10.0
really awful- Crashes / Fires:
- 0 / 0
- Injuries / Deaths:
- 1 / 0
- Average Mileage:
- 52,000 miles
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The contact owns a 2015 Jeep Patriot. While the vehicle was stopped at a traffic light, the driver's frontal active headrest restraint deployed independently. The vehicle was taken to miller's Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram (48 kelly island rd, martinsburg, wv 25401, (304) 263-8821) where it was diagnosed that two clips in the headrest fractured and the headrest needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 43,000.
- Martinsburg, WV, USA
- Berkeley Springs, WV, USA