NHTSA Complaint #10133525 — 2002 JEEP LIBERTY

ON FEBRUARY 16, 2005 WHILE TRAVELING EASTBOUND I-80 IN SALT LAKE CITY I HIT SOME BLACK ICE AND LOST CONTROL OF MY 2002 JEEP LIBERTY. I WAS TRAVELING FREEWAY SPEEDS AND HAD A FRONT IMPACT ALONG WITH A DRIVER SIDE ROLLOVER AND A SLIDE OF APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS. ALL OF THE EMERGENCY PERSONNEL THAT RESPONDED TO MY ACCIDENT VOICED SHOCK AND CONCERN THAT NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. FURTHER, I HAVE HEARD THAT IF THE G-FORCE WAS NOT GREAT ENOUGH TO DEPLOY THE SIDE AIRBAGS, THE JEEP SHOULD NOT HAVE ROLLED (I HAVE NO IDEA IF THAT IS TRUE). I HAD, AND STILL HAVE, SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT WHY MY AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND DO NOT TRUST THAT IN THE EVENT OF ANOTHER ACCIDENT THEY WOULD DEPLOY, REGARDLESS OF THE SEVERITY. I CONTACTED JEEP AND ASKED THEM TO LOOK INTO IT. THEY DID DO SOME INVESTIGATION. HOWEVER, I WAS TOLD THAT BECAUSE MY JEEP WAS NOT PRESERVED FOR THEIR INSPECTION THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. I HAVE SENT THEM SEVERAL E-MAILS EXPLAINING THAT I DO HAVE PHOTO THAT DOCUMENT THE DAMAGE AND SHOW THAT THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. THEY HAVE JUST DISREGARDED MY COMPLAINTS. I ALSO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE EASE IN WHICH MY JEEP ROLLED OVER. THIS CONCERN HAS ALSO BEEN DISMISSED. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THAT MY FAMILY IS GOING TO BE SAFE IF ANTHER UNFORTUNATE ACCIDENT OCCURS.