Owner-reported complaints naming the airbag system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the air-bag system — deployment behaviour, inflators, sensors and warning lights. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1995 Dodge 1500 submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 11 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
A MALE DRIVER WAS COMING TO A STOP ON A PAVED SURFACE AND BEFORE HE STOPPED COMPLETELY THE AIR BAG DEPLOYED AND INJURED THE DRIVER. NO OTHER VEHICLES OR OBJECTS WERE NEAR THE TRUCK WHEN THE AIR BAG DEPLOYED AND HE DID NOT SLAM ON THE BRAKES.
AIR BAGS DEPLOYED INADVERTENTLY WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING LOT. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK
WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH AND WITHOUT WARNING WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT TO DEPLOY. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. HOWEVER, HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO SERVICE VEHICLE.*AK
AIRBAG & ABS LIGHT CAME ON, NO POWER WINDOWS, NO RADIO, WOULD NOT START, SHORTED WIRES IN STEERING COLUMN AND HEAT DAMAGE TO COLUMN COVER AND IGNITION SWITCH TERMINALS, NO FIRE. *AK
WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE AT 55 MPH A MERCEDES BENZ SLAMMED ON BRAKES TO AVOID SOMETHING IN THE ROAD, CONSUMER ALSO PRESSED ON BRAKES, AND WAS REAR ENDED BY ANOTHER DRIVER. CONSUMER SLAMMED INTO MERCEDES BENZ, AND NONE OF AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT, AIRBAG LIGHT HAD BEEN COMING ON AND OFF/ ON AND OFF. *AK *JB
VEHICLE SWERVED TO KEEP FROM HITTING A DEER . WENT DOWN INTO A DITCH AND HIT A TELEPHONE POLE HEAD-ON AT APPROXIMATELY 45 TO 50 MPH, AND THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT 35 MPH HAD A FRONTAL IMPACT WITH A TREE AND THE DRIVER'S AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY, WHICH DID NOT PROTECT THE OCCUPANT IN THIS ACCIDENT. MANUFACTURER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS NOT AT THE "RIGHT ANGLE" FOR THE AIRBAG TO DEPLOY. *AK
DRIVING VEHICLE ABOUT 25 MPH; APPLIED BRAKES; PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR; VEHICLE DID NOT STOP; VEHICLE IN FRONT WAS REARENDED NEAR LEFT REAR; AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
DURING VEHICLE OPERATION CONSUMER LOST CONTROL AND HIT A TREE AT ABOUT 60 MPH. THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY.*AK
FRONTAL COLLISION, IMPACT 12:00 POSITION, SPEED 40MPH, DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY AT 35-40 MPH IN FRONTAL COLLISION. TT
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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