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1994 Chrysler New Yorker Airbags Problems

Owner-reported complaints naming the airbag system, filed with NHTSA

Data refreshed

Airbags reportsComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
12
Latest Apr 18, 2005
Share of all reportsThis category as a share of every owner report on file for this model year. One report can name more than one component, so the categories overlap.
6%
of 215 total
Crash or fire reportedReports in this category whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. The reporter's own answer on the NHTSA form, not a verified finding.
8
Injuries or deaths reportedTotals the submitters entered on their own reports in this category. Not verified by NHTSA and not a casualty statistic.
5

What this page shows

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 New Yorker submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 12 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.

Owner reports naming airbag

Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed

Airbags
Filed Apr 18, 2005
Crash reported1 injury reported

WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH CONSUMER HIT A CEMENT BULK. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT AT ALL DEPLOY. CAUSE WAS UNDETERMINED.*AK

NHTSA ID
10118928
Incident
Oct 25, 2004
Airbags
Filed Dec 2, 2003

REQUEST TO GET AIR BAG DISCONNECTED.*MR THE CONSUMER STATED SHE IS FIVE FEET INCHES TALL AND SITS SEVEN INCHES AWAY FROM THE STEERING WHEEL, IF AN ACCIDENT WERE TO OCCUR, THE FORCE OF THE AIR BAG MAY KILL HER. *JB *NM

NHTSA ID
10050175
Airbags
Filed Aug 8, 2003

CONSUMER REQUESTED APPROVAL TO HAVE BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIR BAGS REMOVED. *PH *CB *JB

NHTSA ID
10033592
Airbags
Filed Sep 9, 2002

PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAG COVER IS CURLING UP LIKE PAPER. CONSUMER FEELS HEAT FROM THE SUN IS CAUSING THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

NHTSA ID
8018207
Incident
Nov 3, 1996
Airbags
Filed May 10, 2000
Crash reported2 injuries reported

SON WAS DRIVING VEHICLE & "T" BONED ANOTHER VEHICLE & WAS KNOCKED OUT. VEHICLE KEPT MOVING & HIT A BRICK WALL HEAD-ON. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. VEHICLE WAS TOWED. POSSIBLY WILL BE TOTALED. 2 INJURIES & EMERGENCY ROOM TREATMENT. *AK

NHTSA ID
861728
Incident
Apr 13, 2000
Airbags
Filed Feb 25, 2000

WHILE DRIVING AND PULLING UP TO A LIGHT, PUT ON BRAKES, AND BOTH PASSENGER'S SIDE AND DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. *AK

NHTSA ID
857551
Incident
Feb 23, 2000
AirbagsDriver assistance
Filed Jan 27, 1999
Crash reported

THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED IN REVERSE AT 30MPH INTO A CEMENT POST, THEN LEAPED FORWARD AND HIT ANOTHER CEMENT POST, AND NEITHER DRIVER'S NOR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. *AK

NHTSA ID
834054
Airbags
Filed Dec 22, 1998
Crash reported

CAR WAS MOVING ABOUT 5 MPH WHEN BOTH OF AIR BAGS DEPLOYED . *AK

NHTSA ID
832593
Incident
Dec 22, 1998
Airbags
Filed Sep 1, 1995
Crash reported1 injury reported

FRONTAL COLLISION, IMPACT 12:00 POSITION, SPEED UNKNOWN PUT OVER 12 MPH, DUAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

NHTSA ID
971513
Incident
Aug 14, 1995
Airbags
Filed Aug 17, 1995
Crash reported

INVOLVED IN FRONTAL COLLISION AND DRIVERS AIRBAG DID NOT INFLATE. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

NHTSA ID
970621
Incident
Jul 16, 1995
Airbags
Filed Jul 19, 1995
Crash reported

NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S AIR BAG DURING COLLISION. *SKD

NHTSA ID
483515
Incident
Jul 16, 1995
Airbags
Filed Jul 14, 1995
Crash reported1 injury reported

COSUMER WAS IN AN HEAD ON CRASH AND THE DUAL AIR BAG DIDN'T DEPLOY . *AK

NHTSA ID
968792

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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