NHTSA complaint: 2003 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE — AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
I WAS THE ONLY PERSON IN MY VEHICLE AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. I WAS PULLING A TRAILER & GOING UP A BRIDGE AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH WHEN I LOST CONTROL & HIT THE GUARDRAIL. MY ENTIRE DRIVER SIDE AND FRONT END ON THE DRIVER SIDE WAS SMASHED. IT BENT MY FRAME AS WELL, HOWEVER, THE AIR BAGS NEVER DEPLOYED. I CALLED CHRYSLER CUSTOMER SERVICE # JUST TO LET THEM KNOW THAT IT HAPPENED, JUST SO THEY WOULD HAVE A RECORD OF IT. I HAVE NEVER BEEN TREATED SO RUDELY BY A "CUSTOMER SERVICE" REP IN ALL OF MY LIFE, HE ACTUALLY HUNG UP ON ME WHEN I ASKED FOR HIS NAME. I CALLED BACK TO REPORT HIM AND WAS DISCONNECTED AGAIN. I AM NOT SUING. FORTUNATELY, I WAS NOT HURT. BUT I WAS SURPRISED THAT YOU COULD HAVE AN IMPACT THAT HARD & SEVERE AND THE AIR BAGS NOT DEPLOY. I WILL BE VERY SURPRISED IF MY JEEP IS NOT TOTALLED.*AK
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation