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REAR WIPER INOPERATIVE, AIRBAG LIGHT ON
REAR WIPER INOPERATIVE, AIRBAG LIGHT ON
VEHICLE INVOLVED IN COLLISION AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT IN WHICH THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. AS A RESULT THE DRIVER RECEIVED HEAD, NECK, CHEST AND BACK INJURIES. THE VEHICLE ALSO EXPERIENCED RECURRING ELECTRICAL AND TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. THERE WERE SEVERAL REASONABLE REPAIR ATTEMPTS MADE TO HAVE THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AND TRANSMISSION REPAIRED. *MR *CB *NLM
VEHICLE INVOLVED IN COLLISION AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT IN WHICH THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. AS A RESULT THE DRIVER RECEIVED HEAD, NECK, CHEST AND BACK INJURIES. THE VEHICLE ALSO EXPERIENCED RECURRING ELECTRICAL AND TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. THERE WERE SEVERAL REASONABLE REPAIR ATTEMPTS MADE TO HAVE THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AND TRANSMISSION REPAIRED. *MR *CB *NLM
WHILE DRIVING 35MPH ANOTHER VEHICLE RAN STOP SIGN, AND VEHICLE WAS "T" BONED. UPON IMPACT, NEITHER AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. HAD EMERGENCY ROOM TREATMENT FOR PASSENGER.*AK
WHILE DRIVING 35MPH ANOTHER VEHICLE RAN STOP SIGN, AND VEHICLE WAS "T" BONED. UPON IMPACT, NEITHER AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. HAD EMERGENCY ROOM TREATMENT FOR PASSENGER.*AK
WHILE DRIVING AND MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN ON THE RAMP OF I-76, VEHICLE STARTED TO SLOW DOWN BECAUSE OF AN ACCIDENT UP AHEAD, AND A SEMI TRUCK BEHIND WAS ALSO MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN, BUT IT DIDN'T SLOW DOWN. FISHTAILED AND HIT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED DUE TO A SHORT IN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. RECALL NOTICE ISSUED. *AK *ML
WHILE DRIVING AND MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN ON THE RAMP OF I-76, VEHICLE STARTED TO SLOW DOWN BECAUSE OF AN ACCIDENT UP AHEAD, AND A SEMI TRUCK BEHIND WAS ALSO MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN, BUT IT DIDN'T SLOW DOWN. FISHTAILED AND HIT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED DUE TO A SHORT IN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. RECALL NOTICE ISSUED. *AK *ML
ON THE MORNING OF 12/7/98 I WAS DRIVING NORTH ON MORRIE AVE. CHEYENNE, WY. THE ROAD CONDITIONS DRY, CLEAR AND THERE WERE NO DISTRACTIONS. I HAD SET MY CRUISE CONTROL ON 32 MPH AS THERE ARE ALWAYS POLICE IN THE AREA AND SPEED LIMIT IS 30 MPH. THE NEXT THING I KNEW I WAS BEING HIT IN THE FACE AND THE STEERING WHEEL WAS JERKED OUT OF MY HANDS AND THEN I FELT A IMPACT WITH UNKNOWN OBJECT AND ANOTHER EXPLOSION AND THE FEELING THAT MY RIGHT HAND WAS BEING PUSHED INTO THE STEERING WHEEL. I SMELLED AN AWFUL SMELL AND THEN SAW ALL OF THIS WHITE POWDER AROUND MY FACE AND A BURNING UNDER MY CHIN. MY KNEE HAD BEEN SHOVED INTO THE STEERING COLUMN. I WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BY AMBULANCE WHERE I SPENT ALMOST FOUR HOURS DETERMINING NO MEDICAL PROBLEMS HAD CAUSED THIS ACCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS DAMAGED BY HITTING PROTECTIVE POSTS ON SIDE OF ROAD CAUSING IRREPAIRABLE DAMAGE. DAIMLER CHRYSLER TOOK THE REDINGS OFF THE COMPUTER BUT REFUSE TO GIVE US THE RESULTS OF THEM. THEIR ONLY COMMENT IS THAT THERE WAS NO MALFUNCTION. NOW IN LIGHT OF THE RECALL OF DRIVERSIDE AIR BAGS PERHAPS THIS INFORMATION IS NOT CORRECT AND IF SO WHY THE REFUSAL FOR THE RESULTS?
ON THE MORNING OF 12/7/98 I WAS DRIVING NORTH ON MORRIE AVE. CHEYENNE, WY. THE ROAD CONDITIONS DRY, CLEAR AND THERE WERE NO DISTRACTIONS. I HAD SET MY CRUISE CONTROL ON 32 MPH AS THERE ARE ALWAYS POLICE IN THE AREA AND SPEED LIMIT IS 30 MPH. THE NEXT THING I KNEW I WAS BEING HIT IN THE FACE AND THE STEERING WHEEL WAS JERKED OUT OF MY HANDS AND THEN I FELT A IMPACT WITH UNKNOWN OBJECT AND ANOTHER EXPLOSION AND THE FEELING THAT MY RIGHT HAND WAS BEING PUSHED INTO THE STEERING WHEEL. I SMELLED AN AWFUL SMELL AND THEN SAW ALL OF THIS WHITE POWDER AROUND MY FACE AND A BURNING UNDER MY CHIN. MY KNEE HAD BEEN SHOVED INTO THE STEERING COLUMN. I WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BY AMBULANCE WHERE I SPENT ALMOST FOUR HOURS DETERMINING NO MEDICAL PROBLEMS HAD CAUSED THIS ACCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS DAMAGED BY HITTING PROTECTIVE POSTS ON SIDE OF ROAD CAUSING IRREPAIRABLE DAMAGE. DAIMLER CHRYSLER TOOK THE REDINGS OFF THE COMPUTER BUT REFUSE TO GIVE US THE RESULTS OF THEM. THEIR ONLY COMMENT IS THAT THERE WAS NO MALFUNCTION. NOW IN LIGHT OF THE RECALL OF DRIVERSIDE AIR BAGS PERHAPS THIS INFORMATION IS NOT CORRECT AND IF SO WHY THE REFUSAL FOR THE RESULTS?
WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH THE VEHICLE HAD DIRECT FRONTAL IMPACT AND BOTH THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, RESULTING IN TWO INJURIES. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK
WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH THE VEHICLE HAD DIRECT FRONTAL IMPACT AND BOTH THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, RESULTING IN TWO INJURIES. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK
STEERING WHEEL DISCONNECTED FROM THE STEERING COLUMN NINE MONTHS PRIOR TO BEING INVOLVED IN A FRONT-END COLLISION AND THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK
STEERING WHEEL DISCONNECTED FROM THE STEERING COLUMN NINE MONTHS PRIOR TO BEING INVOLVED IN A FRONT-END COLLISION AND THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK