← NHTSA complaints

CHRYSLER STEERING LINKAGE — EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL:INTEGRATED JACK/LEVELER/STABILIZER

1 fatalcrash5 injured · 1185307 · 2015-05-26

Vehicle

Make
CHRYSLER
Model
STEERING LINKAGE
Year
Manufacturer
Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
Component
EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL:INTEGRATED JACK/LEVELER/STABILIZER

Severity

Deaths
1
Injured
5
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
Yes
Medical attention
Yes
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

2002 JEEP LIBERTY SLOW SPEED ENTERING PARKING LOT, DECELERATING AT 5/10MPH TO PARK, SUDDENLY JERKED AND IMMEDIATE VIOLENT ACCELERATION AT FULL THROTTLE, BRAKES UNRESPONSIVE, BACK WHEELS SPINNING SMOKE FROM REAR, ENDING IN SEVERE ACCIDENT DAMAGE, CRITICAL INJURIES, INCIDENT NO MORE THAN 2-3 SECONDS HAPPENED SO QUICK, ALL SENSORS FAILED, CAR TOTALED, NO AIRBAG DEPLOYED..POLICE REPORT FILED (20YEARS OF SPOTLESS DRIVING RECORD UNTIL THIS JEEP. BROTHER ON BEHALF OF CRITICALLY INJURED DRIVER RESEARCH REVEALED DISTURBING DEFECTS CONTINUING, CHRYSLER PROFIT FROM "REPAIRS/PARTS" IN BILLIONS..POLICE REPORT FILED INSURANCE NOTIFIED, JEEP LIBERTY WITH MOST DEFECTS, AND RECALLS AND 66 SERVICE BULLETIN AND NOT A SINGLE REPAIR REMEDIED; HOW MANY DEATHS WIILL IT TAKE AFTER 1999, 2004, 2010, 2014 NOTCE TO CHRYSLER? AND NHTSA CANNOT ENFORCE AUTO MAKER TO COMPLY? OWNER UNAWARE OF JEEPS DESTROYING LIVES AND THE HIGH NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS OF SUA, SEVERITY OF INJURY, DAMAGES, 2ND HIGHEST REPORTED NEXT TO GM NOTEWORTHY CONSIDERING VOLUME OF PRODUCTION. (TOYOTA GAIN SUCH ATTENTION FROM CONGRESS, BUT NOT CHRYSLER?) IS THAT DUE TO POLITICS? GOVERNMENT'S OWNERSHIP OF CHRYSLER? OF TOYOTA VS JEEPS IN RELATION TO RATE OF TOTAL FATALTY AND VOLUME OF PRODUCTION RESULTING FROM SUDDEN ACCELERATION, NUMBER OF SUA INCIDENTS ARE DISAPPORTIONED IN COMPARISON. THIS IS SUCH INJUSTICE TO US AMERICAN CONSUMERS WHO SIMPLY TRUST AMERICAN MANUFACTURED AUTOS. CONSUMER AND COMMUNITY SAFETY IS STILL BEING COMPROMISED.

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
10721361
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown