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 1999 Jeep Laredo 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.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW MY AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT COMES ON AND AN INTERMITTENT WARNING CHIME (1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO). I HAVE NOT HAD IT REPAIRED BECAUSE I CAN'T AFFORD THE EXPENSE. I DON'T KNOW IF THE AIRBAG WILL DEPLOY WHEN IT SHOULDN'T OR IF IT WILL NOT DEPLOY WHEN IT SHOULD. I HAVE SEEN THE SAME COMPLAINT ON THIS SAFETY WEBSITE AND THINK IT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED BY JEEP.
THE AIR BAG LIGHT CONSTANTLY COMES ON AND CHIMES ON MY 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO. IT IS MOSTLY WHEN I MAKE A LEFT TURN. THIS IS A VERY COSTLY REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD MAKE A RE-CALL OF ALL THESE JEEPS. WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR "A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT" I FOUND OUT THAT ALL JEEPS MADE IN 1999 HAVE THIS DEFECT, AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE ABOUT IT. CONCERN JEEP OWNER. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP LAREDO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 111,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 113,000.
MY BROTHER HAD TO DRIVE MY VEHICLE IN AN EMERGENCY CASE. ON THE WAY TO RETURN THE VEHICKE TO ME HE CRASHED THE JEEP INTO A TELEPHONE POLE THE VEHICLE WAS REALLY DAMAGED ALTHOUGH WITH THE IMPACT THE POLICE SAID THAT THE AIR BAGS SHOULD HAVE COME OUT BUT DIDN'T AT THE TIME I COULDN'T AFFORD ANOTHER VEHICLE THE CAR DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT GIVE ME ANOTHER CAR INSTEAD THEY FIXED THE SAME JEEP AND WANTED ME TO CONTINUE PAYING ON IT UNTIL I WAS COMPLETE. I AM STILL DRIVING THE VEHICLE I AM REALLY FEELING UNSAFE IN THIS VEHICLE WITH ME AND MY TWO KIDS. *CN
I OWN A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE AIR BAG LIGHT STAYS ON ALL THE TIME AND THE CHIME FOR IT GOES OFF VERY OFTEN. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO A DEALER AND THEY SAID THAT IT MAY BE THE CLOCK SPRING. I WAS LATER TOLD THAT MANY OF THE MODELS IN THIS YEAR HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. WHY ARE WE PAYING OUT OF POCKET FOR SOMETHING THAT IS OBVIOUSLY A FAULTY PART ON THE FACTORY'S PART? *TR
DT: CONTACT STATED THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY DURING A COLLISION. THERE WAS NO PRIOR WARNING. THIS VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK
THE CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION WITH A TELEPHONE POLE WHEN SHE TRIED TO AVOID HITTING A DEER ON THE ROAD AT 45 MPH. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY UPON IMPACT AND THE SEAT BELT DID NOT HOLD. THE CONSUMER SUFFERED INJURIES. *JB
AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT STARTED COMING ON INTERMITTENTLY INDICATING MALFUNCTION IN AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT SYSTEM. TOOK TO DEALER WHO DETERMINED THERE WAS A DEFECTIVE "CLOCK SPRING" IN THE STEERING COLUMN CAUSING THE AIRBAG MALFUNCTION. (NOTE THAT THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ANY "CLOCK" BUT WAS TOLD THIS IS THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTION BETWEEN THE DRIVERS AIRBAG AND THE STEERING COLUMN WIRING HARNESS). THE PART WAS REPLACED FOR $350 BY DEALER BUT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY FROM JEEP THAT WE HAD PURCHASED. CALLED JEEP EXTENDED WARRANTY NUMBER AND WAS TOLD TOUGH LUCK, PART NOT COVERED.
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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