Owner-reported complaints naming the airbag system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the air-bag system — deployment behaviour, inflators, sensors and warning lights. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1994 Chrysler Concorde submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 15 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
I HAVE A 1994 CHRYSLER CONCORDE WHICH HAS AIR-BAG PROBLEM WHICH I WAS TOLD WOULD COST ME $500 TO REPLACE A CLOCK SPRING BY BOB BAKER IN CARLSBAD, CA. I REFUSED STATING THAT DAIMLER CHRYSLER SHOULD TREAT THAT AS A DRIVE TRAIN DEFECT AND REPLACE IT. I ALSO HAD A FAILURE OF THE STEERING AND PAID FOR THAT OUT OF POCKET.*JB
THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. *JB STRAIGHT ON FRONT REAR COLLISION. THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE COLLAPSED INTO THE FRAME. THE VEHICLE WAS UNREPAIRABLE. *SCC
CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 45MPH ON HIGHWAY AND ANOTHER VEHICLE STOPPED IN FRONT OF HIM, AND CONSUMER HIT OTHER VEHICLE IN REAR. UPON IMPACT, DUAL AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. *AK
ANOTHER VEHICLE PULLED OUT AND CONSUMER HIT THE OTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, DRIVERS SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED, BUT MECHANIC SAID THAT PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY PROPERLY. *AK
CHRYSLER CLAIMED AIR BAGS WORKED PROPERLY EVEN THOUGH IT FAILED TO ACTIVATE IN THIS HEAD-ON CRASH. *AK
WHEN TRAVELING 60 MPH IN WET WEATHER CONDITION THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP, RESULTING IN THE VEHICLE PULLING TO THE RIGHT, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO HIT THE GUARDRAIL IN WHICH THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF NEITHER DRIVER'S NOR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS. VEHICLE WAS TOTAL LOSS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 30MPH THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED AND THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT.THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF THE WARNING LIGHT BEFORE THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. CHRYSLER SENT AN INSPECTOR OUT IN FEB. 97. A LETTER WAS RECEIVED AFTER THE INVESTIGATION STATING THAT THE INSPECTION FOUND THAT THE IMPACT ABSORBED BY THE UNDERCARRIGE DID MEET THE THRESHOLD FOR AIRBAG DEPOLYMENT; AND THAT PROPER DEPLOYMENT DID OCCUR. THEY DECLINED ANY ASSISTANCE . *AK
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAGS IN CRASH. (ATTORNEY FOR CLIENT)
AIR BAG LIGHT IS ON CONTINUOUSLY. ALSO, CRUISE CONTROL IS NOT WORKING. *AK
DURING COLLISION VIOLENT DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG CAUSED INJURIES TO CONSUMERS (WRISTS, ARMS, NECK AND BACK).
IN ACCIDENT YESTERDAY DRIVERS SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY WAS INJURED IN ACCIDENT. TT CONSUMER WAS INJURED IN ACCIDENT. *SLC
ABS, BRAKE FAILURE, APPLIED THE BRAKES AND EXPERIENCED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. TT
VEHICLE WAS HIT AT A 12 O'CLOCK POSITION, AND DRIVER'S AIR BAG FAILED TO INFLATE. TT
UPON IMPACT, DURING FRONTAL CRASH AT APPROX. 65MPH, HIT A DEER AT 12:00 ON FRONT BUMPER, DRIVERS AIRBAG FAILED TO DEPLOY. TT
DRIVERS/PASSENGERS AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY DURING FRONTAL COLLISION; COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE CROSSING HIGHWAY ILEGALLY. TT
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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