2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee Air Bags

I was driving my car going 30-35mph when all of a sudden my driver's side headrest popped me in the back of my head as if the airbag in the headrest was deployed. I was not involved in any collision for this to occur nor was there a bump in the road that would have caused it. It startled me thinking someone was in the back of my car and hit me, but that was not the case. There were no warning signs or lights telling me to get any of my components inspected. I took it to the Mopar Service Department for inspection, and they said it's a known issue for Jeeps, but there is no recall.

The panel that holds in the knee airbags under the steering wheel came open for no reason and exposed the air bag. The vehicle was not involved in a crash and appears to be a manufacture workmanship issue.

Passenger headrest exploded suddenly while driving on highway at highway speeds. Loud bang which made me swerve. No accident or incident preceded, it just exploded. if someone like my wife with neck problems was in the seat she could have been injured. I was told that Jeep has extended the warranty on this item and it appears this happens often. Had this happened to the drivers one I may have had an accident. I suggest they replace drivers headrests to stop an accident in the future.

Air bags failed to deploy during major MVA. Sensors clearly should have been hit (see images). The vehicle is no longer in my possession. Safety- driver knocked unconscious likely from hitting head on steering wheel. If the vehicle did not collapse the way that it did, major injuries or death would have occurred with the airbags failing to deploy. Reproduced- unsure Vehicle was collect and assessed by the insurance company. There were no warning lights prior to the accident.

Drivers side head rest airbag deployed for no reason. Something in it broke and now it doesn’t work and airbag service light is on.

Driver's seat - headrest burst apart, airbag did not deploy. No accident, clips somehow broke and headrest is separated with airbag and internal components visible. Not sure when this happened and/or if we were even in the car. Reporting today because we had other service performed on vehicle and asked automotive shop to look at headrest. I googled this and came across others who recommended reporting to you.

There is a recall on certain vehicles for air bags I also am experiencing a problem with mines

While traveling on roadway on 09/30/2023 the passenger factory headrest busted open startling my child who was in the seat almost causing an involuntary reaction that would have caused an accident.

The front passenger headrest deployed unexpectedly while driving hitting me. The car was not involved in an accident to cause it to deploy. I have not taken it to a dealership to diagnose - it is pretty obvious though (you don’t really need a qualified technician to tell you your headrest deployed). It can’t be pushed back together and it has to be replaced. There were no warning signs or any physical adjustment being made of the headrest at the time of deployment. Since this is a safety feature of the vehicle - like an airbag - a malfunction like this should not be acceptable. I would like to see this investigated and a recall issued for the component that caused the failure. Chrysler need to be held accountable for things like this. We can’t have safety systems failing unexpectedly and then charging the owner $1000 to fix them again with the same crap that is going to break again.

I took the vehicle to the dealership because the driver’s side air bag at the knee seemed to be expanding and pushing the panel out. Naturally, I was concerned about safety in the event of an accident, so we want that bag to operate properly, but also I was concerned about the air bag continuing to expand even when no impact event had occurred. Jeep Service found found that inside the sealed knee blocker panel, the airbag cover was ripped & caused the airbag to have some expansion that caused the knee blocker assembly to bulge out. The cost for this repair was $1,419. What I am struggling with is how can an airbag installed behind a sealed panel actually rip thus causing the owner to be responsible for the safety equipment repair cost. Is it under warranty? No, but why wouldn’t a safety air bag be safe in the sealed compartment without ripping therefore putting the driver (or their passengers) in danger by either deploying improperly or not deploying properly? I do believe it is reasonable to alert Jeep & NHTSA to open an investigation. I have to wonder how many other 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokees have ripped knee airbags inside the sealed knee blocker panel? If a driver side air bag can rip after 7 years in an enclosed/sealed knee panel – I imagine there must be significant danger to other owners too. I am now concerned for the safety of other 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee owners which may have an undiscovered ripped air bag cover causing expansion that could injure the driver or not protect them properly in the event of an accident (and possibly cause harm to their passengers or other vehicles around them when that deploys without an impact). Drivers have a false sense of comfort thinking their Jeep’s airbags will help keep them safe but that may clearly not be the case. I have reported to Jeep Case #83266298. A piece of safety equipment malfunctioned inside a factory assembled/sealed panel. The consumer should not have to pay $1,419 for dangerous poor design

The dashboard is got some wrinkles which makes me think the dashboard is weak now, so when the airbag comer out the dashboard may come out

Drivers left front headrest airbag deployed for no reason. No accident or owner abuse caused this headrest air bag to deploy. Did research and found many other Jeep owners are having the same problem. I am a Florida resident and found that a lawsuit has been filed about these safety incidents. Watched Jeep repair videos and read Jeep tech documents to try to manually reset deployed headrest, but was unsuccessful because when it deployed unexpectedly the plastic pieces were cracked. Please help me resolve this safety issue.

None of the air bags deployed after running of the road and hitting a tree causing inuries to the driver (broken ribs, compressed lung, fractured vertebrae, extreme bruising on right side). Insurance company is currently working a claim to total the vehicle. There has been no inspection of the vehicle or problem duplicated. If there was a passenger in the front passenger seat they would have been killed. No warning lamps or indications the air bags would not work.

11.09.21 the SERVICE AIR BAG SYSTEM light came on and when off immediately. A few days later it came on again and went off and kept doing it once a day since then repeatedly. Now yester 11.13.21 it came on and wont go off and it keeps beeping when it shows up on the dashboard, but the icon doesn't go off on the side dashboard

I was sitting in my parked vehicle when the drivers active head restraint suddenly came apart and knocked my head and neck forward. This happened without warning and was a jarring motion to my head and neck. Thank goodness my vehicle was in park.

Driver headrest suddenly deployed while I was starting to back out of driveway. Nothing was hit by vehicle. Knocked my head forward, scared, stopped vehicle.

The headrest on passenger seat exploded causing concussion, neck and shoulder injury. I am not sure what to do moving forward. am afraid that the driver headrest will explode as well. Really need guidance.

The contact owns a 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee. The contact stated that the service air bag warning light for the passenger’s side air bag was illuminated. The contact had taken the vehicle to a dealer where they informed him that there was an open circuit in the airbag module that needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and informed him that the vehicle was not under warranty or recall. The contact was provided an estimate for the repair which he declined. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 76,600.

SEATBELT HAVING TROUBLE RETRACTING.

WHILE PARKED, THE FRONT PASSENGER HEAD REST EXPLODED, PART OF A REAR-COLLISION SAFETY FEATURE AS I UNDERSTAND IT. CONCERN IS THIS COULD CAUSE HEAD/NECK INJURY OR WORSE IF IT OCCURS ON THE DRIVER SIDE WHILE DRIVING, THIS COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT

WE JUST GOT IN THE CAR AND MY WIFE SUT THE DOOR AND THE HEAD REST EXPLODED ON THE PASSENGER SIDE

FRONT PASSENGER SEAT HEADREST DEPLOYED WHILE SITTING IN THE SEAT. I WAS NOT HIT AT ANYTIME.

THE PASSENGER SIDE HEADREST DEPLOYED. THE CAR WAS SITTING IN THE DRIVEWAY. NO ONE WAS HURT. IT APPEARS THAT THE PLASTIC PIECES CLAMPED ON TO THE METAL BAR THAT WAS HOLDING THE HEADREST CLOSED BROKE, CAUSING THE HEADREST TO OPEN. I NOTIFIED JEEP CUSTOMER CARE AND THEY TOLD ME SOMEONE WOULD CALL ME CONCERNING MY CASE AND I HAVE NOT RECEIVED THAT CALL AT THIS TIME.

DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG LOCATED IN HEADREST DEPLOYED WHEN STARTING VEHICLE. CAR WAS IN PARK AND WAS NOT INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT.

WHILE DRIVING APPROACHING A STOP MY DRIVER SIDE HEADREST AIR BAG DEPLOYED STRIKING ME IN THE HEAD AND ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT WITH THE STOPPED VEHICLE INFONT OF ME. UPON RESUMING DRIVING NO AIRBAG INDICATOR LIGHT WAS PRESENT. WHEN I ARRIVED AT MY HOME I NOTICED THE RETAINER DID NOT RELEASE RATHER THE PLASTIC AROUND THE RETAINER PIN FAILED CAUSING DEPLOYMENT. I SEE THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH MANY AND FEAR THE PASSENGERS SIDE WILL FAIL NEXT.