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 1999 Dodge Ram submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 40 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 40, in the owner's own words
CONSUMER INQUIRING ABOUT A POSSIBLE RECALL FOR 1999 DODGE RAM CLOCK SPRING. *MR RECALL CAMPAIGN #01V153000. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT RECALL NO. 982 WAS CHANGED TO NO LONGER INCLUDE HIS VEHICLE *SC *JB
THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING 55 MPH WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE HIT IT HEAD ON. UPON IMPACT, THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES, AND WAS TRANSPORTED BY HER MOTHER TO A HOSPITAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND TOTALED BY THE INSURANCE. *AK *SC
NEITHER THE PASSENGER NOR DRIVERS AIR BAG DEPLOYED UPON IMPACT. *BF THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION RESULTING IN A TOTAL LOSS OF BOTH VEHICLES. *SC *JB
WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN FRONTAL COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, DUAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER SUSTAINED BRUISES, AND HAD TO RECEIVE FOURTEEN STITCHES IN HIS LIP. *AK
CONSUMER WAS IN ACCIDENT GOING ABOUT 30MPH WHEN AIR BAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. TS
VEHICLE HAS A FRONTAL COLLISION OF 55 MPH AND NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED . FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. TS
VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION YET THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THEY WOULD CHECK INTO THIS FAILURE. *MR *NLM
WHILE DRIVING AT 50-55 MPH THE CONSUMER WAS INVOLDED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION, AND TWO FRONT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CONTACTED DEALER WHO WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED BY INSURANCE COMPANY. *YH
FRONT COLLISION AT 50 MPH, NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. DRIVER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES, VEHICLE IS TOTALLED. *AK *TT
WAS DRIVING APPROIMATELY. 35MPH WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE RAN STOP SIGN. OTHER VEHICLE WAS "T"-BONED BY RAM. UPON IMPACT WITH OTHER VEHICLE, RAM'S AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. DRIVER SUFFERED INJURIES FROM SEAT BELTS. NO EMERGENCY ROOM TREATMENT. HAD POLICE REPORT DONE. VEHICLE TOTALED BY INSURANCE CO.*AK
FRONT IMPACT AT 50 MPH, NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED, DAMAGE TO VEHICLE WAS $ 8000.00.*AK THERE WAS ONE INJURY. *YH
THIS IS THE SECOND ACCIDENT I HAVE REPORTED TO YOU. THE FIRST WAS YESTERDAY. I WANT TO APOLOGIZE. I SWITCHED THE VIN NUMBERS. THE VIN NUMBER FOR ODI # 758677 SHOULD HAVE BEEN [XXX]. THE ACCIDENT THIS CURRENT REPORT REFERS TO A SACRAMENTO COUNTY DODGE RAM 1500 TRUCK THAT WAS USED BY OUR PARK RANGERS. IT WAS TRAVELING DOWN A TRAIL ROAD AT HIGH SPEED WHEN THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL AND HIT A TREE HEAD ON. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE SEE MY COMMENTS FROM MY PREVIOUS REPORT FOR MY WORRIES ABOUT THE QUALITY OF DODGE'S INVESTIGATION.*AK INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
RECALL 01 V 153 000/CLOCKSPRING MATERIAL: AIR BAG SENSOR LIGHT CAME ON. WHILE DRIVING STEERING WOULD MAKE NOISES. PROBLEM WAS INTERMITTENT. DEALER WAS CONTACTED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
PASSENGER LEFT WITH BROKEN NECK & DRIVER WITH KNEE & CHEST INJURIES. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK
WHILE TRAVELING AT 50 MPH AND AS A RESULT OF A COLLISION AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, AND SEAT BELTS CAME UNLATCHED, CAUSING INJURIES TO DRIVER. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INOFORMATION. *AK
I WAS IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT WHERE I REAR ENDED A TRACTOR TRAILER. I WAS TRAVELING 70MPH AND THE TRACTOR TRAILER 55MPH. I HIT THE TRUCK EXACTLY PERPENDICULAR AND THE FRONT OF MY TRUCK WAS CRUSHED IN ABOUT 2 FEET. THE FRAME WAS SEVERLY DAMAGED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. I AM FILING THIS BECAUSE THE BODY SHOP HIGHLY RECOMMENDED WE TAKE ACTION. HE SAID THE AREA WHERE THE SENSORS FOR THE AIRBAGS ARE LOCATED WAS MANGLED AND THAT THE AIRBAGS SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED. THE AIRBAG SYSTEM WAS CHECKED BY JOHN KELTNER (LIC. # 35844). HIS REMARKS WERE THAT THE SYSTEM TEST WAS PERFORMED AND NO PROBLEMS WERE FOUND AT THIS TIME AND NO REPAIRS WERE NEEDED. I AM AWARE OF SOME RECALLS WITH DODGE AND WANTED TO BE SURE THE AIRBAG SYSTEMS WOULD BE COVERED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP.*AK
WHEN TRUCK WAS HIT BY A BRONCO, BRONCO TRAVELNG ABOUT 50 MPH, ON THE PASSENGER'S FRONT SIDE, THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIR BAG. ALSO, THE DRIVER'S OR PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELT DID NOT LOCK CAUSING INJURIES TO DRIVER AND PASSENGER.
CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A 55 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH DRIVER'S AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK THE ADJUSTER FROM THE MANUFACTURER CERTIFIED THAT THE AIR BAG WAS OPERATING PROPERLY AND SHOULD NOT HAVE TO DEPLOY IN THAT ACCIDENT. *YH
VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING MINOR INJURIES. MANUFACTURER WILL BE NOTIFIED.*AK
I FILLED OUT THIS FORM ONCE BEFORE, BUT I HAVE NOT HEARD BACK...
WHILE TRAVELING AT 35 MPH VEHICLE STRUCK ANOTHER VEHICLE HEAD-ON, AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 30-35 MPH AND MAKING A TURN, LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE. IT WENT OVER A ENBANKMENT, AND HAD A DIRECT FRONTAL IMPACT WITH ROCKS, WHICH TOTALEDTHE FRONT END OF VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, AND DID NOT PROTECT THE OCCUPANTS. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
WAS TRAVELING 45-50MPH & WOULD APPLY BRAKES, AND THEY WOULD LOCK UP. REAR ABS BRAKES DO NOT WORK PROPERLY. REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY DUE TO A LACK OF BRAKES. VEHICLE SLIDE 100 FT BEFORE THE IMPACT HAPPENED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. *AK
WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF A DODGE RAM 2500, AND THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S SIDE/ OR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS. TRUCK WAS TOTALLED. *AK
AN ACCIDENT OCCURRED WHICH CAUSED VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD, AND ROLLOVER INTO AN EMBANKMENT. UPON IMPACT, BOTH AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY, RESULTING IN ONE FATALITY. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK *ML
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