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 Ram submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 38 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.
The 25 most recent of 38, in the owner's own words
NHTSA RECALL 99V023000/MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 815 CONCERNING AIR BAGS: DEALER UNABLE TO HONOR RECALL NOTICE. ALLEN SAMUAL JEEP CHRYSLER IN PORT AUTHUR, TX; PHONE# 409/722-8649. DEALER KEEPS STATING NO PARTS ARE AVAILABLE. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
IN MY ACCIDENT WHICH WAS A FRONTAL ACCIDENT THE AIR BAGS NEVER OPENED. *AK
RECALL 99V023000. DEALER WILL NOT HONOR RECALL BECAUSE VEHICLE IS A CONVERSION VAN, THAT WAS ORIGINALLY SOLD AS SUCH. *AK
GAS GAUGE HAS MALFUNCTIONED, MOVING UP AND DOWN, GOING FROM A FULL TANK OF FUEL TO HALF A TANK OF FUEL, WHICH PREVENTED DRIVER TO IDENTIFY THE CORRECT FUEL READING. ALSO, HAVING OTHER PROBLEMS. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. *AK THIS VEHICLE HAD PROBLEM WITH IGNITION SWITCH. RADIO AND THE FAN MOTOR SPEEDING UP AND DOWN, THE VEHICLE TO LOSE POWER OCCASIONALY. THE AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON AND OFF IRREGULARLY. *YH
WHILE TRAVELING AT 24 TO 30 MPH CONSUMER TRIED TO TURN AND STEERING WHEEL WAS LOCKED. CONSUMER TRIED TO BRAKE THERE WERE NO BRAKES. VEHICLE HIT A POLE, AND AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. WHEN CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER FOR A RECALL LETTER RECEIVED. DEALER HAD NO PARTS AVAILABLE. CONSUMER FELT THIS ACCIDENT WAS CAUSED BECAUSE RECALL PROBLEM WAS NOT CORRECTED. *AK WHILE WAITING FOR RECALL PARTS TO ARRIVE AT DEALER FOR STEERING WHEEL AND COLUMN THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP CAUSING ACCIDENT. *YH
CONSUMER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO RECEIVE RECALL REPAIR (99V-023) FOR THE PAST YEAR. *MJS
CONSUMER STATED THAT AIR BAG LIGHT AND ABS BRAKE LIGHT WILL COME ON UNEXPECTEDLY AT ALL TIMES. *AK
PE99031, DEFECTIVE WIRING HARNESS, CAUSED MALFUNCTIONING OF THE IGNITION SWITCH. ALSO POWER WINDOW WOULD NOT OPERATE/ AIRBAG LIGHT STAYED ON/ AIR CONDITIONER FAN MALFUNCTIONED, AND THE WIRES WERE MELTED TOGETHER, WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSED A FIRE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
RECALL REPAIR FOR THE AIRBAG ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE REFUSED BY DEALERSHIP, VEHICLE DOES NOT APPLY WITH NO PASSENGER AIRBAG INSTALLED. (99V-023). MJS
RECALL REPAIR ON THE AIRBAG ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE CAN NOT BE COMPLETED DUE TO (COMPUTER NOT ACCEPTING CODE) (99V-023). MJS
WHILE DRIVING THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED, WITHOUT REASON. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS. *AK
WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40-45 MPH WHEN DRIVER WAS BLINDED BY SUN WHICH CAUSED CONSUMER TO RUN OFF ROAD HIT 6 FOOT WALL SAND BANK. DRIVER'S AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO HIT WINDSHIELD. AIRBAG NEVER CAME ON TO INDICATE THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH IT. MANUFACTUER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S AIR BAG DURING A CRASH, RESULTED IN INJURIES. ALSO, VEHICLE SUSTAINED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE. *AK
WHLIE DRIVING 45-50 MPH HIT A DEER ON A DIRECT FRONTAL IMPACT, THE DEFECTIVE DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY, AND DEFECTIVE DRIVER'S SHOULDER SEATBELT DID NOT RETRACT IN WHICH IT DID NOT PROTECT THE OCCUPANT IN THIS ACCIDENT. *AK CONSUMER HAD ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT CHRYSLER, HOWEVER THEY WILL NOT RETURN HIS CALL, CONSUMER WAS INJURED IN ACCIDENT. *SLC
THE TRUCK WAS REAR ENDED BY ANOTHER TRUCK, AND THE TRUCK HIT A SCHOOL BUS. THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DIDN'T DEPLOY. THE TRUCK THAT STRUCK THE OTHER TRUCK WAS GOING ABOUT 80MPH. *AK
AFTER TWO DIRECT IMPACT ACCIDENTS THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG. MOST OFTEN OWNER WAS TRAVELING AT 25-30 MPH BEFORE IMPACT. DEALER TOLD OWNER THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT STRUCK HARD ENOUGH TO STRIKE SENSORS. *AK
OWNER STATES THAT HE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON CRASH TRAVELING AT 35-40MPH AND THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG. ALSO, REAR ABS BRAKES LOCKED UP, RESULTING IN A CRASH. *AK
UPON IMPACT, DURING FRONTAL CRASH, WHEN HIT TREE, DRIVER'S AIRBAG DEPLOYED BY BREAKING THROUGH STEERING WHEEL COVER, THEN CAUGHT ON FIRE, CAUSING INTERIOR FIRE WHICH BURNED COAT DRIVER WAS WEARING. *AK
FRONT END COLLISION AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK
DRIVING ALONG HWY, ANOTHER VEHICLE'S LIGHTS WERE BLINDING, COULD NOT SEE, HIT CEMENT DIVIDERS, DRIVER'S AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
CONSUMER WAS IN AN ACCIDENT REARENDED SOMEONE, THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DIDN'T DEPLOY . PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK
HIT A TREE HEAD-ON AND THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE GIVE MORE DETAIL INFORMATION. *AK
SEAT BELT FAILED/ NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAGS DURING COLLISION.
DURING FRONTAL IMPACT, THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
AIR BAGS DID NOT INFLATE IN FRONT END COLLISION, CAUSING INJURY. (ATTORNEY FOR CLIENT)
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