| Issue ID | 1581739 |
| Internal NHTSA # | 11231530 |
| Manufacurer | Chrysler (FCA US LLC) |
| Brand | DODGE |
| Model | GRAND CARAVAN |
| Model Year | 2014 |
| File date | 12/07/19 |
| Component | UNKNOWN OR OTHER |
| Product type code | VEHICLE |
| Description of the problem | My sons and i were involved in a hit & run injury car accident. We were rear-ended on the freeway in heavy traffic. I was going about 5 mph and driver behind me plowed into us at about 30 mph! Instantly me and my younger son both said we hit our heads. Our heads hurt besides being thrust by the impact. My son kept pointing at something asking me to look when i was trying to call 9-1-1 for help and the other driver was trying to talk to me unsafely in the highway! My son told me to look at our headrests. Both front seat headrests had deployed and struck us in the back of our heads on impact! We could not believe it. As my younger son said, we suffered enough with neck, shoulder, back and stomach pains from being thrust in this car accident but to be punched in the back of our heads on top of that?? It really hurt us and we were moving at the time of impact. Fortunately we were checked on scene medically by the paramedics. Even the highway patrol officer had never seen anything like the headrests dislodged, neither had the paramedics. I looked on line and found a litigation against a major car manufacturer and found out this may be an extremely unsafe defect on our 2014 dodge grand caravan. We can't even put back the headrests in place on either front seat headrest. This was very scary for both of us, having our heads hurt so much upon impact. Yet we didn't go forward into the steering wheel or dashboard, rather we got clocked, punched in the back of our heads by the headrest supposedly there to help curtail whiplash. Extreme lies by the car manufacturers and a total safety hazard. They need to be held responsible for causing this much duress and injury to all these customers who trust these major car companies to keep us and our loved ones safe, not intentionally injure them. |
| Vehicle Mileage at Failure | 155000 |
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| Source of the issue | NHTSA WEB SITE |
| City and State | PACIFICA, CA |
| VIN pattern | 2C4RDGCGXERXXXXXX |
| Was vehicle invloved in a crash? | Y |
| Was vehicle involved in a fire? | N |
| Was incedent reported to police? | Y |
| Was medical attention required? | Y |
| Was part original equipment? | |
| No. of injured persons | 2 |
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| Date of purchase | 07/08/26 |
| Was original owner? | N |
| Anti-lock brakes | N |
| Cruise control | N |
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| Vehicle speed | 5 |
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