NHTSA Complaint #11415572 — 2014 DODGE JOURNEY

ON 5/6/21, WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING AND STATIONARY, WAITING TO TURN LEFT THROUGH AN INTERSECTION ON CITY STREETS, THE AHR (ACTIVE HEAD RESTRAINT) RANDOMLY DEPLOYED IN THE DRIVER HEADREST. MY HUSBAND, WHO WAS DRIVING AT THE TIME, THOUGHT WE HAD BEEN REAR ENDED DUE TO THE LOUD NOISE IT MADE AND THE FORCE WITH WHICH IT HIT THE BACK OF HIS HEAD. THE VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN IN A COLLISION AND IS UP TO DATE ON MAINTENANCE. RESEARCHING THE AHR ONLINE BROUGHT UP DOZENS OF ARTICLES ABOUT THIS PROBLEMS OCCURRING IN DODGE JOURNEYS (YR 2010- 2018) BUT IT HAS YET TO OFFICIALLY BE LISTED FOR RECALL EVEN THOUGH A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT WAS FILED FOR THE ISSUE. WE CALLED OUR LOCAL DODGE DEALERSHIP AND THEY INFORMED US THE HEADREST COULD NOT BE REPAIRED ONCE DEPLOYED AND THAT A NEW ONE WAS NEEDED, QUOTING US ROUGHLY $575.00 TO DO SO.