What 635 owners told NHTSA about the 2014 Chrysler Town And Country

ON MARCH 12, 2019 MY VAN BURST INTO FLAMES WHILE PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY. THE VAN WAS A TOTAL LOSS AND MY VW WHICH WAS PARKED IN FRONT OF THE VAN WAS DEEMED TO BE A TOTAL LOSS BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY. THERE WAS ALSO EXTENSIVE DAMAGE DONE TO THE FRONT WALL OF MY HOME AND LANDSCAPING. THE VAN HAD BEEN DRIVEN LOCALLY APPROXIMATELY THREE HOURS PRIOR TO THE FIRE.*DT*JB

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING, A NOISE OCCURRED THAT WAS COMING THROUGH THE VEHICLE VENT DRIVER SIDE FRONT DOOR AND SMOKE WAS COMING THROUGH THE VENT SWITCH. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT ON THE DRIVER SIDE BY THE THIRD-ROW SEAT THE CIGARETTE POWER SUPPLY CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE CONTACT COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TOOK A BEACH TOWEL TO SMOTHER THE FIRE FOR IT NOT TO SPREAD AND BURN HIS LEFT HAND BUT DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE HOME. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND GIVEN A CASE NUMBER [XXX]. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 64,700. *DT INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).*JB

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WHILE THE CAR WAS PARKED THE ACTIVE HEADREST DEPLOYED HITTING THE DRIVER IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD AFTER THEY GOT IN THE CAR AND WERE GETTING READY TO DRIVE OFF. THE METAL ROD REMAINED IN THE ENGAGED POSITION IN THE BRACKET BUT THE PLASTIC EDGES THAT HOLD THE METAL ROD TO THE HEADREST BROKE WHICH CAUSED IT TO DEPLOY.

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A USED VEHICLE, 2014 TOWN COUNTRY, JUST GOT ON THE ROAD FROM AN INTER CHANGE, SPEED LIMIT WAS 70 MPH, THUS ONLY GOING 65, PUT CRUISE CONTROL ON, WEATHER AND PAVMENT WAS DRY AND EXCELLENT CONDITIONS, PASSING GEAR KICKED IN CAUSING SPINNING OF FRONT TIRES AND VEERING OFF TO THE RIGHT, HITTING A UTILITY TRUCK NO DAMAGE TO TRUCK BUT MINE WOW !, BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE SINCE I BOUGHT IT, PROBLEM DEALER WOULD NOT LOOK AT PROBLEM VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION DEFECTIVE SENSORS ASSUMPTION.*DT*JB

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I WAS DRIVING A SOLID 40 SOME MPH AND HIT A DEER HEAD ON WITHOUT HITTING BRAKES SO DIRECT IMPACT. THE DEER WAS HUGE WEIGHING APPROX 300-325 LBS. WHY DIDN'T THE AIRBAGS DEPLOY

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WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION, THE BUCKLED SEAT BELT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE THIRD ROW SEATING LOCKED IN PLACE AS MY AUTISTIC GRANDSON WRAPPED IT AROUND HIS NECK. I LOOKED IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR, PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHICH LUCKILY HAPPENED TO BE A TOYOTA DEALERSHIP. THE EMPLOYEES IN THE SHOP COULD NOT UNBUCKLE THE BELT AND AS MY GRANDSON WAS ALREADY TURNING BLUE THEY HAD TO CUT THE BELT FREE FROM HIM. HE WAS LEFT WITH BRUISING AROUND THE NECK BUT HAD I NOT SEEN HIM IN TIME I FEEL HE WOULD HAVE BEEN STRANGLED TO DEATH. THESE LONG BELTS FROM THE UPPER PART OF THE VEHICLE ARE A HAZARD FOR CHILDREN.*DT*JB*DT*JB

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MIDDLE MEDIA CONTROL PANEL SHORTED AND CAUGHT FIRE. BURNED ALL THE WIRES BEHIND THAT PANEL. HAPPENED DURING DRIVING JUST AFTER STARTUP.*DT*DT*JB *DT*JB*JB*DT

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APPROXIMATELY AROUND 7 PM EASTERN TIME ON AUGUST 8, 2019, I [XXX] WAS DRIVING 30 MPH (CITY STREET) AND ALL OF SUDDENLY MY HEADREST DEPLOYED ON ME (DRIVER SIDE HEADREST). THUS, CAUSING MY HEAD AND NECK TO SHOOT FORWARD ABRUPTLY. REMINDER, NO ACCIDENT OR REAR COLLISION WAS TAKEN PLACE. I IMMEDIATELY CONTACTED A LOCAL CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP AND WAS ABLE TO GET CUSTOMER CARE NUMBER. I CALLED AND EXPLAINED THE SITUATION AND WAS GIVEN A CASE NUMBER AND THAT I WOULD BE CONTACTED BY A SPECIALIST BETWEEN 2 AND 4 DAYS, WHICH I FEEL LIKE IS A HORRIBLE TIME TO WAIT ON THIS SERIOUS MATTER. WAS TOLD TO LEAVE VEHICLE IN DRIVEWAY. ANOTHER PROLONGED CONCERN DUE TO THE FACT THAT I WORK. IT'S BEEN TWO HOURS SINCE THAT INCIDENT AND BEGINNING TO HAVE UPPER SHOULDER/NECK PAIN WITH A HEADACHE. IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTION, FEEL FREE TO ASK. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

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WHILE I WAS BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY THE DRIVERS HEADREST EXPLODED INTO MY NECK FOR NO REASON. THREE DAYS LATER I WAS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT WHILE MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE PASSENGER HEADREST EXPLODED INTO MY NECK ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. BOTH HEADRESTS EXPLODED DUE TO THE PLASTIC BRACKET HOLDING THE PIN BREAKING WHEN NO ACCIDENT HAD TAKEN PLACE.

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TAKATA RECALL. .ON 04/03/2019 APPROXIMATELY 3:45 PM I WAS ON A CITY RESIDENTIAL STREET MOVING AT 30 MPH. I WAS COMING UP TO A STOP SIGN GOING DOWNHILL AND I PRESSED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AND IT WENT TO THE FLOOR. I PRESSED AGAIN AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED I PUMPED THEM SEVERAL TIMES AND NOTHING. I WENT THRU THE STOP STREET AND ANOTHER CITY BLOCK AT A DEAD END I HIT A GUARD RAIL HEAD-ON AND TORE IT COMPLETELY OUT. I WENT 100 FEET INTO A WOODED AREA AND TORE OUT MANY TREES ABOUT 1 - 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER. I CAME TO AND ABRUPT STOP AGAINST FOUR TREES ABOUT 3-5 INCHES IN DIAMETER. NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED AND THE SEAT BELTS DID NOT LOCK.. I AM A RETIRED POLICE OFFICER SO I PAID ATTENTION TO WHAT WAS HAPPENING. I CALLED 911 AND GOT THE POLICE ON THE WAY. REPORT # [XXX]. WHILE I WAS WAITING I TRIED THE BRAKES AGAIN AND AFTER TWO PUMPS THEY WORKED. BY THE WAY THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING. I THEN PUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AND PUSHED DOWN SLOWLY AND IT WENT TO THE FLOOR AGAIN. I HAD A SCOOTER AND LIFT ON THE BACK AND IT HAD COME THRU THE BACK WINDOW FROM THE SUDDEN STOP AGAINST THE TREES. I HAD JUST PURCHASED THIS FROM WOLFCHASE HYUNDAI IN MEMPHIS TN. ON 01/21/2019 AND HAD EXAMINED IT AS THOROUGHLY I AS COULD AND HAD A CARFAX REPORT THAT SAID NO ACCIDENTS. WHEN I REPORTED THE ACCIDENT TO STATE FARM INSURANCE THEY SAID IN MAY OF 2017 IT WAS IN A BAD ACCIDENT IN MO AND THAT THE GRILL, BUMPER, LEFT HEADLIGHT FENDER AND DOOR WERE ALL REPLACED. AND NO AIRBAG DEPLOYED.. I HAVE PICTURES ON MY DAUGHTERS IPHONE BUT NOT MINE. I WOULD LIKE YOU TO HAVE THEM. PLEASE ADVISE HOW I CAN GET THEM TO YOU. MY VEHICLE IS SITTING AT PAINT AND BODY PERFECTORS IN NASHVILLE TN. THE GRILL, HOOD, BOTH FENDERS, BOTH HEADLIGHTS, DRIVERS DOOR, PASSENGER DOOR, BACK GLASS, ,TRANSMISSION CASE, AXLE, RIGHT FRONT WHEEL AND TIRE ALL DESTROYED. I TRULY BELIEVE THERE IS SOMETHING BAD WRONG WITH THIS VAN.*DT INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TT CONSUMER STATED THERE WERE TWO CODES. B210A LOW VOLTAGE. I HAD JUST PUT IN AN AUTO ZONE GOLD BATTERY AND A B2204, ECU MISMATCH. THIS IS WHERE THE VIN'S DO NOT MATCH.*JB

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ACTIVE HEADREST ACTIVATED DUE TO PLASTIC PIECE BRAKING. WAS TRAVELING DOWN THE ROAD WHEN THE HEADREST CAME APART. WAS NOT INVOLVED IN A COLLISION. THE PRESSURE FROM THE HEADREST STRUCK PASSENGER IN THE HEAD

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VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE IN THE REAR ALONG THE SECOND ROW OF SEATING BY THE USB OUTLETS/POWER INVERTER. THE VEHICLE STARTED SMOKING AND THEN SPARKS FLEW OUT OF THE OUTLETS. THERE WERE NO CORDS PLUGGED IN AND THE SEATS WERE FOLDED DOWN. AFTER TURNING THE VEHICLE OFF, IT THEN CAUGHT FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING AND THE SMOKING OCCURRED AT A STOP LIGHT. AFTER THE LIGHT CHANGED FROM RED TO GREEN, I PARKED THE VEHICLE AWAY FROM TRAFFIC AND TURNED OFF THE ENGINE ONCE SPARKS EMITTED FROM THE OUTLET. *TR*DT*TP

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WAS RECENTLY REPLACED IN THE VEHICLE. WHILE SEATED IN THE VEHICLE WITH THE IGNITION IN THE OFF POSITION, THERE WAS A CLICKING NOISE COMING FROM THE DASHBOARD. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THERE WAS A SOUND AS IF THE CD PLAYER WERE CYCLING FOR ANOTHER CD. SUDDENLY, THE DRIVER'S SIDE HEAD REST AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WITHOUT WARNING OR IMPACT. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A SORE NECK AND POSSIBLE CONCUSSION, BUT DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WAS REPLACED BY VICTORVILLE MOTORS (14617 CIVIC DR., VICTORVILLE, CA 92394, (760) 733-8484) WHO WAS ALSO INFORMED OF THE AIR BAG FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,833.

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THE TRANSMISSION COOLING LINES ARE LEAKING. WHILE TRAVELING DAILY TO WORK ON MANY OCCASIONS, MY LIGHTS IN THE DASH, MY RADIO AND ALL POWER UP FRONT WOULD GO OFF WHILE DRIVING AND JUST RECENTLY WHILE PARKED. OIL FILTER HOUSING ASSEMBLY IS LEAKING. HAD TO REPLACE THE FULL OIL FILTER HOUSING ASSEMBLY AND INT MANIFOLD SET. TWICE, AS THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN MOTION, THE ENGINE HAS STOPPED AND THE ABILITY TO STEER IS GONE. THE RADIO HAS STAYED ON. BOTH INSTANCES HAVE HAPPENED AT 25MPH OR LESS, THANKFULLY!

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2014 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE SHAKING VIOLENTLY, UNINTENDED ACCELERATION AND SLOW SHIFTING. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE PASSENGER TIRE SENSOR CORRODED AND CAUSED THE TIRE TO BLOW OUT. THE VEHICLE RASHED INTO A NEIGHBOR'S CAR. *JS

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PREVIOUS COMPLAINT AIRBAGS DID NOT GO OFF ALTHOUGH IMPACT FELT EXTREME.

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BOTH CHRYSLER AND THE DEALERSHIP KNEW THAT THE COMPUTER MODULE WAS DEFECTIVE AND WENT OUT OF THEIR WAY TO KEEP THIS INFORMATION FROM US LEAVING OUR ENTIRE FAMILY AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN DANGER. OUR INSURANCE COMPANY HAD US TAKE THE CAR TO A NUETRAL 3RD PARTY TO DETERMINE THAT THE WRECK I HAD WAS CAUSED BY THE CAR SELF ACCELERATION. THEY CONFIRMED IT DID AND THAT THERE WERE NUMEROUS ERRORS THAT WERE NEVER ADDRESSED OR WARNED OF. THE TIRE PRESSURE GAUGE MALFUNCTIONED AND BLEW OUT THE REAR PASSENGER TIRE. BOTH TRONCALLI (THE DEALERSHIP) & CHRYSLER REFUSED TO GIVE US THEIR FINDINGS CLAIMING PROPRIETARY INFORMATION AND HUNG UP ON US. THEN WE TRIED TO GO THROUGH MEDIATION, WE WERE TOLD THAT BECAUSE THE CAR WAS INVOLVED IN A WRECK THEY COULD NOT HELP US EVEN THOUGH THEY KNEW THAT THE WRECK WAS CAUSED BY THE MALFUNCTION. SO WE HAVE AN UNDRIVEABLE CAR THAT WE ARE PAYING A NOTE AND INSURANCE ON SITTING IN OUR GARAGE. ALL WHILE WE ARE HAVING TO RENT CARS BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN HAVING HEALTH ISSUES SINCE SEPT 2016. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE I WAS MAKING A TURN AND I HIT MY NEIGHBOR WHICH WAS PARKED ON THE STREET.

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THE TIPM MALFUNCTIONED AND IT CAUSED EXCESSIVE SHAKING THE DEALERSHIP IGNORED OUR CALLS AND THE PROBLEM ESCALATED. THE TIRE PRESSURE SYSTEM CAUSED A BLOWOUT AND THE CAR WOULD ACCELERATE WHEN I HIT THE BRAKES. WE HAD TAKEN IT IN PREVIOUSLY FOR THE SHAKING AND THEY NEVER TOLD US WHAT CAUSED IT. TOOK IT TO ANOTHER REPAIR SHOP & THEY TOLD US WHEN THE TIPM MALFUNCTIONS THE PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR EMULATE WHAT THE COMPUTER SAYS IS WRONG. CHRYSLER KNEW THIS BUT THEY WERE TRYING TO GET IS TO PAY MONEY FOR REPAIRS THEY KNOW WOULD NOT FIX OUR CAR AND THEN THEY SENT THE POLICE OUT TO OUR HOUSE TO GET THEIR LOANER CAR EVEN THOUGH THEY HAD THE AUTO CLAIM NUMBER AND DIRECT BILLING FROM OUR INSURANCE COMPANY. ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS PARKED ON THE STREET AND AS I WAS MAKING THE TURN THE CAR SPED UP ON ITS OWN AND CAUSED ME TO HIT THEIR CAR

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REAR AC EVAPORATOR MADE OUT OF ALUMINUM AND EXPOSED TO ELEMENTS BY PLACEMENT HAS CORRODED AND THERE IS NOW A LEAK. THIS SEEMS TO BE A REOCCURRING PROBLEM IN THIS VEHICLE, YET STILL MADE YEAR AFTER YEAR THE SAME WAY. THIS IS ALSO A COSTLY REPAIR, COSTING BETWEEN $1500 - $2000 BECAUSE THE FRAME NEEDS TO BE REMOVED TO REPAIR IN MOST CASES. NOT TO MENTION THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS THIS IS HAVING ON THE ATMOSPHERE BY LEAKING THESE CHEMICALS. (THERE IS A LOT OF RESEARCH BEHIND THIS). MY VEHICLE, NOW ONLY 3 YEARS OLD IS USELESS BECAUSE OF THE SAFETY CONCERN OF ALLOWING MY CHILDREN TO RIDE IN A CAR DURING 90 DEGREE WEATHER WITHOUT ANY COOL AIR. IT IS A HOT BOX INSIDE. EVEN WITH THE WINDOWS DOWN, YOU CAN NOT RIDE IN THE CAR FOR MORE THAN 20 MINUTES AT A TIME WITHOUT BEING SEVERELY OVERHEATED.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2014 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. WHILE THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS STOPPED, ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. AS A RESULT, THE FRONT DRIVER SEAT TWISTED TOWARDS THE WINDOW, FELL BACKWARDS, AND FRACTURED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED WHIPLASH, A CONCUSSION, AND NERVE DAMAGE TO THE LEFT SHOULDER AND FACE THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE FRONT SEAT PASSENGER SUSTAINED WHIPLASH THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND DEEMED DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN FRONT OF THE CONTACT'S HOME, IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS WERE NOTIFIED, BUT THE CONTACT WAS UNAWARE IF REPORTS WERE FILED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DETERMINED THAT THE FIRE WAS ELECTRICAL AND POSSIBLY RELATED TO THE BATTERY SINCE THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WAS DAMAGED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TOWED OR DEEMED DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

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THE SECOND ROW PASSENGER SEAT BELTS DID NOT LOCK IN A SEVERE FRONT CRASH RESULTING IN SEVERE INJURIES TO THE TWO PASSENGERS SEATED THERE. THE RIGHT PASSENGER HIT THE REAR OF THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT RESULTING IN BROKEN STERNUM, RIBS AND SOME INTERNAL INJURIES. THE LEFT PASSENGER SLID FORWARD AND RECEIVED SHIN DAMAGE CRACKED STERNUM AND SEVERE WHIPLASH. WE WERE HIT BY A SIDEWAYS SLIDING TRAILBLAZER THAT HAD LOST CONTROL ON A TWO LANE MOUNTAIN ROAD. WE WERE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 30MPH( OUR CAR EASTBOUND) AND THE SIDEWAYS SLIDING CAR(WESTBOUND) HIT US AT APPROXIMATELY 50+ MPH...UPDATED 03/01/17 *BF

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, IT INDEPENDENTLY ROLLED BACK AND CRASHED INTO A CARPORT. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED BRUISES TO THE RIBS, ELBOW, AND KNEES, WHICH DID NOT REQUIRE MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,100.

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MY 4 YEAR OLD CHILD WAS BUCKLED IN HIS BOOSTER SEAT WHEN THE SEATBELT LOCKED AS HE BUCKLED WHICH THEN LET TO HIM BEING TANGLED AROUND THE NECK SINCE IT WAS IN THE LOCKED POSITION THE ONLY WAY TO RELEASE IS TO COMPLETELY RETRACT OR CUT BEING HE WAS BEING STRANGULATED THE ONLY WAY WAS TO CUT THE BELT. ALL VEHICLES NEED TO HAVE AN EMERGENCY RELEASE OR SOME SORT OF RELEASE. IF I DIDN'T HAVE A PAIR OF SCISSORS IT COULD HAVE BEEN A SERIOUSLY BAD SITUATION. NOT EVEN SURE OF THE PURPOSE OF THE LOCKING WHEN FULLY PULLED OUT AS A SAFETY FEATURE.. THE MIDDLE BUCKLE HAS A RELEASE TO FOLD THE SEATS BACK.. WHY AREN'T ALL SEATS BELTS LIKE THAT? I FOUND HUNDREDS OF POST ABOUT CHILDREN GETTING TANGLED IN LOCKED SEAT BELTS.. IT'S DANGEROUS AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED! I WAS PARKED WHEN THIS HAPPENED IN A VERY RURAL AREA 20 MIN FOR LOCAL EMS OR FIRE DEPARTMENTS. IT'S A SCARY SITUATION AND COULD SIMPLY BE RESOLVED BY ADDING AN EMERGENCY RELEASE OF SOME SORT! OF COURSE THE COST OF REPLACING A SEAT BELT IS MILD COMPARED TO A LIFE OF A HUMAN BUT STILL IT COULD BE PREVENTED 100% BY AN EMERGENCY RELEASE.

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OUR VAN WAS PARKED IN OUR DRIVEWAY WITH OUR KIDS INSIDE. WHEN MY WIFE OPENED THE DRIVER'S DOOR IT BEGAN TO ROLL DOWN THE DRIVEWAY, DRAGGING MY WIFE AND WITH OUR TWO SMALL CHILDREN IN THE VAN. THE VAN WENT ACROSS THE STREET STRIKING A NEIGHBORS AC UNIT. MY WIFE SUFFERED A BROKEN ARM, SPRAINED ANKLE, AND A GASH ON HER CHIN. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED FOR THE INCIDENT. I BELIEVE THIS TO BE A MECHANICAL FAILURE OF THE VEHICLE.

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