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2005 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY — AIR BAGS

crash1 injured · 1287635 · 2016-06-06

Vehicle

Make
CHRYSLER
Model
TOWN AND COUNTRY
Year
2005
Manufacturer
Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
Component
AIR BAGS
Speed
55 mph

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
1
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
Yes
Medical attention
Yes
Vehicle towed
Yes

Narrative

POSSIBLE TAKATA RECALL. DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG MALFUNCTION - DID NOT DEPLOY. UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME AS TO THE SPECIFIC MECHANICAL PART OF THE AIRBAG SYSTEM THAT MALFUNCTIONED IN THIS ACCIDENT. ACCIDENT: DRIVER OF (VEHICLE NO.2) WAS DRIVING A 2005 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY ON HIGHWAY WHEN HE WAS HIT ON THE LEFT REAR SIDE/REAR END OF THE VEHICLE. THE POLICE REPORT STATES THAT VEHICLE NO. 1 WAS CHANGING LANES AND HIT VEHICLE NO. 2 CAUSING HIM TO LOSE CONTROL OF HIS VEHICLE. AS A RESULT OF THE IMPACT FROM VEHICLE NO. 1, VEHICLE NO. 2 CRASHED INTO A MEDIAN WALL AND WAS TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO THE NEAREST HOSPITAL TO TREAT HIS INJURIES. SEE POLICE REPORT. UPON IMPACT, THE AIR BAG ON THE PASSENGER SIDE DEPLOYED BUT THE DRIVER SIDE DID NOT CAUSING GREAT INJURY TO THE DRIVER OF VEHICLE NO. 2. PLEASE SEE PHOTO OF THE INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE WHERE IS SHOWS THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG WAS DEPLOYED BUT NOT THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG. ROAD CONDITIONS WERE DRY. THE UNSAFE CONDITION WAS THAT THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY UPON IMPACT THEREBY CAUSING THE DRIVER OF VEHICLE NO. 2 TO INCUR INJURIES THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED IF THE AIRBAG HAD DEPLOYED AS IT WAS EXPECTED TO. IT IS NOTED ON THE POLICE REPORT THAT THE DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY.

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
10872677
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