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.
The dash on my 2003 Dodge Ram 1500 is cracking. These are not cracks from the sun. Two cuts/cracks appeared suddenly and a third about a week later. They look like cuts that were made with a saw blade. Parts of the dash over the air bag are loose and flopping around. The edges are sharp and can lead to a person cutting them selves. I'm afraid that in an accident the air bag would not properly deploy. The dash is an intrical part of the cabin structure. This is not an isolated case as I've found hundreds on the internet.
Driving my 2003 Dodge Ram 1500 4X4 a woman pulled out in front of me and I T-boned her on the passenger side going 45 totaled out her car my air bag never went off and the seat belt never locked causing me to go forward in to the steering wheel I bent the steering wheel with my left knee called Dodge and they sent someone out to look at it by the time they finally cam out it had been 11 day from the time I called them so the body shop had already started to repair my truck I received a letter in the mail today telling my that "your impact was not significant enough to deploy the front air bags" come on I was going 45 mph how fast would I have to go for them to go off.
I have a garage kept 2003 Dodge Ram 1500 and the dash is cracked near the passenger air bag. I have read alot of complaints on the 2001-2004 trucks. This is a safety issue.
My husband was driving our 2003 Dodge Ram truck, he hit a vehicle going 45 mph, never touched the brakes and the front end of our truck was destroyed. He had on hsi seatbelt and the airbag did not deploy which caused head injury. I contacted Chrysler who sent out at representative to check the vehicle who said the truck had no problems. There has been nothing done or offered to correct this.
I was driving on a busy roadway and traffic came to a complete stop the car 2 cars in front of me slammed on their brakes to stop. He was on his phone, the girl behind him and in front of me then slammed on her brakes and hit him, I then locked my brakes and hit the girl in front of me...my airbags did not deploy and I was going from 25 to 30 mph when contact was made...there was $1,800 damage to the Jeep Cherokee that she was driving as well...after looking at the aftermath the sensor in the grille was just hanging there but the grille was completely pushed in. 2 mechanics have told me that the airbags should have deployed but I do not know who to take it to, to see if this is a correct assumption. The damage has not been fixed because I need to know if the airbags should have deployed.
Contact stated while driving on the highway and hauling an 8 foot by 16 foot trailer it caused the vehicle sway to the left then to the right. The vehicle and the trailer shook. The contact pressed on the clutch and it caused the tires to lose traction. The vehicle swerved into oncoming traffic, and another vehicle hit the contact's vehicle on the passenger's side. Upon impact, the driver's side air bag did not deploy. The contact sustained injuries, and the vehicle was totaled.
While driving 45 mph consumer's vehicle collided with the vehicle in front. Upon impact, both frontal air bags failed to deploy. This caused the driver to sustain minor injuries. Vehicle was towed to a garage for inspection.
The consumer was involved in a frotanl collision at 47-50 mph and the air bag failed to deploy. The manufacturer was notified and they informed the consumer to file a complaint with NHTSA.
While traveling 65-70 mph and changing lanes power steering became hard. This resulted in a tractor trailer rear ending consume's vehicle and pushing it on side of mountain. Upon impact, air bags did not deploy.
The consumer lost control of vehicle while driving on an icy road between 30 - 35 mph. When this occurred, the vehicle hit a pole head on. Upon impact, none of the frontal air bags deployed, and the passenger side seat belt unbuckled. The passenger sustained serious head injuries when his head had come in contact with the windshield. ODI followed up with consumer and learned that the passenger side seat belt buckle did not release as earlier stated in the crash. The complaint was on the performace of the retractor. The passenger side seat belt retractor may not have locked up during the impact. The vehcile was totaled and taken away. The consumer could not inspect the retractor for ODI during the follow up call.
Vehicle was involved in a frontal collision while driving at 60 mph. Upon impact, neither driver's side nor passenger's side air bags deployed. There were no injuries or fatalities. However, vehicle was totaled.
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- Port Saint Lucie, FL, USA