# 2000 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE — SEAT BELTS:FRONT
> NHTSA complaint `623231` · 2007-05-07 · Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** JEEP
- **Model:** GRAND CHEROKEE
- **Year:** 2000
- **Manufacturer:** Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
- **Component:** SEAT BELTS:FRONT
- **Miles at failure:** 35
- **Speed:** 35 mph
## Narrative
I PURCHASED A 2000 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE IN 2005 FROM A USED CAR DEALER IN ALBUQUERQUE. AT THAT TIME NO RECALLS OR REPAIRS OF ANY SAFETY RELATED DEFECTS WERE REVEALED TO ME.  I RECEIVED A RECALL IN NOVENBER  2006 FOR COOLING FAN THAT I HAD ALREADY HAD DONE . DAIMLER/CHRYSLER REIMBURSED ME FOR SOME OF THE REPAIRS DONE.  ON 4-17-07 I WAS NORTH BOUND ON UNSER APPROACHING LADERA, TRAFFIC WAS STOPPED AT THE RED LIGHT. I WAS TRAVELING THE SPEED LIMIT WHICH  WAS POSTED AT 35 MPH. I PRESSED ON THE BRAKE  PEDAL TO BEGIN SLOWING DOWN AND NOTHING HAPPENED. I THEN SLAMMED MY FOOT DOWN ON THE PEDAL IT WENT TO THE FLOOR AND I REAR ENDED A LARGE PICKUP AT THE INTERSECTION.  THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, AND I DID  NOT THINK THE  SEAT BELT ENGAGED UNTILL I HIT THE STEERING WHEEL WITH MY STERNUM.  MY INJURIES WERE  MINOR, AND I ELT  THE INJURIES  OF  THE PERSON I HIT WERE ALSO MINOR. THE REASON  I BELIEVED THISWAS SO  BECAUSE I WAS KNOCKED UNCONSICIENCE.  AFTER SOME ADVICE FROM AN ATTOURNEY I CHECKED ONLINE FOR ANY SAFTY RELATED RECALLS ON  THE  VEHICLE. I WAS NOT SURPRISED TO FIND MANY.  RECALL # 200002004 WAS A SEAT BELT RECALL,  RECALL # 20060313 WAS A BRAKE  SYSTEM RECALL, AND   RECALL # 19991202 WAS A AIR BAG RECALL.  THERE  WERE MANY MORE I AM SURE YOU WERE AWARE OFF. MY CONCERN  WAS FOR ANYBODY ELSE THATWAS  DRIVING ONE OF THESE VEHICLES WITH THEIR FAMILIES IN THE CAR. IF MY WIFE OR DAUGHTER HAD BEEN IN THE VEHICLE WITH ME I AM SURE THEIR INJURIES WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE SEVERE.  PLEASE LOOK
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