NHTSA Complaint #11123632 — 2003 JEEP LIBERTY

ON MAY 28TH, 2018, I WAS DRIVING MY 2003 JEEP LIBERTY TO SEE A FRIEND. I HAD JUST GOTTEN OFF THE HIGHWAY WHEN MY DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED SPONTANEOUSLY. FORTUNATELY I WAS ONLY GOING 10 MPH AND DID NOT SUFFER MAJOR INJURIES, BUT I WAS CUT UP AND CONCUSSED FROM THE FORCE OF THE AIRBAG. I HAD MY CAR TOWED TO ATLANTIC JEEP CHRYSLER IN EGG HARBOR TWP NJ. THEY TOLD ME I WOULD BE GIVEN A RENTAL CAR AND AN INVESTIGATION WOULD NEED TO BE DONE. I WAITED 6 WEEKS TO GET MY CAR BACK, AS THEY KEPT PUSHING ME WHEN THE INVESTIGATION WOULD FINISH. DURING THIS TIME I WAS UBERING TO MY TWO JOBS, AS THEY NEED PROVIDED A RENTAL CAR. THEY SAID CHRYSLER WOULD COVER THE RENTAL ONCE I GOT MY CAR BACK AND TO PROVIDE RECEIPTS. SEEING HOW THIS COMPANY OPERATES, I KNEW THIS WOULD NOT BE THE CASE. THEY EVENTUALLY DECIDED TO DO NOTHING ABOUT MY CAR. IT WAS A TINY CHIP THAT MADE THE AIRBAG DEPLOY (THEY ADMITTED IT WAS AN ISSUE) BUT THAT THEY WOULD ONLY REPLACE THE CHIP. I WAS LEFT WITH 2.4K IN REPAIRS TO MY CAR. THEY REFUSED TO PAY FOR ANYTHING, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS THEIR CHIP FAILURE THAT MADE THE AIRBAG GO OFF IN THE FIRST PLACE.