MY SON WAS DRIVING OUR 2000 JEEP CHEROKEE LAREADO WHEN HE WAS HIT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE FROM ANOTHER VEHICLE ON MARCH 25, 2002 AT APPROX. 1:30 PM. THE FORCE OF THIS COLLISION PUSH THE CAR TOWARDS THE LEFT AND THE JEEP WENT DIRECTLY INTO A CEMENT WALL HEAD ON. FORTUNATELY BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER HAD SEAT BELTS ON, BUT NEITHER AIRBAGS DEPLOYED WHEN THE VEHICLE HIT THE WALL. AT THE TIME OF IMPACT, MY SON DID HIT THE WINDSHEILD, WHICH CAUSE SEVERAL FACIAL CUTS AND COULD OF BEEN AVOIDED HAD THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. THIS MALFUNCTION ON MY VEHICLE CONCERNS ME NOT ONLY BECAUSE HE COULD OF BEEN MORE SERIOUSLY INJURED, BUT OTHERS IN SAME SITUATIONS COULD SUBSTAIN VERY SERIOUS INJURIES. NLM