Air Bag Not Deploy problems of the 2016 Jeep Patriot

Tl the contact owns a 2016 Jeep Patriot. The contact stated that while driving 70 mph an unknown vehicle veered in front of the vehicle and cut her off the brake pedal was applied however, the vehicle was uncontrollably, swerved across the road and crashed into the hillside. There were no warning lights illuminated. The driver's side curtain bag deployed but the passengers side curtain air bag failed to deploy completely. There were no reported injuries. A police report was not filed. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic. The local dealer and manufacturer were not contacted. The failure mileage was approximately 24,300.

Back in November of 2018 my Jeep was in an accident. My son was the operator of the vehicle at the time on his way to pick me up from work in tiverton rhode island. According to him, he recalls everything fine and then a moment wherein everything went blank. Upon arrival the vehicle was severely damaged, I asked him what happened, he was in a state of confusion. At that point the police had caught up, and began the investigation, and my son went to the hospital by rescue. Fast forward: we are in question to the vehicle's safety. At the time of the incident the vehicle veered into the oncoming traffic. Based on our investigation and recall of the incident a: the airbags did not deploy and b: the right wheel and axle was completely disengaged although the vehicle had sustained a majority of damages on the left/driver's side! the left/driver's side wheel and axle was still completely intact despite sustaining a vast amount of damages.

The contact owned a 2016 Jeep Patriot. While driving 65 mph, the vehicle stalled without warning. The contact lost control of the vehicle and it rolled over. The power steering function became inoperable and the air bags failed to deploy. A police report was not filed. The contact sustained a minor ankle injury that did not require medical attention. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic and was not repaired. The contact was concerned that the failure mentioned in NHTSA campaign number: 16v907000 (engine and engine cooling) contributed to the crash. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and was informed that the vehicle was not being driven at a speed that would facilitate the deployment of the air bags. The vehicle was destroyed. The approximate failure mileage was 17,000.