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1994 Jeep Cherokee 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.
8
Latest Dec 3, 2003
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.
2%
of 519 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.
7
Injuries or deaths reportedTotals the submitters entered on their own reports in this category. Not verified by NHTSA and not a casualty statistic.
4

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 Jeep Cherokee submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 8 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

AirbagsBrakes
Filed Dec 3, 2003
Crash reported1 injury reported

WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH DRIVER APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING CONSUMER'S VEHICLE TO REAR END ANOTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER SUSTAINED NECK INJURIES AND WAS TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE TO HOSPITAL. *AK

NHTSA ID
10049993
Incident
Dec 3, 2003
Airbags
Filed Oct 10, 2003
Crash reported1 injury reported

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. DRIVER SUSTAINED 4 BROKEN RIBS. *AK

NHTSA ID
10042751
Mileage
100,000 mi
AirbagsBrakes
Filed Aug 19, 1997
Crash reported1 injury reported

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION DRIVING ABOUT 25 MPH , AND THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. BRAKES WENT TO THE FLOOR. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK

NHTSA ID
815482
Incident
Aug 15, 1997
Airbags
Filed May 19, 1997
Crash reported

PASSIVE RESTRAINTS, AIR BAG: DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25MPH, FELL ASLEEP AT WHEEL. HIT A LIGHT POLE AND A TREE, ROLLED OVER AND LANDED ON PASSENGER'S SIDE AND THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. VEHICLE TOTALED. *AK

NHTSA ID
812339
Incident
May 12, 1997
Airbags
Filed May 6, 1996
Crash reported

AFTER A HEAD-ON IMPACT WITH A UTILITY POLE THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY.

NHTSA ID
503932
Incident
Mar 16, 1996
Airbags
Filed Jan 3, 1996
Crash reported

WAS IN AN ACCIDENT THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG DIDN'T DEPLOY . TT

NHTSA ID
977269
Incident
Dec 28, 1995
Airbags
Filed Sep 5, 1995
Crash reported

DRIVER IN AUTO ACCIDENT AND DRIVERS AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. TT

NHTSA ID
971598
Airbags
Filed Jan 9, 1995
1 injury reported

WHEN COMING FROM A STOP LIGHT DRIVERS SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED WITH NO WARNING AND NO REASON CAUSING DRIVER INJURYS. TT

NHTSA ID
958421
Incident
Nov 4, 1994

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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