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 1994 Dodge Dakota submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 22 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
DRIVING DOWN ROAD, ABOUT TO TURN RIGHT, BUT AIRBAG DEPLOYED BEFORE I WAS OFF THE MAIN ROAD. HAD TO STOP IMMEDIATELY. HAD SLOWED DOWN TO APP. 10 MPH TO MAKE TURN. ROAD CLEAR. HAD MADE THIS TURN MANY TIMES BEFORE (ON WAY TO WORK). *TR
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN DRIVER SIDE COLLISION. THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE WAS PRE-IMPACT BRAKING. THE OCCUPANT WAS WEARING A SEAT BELT, BUT SUFFERED OF HYPERTHERMIA DUE TO THE ACCIDENT. A POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN, AND THE VEHICLE WAS DEEMED TOTALED.
WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH A DEER APPEAR OUT OF NO WHERE AND WAS HIT BY CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. IT WAS BADLY DAMAGED AND KNOCKED OFF THE ROAD. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY. STEERING WHEEL SEPARATED AND CAUSED SEVERE DAMAGE TO DRIVER'S RIGHT LEG. DRIVER WAS HOSPITALIZED. VEHICLE HAD OLD ENGINE REPLACED. THE DAKOTA SPORT WAS TOTALED.*AK THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE ABOVE INFORMATION IS INCORRECT AND SENT AN UPDATED VERSION WHICH IS AS FOLLOWS: THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND A DEER JUMPED ONTO HIS VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE CROSSED THE ROAD TO THE LEFT INTO A DITCH AND FLIPPED THE VEHICLE OVER. AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE STEERING COLUMN BROKE FROM UNDER THE DASH INJURING THE CONSUMER. *TC
SRS AIR BAG LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. CRUISE CONTROL FAILED TO WORK WHEN APPLIED. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE CLOCK SPRING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER A RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK *TC
WHILE MAKING A TURN AT 5 MPH DRIVER'S AIRBAG DEPLOYED. CONSUMER SUSTAINED INJURIES TO HER FACE AND LOST HER VOICE FOR 2 WEEKS DUE TO INHALING FUMES.*AK DEALER REPLACED AIRBAG, STEERING WHEEL AND CRUISE CONTROL AND STATED THAT THE CLOCKSPRING WAS CAUSE OF THE AIRBAG TO DEPLOY. *TT
WHILE DRIVING IN TOWN, TRAVELING 15MPH WAS HIT ATAN INTERSECTION BROADSIDE WHICH CAUSED CONSUMER'S VEHICLE TO RUN INTO A LIGHT POLE HEAD-ON. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DIDN'T DEPLOY, NOR DID SEAT BELT LOCK IN PLACE.*AK
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING VEHICLE COLLISION.
VIOLENT DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAG CAUSED INJURING TO DRIVER DURING A COLLISION.
PASSIVE RESTRAINT, AIR BAG: DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY AT A VERY HIGH SPEED, RAN OFF HIGHWAY AND FLIPPED OVER SEVERAL TIMES AND THE AIR BAG NEVER DEPLOYED. *AK
OWNER WAS INVOLVED IN A DIRECT FRONTAL COLLISION WHILE DRIVING AT 40-45 MPH AND THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG. OWNER NOTES THERE WAS DAMAGE TO PASSENGER'S SIDE AS WELL *AK
PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG: WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH HAD A HEAD-ON COLLISION AND THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. HAD VEHICLE IN FOR REPAIRS AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHY THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
VEHICLE INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION, IMPACT 12:00 POSITION, SPEED 65MPH, DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED WITH SUCH A FORCE CAUSING INJURIES TO DRIVER. *AK *SLC
VEHICLE WAS HIT AND AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
DRIVER AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY DURING A 25MPH IMPACT. *AK
AIR BAG DIDN'T DEPLOY. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
UPON FRONTAL IMPACT, AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT
UPON FRONTAL COLLISION @ 45 MPH, AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT
NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S AIRBAG DURING ACCIDENT, CAUSING INJURY. *SD
TRUCK WAS IN A HEAD ON CRASH AND AIR BAG DIDN'T DEPLOY. TT
UPON IMPACT, DURING FRONTAL CRASH AT APPROX. 40-45MPH, 9:00 ON FRONT BUMPER, AIRBAG FAIL TO DEPLOY. TT
AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY DURING AN ACCIDENT. TT
DRIVER AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY DURING ACCIDENT. 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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