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 1997 Dodge Intrepid submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 18 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
DT: THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. UPON IMPACT, NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS HIT BY ANOTHER CAR, DRAGGING DOWN THE ROAD, AND THEN GOING INTO A DITCH. THIS WAS A FRONTAL IMPACT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. NO REPAIRS COULD BE MADE AT THIS TIME. NO WARNING INDICATOR LIGHTS WERE ON PRIOR TO THIS FAILURE. THE CAUSE OF THE AIR BAG FAILURE WAS UNKNOWN. *AK
TRANSMISSION SLIPS, SHIFTS ROUGH, SOMETIMES WILL NOT GO INTO GEAR AT ALL,SOMETIMES IT WILL NOT SHIFT OUT OF FIRST GEAR.
ON THE PASSENGER SIDE DASHBOARD AIR BAG COVER IS CURLING UP, AND IN THE UPPER LEFT CORNER, AIR BAG CAN BE SEEN. *AK
WHILE TRAVELING ON THE AIR BAG LIGHT APPEAR ON THE DASHBOARD. PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM.TS
CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR RECALL REPAIRS, 98V184, DEALER STATED THAT ADDITIONAL O-RINGS NEEDED TO BE INSTALLED THAT WERE NOT RELATED TO THE RECALL, CONSUMER WAS CHARGED FOR THESE REPAIRS. *SLC
THE INSURED WAS INVOLVED IN A REAR END COLLISION, IN WHICH THE AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY AND ALSO THE SEAT BELT RELEASED, THERE WERE 4 INJURIES. (CLAIM#52-2499-839)*JB
WHILE DRIVING 30-35 MPH, CONSUMER RAN HEAD-ON INTO A POLE, DRIVERS SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY, HOWEVER PASSENGERS SIDE AIRBAG DID DEPLOY, CONTACTED DEALER, AND THEY WERE NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING. *AK. CONSUMER SUFFERED INJURIES. *JB
AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON SOMETIMES. WHEN IT COMES ON WINDOWS WILL NOT ROLL DOWN AND A/C DOES NOT WORK. CONSUMER FEELS SOMEONE COULD EASILY SUFFICATE. CONSUMER HAS TO STOP AT EVERY LIGHT TO OPEN DOOR TO GET AIR. ALSO,ENGINE CHECK LIGHT WAS COMING ON.*AK
I HAVE EXTENDED WARRANTY AND THIS WAS NOT COVERED WHY NOT A RECALL THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM AND SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK
VEHICLE WAS STRUCK FROM REAR AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH WHILE AT A STOP POSITION, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY/SEAT BELT FAILED TO LOCK, AND DRIVER'S SEAT COLLAPSED BACKWARD. DEALER/ MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. *AK
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 30 MPH ON A WET SNOW SURFACE LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE, CRASHING INTO A UTILITY POLE HEAD-ON FIRST, AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK
WHILE DRIVING AT ABOUT 40MPH ON A DIRT ROAD, THAT HAS BEEN KNOWN FOR BAD SPOTS, CONSUMER HITA BAD SPOT AND CAR STARTED FISHTAILING AND HIT A DITCH HEAD-ON, SPUN AROUND IN OPPOSITE DIRECTION, AND HIT AND EMBANKMENT. CAR LANDED ON ITS SIDE, UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. *AK
CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 35-40MPH HIT A DITCH HEAD-ON. VEHICLE TURNED ON ITS SIDE, AND FRONT AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. DEALER WILL BE CONTACTED. *AK
AIRBAG SENSOR IS LOCATED BEHIND FRONT BUMPER WHICH IS LOWER THAN NORMAL. THEREFORE, WHEN CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN ACCIDENT , HIT VEHICLE WITH A 35 MPH IMPACT,THE REAR END OF THE OTHER VEHICLE BYPASSED THE AIRBAG SENSOR, CAUSING DUAL AIRBAGS NOT TO DEPLOY EVEN WITH $5,000 WORTH OF DAMAGE TO FRONT END. MANUFACTURER CLAIMED THERE WAS NO DESIGN DEFECT. *AK *ML
WHEN CONSUMER APPLIES BRAKES THEY ARE HARD. ALSO, WHEN HE APPLIES BRAKES IN SUDDEN STOP, THEY DON'T ENGAGE. FRONT END DIPS WHEN CONSUMER BRAKES, AND THERE IS A CLANKING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE CAR WHILE DRIVING 25 TO 30MPH. AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY WHEN CONSUMER HAD AN ACCIDENT WHILE DRIVING 30MPH. *AK
CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT THAT CAUSED $8000 WORTH OF DAMAGE TO FRONT END SIDE OF VEHICLE, WHICH INCLUDED DAMNAGES TO THE AIRBAG SENSOR. BUT THE DUAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 20-25 MPH WHEN AIRBAGS DEPLOYED SUDDENLY , AIR BAG LIGHT NEVER CAME ON. DEALER CLAIMS CONSUEMR HAD BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT, BUT THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT. THIS DEFECT COULD HAVE RESULTED IN INJURIES. **AK
WHEN THE VEHICLE IS TURNED ON THE AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ON . THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
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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