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.
On January 8, 2000, I was a passenger in a 1999 Dodge Ram pickup westbound on interstate 44 near milemarker 274 in Missouri. A fenton fire department pumper truck cut from the center lane across the passing lane (which we were in) and tried to get onto the shoulder. This maneuver was done without any emergency lights, sirens, turn signals, etc. We had approx. 2 seconds to react and the driver only had time to slam on the brakes. We hit the right rear corner of the fire truck where it protruded into the passing lane at approx 50 mph. The Dodge pickup we were in was totalled per safeco insurace company. Seatbelts saved our lives, but we were injured much worse than we would have been if the airbags had gone off. Neither airbag deployed during the accident. The airbags remained undeployed up until the vehicle was last seen on 1-13-2000. Dodge clearly made a defective product if a crash of this magnitude did not set off either airbag. I have pictures of the Dodge, and can E-mailthem if requested. The ambulance report also documents the non-deployment. This needs looked into. The odds of even one airbag not going off in a crash this hard must be astronomical, but for both to not go off, something was seriously wrong.
When driving at 35 mph applied the brakes and the ABS light came on, brake pedal went to the floorboard, causing consumer not to have any brakes. Consumer hit another vehicle head-on, and the air bags didn't deploy.
When driver tried to avoid hitting a deer, he lost control of the truck and crashed into a tree head-on. There was no deployment of the driver's side or passenger's side air bags. Damages will be estimated by insurance company.
- Corpus Christi, TX, USA
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While driving 35 mph vehicle had a frontal impact and "T boned" another vehicle. Upon impact, driver's and passenger's airbags did not deploy, which did not protect the occupant in this crash.
While driving between 40-45 mph, hit steel pipe head-on. Upon impact, dual airbags did not deploy, causing injuries even with seatbelt worn at the time.
Vehicle's front end hit another vehicle, rear ended at about 50 to 55mph, and neither driver's side nor passenger's side airbags deployed. Dealer has not seen vehicle.
Vehicle was involved in a frontal collision at 70 mph, and airbags did not deploy. The driver sustained minor injuries. Manufacturer has been notified.
Consumer was driving at 70 mph, got into a front end accident that totaled three vehicles. Air bags on consumer's vehicle did not deploy. Manufacturer has been contacted..
While consumer's spouse was driving at about 40-50 mph was involved in a front impact accident with an utility post, and air bags did not deploy. Dealer has not been contacted.
While driving the vehicle completely shuts down without warning, causing loss of steering control and brake failure, which resulted in a collision in which the air bags did not deploy. Electrical system failure caused accident. Chrysler refuses to find the problem or provide a replacement vehicle, as does dealer.
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- Saint Peters, MO, USA