← NHTSA complaints

2004 CHRYSLER SEBRING — AIR BAGS

crash1 injured · 714136 · 2009-03-30

Vehicle

Make
CHRYSLER
Model
SEBRING
Year
2004
Manufacturer
Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
Component
AIR BAGS
Miles at failure
83,000
Speed
50 mph

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
1
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
Yes
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

ON SUNDAY MORNING I WAS TRAVELING NORTH BOUND ON I-35 PASSING THE I-35 & I-40 JUNCTION TRAVELING ABOUT 60 MILES PER HOUR, WHEN ON MY DRIVERS SIDE I NOTICED A WHITE DODGE NEON COMING OVER INTO MY LANE. I IMMEDIATELY HONKED HORN AND MOVED OVER SLIGHTLY. CAR CONTINUED TO COME OVER INTO MY LANE SO I HIT MY BRAKES WHICH SLOWED ME DOWN SOME TO ABOUT 50 MILES PER HOUR, AND THEN MY CARS FRONT END STARTED VIBRATING VIGOROUSLY AND CAR WENT INTO TAILSPIN AND HIT HEAD ON INTO CENTER HIGHWAY CONCRETE MEDIAN AND THEN TAILEND SWUNG AROUND AND ALSO HIT MEDIAN ON PASSENGER SIDE OF VEHICLE. MY AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND I WANT TO INVESTIGATE IF THEY HAD PREVIOUSLY DEPLOYED AND WERE NOT RE-INSTALLED PROPERLY. OR IF THE VEHICLE MANUFACTURER HAD A DEFECT IN THE AIRBAGS THEMSELVES. *TR

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
10263638
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown