1997 Jeep Grand Cherokee Airbags Problems

Both your driver and passenger side airbags deployed unexpectedly right after you started the vehicle, causing you to sustain a head injury that required emergency medical treatment. The reason for this unexpected deployment is unknown. The airbag system may need complete diagnostic testing and potential replacement to prevent this from happening again.

Your horn stopped working because the horn button is built into your steering wheel airbag, and mechanics say the only way to fix it is to replace the entire airbag assembly at significant cost. Without a working horn, you can't warn other drivers of potential hazards on the road. A repair would involve replacing the steering wheel airbag unit or installing a separate horn switch.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 JEEP CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, BOTH THE FRONTAL DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE MONTH PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT HAD TO MANEUVER TO THE SHOULDER TO A COMPLETE STOP. THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 96,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 JEEP CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH WHEN SHE CRASHED INTO A COW. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY DURING THE CRASH. THE CONTACT SUFFERED INJURIES TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER AND RIGHT LEG. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND NO SOLUTION WAS OFFERED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT WAS INJURED AND THE OTHER DRIVER SUFFERED A BROKEN ARM. THE CONTACT DID NOT NOTIFY THE MANUFACTURER OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 198,000.

1997 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LARAEDO 4 WHEEL DRIVE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 JEEP CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL STUCK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHERE THE ACCELERATOR CABLE AND THROTTLE BODY WERE GREASED. A WEEK LATER, WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY BEGAN TO ACCELERATE; THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES AND PARKED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY AND ACCELERATOR CABLE STUCK. ALSO, THE AIR BAG LIGHT STAYED ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 155,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 155,202.

UNSCHEDULUED AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH HE REAR-ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED, AND NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. CONSEQUENTLY HE SUSTAINED MAJOR INJURIES TO HIS NECK, CHEST AND LEGS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO HIS PLACE OF RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED ACCORDING TO RECALL# 97V080000 (AIR BAGS: FRONTAL: SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE) IN 1997. A TECHNICIAN FROM THE DEALER WAS IN THE PROCESS OF DETERMINING THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. A POLICE REPORT WAS AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 140000.

1997 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *TS ***NO ANS REQUIRED*** THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION WITH A BIG RIG. THE INSURANCE COMPANY DEEMED THE VEHICLE A TOTAL LOSS. *NM

DRIVEN HOME FROM SCHOOL AT 60 MILE PER HOUR AND HIT A DEER, ABOUT A 175 POUND DEER. IT SENT ME INTO A DITCH, THEN OUT OF THE DITCH AND I STOP ON A FAMERS LAWN. THE AIR BAG DIDN'T GO OFF. THE POLICE, AND MY DOCTOR THINK I DIDN'T HAVE AN AIRBAG IN THE SBC AIRBAD CONTAINER. THE FRONT END, AND LEFT FRONT QUARTER PANEL ARE TOTAL. TO REPAIR CAR I AM LOOKING AT $5,100. BEING THE CAR WAS OLD AND PAID FOR I HAD REMOVED THE COLLISON FOR THE INSURANCE COVERAGE. I AM ALSO UNEMPLOPED, WITH NO UNEMPLOYMENT CHECKS. I AM THE FIRST ONWER OF THE CAR. I HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY HEAD, NECK RIGHT SHOULDER AND BACK. I DO HAVE MEDICAL COVERAGE THROUGH MY WIFE, M-CARE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN.*AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE 00V105000. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP. WAS INFORMED, BY MECHANIC THAT RECALL PROBLEM WAS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS VEHICLE. DRIVER REQUESTED DIAGNOSTIC TESTING ON VEHICLE BECAUSE OF AIR BAG LIGHT COMING ON. MECHANIC DETERMINED AIR BAG MODULE WAS CAUSE OF PROBLEM, HOWEVER THE MECHANIC REFUSED TO DO REPAIRS UNDER RECALL. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS INFORMED NO RECALLS ON THIS VEHICLE DUE TO VIN. *AK *JB

CROSSED INTO INTERSECTION AND HIT A VEHICLE BROADSIDE TRAVELING APROX 55MPH (I WAS ALMOST STOPPED). EXTENSIVE FRONT END IMPACT DAMAGE TO JEEP. WILL PROBABLY BE TOTALED. NEITHER DRIVER, OR PASSENGER AIRBAG DEPLOYED.*AK

THE ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT DESIGN ALLOWS THE POTENTIAL FOR AN INADVERTENT AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT UPON VEHICLE IGNITION SHUT DOWN. DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE AIR BAG ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE WITH A NEWLY DESIGNED MODULE. THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM. HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE WAS NOT RECALLED DUE TO THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER. *AK *TS

I WAS DRIVING 45MPH WHEN THIS VEHICLE ENTERED THE ROAD WITHOUT LOOKING THE TRAFFIC AND I HIT HER ON THE BACK WITH MY 1997 JEEP. THE PASSENGER SEAT BELT DIDN'T LOCK, CAUSING MY DAUGHTER GOING FORWARD AND INJURING HER NECK; PLUS BOTH AIR BAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. *AK

DRIVERS SIDE AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY

WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 35MPH ON THE HIGHWAY HE T-BONE ANOTHER VEHICLE. AND THE DUAL AIRBAG DIDN'T DEPLOY. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. TS

HORN STUCK "ON" APROXIMATELY 6 TIMES OVER THE PAST YEAR.DEALER STATES BAD HORN CONTACTS.HAD HORN CONTACTS REPLACED IN STEERING WHEEL,DEALER SAYS DEFECTIVE AIRBAG PROHIBITS HORN FROM WORKING.HORN NOW STAYS "ON" ALL THE TIME.DEALER WANTS $700.00 TO REPLACE DEFECTIVE AIR-BAG.IN THE PROCESS OF CONTACTING CHRYSLER HOME OFFICE.

WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH AND WITHOUT WARNING, VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION. UPON IMACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT TO DEPLOY. CONSUMER SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES, VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK CONSUMER AND PASSENGER OF THE VEHICLE BOTH SUFFERED BACK AND NECK INJURIES. BOTH ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE PHYSICAL THERAPY. *JG

WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH ON SMOOTH ROAD BOTH AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. CONSUMER SUFFERED SCRATCHES AND BRUISES.*AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AND UPON IMPACT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. MANUFACTURER WILL BE CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AN ACCIDENT OCCURRED, AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, ALSO THE SEAT BELT MALFUNCTIONED, THERE WAS ONE INJURY. *AK *YH

FRONTAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY UPON IMPACT, CAUSING CONSUMER TO REAR END A VEHICLE. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED.*AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 55MPH ON HIGHWAY AND SLID INTO A PATCH OF BLACK ICE, LOSING CONTROL OF VEHICLE. THEN, RAN INTO A GUARDRAIL AND ANOTHER MOTORIST. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY.*AK ONE PERSON WAS INJURED IN THE ACCIDENT. *JB

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE 50MPH ACCIDENT OCCURRED, AND FRONTAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURHTER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 50MPH ACCIDENT OCCURRED, AND FRONTAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURHTER INFORMATION.*AK

ALL DAMAGE TO FRONT SECTION, NO AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING AROUND 45 TO 50 MPH CONSUMER'S VEHICLE IMPACTED ANOTHER VEHICLE ENTERING AN INTERSECTION. BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN EXAMINED TO DETERMINE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS. *DRIVER SUFFERED WHIPLASH.*AK

FRONTAL AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. CONSUMER HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE WHEN OTHER VEHICLE CROSSED IN FRONT OF HER WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH. IMPACT OCCURRED ON RIGHT FRONT OF CONSUMER'S VEHICLE ,CAUSING $7500.00 IN DAMAGE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS. *AK

DESPITE $7500 IN DAMAGE, THE COLLISION FAILED TO DEPLOY ANY OF THE AIRBAGS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS INFORMED BUT CHRYSLER CUSTOMER SERVICE EMPLOYEE WAS NOT INTERESTED IN TAKING DOWN THE INFORMATION. *AK

VEHICLE HYDROPLANED GOING 70 MPH AND WENT OFF ONE SIDE OF ROAD. VEHICLE JUMPED BACK ONTO ROAD AND JUMPED DITCH IN MIDDLE OF INTERSTATE. VEHICLE CRASHED INTO OPPOSITE BANK OF DITCH AT APPROXIMATELY AN 80 DEGREE ANGLE, CRUSHING IN FRONT END FROM MIDDLE OF HOOD OVER TO DRIVERS SIDE OF VEHICLE. AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. VEHICLE PIVOTED TOWARD PASSENGER SIDE, ROLLED OVER ONTO ROOF AND CAME TO A STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS CONSIDERED A TOTAL LOSS BY INSURANCE. JUDGING BY AMOUNT OF DAMAGE TO FRONT END, THE AIR BAGS SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED. JEEP WAS CONTACTED AND THEY SENT AN INVESTIGATOR. I CALLED JEEP EARLY ONE MORNING AND THEY STATED THEY DID NOT HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION TO TELL ME WHY THE AIRBAGS FAILED. FIFTEEN MINUTES LATER A JEEP REP. CALLED AND STATED THE AIR BAG SYSTEM IS WORKING PROPERLY AND THEY WERE NOT SUPPOSED TO DEPLOY. HOW DID THEY GET ALL THE INFO NEEDED IN FIFTEEN MINUTES? THE VEHCILE HIT HARD ENOUGH AT THAT ANGLE TO JAR REAR WINDOW ON PASSENGER SIDE LOOSE TO WHERE IT WAS ONLY HANGING ON BY BOTTOM SEAL. I MADE SURE TO TAKE PICTURES SHOWING THE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE TO VEHICLE.

CONSUMER IS BEING DENIED RECALL REPAIR (00V-105) BY THE DEALERSHIP, DEALERSHIP DOES NOT HAVE THE TIME TO COMPLETE RECALL REPAIRS. *MJS

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL REPAIR, THE DEALERSHIP CHARGED FOR VACCUMING THE VEHICLE AND THE CONSUMER IS NOT SATISFIED ABOUT HAVING TO PAY FOR CHARGES. (00V-105) *MJS

AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT CAME ON ONLY IN THE WINTER. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY SAID THAT CONSUMER WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE THE AIRBAG CONTROL MODULE. CONSUMER INSISTED THIS IS PROBLEMS WAS THE SAME PROBLEM AS INDICATED IN RECALL 98V050000. *AK

ON A RAINY EVENING AS VEHICLE WAS APPROACHING A STOP SIGN IT VEERED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE, AND DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DIDN'T DEPLOY. *AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A T-BONE COLLISION AT APPOXIMATELY40 MPH OF IMPACT, AND BOTH AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. DEALER / MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. *AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. FORCED OFF THE ROAD, VEHICLE STRUCK TWO TREES AND ROLLED OVER THREE TIMES. BOTH AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING IN LIGHT SNOW AND DOING 5-10MPH WITH FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND ABS ENGAGED. VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED, CAUSING HIM TO REAREND VEHICLE IN FRONT. NO ONE WAS HURT, BUT THE AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. *AK

THIS VEHICLE WAS FOUND NOT TO HAVE A PASSNEGER SIDE AIR BAG, THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO HAVE A SWITCH INSTALLED AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE IS NO PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG. DEALR HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

NO DEPLOYMENT OF PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDE AIR BAGS DURING VEHICLE FRONT END COLLISION. MJS

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A 40 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 35MPH, WHEN VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT WITH THE VEHICLE, THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, NO INJURIES. INSURANCE COMPANY HAD VEHICLE REPAIRED. *AK

THE MAIN PROBLEM IS THAT MY DAUGHTER WAS IN AN ACCIDENT ON NOV. 12, 1998. SHE COLLIDED WITH A G20 VAN. THE VAN HAS A SMALL DENT IN THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR. OUR JEEP IS A WRECK!! WE ARE NOT SURE IF IT IS A TOTAL OR NOT YET. THE FRONT IS GONE. THE CONSOL BETWEEN THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEATS IS BENT AND NOT ABLE TO CLOSE. THEREFORE I ASSUME THAT THE INSIDE OF THE FRAME IS BENT. OUR BUMPER WAS IN THE STREET AND IT WAS STYROFOAM. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY!!! MY DAUGHTER, WHO WAS WEARING A SEAT BELT, WAS THROWN FORWARD AND DISLOCATED HER KNEE CAP. I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT THIS CAR FOLDED LIKE THIS. THE GENTLEMAN IN THE OTHER CAR WAS FINE. BY THE LOOKS OF THIS CAR WE ARE LUCKY THAT MY DAUGHTER IS ALIVE! THE OTHER PROBLEM IS THAT THE CAR HAS BEEN REPEATEDLY BROUGHT BACK TO THE DEALER BECAUSE OF MOLD AND MILDEW. THE SEALS IN THE WINDSHIELD AND THE REAR WINDOWS AND UNDER THE CAR HAVE BEEN SEALED OVER AND OVER. THE RUG HAS BEEN REPLACED AND SHAMPOOED OVER AND OVER. THIS CAR IS A LEMON!! THIS CAR IS A LEASE CAR. I HAVE LISTED US AS THE OWNERS BUT ACTUALLY IT IS THE LEASE COMPANY. PLEASE ADVISE ME AS TO WHAT TO DO.

WHILE TRAVELING 45-50 MPH, DRIVER HIT A CAR THAT PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF HIM/HER; NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED NOR DID THE SET BELT CATCH. THE ENGINE CAUGHT FIRE, THE FRAME OF THE VEHICLE WAS BENT AND THERE WAS CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO THE FRONT.

CONSUMER WAS HIT FROM THE REAR AT 75 MPH IN WHICH THE VEHICLE BECAME AIRBORNE THE DRIVER'S OR PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, NOR DID THE SEAT BELTS RETRACT, CAUSING THE OCCUPANTS SERIOUS INJURIES. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD- ON COLLISION AT 45 MPH, AND THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

CONSUMER WAS IN A CRASH. WHILE DRIVING 35MPH A VEHICLE RAN A RED LIGHT AND BROADSIDED THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF A CHEVROLET PICKUP. DRIVER'S AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY. *AK

DEFECTIVE AIR BAG SENSOR MODULE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SEVERAL FRONTAL IMPACTS, AND THE DEFECTIVE DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIRBAG SYSTEM IS INOPERATIVE WHICH DID NOT PROTECT THE OCCUPANT IN THIS ACCIDENT. MANUFACTURER STATES THE VEHCILE WAS INVOLVED IN UNDERCARRIAGE ACCIDENT. *AK

RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE (#97V08000), CALLED DEALER. TOOK VEHICLEIN FOR REPAIRS. LATER, PICKED VEHICLE UP. NOTICD THERE WAS NO HORN & NO DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG. DEALER SAID HAD NO PARTS & MFGR SAID DOES NOT KNOW WHEN PARTS WILL BE AVAILABLE OR IN STOCK. *AK

WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN ONTO THE FREEWAY; ANOTHER VEHICLE RAN A RED LIGHT; THEN HIT FRONT OF JEEP WHICH WENT INTO A SPIN; IT JUMPED A CURB & KNOCKED DOWN 1 POLE. UPON IMPACT WITH POLE, THE AIR BAGS NEVER DEPLOYED. DRIVER SUFFERED SOME INJURIES. *AK

RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE (#97V08000). CALLED DEALER 3 OR 4 TIMES TO SET UP APPOINTMENT. INFORMED THEY CAN DO THE WORK. NO PARTS. *AK

OWNER HIT ANOTHER CAR FACE ON AND THE AIR BAG DIDN'T DEPLOY. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH THE VEHICLE HAD A FRONTAL COLLISION AND BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY WHICH DID NOT PROTECT THE OCCUPANT.

NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAG IN ACCIDENT, RESULTING IN A FATALITY.

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN 60 MPH FRONT-END COLLISION IN WHICH THE DRIVER'S/PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING OCCUPANTS TO SUSTAIN INJURIES. PLEASE GIVE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK