There are 32 owner-reported air bags & restraints complaints for the 2000 Jeep Wranglerin NHTSA's database. These are unverified consumer reports and may not reflect confirmed defects.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 JEEP WRANGLER. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO AVOID COLLIDING WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE, THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A ROCK WALL BARRIER. THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE DRIVER EXPERIENCED MINOR SORENESS THAT DID NOT REQUIRE MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE BUMPER AND THE FRAME. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO BE DIAGNOSED AND REPAIRED. THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 139,000.
FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER THE AIR BAG LIGHT HAS COME ON AND REMAINED ON. I HAVE ALWAYS FIGURED IT WAS JUST A PROBLEM WITH THE LIGHT. I WAS RECENTLY TOLD THAT IF THE WARNING LIGHT IS ON THE AIR BAG WILL NOT WORK. I DID NOT FIND ANY RECALLS REGARDING AIR BAGS BUT I SEE VARIOUS COMPLAINTS REGARDING AIR BAGS IN THE JEEP WRANGLER AND THIS CONCERNS ME. I AM PRINTING THESE COMPLAINTS AND BRINGING THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER BEFORE SELLING IT. I WANT TO ASSURE THE SAFETY OF ANY FUTURE DRIVERS. *JB
WHILE BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPOT AT LOCAL SHOPPING CENTER THE STEERING WHEEL FELT AS IF IT BOUND UP AND AN SPRING SOUND OCCURRED AND THE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON. AS IT WAS TO LATE TO CONTACT THE DEALER I CALLED THEM ON MONDAY MORNING AND THEY ARRANGED FOR ME TO HAVE IT CHECKED ON TUESDAY. ON INVESTIGATION THEY FOUND THE AIRBAG CLOCK SPRING TO BE BROKEN AND ORDERED THE PART, WHICH I PAID FOR. ON THURSDAY I DROVE MY JEEP BACK TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THE SPRING REPLACED AND ALTHOUGH THE SPRING WAS BROKEN IT DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM AND THE SERVICE WRITER TOLD ME IT WAS A CHAFFED WIRE IN THE STEERING COLUMN AND THAT THE AIRBAG SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED BUT IT DID NOT! SHE THEN TOLD ME THAT IT WOULD COST ME TO $500 TO $1600 TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM. I ASSUMED THIS WAS A SAFETY RELATED ITEM AND AS SUCH SHOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED . SHE CHECKED WITH THE DISTRICT REP FOR CHRYSLER LATER IN THE DAY AND THEY CLAIM NOTHING COULD BE DONE FOR ME ALTHOUGH THE JEEP ONLY HAS 40578 MILES ON IT AND I COULD NOT HAVE GOTTEN INTO THE STEERING COLUMN TO CHAFE THE WIRE. AS OF NOW I HAVE A LOANER VEHICLE WHILE THEY CHECK INTO HOW TO PROCEED. *NM
1) I BOUGHT THE JEEP WRANGLER USED 2)THE LATCH SOMETIMES DOES NOT ENGAGE WHEN I PUT THE LIP OF THE SEAT BELT INTO THE SOCKET OF THE SEAT BELT. IT STICKS...IM AFRAID THAT IF I DO GET IN A WRECK IT WILL FAIL AND I WILL BE EJECTED, ESPECIALLY WITH A JEEP AND IT HAVING A HIGH ROLLOVER RISK. 3)IM SERIOUSLY THINKING OF GETTING BRAND NEW SEAT BELTS, NOT CHRYSLER BRAND BUT AFTER MARKET ONES, UNLESS CHRYLSER SOLVES THE ISSUE. *JB
ABOUT A YEAR AFTER PURCHASING MY JEEP WRANGLER I NOTICED THAT MY AIRBAG LIGHT WOULD COME ON FOR A WHILE AND THEN GO OUT REPEATEDLY. I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS JUST A FAULTY BULB AND FOR THE MOST PART IGNORED IT. THEN IT STARTED STAYING ON ALL THE TIME, SO YESTERDAY, AFTER THE HORN QUIT AND ALL THE FUSES WERE INTACT, I HAD IT CHECKED,BY A MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT IT'S FAILURE WAS BEING CAUSED BY A FAULTY CLOCKSPRING WHICH IS A COMMON PROBLEM ON JEEP WRANGLERS. AND AFTER RESEARCHING THIS ON THE INTERNET, I FOUND THIS TO BE CORRECT. HOWEVER I ONLY SEE WHERE THE RECALL IS LISTED ONLY FOR PREVIOUS YEARS. BUT IF YOU READ SOME OF THE FEEDBACK LEFT ON THE JEEP WEBSITES THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM. I AM GOING TO HAVE THE PART REPLACED, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THE 2000 WRANGLER IS INCLUDED IN A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM ? THANKS.....G.D.GRAY. *JB
ALL FOUR SEAT BELT RELEASE MECHANISMS GET STUCK. I HAVE HAD TO ASSIST PASSENGERS WITH RELEASING THE SEAT BELT AFTER THEY ATTEMPTED IT THEMSELVES. TO RELEASE THE BELTS, THERE MUST BE SUFFICIENT SLACK IN THE BELT TO ALLOW AN ANGLE BETWEEN THE TONGUE AND RECEPTACLE OPPOSITE THE ANGLE NATURALLY ACHIEVED WHEN IN USE. THIS PROBLEM WAS VERY NOTICEABLE BUT NOT AS BAD WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS NEW. NO ONE HAS BEEN INJURED IN MY VEHICLE, BUT WHEN PASSENGERS NEED ASSISTANCE REMOVING A SAFETY BELT, THAT IS A POTENTIAL SAFETY ISSUE. *NM
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT BOTH OF THE REAR SEATBELTS FRAYED AWAY TWICE. DURING THE FIRST INCIDENT, THE MECHANIC ACCUSED THE CONTACT OF CUTTING THE SEAT BELTS. HOWEVER, THE SERVICE DEALER MANAGER WHO IS ALSO A FIREMAN CONFIRMED THAT THE CONTACT COULD NOT CUT THE SEAT BELT. FIREMEN HAVE TO USE SPECIAL SCISSORS TO CUT SEAT BELTS IN THEIR JOB FUNCTION. THE ORIGINAL SEATBELTS WERE REPLACED BY THE SERVICE DEALER AT NO COST AFTER CONTINUAL DEBATE. THE REAR SEATBELTS HAVE FRAYED AWAY AGAIN. THE SERVICE MANAGER ALERTED THE CONTACT THAT THE REPAIRS COULD ONLY BE PERFORMED IF APPROVAL WAS GAINED FROM CHRYSLER BUT CHRYSLER DECLINED. BOTH DEALER AND MANUFACTURER REFUSED TO REPAIR THE SEAT BELT WITHOUT COST. THE VEHICLE WILL NOT PASS INSPECTION DUE TO THE DEFECTIVE SEATBELTS.
DT: YESTERDAY THE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON I AND THE HORN STOPPED WORKING. I WAS NOT UNDER RECALL, DEALER GOING TO CHARGE CONSUMER FOR REPAIRS. LAST WEEK THE SAME THING HAPPENED WITH DODGE CARAVAN. THEY WERE BOTH CHRYSLER PRODUCTS ,AND THE DODGE HAD A RECALL. HOWEVER THE JEEP DID NOT. *AK
DT: CONTACT STATES THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT WORKS PART OF THE TIME, OTHER TIMES IT WON?T PULLED OUT FAR ENOUGH TO LATCH. THE SERVICE DEALER STATED THE ENTIRE UNIT OF THE SEAT BELT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK SEAT BELT WILL NOT RETRACT, VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO SEVERAL DIFFERENT SHOPS TO BE FIXED AND FOUND OUT THAT SEAT BELTS HAD BEEN REDISGNED BUT NOT RECALLED.CONSUMER BELIEVES THAT SINCE THERE WAS A REDESIGN IN THE SEAT BELTS THEN IT MUST HAVE BEEN A SAFETY PROBLEM
DT: JEEP CHEROKEE, HAD A HEAD-ON COLLISION ALMOST DEAD-CENTER, AND A POLICE CAR HITVEHICLE'S RIGHT SIDE, THEN, IT HIT THE RIGHT SIDE. UPON IMPACT, NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED, DRIVER'S SEAT BELT CAME UNDONE, AND THE BUMPER, GRILL, AND FOG LIGHTS FELL OFF. CONSUMER SUSTAINED M NOSE, EARDRUM, KNEE, EYESIGHT AND BACK INJURIES . TALKED TO THE MANUFACTURER, AND THEY WILL NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE AIR BAGS NOT DEPLOYING, THERE WAS A RECALL FOR AIR BAGS. *AK
ON 12 MARCH 2005, MY WIFE WAS HIT HEAD-ON WHILE SITTING IN A TURN LANE IN HER 2000 JEEP WRANGLER SAHARA EDITION. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CONSEQUENTLY, MY WIFE WENT THROUGH THE DRIVER DOOR WINDOW, SUFFERING SEVERE CUTS AND BRUISES, A BROKEN NECK, FOUR BROKEN RIBS AND A COLLASPED LEFT LUNG. SINCE THEN I HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH DAIMLER-CHRYSLER BUT CANNOT GET THEM TO COMMIT TO ANY WRONG, ALTHOUGH THEY KEEP TELLING ME THEY HAVE THEIR INSPECTORS LOOKING AT IT.INITIALLY, I SENT THEM PHOTOS OF THE VEHICLE AND LAST WEEK THOSE THEY SENT ME WERE IDENTICAL AS THOSE I SENT THEM WHICH ALL SHOW THE IMPACT, YET, THEY HAVE NOT TOLD ME WHAT CAUSED THE AIR BAGS NOT TO DEPLOY. ALL THOSE INJURIES SUFFERED WERE A DIRECT RESULT OF NON-DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIR BAGS. THE OTHER CARS AIR BAGS DID DEPLOY AND HE SUFFERED NO INJURIES WHATSOEVER. I ASK OF YOU TO PLEASE GIVE ME SOME INFORMATION AS A RESULT OF THIS ACCIDENT. CERTAINLY, DAIMLER-CHRYSLER SHOULD COOPERATE BUT SEEM NOT TO WANT TO BECAUSE OF THE COST OF MY WIFE'S HOSPITALIZATION AND BEING AIR-LIFTED TO THE VANDERBILT TRAUMA CENTER. THANK YOU FOR ANYTHING YOU CAN PROVIDE ME.
MY WIFE WAS HIT IN THE RIGHT FRONT OF HER 2000 JEEP WRANGLER (SAHARA ED.) ON 12 MAR 2005. I CONTACTED DAMILER CHRYSLER, AND RATHER THAN REPLY TO ME, THEY TURNED IT OVER TO ONE OF THE LAW FIRMS WHICH HAS NOT SATISFACTORILY HANDLING THE ISSUE, NOR HAVE THEY CONTACTED ME SINCE SEPTEMBER. MY WIFE SUFFERED A BROKEN NECK, 4-BROKEN RIBS, A PUNCTURED LEFT LUNG, A 2" LACERATION ON HER HEAD REQUIRING 13 STAPLES AND MANY CUTS AND BRUISES BECAUSE THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING HER UPPER BODY TO GO THROUGH THE WINDOW. OUR HOSPITAL AND AIR FLIGHT COST TOTALED MORE THAN $60K. MUCH OF IT PAID BY MY HEALTH INSURANCES. *JB
THE PASSENGER SIDE RETRACTOR FAILED WHEN APPLIED. CONSUMER PLACED THE SEAT BELT INSIDE THE RETRACTOR AND IT FAILED TO STAY SECURE. *AK
MY DRIVERS SEAT BELT WILL POP OPEN WHEN I STOP OR TURN OR LEAN FORWARD.
WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, CAUSING IT TO REAR-END ANOTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES. *AK
THE SEATBELT STRAP EXSTENSION IS VERY LONG WHILE CLOSING THE DOOR THE STRAP WILL GET CAUGHT UP INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. *AK
THE CONSUMER REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE, AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY.*JB
ON FEBURARY 1, 2003, MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING A 2000 JEEP WRANGLER AT ABOUT 35 MPH ON A SLIGHT UP-GRADE. SHE LEFT ABOUT 20' OF STRAIGHT SKID PRIOR TO A REAR-END COLLISION. SLIGHT DEFORMATION TO THE BUMPER, A SMALL DENT AND BROKEN TURN SIGNAL LENS ON RIGHT FENDER. SHE WAS WEARING THE SEAT BELT AND SHOULDER STRAP, YET SUSTAINED A BROKEN NOSE AND BROKEN CHEEK BONE FROM HITTING THE STEERING WHEEL. NO AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. THE SHOULDER STRAP DID NOT PREVENT FORWARD MOTION. WHERE CAN I GET THIS VEHICLE EXAMINED AND WHAT INFORMATION DO YOU HAVE REGARDING THESE SPECIFIC DEVICES? THANK YOU, VERY MUCH. *JB
SEAT BELT ON DRIVERS SIDE DOES NOT RETRACT DUE TO DETIORATION OF PLASTIC SLEAVE IN RETRACTION HOLDER. *JB
PLEASE RECALL THE GEN 3 TYPE SEATBELT! THIS IS A PROACTIVE COMPLAINT TO PREVENT AN INCIDENT, THUS YOU WILL NOT FIND A DATE BELOW.
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