Owner-reported complaints naming the seat belt system, filed with NHTSA
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Seat belts reportsComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Oct 31, 2025
Share of all reportsThis category as a share of every owner report on file for this model year. One report can name more than one component, so the categories overlap.
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of 1,096 total
Crash or fire reportedReports in this category whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. The reporter's own answer on the NHTSA form, not a verified finding.
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Injuries or deaths reportedTotals the submitters entered on their own reports in this category. Not verified by NHTSA and not a casualty statistic.
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What this page shows
Reports naming seat belts, buckles, retractors and pretensioners. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2004 Dodge 1500 submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 10 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.
Owner reports naming seat belt
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
AirbagsSeat belts
Filed Oct 31, 2025
Crash reported1 injury reported
The contact owned a 2004 Dodge Ram 1500. The contact stated that while making a right turn into oncoming traffic, the vehicle rear-ended a semi-truck in front, where it came to a stop. No warning lights illuminated. The contact stated that the air bags failed to deploy during the collision. Additionally, the seat belts became inoperable and failed to restrain the contact, causing the contact to strike the windshield. The contact sustained a 2-inch cut that required 15 stitches, an eyelid injury that required 7 stitches, multiple bruises, and whiplash injuries, and was transported to a local emergency room for medical treatment. A police report was filed. The vehicle was destroyed. The dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 200,000. The VIN was not available.
NHTSA ID
11696745
Incident
Oct 31, 2025
Mileage
200,000 mi
AirbagsSeat belts
Filed Feb 12, 2023
Crash reported1 injury reported
On 3/24/2022 my mother, Helen Mallazzo was involved in an accident in Queen Creek, Arizona. Police were called and a report was filed. When this accident occurred the seatbelts failed to restrain her and her dog and the airbags did not deploy, resulting in both of their heads hitting the windshield and leaving two large cracks in the windshield.
NHTSA ID
11506841
Incident
Mar 24, 2022
Seat belts
Filed Dec 1, 2020
DRIVERS SEAT SEAT BELT IS LOSE AND WILL NOT RETRACT. IF PUT THE BRAKES ON HARD THE SEATBELT WILL NOT LOCK. I BOUGHT THE TRUCK LIKE THIS ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO
NHTSA ID
11377385
Incident
Mar 7, 2020
Seat belts
Filed Aug 3, 2018
WHILE SEAT BELTS ARE BUCKLED SEAT BELT WARNING LIGHT DOES NOT TURN OFF WHILE STATIONARY AND MOVING.
NHTSA ID
11115501
Incident
May 18, 2018
Mileage
172,000 mi
Seat belts
Filed Jun 4, 2018
DRIVERS SEAT BELT DOES NOT LOCK OR RESTRAIN DURING HEAVY BREAKING, ALSO DOES NOT RETRACT WHEN PULLED OUT FOR USAGE. DANGER OF INJURY FROM AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT IF INVOLVED IN FRONTAL CRASH.
NHTSA ID
11099867
Incident
Aug 14, 2017
Mileage
70,000 mi
Seat belts
Filed Oct 13, 2016
1 injury reported
MY COMPLAINT IS THE SEAT BELTS FOR MY KIDS WON'T LOCK UP !!! I HAVE TRIED TO LOCK THE SEATBELT FOR THE CAR SEAT AND IT JUST WON'T I HAVE GOTTEN MULTIPLE TICKETS FOR THIS AND I WANT THE ISSUE FIXED BY THE DODGE COMPANY !!!!!! OF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT I MEAN WATCH THE LINK BELOW. . HOW TO ENGAGE THE SEAT BELT LOCKING FEATURE: HTTP://YOUTU.BE/P6O_NUISAG4 THIS IS PUTTING FAMILY'S WITH KIDS IN DANGER AND IT'S A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE AS THEIR KIDS ....
NHTSA ID
10915724
Incident
Oct 11, 2016
Mileage
112,000 mi
AirbagsSeat belts
Filed Oct 7, 2015
OCCUPANT RESTRAINT CONTROL (ORC) MODULE NEED TO BE REPLACE, THE LIGHT KEEP COMING ON
NHTSA ID
10780583
Incident
Mar 3, 2015
Mileage
170,000 mi
Seat belts
Filed Dec 24, 2006
DODGE RAM 2004-5 QUAD CAB, LOCATION OF LATCH AND ANCHOR LOCATIONS. THE ANCHOR LOCATION FOR THE REAR SEAT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED, THE LOCATION IS TOO CLOSE TO THE HEAD AND LIMITS THE ABILITY TO INSTALL THE SEAT PROPERLY. ALSO AN ANCHOR NEEDS TO BE ADDED TO THE FRONT SEAT, CENTER. *NM
NHTSA ID
10176884
Incident
Dec 24, 2006
Seat belts
Filed Aug 16, 2006
Fire reported1 injury reported
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS SUDDENLY DEPRESSED AND THE BACK SEAT SAFETY BELTS DID NOT HOLD THE CHILD SAFETY SEATS. THE CHILD AND THE SEAT WERE THROWN FORWARD AND A MINOR HEAD INJURY WAS SUSTAINED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER HOWEVER NO PROBLEM WITH THE SEAT BELTS WERE FOUND. *AK
NHTSA ID
10165648
Incident
Aug 15, 2006
Mileage
27,994 mi
AirbagsSeat belts
Filed Oct 18, 2005
Crash reported1 injury reported
AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY DURING A HEAD ON COLLISION AS WELL AS A SIDE COLLISION. PASSENGER OF VEHICLE WAS INJURED. ENOUGH DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE VEHICLE THAT IT WAS CLAIMED A TOTAL LOSS. *NM
NHTSA ID
10140172
Incident
Sep 28, 2005
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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