Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIR BAGS | |||
| 06/01/2006 | 11/01/1998 | ||
| Symptoms: air bag warning lamp illuminates randomly, horn sounds intermittently, cruise control has stopped working. a casual search of the internet shows these three symptoms occur quite frequently on chrysler/dodge and plymouth vehicles. the cause is a faulty clockspring. the risk is having the airbag disengage, i.e. will not deploy. chrysler has issued recalls for a number of vehicles for this defect, the problem is they refuse to repair many more vehicles that have this safety defect. chrysler claims a bad installation at certain plants, problem is the defect occurs on many more vehicles then recalled made at other plants. cost is in the hundreds of dollars to repair. user repair is not advised since the airbag must be removed. *jb | |||
| AIR BAGS - FRONTAL | |||
| 02/13/2008 | 223000 | 1 | 02/01/2002 |
| Tl*the contact owns a 1996 dodge ram 2500. when the contact placed the key into the ignition, the air bag deployed. the vehicle and engine was still in the off position. the contact sustained cuts and lacerations on his face and neck. nhtsa campaign id number 99v023000 (air bags:frontal) was referenced. the dealer and manufacturer have not yet been notified. the failure and current mileages were 223,000. updated 03-31-08 *bf updated 03/31/08 *tr | |||
| 07/01/1999 | 1 | 07/01/1998 | |
| Recall repair (99v-023) completed causing noise in steering column, continued having problems and repaired, air bag blew up for no apparent reason after recall repairs. mjs | |||
| 05/02/1997 | 1 | 06/21/1996 | |
| No deployment of drivers airbag in a head on collision, front end damage enough to warrant deployment. | |||