| Subject: | Air bag module detachment |
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| Investigations Summary: | This investigation was opened on Apr. 14, 2000. It was closed on Oct. 13, 2000. Odi has received a commplaint stating that the driver-side frontal air bag module detached from the steering wheel while attemption to use the horn for the first time in a brand new model year 2000 Jeep wrangle (purchased I late March 2000). The air bag module fell off the steering wheel and was hanging by its wires. The repairing delership stated that the two mounting screws, holding the integtated horn/air bag module to the steering wheel, were missing. This investigationn is opened to determine the scope of the potential problem of mis-assembled air bag modules in th ejeep wrangle vehicles. |
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