NHTSA Complaint #11348555 — 2018 JEEP RENEGADE

TL* THE CONTACT STATED HER PARENTS OWNED A 2018 JEEP RENEGADE SPORT. THE CONTACT STATED HER PARENTS WERE STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT, REAR ENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE, THE FORCE OF THE IMPACT SENT THE VEHICLE OUT INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC WHERE THEY WERE THEN HIT ON THE DRIVER'S REAR SIDE BY A FORD F-150. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE AND WAS EXTINGUISHED BY THE POLICE WHO WAS ON THE SCENE. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED VERY BAD INJURIES AND WAS TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE TO THE HOSPITAL. THE PASSENGER SUSTAINED INJURIES AND WAS ALSO TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE TO THE HOSPITAL. THE POLICE WERE ON THE SCENE AND A CASE WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A TOWING LOT WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS DEEMED A TOTAL LOSS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND A CASE WAS FILED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 24,000. *DT*JB