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 Ram 2500 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
I EXITED A DEPARTMENT STORE;GOT INTO MY VEHICLE,PUT MY KEY IN THE IGNITION ,AND WHEN I TURNED THE KEY TO THE ON POSITION MY DRIVERS SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED.I RECEIVED NUMEROUS ABRASIONS TO MY CHIN AND NECK,BROKEN NOSE,BLACK EYE,AND A HEAD CONCUSSION. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 DODGE RAM 2500 DIESEL. AFTER SHIFTING THE VEHICLE INTO DRIVE AND WITHOUT ACCELERATING, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG SUDDENLY EXPLODED WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSING A INJURY TO THE CONTACTS EYE. MOMENTS LATER THE CONTACT NOTICED A BURNING SMELL COMING FROM THE CENTER OF THE STEERING WHEEL. THE VEHICLE WAS NEITHER DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND THE FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 300,000. UPDATED 4/2/12 *CN UPDATED 05/02/12 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED AFTER REVERSING AND PUTTING THE TRUCK IN DRIVE THE AIR BAG DEPLOYED AND EXPLODED. THE INSIDE OF THE STEERING WHEEL WHERE THE AIR BAG WAS IS A ROUND METAL PIECE THAT WAS UNDER THE AIR BAG AND A PART OF THE STEERING WHEEL. THE PIECE WAS HOT RED AND UNTOUCHABLE. IT APPEARED THAT SOMETHING HAD MELTED AND TURNED BLACK. UPDATED 05/12/2012 *JS
FRONTAL AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT 5 MPH. PASSENGER AND DRIVER WERE INJURED,AND DRIVER CONTINUED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE HOME. *AK
WHILE TURNING IN PARKING LOT DRIVER'S AIR BAG DEPLOYED FOR UNKNOWN REASON. DEALER / MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER.*AK
CLOCK SPRING HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO AIR BAG SENSOR LIGHT STAYING ON WHILE TRAVELING , AND INOPERATIVE HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, AND MADE REPAIRS. *AK THE MANUFACTURER DECLINED REIMBURSEMENT, CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT BECAUSE RECALL CONDITIONS WERE NOT MET. *YH
VEHICLE WAS IN FRONTAL COLLISION AT 70MPH AND THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK
TRAVELING ABOUT 55MPH, THE TRUCK HIT 5 SHEEPS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD, AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DIDN'T DEPLOY, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO HIT THE STEERING WHEEL. *AK
UPON IMPACT, DURING FRONTAL CRASH, AT APPROX. 40MPH, 12:00 ON FRONT BUMPER, DRIVER'S AIRBAG FAILED TO DEPLOY WHEN REARENDED VEHICLE , AS RESULT, HIT STEERING WHEEL. *AK
UPON IMPACT, DURING FRONTAL CRASH AT APPROX. 40MPH, 12:00 ON FRONT BUMPER, DRIVER'S AIRBAG FAILED TO DEPLOY, DRIVER HIT STEERING WHEEL, SUSTAINED CHEST INJURIES. *AK
IN A 55-60 MPH HEAD ON COLLISION THE DRIVERS AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. "DUP 950315: 960388". TT
IN A HEAD ON COLLISION AT 55-60MPH BOTH AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. "DUP: SEE 960391". 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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