2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee Air Bags & Restraints Problems

The contact owns a 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee. The contact stated while driving at various speeds, the air bag warning light illuminated. The warning light flashed on and off intermittently. The local dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was approximately 199,181.

Airbag light coming Laredo.!! Will it work??? Drivers side squib is error it reads is there an issue with squib and clockspring? Very expensive repair several issues on web about clockspeings going bad on all years of jeep grand cherokee laredos. Mine is 2001 jeep.

MY HUSBAND WAS IN A ACCIDENT AIRBAG DIDN'T DEPLOY

THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT CAME ON INTERMITTENTLY. IT DID THAT ABOUT EVER FIVE MINUTES. IT HAS DONE THAT SINCE THAT DATE. I TOOK IT TO THE FARICY BOYS JEEP DEALER IN COLORADO SPRINGS, THEY STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WAS NOT WORKING. I ASKED IF THIS WAS A SAFETY ITEM TO BE PAID FOR BY THE MANUFACTURE. HE SAID "NO." HE SAID I HAD TO PAY FOR THIS REPAIR IF I WANTED A NEW AIRBAG. I FIND THIS REPLACEMENT COST FOR THIS ITEM STRANGE FOR TWO REASONS. ONE: I BELIEVE THIS IS A SAFETY ITEM, AND TWO: AIRBAGS ARE BEING RECALLED FOR A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT CARS AT THIS VERY TIME AND ARE BEING REPLACED AT NO COST.

SWERVED OFF THE ROAD UP AN EMBANKMENT HITTING TELEPHONE POLE, ROLLED OVER A FEW TIMES HITTING A TREE, GUARD RAIL, THEN COMING TO REST ON DRIVERS SIDE. *TR

THERE IS A PROBLEM WHICH MOST EVERYBODY EXPERIENCES ON 1999 AND UP JEEP GRAND CHEROKEES. THE AIRBAG LIGHT AND CHIME CONTINUOUSLY , RANDOMLY. THIS LIGHT AND CHIME INDICATED THE AIRBAG IS INOPERATIVE. THIS IS TYPICALLY DUE TO A FAULTY UNRELIABLE DESIGNED "CLOCKSPRING" IN STEERING WHEEL UNDER THE AIRBAG ASSY. THIS IS VERY COSTLY TO FIX AND SHOULD DEFINITELY BE RECALLED FOR REPAIR NO CHARGE TO CUSTOMER. PLEASE RESEARCH AND YOU WILL FIND THAT THIS IS EXTREMELY WIDE SPREAD. THERE IS A FEAR THAT BAG MAY DEPLOY WHILE DRIVING DUE TO SHORT IN SYSTEM. THIS WOULD BE CATASTROPHIC. PLEASE INVESTIGATE ASAP, THIS IS URGENT. *TR

SAFETY RECALL M35/ NHTSA 12V-527. OCCUPANT RESTRAINT CONTROL MODULE FILTER CIRCUIT. TOOK MY CAR IN FOR SERVICE. IT WAS IN THE DEALER SERVICE BAY FOR IN EXCESS OF 8 HOURS AND NO REPAIRS WERE MADE. THE RECALL DEFECT REPAIR WAS NOT MADE. DEALER IS TUTTLE CLICK, INC. IRVINE,CA 92618

THIS A IS KNOWN (VERY COMMON) PROBLEM ON MOST JEEPS AFTER A CERTAIN MILEAGE. THE AIR BAG LIGHT AND BELL ALARM CONSTANTLY CHIME TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE AIRBAG IS NOT ACTIVE OR INOP, AND WONT WORK. THERE IS A PART IN THE STEERING WHEEL UNDER AIR-BAG CALLED A "CLOCK-SPRING" THAT GOES BAD ON TENS OF THOUSANDS OF JEEPS. THEY (CHRYSLER) KNOW ABOUT IT. IT SHOULD BE RECALLED,BUT THEY IGNORE THE SAFETY HAZARD AND DEFECTIVE DESIGN. THIS NEEDS TO BE RECALLED ON ALL MODELS AFFECTED NOT JUST ONE YEAR (WHICH I THINK IS 2004). *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN, ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE FRONT END OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS TRAVELING 45 MPH AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY, BUT THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE POLICE OFFICER AT THE SCENE STATED THAT THE AIR BAGS SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED SINCE THE FRONT END WAS SO BADLY DAMAGED. A REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT FEELS THAT THE VEHICLE IS UNSAFE BECAUSE THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AT SUCH HIGH SPEEDS. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 62,000.

I AM GOING TO PASTE BELOW WHAT I WROTE ON UNSAFECARSEATS.COM. I AM DUMBFOUNDED THAT I HAVE HAD THIS CAR FOR 5 YEARS AND THIS IS THE FIRST I'VE HEARD ABOUT THIS. WHEN I FIRST NOTICED THE GEN3 SEAT BELT PROBLEM WITH MY INFANT SEATS I THOUGHT, THIS CAN'T BE RIGHT, IF THERE WERE AN ISSUE WITH THESE SEAT BELTS THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED AND I WOULD HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. I AM REALLY DISAPPOINTED IN THE NHTSA. IT IS A REAL PROBLEM: I HAVE 6 MO OLD TWINS AND A 4 YO SON. THEY ARE 3 ACROSS IN THE BACKSEAT OF MY 2001 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS I HAVE NOTICED THAT THE BELTS HOLDING THE INFANT SEATS HAVE BECOME UNDONE AFTER MAKING SURE REPEATEDLY THAT THEY WERE BUCKLED AND TAUT. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY A REAL PROBLEM! I EVEN WENT SO FAR AS GRILLING MY 4 YO IF HE UNDID THE BUCKLES IN 'FUN'. HE REPEATEDLY DENIED IT. HOWEVER, HE COULD NOT HAVE DONE THAT TO THE FAR OUTBOARD SEAT (HE SITS IN THE OTHER OUTBOARD SEAT) WHILE I WAS DRIVING, AND THAT'S WHEN I BEGAN TO SCRATCH MY HEAD. THEN I THOUGHT, WELL OK, MAYBE MY INFANT CAR SEATS ARE REALLY CLUNKY AND SOMETIMES WHEN I LOCK THEM INTO THE BASE OR GET THEM OUT, THEY ARE JOSTLING THE BELT OPEN. BUT, WOULD THAT BE OK EITHER?? THE BELT LOCK IS INCREDIBLY SENSITIVE AND DEFECTIVE. PUT IN PERSPECTIVE, IF A BASE MOVING AGAINST ANOTHER OR PUTTING THE BUCKET IN OR OUT OF THE BASE CAUSES A MALFUNCTION, WELL THEN IT DOES NOT TAKE A DEGREE IN PHYSICS TO KNOW THAT A COLLISION WOULD DO THE SAME THING. I AM AMAZED I HAVE NOT HEARD ABOUT THIS UNTIL NOW! WHAT IRRESPONSIBILITY! ALL THE TIMES I TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP, NOT A PEEP. THANKS TO BABYCENTER.COM FOR DIRECTING ME HERE. *TR

I WAS IN A HEAD ON COLLISION THAT TOTALED MY JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE WHILE I WAS 30 WEEKS PREGNANT. THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. I SPENT THE WEEKEND IN THE HOSPITAL AS A RESULT, AND THE BABY NEEDED TO BE MONITORED BECAUSE I WAS HAVING CONTRACTIONS. I INFORMED DAIMLER CHRYSLER, THEY SENT A LETTER WITH A BROCHURE SHOWING WHERE THE POINT OF IMPACT NEEDED TO BE FOR THE AIRBAGS TO DEPLOY, STATING THE CAR PERFORMED AS IT SHOULD HAVE. HOWEVER, IN THE BROCHURE, IT CLEARLY INDICATES WHERE THE POINT OF IMPACT NEEDED TO BE FOR THE AIRBAGS TO DEPLOY, WHICH IS THE SAME AS WHERE THE POINT OF IMPACT WAS ON THE JEEP. I SENT A LETTER BACK TO DAIMLER CHRYSLER VIA CERTIFIED MAIL INDICATING THIS. I HAVE HAD NO RESPONSE FROM THEM, AND THEY WILL NOT GIVE ANY INFORMATION OVER THE PHONE. *JB

I WAS DRIVING ON A PUBLIC ROAD DOING APPROXIMATELY 25 MILES PER HOUR WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE MADE AN ILLEGAL LEFT TURN IN FRONT OF MY VEHICLE. I HIT HIM STRAIGHT ON AND NEITHER THE DRIVER'S AIRBAG OR THE PASSENGER AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. I DRIVE A 2001 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. I SUSTAINED SEVERE SPINAL INJURY THAT REQUIRED A SURGERY AND THE POSSIBILTY OF FUTURE SURGERY TO OTHER DISCS. *TR

MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING HER 2001 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE ON THE FREEWAY GOING ABOUT 65-70 MI/HOUR. WHEN SHE TRIED TO CHANGE LANES, THE CAR SWERVED FOR NO REASON AND CRASHED INTO THE MIDDLE DIVIDER. THE CAR HAS BEEN TOTALED NOW. IN ADDITION, WHEN SHE CRASHED INTO THE DIVIDER, THE CAR AIR BAG DID NOT OPEN. I THINK THERE WAS A VEHICLE DEFECT (EITHER DESIGN OR MANUFACTURE) IN THE JEEP WHICH CAUSED THIS ACCIDENT. *NM

MY AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY DURING FRONT END ACCIDENT IN WHICH BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER WERE INJURED. ALSO REAR PASSENGER SAFETY BELT DID NOT LOCK AND CAUSED CHILD IN BOOSTER SEAT TO HIT THE BACK OF FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. CHILD HAD FACE AND EYE INJURIES. *NM

1. MY 2001 JEEP GAND CHEROKEE WAS INVOVLED IN A FRONT END WRECK WHICH TOTALED OUT THE VEHICLE. . NEITHER PASSENGER OR DRIVER AIR BAG DEPLOYED IN THIS INCIDENT. THE DRIVERS HEAD HIT THE STEERING WHEEL. THE PASSENGER WAS UNINJURED. *AK 3. THE JEEP WAS TOWED TO HUNTER CHRYLSER PLYMOUTH FOR AN ESTIMATE. WE WERE TOLD IT WAS A TOTAL LOSS DUE TO EXTENSIVE FRONT END DAMAGE AND THE FRAME WAS BENT. MY QUESTION TO HUNTER WAS WHY DID THE AIR BAGS NOT DEPLOY? THEY RESPONDED THAT THEY DON'T ALWAYS COME OUT IN A FRONT END ACCIDENT. IT DEPENDS ON WHAT PART OF THE BUMPER WAS HIT. I CAN NOT UNDERSTAND THIS WHEN THE CAR WAS TOTALED AND IT WAS DUE TOTAL FRONT END DAMAGE. I BELIEVE SOMETHING IN THIS CAR MALFUNCTIONED. DO WE HAVE ANY RECOURSE? WE HAVE PHOTOS, ACCIDENT REPORT, AND ESTIMATE OF TOTAL.

WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH DRIVER APPLIED THE BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN THE SPEED AND CONSUMER LOST CONTROL, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ROLE THREE TIMES. UPON IMPACT, THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. *AK SEE EWR FIELD REPORT 000003L041001FP-SFYGRANDCHERO-0101-1424-06005.PDF

I WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION IN WHICH I REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. I WAS TRAVELLING AT APPROXIMATELY 40-45 MPH. UPON IMPACT WITH THE OTHER VEHICLE NEITHER MY SEATBELT FUNCTIONED NOR THE DRIVERS SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED. THIS CAUSED INJURY TO MY CHEST WHEN IT HIT THE STEARING WHEEL.*AK

OUR VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH THE GEN 3 SEAT BELTS. IT HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT THESE SAFETY BELTS ARE FAULTY AND ARE UNSAFE. PLEASE CONTACT CHRYSLER TO HAVE THESE SEAT BELTS RECALLED AND REPLACED. IT IS A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH. *CB

FRONT DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT DOES NOT RETRACT PROPERLY. NO TENSION ON THE BELT AND IT HANGS LOOSE. THE VEHICLE IS A 2001 MODEL AND THIS SAFETY PRODUCT SHOULD LAST MUCH LONGER THAN 2 YEARS. *AK

RECALL GENERATION 3 SEAT BELTS. I HAVE ACTUALLY HAD PROBLEMS WITH MOST MANUFACTURER SEAT BELTS, INCLUDING AIRCRAFT BELTS (PACIFIC SCIENTIFIC). I SELECTED "20" IN THE FAILURES SLOT SO THIS WILL GET THROUGH. USING MY SKILLS AS AN AIRCRAFT TECH. I HAVE ALSO INSPECTED AUTO BELTS AND FOUND MOST OF THEM REGARDLESS OF MANUFACTURER TO BE '!@#$%. *NLM