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2000 Jeep Cherokee air bags problems

26 complaints about air bags have been filed for the 2000 Jeep Cherokee, which is 5% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
26 5% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
83,000 miles 15 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
12 and 0
Injuries and deaths
17 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When air bags problems show up

Air bags complaints by mileage, 2000 Jeep Cherokee Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 83,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 0 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 1 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 4 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 2 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 1 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 2 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 3 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 1 complaints 200k+ miles: 1 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 83,000 miles
Based on 15 complaints that include mileage. 33% 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 miles0
20k to 40k miles1
40k to 60k miles4
60k to 80k miles2
80k to 100k miles1
100k to 120k miles2
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles3
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles1
200k+ miles1

What the data shows

Of the 15 air bags complaints that report mileage, the median is about 83,000 miles, and 33% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 12 crashes, 17 injuries.

What owners wrote

Car was in a chain reaction accident. I was hit from behind and pushed into the car in front of me. My car was a total lose as was the car I was pushed into. The air bags did not inflate.

Reported at 77,000 miles, November 2005 CrashInjury

Dt: the contact stated while driving something ran in front of daughter's vehicle. She turned the wheel to avoid the road hazard and lost control of the vehicle. The vehicle flipped over, and ejected both the daughter and her passenger through the windshield. The police stated both had on their seat belts. Upon impact, the driver's side and passenger side air bags did not deploy. A police report and insurance reports were taken. Both the contact's daughter and the passenger were seriously injured.

Reported at 110,000 miles, November 2005 CrashInjury

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