OF THE LIFTGATE. SECOND DEFECT: AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. CAN'T GIVE TRUE ESTIMATE FOR THE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE SINCE ALL MEDICAL BILLS HAVE NOT BEEN PROVIDED BY HEALTH PROVIDERS. $ 5,412 WORTH OF PERSONAL PROPERTY (JEWELRY AND OTHER) LOST DURING IMPACT TO THE EMBANKMENT. *AK

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

A CAR WAS PARKED ON SIDE OF THE ROAD ,AND CONSUMER HIT VEHICLE IN THE REAR, AND NONE OF THE FRONT AIRBAGS DEPLOYED.*AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION, AND THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, RESULTING IN MINOR INJURIES. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. *AK

CONSUMER HAD THE AIR BAG CHEMICAL SPRAY IN FACE AND CHEST INADVERTENTLY WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK, AIR BAG DID NOT EVEN PARTIALLY DEPLOY, SINCE THIS INCIDENT THE CONSUMER HAS BEEN VERY ILL. NLM

NOT DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAG AND FAILURE OF SAFETY BELT TO RESTRAIN THE DRIVER DURING AN ACCIDENT RESULTED IN A BROKEN STERNUM, CHEST, NECK AND LEG TRAUMA. NLM

JEEP WAS STRUCK ON PASSENGERS SIDE, JEEP STRUCK ANOTHER TRUCK HEAD-ON, HITTING MORE OF THE FRONT PASSENGERS SIDE, CAUSING HOOD DAMAGE/BROKEN WINDSHIELD, AND DRIVERS GEARS TO COME OUT. DRIVER BROKE STERNUM IN TWO PLACES DUE TO SAFETY BELT NOT WORKING AND AIRBAGS NOT COMING OUT. JEEP WAS TOTALLED OUT. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P225/70R16 )

WHILE ENTERING AN INTERSECTION AT 35 MPH, ANTOHER VEHICLE HITS PASSENGER SIDE OF VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, BOTH AIRBAG'S EXPERIENCED NO DEPLOYMENT AND SET BELT FAILED. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. DRIVER SUFFERED CHEST/ NECK & LEG TRAUMA. *AK *YC

CONSUMER REARENED ANOTHER VEHICLE AT A 35-45 MPH IMPACT WITHOUT APPLYING BRAKES , DUAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING SAFETY A HAZARD. VEHICLE SUSTAINED $7,000 OF DAMAGE TO FRONT END ALONE. *AK

DRIVER REARENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE WITH AT 30 MPH UPON IMPACT, DUAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING HEAD INJURIES EVEN WITH SEATBELTS WORN. NO INDICTATION OR WARNING OF DEFECT WITHIN AIRBAGS. DEALER CLAIMED AIRBAG SENSORS WERE CRUSHED AND SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED. *AK

FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE HIT A BOAT BEING TOWED AT ABOUT 50 MPH, AND DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. THIS IS THE SECOND CRASH THAT THIS VEHICLE HAS HAD, AND AIRBAG NEVER DEPLOYED. BODYSHOP HAS VEHICLE CURRENTLY. *AK *ML

RE: FOLLOW-UP LETTER FROM FRANK SEALES, JR., CHIEF COUNSEL, NHTSA, 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.

CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE POSSIBLY SODIUM-AZIDE, FUMED IN DRIVERS FACE FROM STEERING COLUMN. UNKNOWN PERSONAL PHYSICAL DAMAGE AT THIS TIME. DRIVER HAS SUSTAINED MEDICAL PROBLEMS. PLEASE CONTACT US. MANUFACTURER HAS NO SENSE OF URGENCY!! NEED HELP TO ANALYIZE THIS SUBSTANCE ON CLOTHING AND INTERIOR OF VEHICLE.

PASSENGERS AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT DURING ACCIDENT RESULTED IN SERIOUS BURNS WHEN AIRBAG IMPROPERLY VENTED, CAUSING CHEMICAL FROM BAG TO LEAK ON PASSENGER.

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. *AK

CHRYSLER DENIED RESPONSIBILITY. SAID "THRESHOLD FOR AIR BAG DEVELOPMENT WAS NOT MET. SAID IMPACT WAS ABSORBED BY THE VEHICLE'S CRUSH POINTS. THE JEEP WAS TOTALED, NOTHING WAS LEFT OF THE FRONT OF THE CAR! BUMPER COMPLETELY TORN OFF BY GUARD RAIL. HOW CAN THIS BE?

AIR BAG DEPLOYED UPON A MINOR IMPACT(ABOUT 2MPH), ALSO AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT WAS VIOLENT, FORCE OF IMPACT RESULTED IN BREATHING DIFFICULTIES, MULTIPLE FRACTURES.

VIOLENT/INADVERTENT DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT RESULTED IN A COLLISION. DRIVER WAS KNOCKED UNCOUNSCIOUS. *MJS

WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH, THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED FOR NO APPARENT REASON, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL OF JEEP AND CRASH. DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES, SUCH AS BROKEN COLLAR BONE/NECK DAMAGE/NERVE & RIGHT SHOULDER DAMAGE. THE JEEP WAS TOTALLED. 780008 DUP OF 823900; POSTED ON 09-07-1999. *AK

DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH CONSUMER RAN STOP SIGN . WAS HIT FROM SIDE AT SUCH HARD IMPACT THAT THE VEHICLE MADE A DIRECT HIT INTO A TREE. DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. RADITOR WAS PUSHED BACK AT LEAST 10 INCHES. AIRBAG SENSORS ARE LOCATED ON THE SIDES OF RADITOR.THIS DEFECT CAUSED CONSUMER TO SUSTAIN INJURIES IN PELVIS AREA AND LOSS OF SIGHT IN ONE EYE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH THE VEHICLE HAD A DIRECT FRONTAL IMPACT IN WHICH THE VEHICLE BROADSIDED THE OTHER VEHICLE, CAUSING THE JEEP TO ROLLOVER. DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY WHICH DID NOT PROTECT THE OCCUPANT IN THE ACCIDENT. *AK

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. *AK

CONSUMER NOTICES THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG WAS BUBBLING.

VEHICLE WAS INVOLED IN A COLLISION AND THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. THE VEIHCLE WAS GOING ABOUT 55MPH. DEALER SAID THAT IT BROKE TWO PROMS OFF THE SENSOR. *AK

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. *AK

DRIVER'S AIRBAG DEPLOYED AFTER APPLYING BRAKES SUDDENLY. DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES. *AK

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. *AK

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. *AK

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. *AK

OWNER STATES THAT VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL IMPACT WITH NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S SIDE OR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAGS. *AK

VEHICLE WNT INTO RAVINE FRONT FIRST, AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

FRONTAL COLLISION, IMPACT 12:00 POSITION, SPEED 55MPH, DRIVERS SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

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 .