This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
Contact states: While driving approximately 35 mph the consumer swerved to avoid hitting another car, however his door was scratched, then the vehicle stalled and the air bags deployed. The consumer suffered a minor injury to his wrist due to the deployment of the air bag.
Consumer stated her brakes failed. There was a multi-car accident on the beltway. As she approached she saw the truck in front of her apply his brakes, she then applied her brakes. Her vehicle did not stop and the vehicle rear ended the truck in front of her. The air bags did not deploy, and she received some musculoskeletal injuries and was very sore. Her vehicle was totaled. DaimlerChrysler won't claim any responsibility for the defect on the vehicle.
After frontal impact, air bag took 2 minutes after the impact to deploy. Liquid in air bag caused drivers shirt to catch on fire, and burned her arms.. consumer stated he hit a utility pole.
Driving at 35 mph, a pickup truck pulled out in front of and I crashed into the drivers side door. Upon impact, the airbags did not deploy, the seat belt did not restrain me from slamming forward, and the seat lock did not engage. The Chrysler investigator claims that all three restraint systems worked properly yet the dealer replaced both the seat belts and the seat locks.
While making a dead stop was rear ended by another vehicle, and at same time consumer rear ended vehicle in front. Upon impact, none of air bags deployed.
While driving approximately 35 mph and without any contact to vehicle both driver's side and front passenger's side airbags deployed. Deployment caused both driver's side and passenger's side windows to shatter.
Point of impact was driver's side front. Neither airbag deployed, front passenger seat belt did not lock. Neon was declared a total loss due to suspension and engine damage.
Consumer was traveling 20-25 mph and coming down hill another vehicle was coming out of driveway & didn't stop, consumer rearended vehicle in front, and airbags didn't deploy. No injuries. Dealer will be contacted.
Violent deployment of passenger and driver side air bag resulted in windows exploding and cutting drivers face. Driver also sustained burns to arm from the airbag. Consumer was told that the air bags should not have deployed during a side impact crash. Nlm
Vehicle was traveling 30-35 mph was involved in a head-on collision in which neither driver's side nor passenger's side air bags deployed. Consumer has contacted dealer.
Vehicle hit another vehicle head on at 40mph and neither of the dual airbags deployed. Also vehicle caught on fire and blew up. Vehicle is being inspected now.
Turned on the car with foot on brake, put car in drive, removed foot from brake and car accelerated and hit head on a 1999 Dodge Dakota. Pressed on the brake as car sped across the lot and nothing happened. Engine made high pitched whirring noise. Airbags did not deploy. My incident resembles the one posted on the NHTSA web site ODI id# 535732.
Driving at 40 mph, brakes locked up when making a normal stop, causing the vehicle to slide into a truck, dual aribags did not deploy. Front end was pushed completely in. This defect could have resulted in injuries.
While making a turn, a vehicle hit the side of the bumper, causing the vehicle to turn and hit a pole on the front end, in which driver's and passenger's air bags did not deploy. Did not protect the occupant in this accident. Cause unknown. No one has inspected the vehicle as of yet.
Driver pulled into a parking space and the vehicle sat low to the ground which caused the front to hit the front wheel, resulting in deployment both of the air bags. Once the air bags deployed, the driver's and passenger's side windows blew out. The driver does not understand way the air bags deployed.
Vehicle was invovled in an accident in which vehicle rear ended another vehicle at approx. 35-40 mph impact/ both air bags did not deploy. Dealer/manufacturer notified.
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- Salem, NH, USA