Owner-reported complaints naming the seat belt system, filed with NHTSA
Data refreshed
Reports naming seat belts, buckles, retractors and pretensioners. 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. 9 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
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
DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT LOCKS WHEN PULLING ACROSS BODY TO HOOK AND ONCE RELEASED NOT RECOILING PROPERLY, 2 SERVICE VISITS.
DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT RESTRAINT DOES NOT LOCK PROPERLY. WHEN RESRTAINTS ARE LATCHED THEY COME UNDONE. *AK
PURCHASED TRUCK, CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND ALMOST HIT A DEER, STOPPED ON EMERGENCY, THE BACK SEAT BELT DIDN'T RESTRAIN CONSUMER, THEIR DAUGHTER (13) WAS IN THE BACK IN THE SEAT THAT FOLDED INTO A BED, CAME FORWARD, SHE WAS INJURED, HIT HEAD. *AK
ANTI-LOCK BRAKES FAILED, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, ALSO PASSENGER'S SEAT BELT DID NOT RETRACT/DIFFERENTIAL SLIPPED AND ALSO REPLACED TORQUE CONVERTER. *AK
SEAT BELT FAILED/ NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAGS DURING COLLISION.
DRIVER SEAT BELT ANCHOR CAME OUT OF THE FLOOR. *AK
ABS: ANTI LOCK BRAKES LOCKED UP; VEHICLE RAN INTO DITCH; SEAT BELT DID NOT HOLD; AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY; VEHICLE TOTALED. TT
DRIVERS SEATBELT FAILED IN ROLLOVER ACCIDENT. PLEASE EXPLAIN. 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.
Categories with enough reports to have a page of their own
Data on this page last refreshed .