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2001 Chrysler Town And Country air bags problems

72 complaints about air bags have been filed for the 2001 Chrysler Town And Country, which is 12% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
72 12% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
75,000 miles 52 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
6 and 0
Injuries and deaths
13 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When air bags problems show up

Air bags complaints by mileage, 2001 Chrysler Town And Country Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 75,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 2 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 4 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 15 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 6 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 9 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 2 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 4 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 3 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 3 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 2 complaints 200k+ miles: 2 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 75,000 miles
Based on 52 complaints that include mileage. 40% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles2
20k to 40k miles4
40k to 60k miles15
60k to 80k miles6
80k to 100k miles9
100k to 120k miles2
120k to 140k miles4
140k to 160k miles3
160k to 180k miles3
180k to 200k miles2
200k+ miles2

What the data shows

Of the 52 air bags complaints that report mileage, the median is about 75,000 miles, and 40% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 6 crashes, 13 injuries.

What owners wrote

Airbags did not deploy during a six car pile up, our vehicle was the fifth, we rear ended the vehicle in front of us and then we were rear ended by the vehicle behind us. Despite wearing seatbelts the passenger hit the windshield because the air bag did not deploy on impact.

June 2001 CrashInjury

Alarms go iff.driving.allights go out.cant see .driving interstates at 70 to 80 MPH...this is real danger to all owners of ant caravans and town and country vans. Id like to file a lawsuit protecting all of us owners? How many have been killed and never reported?

Reported at 300,000 miles, May 2021

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