2009 Jeep Wrangler 4-Dr 4X4 Problems

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 JEEP WRANGLER. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V352000 (AIR BAGS) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

KEEP CALLING LOCAL DEALERSHIPS TO HAVE RECALL APPLIED AND CORRECTED AND EITHER THEY DO NOT RESPOND TO CALLS OR THEY CLAIM THEY DO NOT HAVE THE PARTS AND WILL CALL ME WHEN AVAILABLE. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR THREE MONTHS. JEEP OF RIVERDALE WHERE I BOUGHT IT AND YONKERS

WHEN REFUELING, REGARDLESS OF FILL LEVEL THE GAS WILL NOT FLOW INTO TANK PROPERLY ON LEVEL GROUND, AND SPEWS OUT ALL OVER THE GROUND/CAR/PERSON. IT WILL NOT TAKE FUEL IN ANY POSITION. IT TAKES ABOUT 10-15 MINUTES TO REFUEL FROM EMPTY. IT WILL TAKE GAS UNTIL THE FILLER NECK FILLS UP AND THEN YOU HAVE TO STOP AND LET IT DRAIN INTO TANK. YOU HAVE TO REPEAT THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN UNTIL FULL.

WHEN FILILNG THE FUEL TANK, NO MATTER WHICH GAS STATION I USE, THE TANK OVERFLOWS WHEN FULL, SPILLING GASOLINE BEFORE THE PUMP SHUTOFF CAN ACTIVATE. THIS IS STATIONARY, TURNED OFF, AND LEVEL. I'VE OWNED THIS CAR SINCE FEB 2015 AND IT IS A HIGHLY REPEATABLE PROBLEM.

EXPERIENCED THE VIOLENT SHAKING OF THE FRONT SUSPENSION AND STEERING WHEEL WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH. APPARENTLY THIS IS REFERRED TO AS A "DEATH WOBBLE" BUT A RECALL HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED YET. MY BEST GUESS IS, AFTER MULTIPLE PEOPLE DIE FROM THIS MALFUNCTION AND SUE THE CHRYSLER/JEEP CORPORATION, THEN IT A RECALL MIGHT BE ISSUED AND THE PROBLEM FIXED! I AM HIGHLY AGITATED BY THIS ISSUE AND THE REOCCURENCE!!!!!

CAR SHAKES VIOLENTLY BETWEEN 50-55 MPH. FRONT STEERING STABILIZER HAS BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES, "DEATH WOBBLE" STILL OCCURS. HAPPENS ON SMOOTH, NON-BUMPY ROADS AS WELL AS BUMPY ONES.

EXPERIENCED THE VIOLENT SHAKING OF THE FRONT SUSPENSION AND STEERING WHEEL WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH. APPARENTLY THIS IS REFERRED TO AS A "DEATH WOBBLE" BUT A RECALL HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED YET. MY BEST GUESS IS, AFTER MULTIPLE PEOPLE DIE FROM THIS MALFUNCTION AND SUE THE CHRYSLER/JEEP CORPORATION, THEN IT A RECALL MIGHT BE ISSUED AND THE PROBLEM FIXED! I AM HIGHLY AGITATED BY THIS ISSUE AND THE REOCCURENCE!!!!!

DEATH WOBBLE - SEVERE BOUNCING OF FRONT END WHEN HITTING A BUMP GOING AROUND 60 MPH. THIS HAS HAPPEN OVER 10 TIMES IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS AND AFTER I HAD A NEW STEERING STABILIZER (HORIZONTAL SHOCK ABSORBER) INSTALLED ON FRONT AXEL.

******* TIPM ISSUES *******WHILE DRIVING 70MPH DOWN INTERSTATE THE JEEP LOST ALL POWER AND CONTROL ABILITIES AND CAME TO A SCREECHING HALT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSTATE. I IMMEDIATELY TRIED TO START UP AND WAS LIKE IT HAD A DEAD BATTERY. CARS WERE SWERVING AND BLOWING LIKE CRAZY TRYING TO AVOID ME AND NOT WRECK. ONCE TRAFFIC WAS SOMEWHAT STABLE I GOT OUT TO PUSH JEEP OFF TO SIDE OF INTERSTATE AND A ANOTHER MOTORIST STOPPED TO HELP. MY PASSENGER WAS HURT FROM THE SUDDEN STOP WHEN HER KNEES WENT INTO THE DASH. THE SEAT BELT DID NOT RESTRAIN HER RESULTING IN HER LEFT KNEE GETTING BRUISED AND HER RIGHT KNEE GOT A CUT. I HAVE SINCE RESEARCHED THIS ISSUE AND HAVE FOUND THIS TO BE A VERY COMMON AND SERIOUS ISSUE WITH THESE MODELS. WE ARE BOTH LUCKY TO BE ALIVE FROM THIS BEING THAT SEVERAL VEHICLES NEARLY HIT US AS WELL AS ALMOST HITTING OTHERS. THERE NEEDS TO BE A WARNING ADDRESSED TO ALL OWNERS AS THIS BEING A POTENTIAL WRECK LESS CONDITION. I WOULD LIKE SOMEONE FROM CHRYSLER OR THE HIGHWAY SAFETY COUNCIL CONTACT ME AT [XXX]. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

CLOCK SPRING ON MY 2009 WRANGLER WENT OUT CLEARLY A RECALL SITUATION HERE. SAFETY FOR ME AS THE DRIVER AND FOR MY FAMILY AS THE PASSENGERS. COME ON JEEP THIS IS OBVIOUS !

I JUST PURCHASED A 2009 JEEP WRANGLER UNLIMITED X THAT IS ENTIRELY STOCK. WITHIN ONE WEEK AND THE SECOND TIME ON A HIGHWAY I EXPERIENCE WHAT HAS BEEN NAMED THE "DEATH WOBBLE." WITHIN SECONDS IT WILL GO FROM A SHIMMY TO A VIOLENT SHAKING THAT FORCES YOU TO SLOW DOWN OR COME TO A COMPLETE STOP WHICH CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS ON A HIGHWAY IN THE LEFT LANE DOING 55MPH! SINCE IT STARTED IT HAS OCCURRED EVERY TIME I TAKE IT ON THE HIGHWAY. APPARENTLY THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE AMONG JEEPS BUT CHRYSLER IS IGNORING THIS DEFECT AND STATING IT IS NOT A SAFETY HAZARD. *TR

AFTER BEING ALERTED TO A LOW TIRE PRESSURE ON MY JEEPS TIRE PRESSURE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, I STOPPED TO CHECK THE TIRES AND ADD AIR. WHEN I REMOVED THE VALVE STEM CAP ON THE REAR DRIVERS SIDE TIRE, THE VALVE STEM WHICH WAS SEVERELY CORRODED, CRUMBLED AND FELL APART. I HAD TO TAKE IT IN TO HAVE THE STEM REPLACED. THE MECHANICS THAT FREQUENTLY CHANGE MY OIL HAVE STATED THAT ALL OF THE OTHER VALVE STEMS ARE IN THE SAME CONDITION AND ARE IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT. THESE ARE COSTLY ITEM TO HAVE REPLACED. *TR

CAR SHAKES VIOLENTLY BETWEEN 50-55 MPH. FRONT STEERING STABILIZER HAS BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES, "DEATH WOBBLE" STILL OCCURS. HAPPENS ON SMOOTH, NON-BUMPY ROADS AS WELL AS BUMPY ONES.

THE SPEED CONTROL FAILED, SHORTLY AFTER THAT THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. JEEP SERVICE HAD TO REPLACE THE CLOCK SPRING TO FIX THE ISSUES. THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT WAS INTERMITTENT, IT WOULD ELIMINATE WHENEVER THE STIRRING WHEEL WAS TURNED AND THEN RESET SHORTLY AFTER RETURNING TO CENTER. IF ANY FORCE WAS APPLIED TO THE STIRRING WHEEL I.E. GENTLY PULLING ON IT OR PUSHING ON IT IT WOULD ALSO CAUSE THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE. THE SPEED CONTROL FAILURE WAS COMPLETE. IT WOULD NOT ACTIVATE AT ALL AFTER FAILURE.

******* TIPM ISSUES *******WHILE DRIVING 70MPH DOWN INTERSTATE THE JEEP LOST ALL POWER AND CONTROL ABILITIES AND CAME TO A SCREECHING HALT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSTATE. I IMMEDIATELY TRIED TO START UP AND WAS LIKE IT HAD A DEAD BATTERY. CARS WERE SWERVING AND BLOWING LIKE CRAZY TRYING TO AVOID ME AND NOT WRECK. ONCE TRAFFIC WAS SOMEWHAT STABLE I GOT OUT TO PUSH JEEP OFF TO SIDE OF INTERSTATE AND A ANOTHER MOTORIST STOPPED TO HELP. MY PASSENGER WAS HURT FROM THE SUDDEN STOP WHEN HER KNEES WENT INTO THE DASH. THE SEAT BELT DID NOT RESTRAIN HER RESULTING IN HER LEFT KNEE GETTING BRUISED AND HER RIGHT KNEE GOT A CUT. I HAVE SINCE RESEARCHED THIS ISSUE AND HAVE FOUND THIS TO BE A VERY COMMON AND SERIOUS ISSUE WITH THESE MODELS. WE ARE BOTH LUCKY TO BE ALIVE FROM THIS BEING THAT SEVERAL VEHICLES NEARLY HIT US AS WELL AS ALMOST HITTING OTHERS. THERE NEEDS TO BE A WARNING ADDRESSED TO ALL OWNERS AS THIS BEING A POTENTIAL WRECK LESS CONDITION. I WOULD LIKE SOMEONE FROM CHRYSLER OR THE HIGHWAY SAFETY COUNCIL CONTACT ME AT [XXX]. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

AT 1030 AM 08 SEPTEMBER 2016, MY JEEP WRANGLER CAUGHT FIRE AND WAS DETERMINED A TOTAL LOSS. I DROPPED MY JEEP OFF FOR A NOISE IN THE TRANSMISSION ON 06 SEPTEMBER 2016, I THEN RECEIVED A PHONE ON THE 8TH THAT MY JEEP HAD CAUGHT FIRE BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION HAD OVERHEATED. THE DEALERSHIP WAS IN POSSESSION OF MY VEHICLE THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND STATED THAT I WOULD NEED TO FILE A CLAIM THROUGH MY INSURANCE COMPANY.

I HAVE A 2009 JEEP UNLIMITED WRANGLER X 4 DOOR. THE JEEP IS ONLY 2 YEARS OLD ON 1/20/2011 AT 39,313 TRANSMISSION OIL COOLER PIPES HAD TO BE REPLACED. WONDERING IF THERE ARE OTHER JEEPS WITH THIS PROBLEM. I HAD TO PAY OUT OF POCKET BECAUSE THE 5 YEAR WARRANTY I BOUGHT FROM ACURA DEALER WOULD NOT COVER THE ISSUE. I BOUGHT THE CAR USED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2009 FROM THE ACURA DEALER WITH 13,000 MILES ON IT. THIS ISSUE SHOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED. IT IF I DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM, I WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. *TR

RANDOMLY AS YOU START IN FIRST GEAR FROM A DEAD STOP THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTER JUMPS OUT OF FIRST INTO NEUTRAL. THE JUMP HAPPENS SO VIOLENTLY THAT THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED I HAD TO MAKE SURE I WAS NOT REAR ENDED. WITH THIS JUMPING OUT OF GEAR I FEAR THAT DRIVING INTO RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC I COULD BE IN AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE OF THE LOSS OF MOVEMENT GOING INTO OR THRU TRAFFIC. *TR

MY WIFE CALLED ME FROM WORK SAYING HER JEEP WAS SMOKING AFTER PARKING THE VEHICLE. I RUSHED TO HER JOB AND FOUND SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE JEEP. WHAT I FOUND WAS DEBRIS WAS STUCK BETWEEN THE FRAME AND THE EXHAUST PIPE IN THE CENTER OF THE JEEP. PINESTRAW BEEN COLLECTING THERE AND WAS SMOLDERING. I THOUGHT THAT WAS A FLUKE BUT MUCH TO MY SURPRISE MY WIFE PULLED INTO THE GARAGE 2 DAYS AGO AND THE CAR SMELLED LIKE IT WAS BURNING AND I REMOVED ABOUT 10 HANDFULS OF PINESTRAW THAT WAS SMOLDERING. WE DO NOT PARK THE CAR IN THE GARAGE ANYMORE FOR FEAR OF A FIRE. WHAT MAKES NO SENSE IS THE DEBRIS NOT COLLECTING BEHIND THE TIRES BUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CAR. IT IS MY OPINION THAT JEEP SHOULD FOLLOW UP WITH A RECALL OR AT LEAST TELL ME HOW TO RECTIFY THE PROBLEM.

EACH TIME I FILL UP THE GAS TANK THE GAS OVERFLOWS AND ERUPTS OUT OF THE FILLING HOLE SPEWING GASOLINE ALL OVER THE BUMPER, FENDER, BODY AND MYSELF.

LESS THAN 30 DAYS AFTER PURCHASING MY 2009 JEEP WRANGLER UNLIMITED SAHARA, I WAS DRIVING IT AND WENT TO PRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION GOING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH. WHEN I PRESSED THE BRAKES I HEARD A GRINDING NOISE, MY VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN SLIGHTLY BUT NOT AS MUCH AS IT NORMALLY DID, IT PULLED TO THE LEFT, AND WOBBLED WHENEVER I PRESSED THE BRAKES CAUSING ME TO MOMENTARILY LOOSE CONTROL AS A RESULT OF IT FISH TAILING. I WAS UNABLE TO STOP OR SLOW THE VEHICLE IN THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME AS IT NORMALLY TOOK TO DO SO. I IMMEDIATELY DROVE TO AN AUTO MECHANIC. I TOOK IT TO POPE DAVIS TIRE & AUTOMOTIVE LOCATED AT 631 S ASSEMBLY STREET IN COLUMBIA SOUTH CAROLINA WHERE I WAS TOLD MY THE MANAGER, [XXX] THAT THE FLUID WENT BAD AND CAUSED DAMAGE TO ALL 2 HYDRAULIC HOSES, FRONT BRAKES, CALIPERS, AND ROTORS, AND THAT THEY ALONG WITH MY PADS ALL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. IT COST ME APPROXIMATELY $880. I FOUND OUT LATER THAT THERE WAS AN RECALL ON THE SAME YEAR, MAKE, AND MODEL. HOWEVER, MY SPECIFIC VIN NUMBER DID NOT HAVE THIS RECALL. I FEEL THAT IT WAS OVERLOOKED AND I SHOULD BE REIMBURSED. *BF CONSUMER STATED THE LEAKAGE COULD OF BEEN DUE TO RIGHT AND LEFT FRONT INNER FENDER LINERS CAUSED BY WEAR OF TUBES. *JB INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

JEEP RECALL K13- I BROUGHT MY JEEP INTO LAWLESS JEEP (WOBURN MA) TWICE TO HAVE THE K13 RECALL DONE. I WAS TOLD THAT MY BRAKE LINES DID NOT NEED TO BE REPLACED. MY BRAKE LINES ARE WORN FROM THE FENDERS AND ARE STARTING TO RUST. THE DEALERSHIP DID NOT PERFORM RECALL CORRECTLY. *TR

LAST NIGHT AS I WAS WATING FOR MY SON IN OUR DRIVEWAY. I LITERALLY SAW MY WINDSHIELD CRACK FROM THE BASE OF THE WINDSHILED FRAME. NO ROCK OR OBJECTS HIT THE WINDSHIELD. AS I MENETIONED, I WAS PARKED IN DRIVE. HEAT AND DEFROST WAS ON AS IT IS WINTER TIME. *TR

WHILE PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY, I STARTED MY JEEP WRANGLER AND PUT THE DEFROST ON. MY WINDSHIELD CRACKED ALONG THE BOTTOM OF THE WINDSHIELD. THERE WERE NO CHIPS, CRACKS OR DEFECTS IN THE WINDSHIELD. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT MOVING AND STILL IN PARK IN MY DRIVEWAY. *TR

AT 1030 AM 08 SEPTEMBER 2016, MY JEEP WRANGLER CAUGHT FIRE AND WAS DETERMINED A TOTAL LOSS. I DROPPED MY JEEP OFF FOR A NOISE IN THE TRANSMISSION ON 06 SEPTEMBER 2016, I THEN RECEIVED A PHONE ON THE 8TH THAT MY JEEP HAD CAUGHT FIRE BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION HAD OVERHEATED. THE DEALERSHIP WAS IN POSSESSION OF MY VEHICLE THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND STATED THAT I WOULD NEED TO FILE A CLAIM THROUGH MY INSURANCE COMPANY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 JEEP WRANGLER 4X4. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED REPLACING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER RECALL. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 32,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. UPDATED 8/23/12 *CN

AFTER BEING ALERTED TO A LOW TIRE PRESSURE ON MY JEEPS TIRE PRESSURE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, I STOPPED TO CHECK THE TIRES AND ADD AIR. WHEN I REMOVED THE VALVE STEM CAP ON THE REAR DRIVERS SIDE TIRE, THE VALVE STEM WHICH WAS SEVERELY CORRODED, CRUMBLED AND FELL APART. I HAD TO TAKE IT IN TO HAVE THE STEM REPLACED. THE MECHANICS THAT FREQUENTLY CHANGE MY OIL HAVE STATED THAT ALL OF THE OTHER VALVE STEMS ARE IN THE SAME CONDITION AND ARE IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT. THESE ARE COSTLY ITEM TO HAVE REPLACED. *TR

I BOUGHT MY 2009 JEEP WRANGLER AROUND OCTOBER, NOVEMBER 2009, USED WITH ABOUT 16,000 MILES FROM WORLD CAR NISSAN WITH A ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND MILE WARRANTY. THE JEEP CAME WITH AN AFTER MARKET LIFT KIT OF APPROX 4 INCHES WITH 33 INCH TOYO OPEN COUNTRY TIRES "RANCHO SHOCKS, SKY JACKER LIFT" WORLD CAR TOLD ME THE JEEP CAME LIKE THIS ORIGINALLY FROM THE DEALER. WORLD CAR ENCOURAGED ME TO TAKE THE JEEP AND TEST DRIVE IT FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS. AFTER RETURNING THE JEEP I TOLD THEM THAT I LIKED THE JEEP BUT IT HAD HANDLING ISSUES ON THE ROAD. WHILE TEST DRIVING THE JEEP ON NORMAL ROADS I NOTICED THE JEEP WOULD TRACK HARD AND PULL TO THE LEFT AND TO THE RIGHT ALMOST CAUSING ME TO RUN OFF THE ROAD ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. WORLD CAR SAID THEY WOULD CHECK OUT THE FRONT END ALIGNMENT AND BALANCE THE TIRES. I PURCHASED THE JEEP. WHEN PICKING UP THE JEEP THEY TOLD ME THEY TOOK CARE OF ALL THE PROBLEMS. JEEP ASSURED ME THE HANDLING ISSUES WERE DUE TO THE LIFT AND LARGER TIRES. ABOUT TWO WEEKS LATER LEAVING WORK I TURNED A CORNER AND MY RIGHT FRONT TIRE STARTED KLUNKING AND WOBBLING. THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE WAS MISSING 4 OF 5 LUG NUTS AND HAD ONE BROKEN STUD. ONLY ONE LUG NUT WAS HOLDING MY TIRE ON. THE JEEP HAD TO BE TOWED. WORLD CAR GAVE ME A LOANER CAR, REPAIRED THE PROBLEM, WITH NO APOLOGY AND NO EXPLANATION. AROUND JULY 2009, I DROVE TO PORT ARKANSAS TEXAS, I DROVE TO THE BEACH. I ONLY DROVE IN THE NORMAL TRAFFIC LANES NO FOUR WHEELING. THE NEXT WEEK ON FRIDAY WHILE DRIVING DOWN IH 35 THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY JERKED TO THE LEFT ALMOST CAUSING ME TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT. ON SATURDAY I NOTICED THE RIGHT REAR SHOCK HANGING DOWN.THE UPPER SHOCK SUPPORT PIN WAS BROKEN OFF. JEEP ACCUSED ME OF FOUR WHEELING AND ABUSING THE JEEP, THEY REPAIRED IT AT NO COST TO ME. SOME TIMES THE TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM COMES ON PRE-MATURELY WHILE MAKING CORNERS MAKING THE JEEP HARD TO HANDLE. NOW THE ESP BAS LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYS ON. ON JEEPFORUM.COM ESP BAS FAILURE APPEARS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM. *TR

DRIVERS SEAT SINKS DOWN WHEN ADJUSTED UP. THIS HAPPENS WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING VISION PROBLEMS IN MIRROR. THE SEAT WILL EVEN SINK DOWN WHEN IT IS PARKED OVERNIGHT WITH NO ONE IN THE SEAT. THIS HAPPENS FREQUENTLY AND IS NOT A ONE TIME PROBLEM. *TR

******* TIPM ISSUES *******WHILE DRIVING 70MPH DOWN INTERSTATE THE JEEP LOST ALL POWER AND CONTROL ABILITIES AND CAME TO A SCREECHING HALT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSTATE. I IMMEDIATELY TRIED TO START UP AND WAS LIKE IT HAD A DEAD BATTERY. CARS WERE SWERVING AND BLOWING LIKE CRAZY TRYING TO AVOID ME AND NOT WRECK. ONCE TRAFFIC WAS SOMEWHAT STABLE I GOT OUT TO PUSH JEEP OFF TO SIDE OF INTERSTATE AND A ANOTHER MOTORIST STOPPED TO HELP. MY PASSENGER WAS HURT FROM THE SUDDEN STOP WHEN HER KNEES WENT INTO THE DASH. THE SEAT BELT DID NOT RESTRAIN HER RESULTING IN HER LEFT KNEE GETTING BRUISED AND HER RIGHT KNEE GOT A CUT. I HAVE SINCE RESEARCHED THIS ISSUE AND HAVE FOUND THIS TO BE A VERY COMMON AND SERIOUS ISSUE WITH THESE MODELS. WE ARE BOTH LUCKY TO BE ALIVE FROM THIS BEING THAT SEVERAL VEHICLES NEARLY HIT US AS WELL AS ALMOST HITTING OTHERS. THERE NEEDS TO BE A WARNING ADDRESSED TO ALL OWNERS AS THIS BEING A POTENTIAL WRECK LESS CONDITION. I WOULD LIKE SOMEONE FROM CHRYSLER OR THE HIGHWAY SAFETY COUNCIL CONTACT ME AT [XXX]. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR