# 2004 DODGE NEON — SEAT BELTS:FRONT
> NHTSA complaint `622311` · 2007-04-30 · Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 3
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** DODGE
- **Model:** NEON
- **Year:** 2004
- **Manufacturer:** Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
- **Component:** SEAT BELTS:FRONT
- **Miles at failure:** 51,945
- **Speed:** 45 mph
## Narrative
IT WAS ANOTHER SUNDAY AFTERNOON, WE HAD JUST LEFT CHURCH (ME, MY HUSBAND, AND 2 YEAR SON  AND WAS ON OUR WAY TO SEE A FRIEND AND HER NEWBORN BABY AT THE HOSPITAL. ON OUR WAY TO THE HOSPITAL A TRUCK PULLED OUT FROM THE ACCESS ROAD FROM I-20 DIRECTLY INTO OUR PATHS. WE WERE TRAVELING UNDER 50 MPH AND HAD THE RIGHT OF WAY....ALL WE COULD DO TO AVOID THE TRUCK WAS TO HIT THE BRAKES. UNFORTUNATELY, THAT WAS NOT SUFFICIENT. OUR 2004 DODGE NEON STRUCK A CHEVYROLET AVALANCHE PICK UP. THE IMPACT WAS ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WHERE IT COMPLETELY DESTROYED THE RIGHT FRONT FENDER, GRILL, HEADLIGHTS, AND THE HOOD IS NOW A RAINBOW OVER THE ENGINE. THE  UGLIEST  PART OF THIS THOUGH, IS THAT I WAS THE PASSENGER IN THE FRONT SEAT, THE   PASSENGER'S AIR BAG AS WELL AS THE DRIVER'S AIR BAG  NEVER DEPLOYED. IN ADDITION, THE  SEAT BELT NEVER LOCKED, AND I WAS THROWN FORWARD WITH THE IMPACT OF THE CAR. MY FOREHEAD STRUCK THE WINDSHIELD, THEN THE DASHBOARD IN FRONT OF ME. MY CHEST ALSO HIT THE DASHBOARD, AND MY KNEES WERE FORCED UP UNDER THE GLOVE COMPARTMENT AREA. YES, I KNOW THIS MAY SOUND MINOR WITH ALL THE ACCIDENTS THAT HAPPEN, AND THANK GOD IT WAS. BUT I HATE TO KNOW THAT THIS HAPPENED TO ME,AND COULD MORE THAN LIKELY HAPPEN TO SOMEONE ELSE, AND THEY MAY NOT BE AS FORTUNATE. I AM NOW SUFFERING FROM SORENESS IN MY CHEST AND BACK, MY KNEES ARE BRUISED, AND I HAVE SEVERE WHIPLASH IN MY NECK. THIS INCIDENT HAS MADE ME RETHINK THE SAFETY OF THE DODGE NEON, AND I WILL NOW RECONSIDER A MUCH SAFER 
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