A JEEP LIBERTY WITH "SIDE IMPACT" AIR BAGS WAS IN A COLLISION. THE COLLISION WAS SERIOUS ENOUGH TO "TOTAL" THE CAR AND THE SIDE IMPACT AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATOR FOR "CHRYSLER" PERFORMED AN INSPECTION, CHRYSLER STATED TO MYSELF IN A LETTER TO ANSWER MY CONCERNS THAT THE AIR BAG WAS OPERATIONAL. HOWEVER, WHEN MY BODY SHOP GUY HAD TO TEAR DOWN THE CAR FURTHER FOR INSURANCE PURPOSES HE NOTICED THAT IT WASN'T EVEN ATTACHED.*AK