DRIVER HAD JUST COMPLETED TURN ON TO AN APPROACH RAMP TO A 4 LANE HIGHWAY. AS JEEP LIBERTY STARTED DOWN RAMP IT SPED UP WITH NO PEDAL PRESSURE. THE JEEP PULLED SHARPLY TO THE LEFT, THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO CORRECT BUT BECAUSE OF CONTINUED INCREASE OF SPEED HIT GUARD RAIL ON OPPOSITE SIDE OF RAMP. THE DRIVER HAD BOTH FEET ON THE BRAKE AND HELD JEEP AGAINST GUARD RAIL FOR APPROX 300 FT BEFORE BEING ABLE TO STOP. THE UNCONTROLLED ACCELERATION HAD CAUSED THE JEEP TO SWERVE SIDE TO SIDE AND IT WAS ONLY THE SKILL OF THE DRIVER THAT PREVENTED THIS JEEP FROM GOING OVER THE EDGE OF THE RAMP AND ROLLING OVER. THE DRIVER RECEIVED A BROKEN WRIST IN HER EFFORT TO KEEP THE JEEP ON THE ROAD. THE JEEP WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALER AND IS STILL SITTING THERE. THE MANUFACTURER HAS INSPECTED THE JEEP AND TOLD THE DEALER NOT TO TOUCH IT. THEY HAVE NOT RESPONDED TO PHONE CALLS ABOUT WHAT IS WRONG AND WHEN THE OWNERS MAY EXPECT THEIR JEEP BACK, IN DRIVING CONDITION. THE ONLY ANSWER THE OWNERS HAVE RECEIVED IS THE MANUFACTURERS LEGAL DEPT HAS THE FILE. THE ROAD ON THE DATE OF THIS INCIDENT WAS DRY AND THE JEEP HAD APPROX 27000 MILES ON IT. THE OWNERS WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF SOMEONE CAN TELL THEM HOW MANY MORE JEEPS HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM AND WHAT IS BEING DONE ABOUT IT. HOW MANY DEATHS IN JEEPS ARE THE RESULT OF EXCESS SPEED. COULD THESE BE THE RESULT OF THIS TYPE OF UNCONTROLLED ACCELERATION. *JB
2009
AIR BAGS
HEAD ON ACCIDENT, LEFT SIDE OF BOTH VEHICLES. VEHICLE 1 WAS TOTALED - NO AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT. *TR
