FaultScore

1994 Chrysler NEW Yorker airbag problems

13 of the 296 complaints about the 1994 Chrysler NEW Yorker are about the airbag system — 4% of everything reported for this model year.

F

13

Complaints

9

Crashes

0

Fires

4

Injuries

Exactly what failed

Frontal 9 69.2%
AIR Bags 3 23.1%
Side/Window 1 7.7%

What owners said

Filed with NHTSA, in their own words.

Defiance, OH Crash 1 injured

AIR BAGS

WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH CONSUMER HIT A CEMENT BULK. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT AT ALL DEPLOY. CAUSE WAS UNDETERMINED.

NHTSA complaint #10118928 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Salt Lake City, VT

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL

REQUEST TO GET AIR BAG DISCONNECTED.*MR THE CONSUMER STATED SHE IS FIVE FEET INCHES TALL AND SITS SEVEN INCHES AWAY FROM THE STEERING WHEEL, IF AN ACCIDENT WERE TO OCCUR, THE FORCE OF THE AIR BAG MAY KILL HER. *JB

NHTSA complaint #10050175 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Salt Lake City, UT

AIR BAGS

CONSUMER REQUESTED APPROVAL TO HAVE BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIR BAGS REMOVED. *PH *CB

NHTSA complaint #10033592 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Pineville, NC

AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW

PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAG COVER IS CURLING UP LIKE PAPER. CONSUMER FEELS HEAT FROM THE SUN IS CAUSING THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.

NHTSA complaint #8018207 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Gladewater, TX Crash 2 injured

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL

SON WAS DRIVING VEHICLE & "T" BONED ANOTHER VEHICLE & WAS KNOCKED OUT. VEHICLE KEPT MOVING & HIT A BRICK WALL HEAD-ON. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. VEHICLE WAS TOWED. POSSIBLY WILL BE TOTALED. 2 INJURIES & EMERGENCY ROOM TREATMENT.

NHTSA complaint #861728 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Jackson, NJ

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL

WHILE DRIVING AND PULLING UP TO A LIGHT, PUT ON BRAKES, AND BOTH PASSENGER'S SIDE AND DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED.

NHTSA complaint #857551 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Thomasville, GA Crash

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL

THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED IN REVERSE AT 30MPH INTO A CEMENT POST, THEN LEAPED FORWARD AND HIT ANOTHER CEMENT POST, AND NEITHER DRIVER'S NOR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED.

NHTSA complaint #834054 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Morrow, OH Crash

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL

CAR WAS MOVING ABOUT 5 MPH WHEN BOTH OF AIR BAGS DEPLOYED .

NHTSA complaint #832593 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Brooklyn, NY Crash

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL

NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S AIR BAG DURING COLLISION. *SKD

NHTSA complaint #483515 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Hendersonvil, NC Crash 1 injured

AIR BAGS

FRONTAL COLLISION, IMPACT 12:00 POSITION, SPEED UNKNOWN PUT OVER 12 MPH, DUAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.

NHTSA complaint #971513 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Brooklyn, NY Crash

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL

INVOLVED IN FRONTAL COLLISION AND DRIVERS AIRBAG DID NOT INFLATE. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

NHTSA complaint #970621 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Brooklyn, NY Crash

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL

INVOLVED IN FRONTAL COLLISION AND PASSENGERS AIRBAG DID NOT INFLATE. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

NHTSA complaint #970621 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Tenafly, NJ Crash 1 injured

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL

COSUMER WAS IN AN HEAD ON CRASH AND THE DUAL AIR BAG DIDN'T DEPLOY .

NHTSA complaint #968792 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Other 1994 Chrysler NEW Yorker problems

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