Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIR BAGS | |||
| 12/10/2011 | 75000 | ||
| I went off the road going about 65 mph and hit a tree, head on. the airbags did not deploy. i was not seriously injured. i have searched the internet and have found that this is not the first incident involving my type of vehicle (dodge ram). | |||
| 04/07/2004 | 47374 | 1 | |
| A recall letter was received, after taking the vehicle to the dealer the consumer was told that his vehicle identification number did not come up in the computer. . recall 01v153000. *jb | |||
| 11/05/2003 | 1 | ||
| While driving at 50 mph driver lost control of the vehicle, causing a head on collision with a tree. upon impact, both frontal air bags did not deploy. driver sustained minor injuries. *ask | |||
| 03/01/2003 | 0 | 1 | 11/19/1998 |
| The dodge trucks have a serious defect in their horn system. improper packing of the driver-side air bags renders the horn inoperable. i purchased my 1998 dodge 1500 new in 1998. i have never been able to get the horn to work. dodge dealer in washington said it needed repacked but i was leaving for texas and time was not available to wait for the parts. upon arrival at beaumont, texas i took the truck to mike smith autoplex dodge. the service representative could not blow the horn and said she would order a repack and call me when it came in. two months later i found out from her that the manager canceled it and refused to fix the horn under the warranty. every year i wire a micky mouse rig on the column wired directly to the horn to pass inspections. recently had service at mike smith and the same service manager said the horn needed repacked, said crysler had problems with the horns and did not know why the manager had refused to fix it. i have been driving this unsafe truck since 1998 and had many close calls and never able to use the horn to warn vehicles and pedestrians of danger. the manager that refused to fix it admitted that dodge had trouble with the horns on these trucks. after fooling with it for a while he did get it to blow, only time anyone has been able to blow the horn and it took him two hands and a lot of pressure. these trucks are dangerous. *nlm | |||
| Vehicle was involved in a frontal collision, were the airbags didn't deploy. which resulted in driver being injured. please provide any further information. ph | |||
| 1 | 11/01/1998 | ||
| While driving, consumer hit a deer and lost control, the vehicle ended up rolling over 3 times, the air bags never experienced deployment, consumer was injured. *slc | |||
| 1 | 12/11/1997 | ||
| Air bag failed and replaced, during repair dealership damaged vehicle. yh | |||
| 1 | 05/15/1998 | ||
| Recall repair work on the air bag module and cover completed, however cover is loose which could cause damage to the module. | |||
| AIR BAGS - FRONTAL | |||
| 01/01/2005 | 76000 | ||
| Dash has numerous cracks. concerned about the passenger air bag being deployed and causing injury when parts of dash come off | |||
| 1 | |||
| The vehicle was involved in a frontal collision, and the air bags failed to deploy. *jb | |||
| The vehicle was involved in a frontal collision, and the air bags failed to deploy.*jb | |||
| 12/24/2000 | 1 | 02/27/1999 | |
| Front crash at 55 mph, and neither airbag deployed. *ak | |||
| 10/11/1999 | |||
| While driving 35 - 40 mph, had a frontal impact with a tree which caused major damage to the front end. upon impact, driver's and passsenger's airbags did not deploy, which did not protect the occupants in the crash. dealer said the impact was hard enough. please provide further information. *ak | |||
| 12/08/1998 | |||
| While driving at 35 mph rear ended a disabled vehicle that broke down on the freeway and the air bags on the driver side and the passager sides didn't deploy. *ak | |||
| 11/18/1999 | 1 | ||
| Driving on feeder road at 45mph all of sudden an 18 wheeler in front just stopped. consumer didn't have enough time to react by applying brakes and rearended into the 18 wheeler. upon impact, airbag didn't deploy. *ak | |||
| 10/11/1999 | 0 | ||
| While traveling at about 35 mph hit another vehicle on the driver's side with front of truck. consumer states if system is not going to work, please remove. *ak | |||
| 09/14/1999 | |||
| At a stop light rear ended and hit the vehicle in front, and neither airbag deployed.*ak | |||
| 10/19/1998 | |||
| Consumer was traveling at 55 mph when rear ended another vehicle, and the air bags on the driver' side or the passenger's side did not deploy. consumer was transported to the hospital due to the fact that the consumer was knocked out. *ak | |||
| 03/18/1999 | |||
| While driving at 35 mph consumer rear ended another vehicle when applying brakes ,and they failed to stop vehicle, causin consumer to rear end the vehicle in front. driver's side/passenger's side air bags didn't deploy. also, driver's side seat belt didn't hold consumer from boucing onto the steering wheel. *ak | |||
| 10/12/1998 | |||
| While driving at 55mph the consumer hit another vehicle head-on, driver's side/passenger's side air bags didn't deploy, resulted in an injury and a death. *ak *ml | |||
| 12/10/1989 | |||
| While driving about 35 mph another consumer made a left turn in front of the consumer, causing the consumer to hit the vehicle on the left side at 35 mph, and the air bags didn't deploy. also, when the consumer applied the brakes, they locked up. the consumer was hurt in accident. *ak | |||
| 02/09/1998 | 10/01/1997 | ||
| Consumer was driving at approximately 45-50 mph when he hit another vehicle head-on that had pulled out of intersection . consumer's vehicle front end was caved in. driver's air bag did not deploy. passenger's side was turned off. *ak | |||