NHTSA complaint: 2004 CHRYSLER PACIFICA — SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
WHILE ENTERING A CONSTRUCTION ZONE ON INTERSTATE 95 ON MAYLAND NEAR PERRYVILLE, I WAS TRAVELLING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH AND WAS STRUCK FROM THE REAR BY A MAZDA 6 TRAVELING AT A HIGHER RATE OF SPEED. THERE WERE NO SKID MARKS. WHEN MY CAR, A 2004 CHRYSLER PACIFICA WAS STRUCK IN THE REAR, THE DRIVERS SEATBACK FAILED AND I WAS THROWN IN THE BACK SEAT AGAINST MY 14 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER. THE SEATBACK CRUSHED HER KNEE AND SHE WAS TAKEN TO TEH HOSPITAL. THE PASSANGER SIDE FRONT SEAT ALSO FAILED IN A SIMILAR FACHION AND MY WIFE SLIDE INTO MY 12 YEAR OLD, SHE WAS NOT INJURED. MY 9 YEAR OLD WAS IN THE THIRD ROW SEAT WHICH WAS BROKEN IN THE CRUMPLE OF THE REAR, AND WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AS SHE WAS COMPLAINING OF SHORTNESS OF BREATH, SHE IS OKAY NOW AS I WRINTE THIS.*AK
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation