A quick question regarding the safety of the Jeep Grand Cherokee.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration gave Grand Cherokee models equipped with rear-wheel drive an overall safety rating of four out of five stars. The vehicle received four stars in the frontal crash test, five stars in the side crash test, and three stars in the rollover test
How much of a concern is this and are people really shying away from the lease of these cars coz of this safety ratings
There is a really loud group of people that makes decisions this way, while others are rational about the odds of having a serious accident/dying in a fiery car crash.
This is not a data point I consider at all when choosing a vehicle, because the actual risks associated with driving a modern vehicle are very, very small.
Because life is full of horrific potential outcomes, and there are probably ways to reduce the risk of nearly all of them if that’s how you want to spend your time.
I bet you have 0 risk assessment skills but for some reason you like to talk about it…
The reality is that there are similar cars at better prices so your rant about safety is hugely misplaced. If it doesn’t cost you anything why the hell would you not take the safer option?
The original poster wasn’t asking if there were better vehicles at lower prices. S/he asked about people shying away from certain models because of crash test ratings.
Are you saying your interpretation of the first post was “how many people interested in the Jeep are choosing not to get a new vehicle at all due to jeep safety ratings” and not “how many people are choosing to lease a competing product instead of.the jeep because of jeep safety ratings”?
I would imagine that there are people that are choosing to not consider a Jeep because of safety issues.
I personally don’t consider one because I’ve looked at a few at the dealer that had switches and such falling out of the dash, check engine lights on, etc. Stuff that is completely unacceptable on a new car. The level of perceived quality isn’t there for me.