Owner-reported complaints naming the seat belt system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming seat belts, buckles, retractors and pretensioners. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2001 Dodge Ram 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
WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH DRIVER FELL ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE THAT WAS PARKED ON THE SIDE OF THE SHOULDER OF THE HIGHWAY. UPON IMPACT, BOTH AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT SNAPPED IN HALF. DRIVER SUSTAINED HEAD INJURIES AND WAS TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE TO A HOSPITAL. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK
WHILE INSTALLING CHILD SAFETY SEAT INTO THE VEHICLE THE REAR SHOULDER BELT BROKE. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE BELTS BUT THEY BROKE AGAIN BEFORE CONSUMER LEFT THE DEALERSHIP. TS
RESTRAINTS IN ALL FOUR SEATS ARE INOPERABLE AND WILL NOT LOCK. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
CONSUMER STATES THE TETHER STRAP DOES NOT WORK WITH ANY FORWARD FACING CAR SEATS. *YD
WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, VEHICLE WAS STRUCK BY A VAN TRAVELING 50 MPH, FRONT CRASH. SEATBELT DID NOT RESTRAIN CONSUMER, HE WAS THROWN FORWARD. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED, NO INJURIES.*AK IN THIS ACCIDENT, NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED, SEE ODI NUMBER 8004341. *SLC
WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, VEHICLE WAS STRUCK BY VAN TRAVELING 50 MPH, FRONT CRASH. NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. NO INJURIES.*AK THE SEATBELT DID NOT RESTRAIN CONSUMER, CAUSING HIM TO BE THROWN FORWARD, LUCKILY HE WAS NOT INJURED, SEE ODI NUMBER 8004342. *SLC
CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT, HITTING A DITCH WHEN DRIVING AT 30-32 MPH. DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT FAILED TO RESTRAIN DRIVER, SEAT BELT FAILED TO LOCK UP WHICH FORCED DRIVER OVER STEERING WHEEL. DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES TO NECK AND BACK. *AK CONSUMER HAS NOT BEEN TO WORK FOR OVER ONE YEAR DUE TO INJURIES SUSTAINED IN ACCIDENT. *SLC
THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SEVERE ENGINE VIBRATION/SHAKING AT IDLE, SUBSTANTIAL VIBRATION AT 1400 RPM, VIBRATION THRU STEERING WHEEL, FLOORBOARDS AND SEAT, THERE IS ALSO A GRINDING SENSATION AT 65 MPH AND A BOOMING SOUND AT 70 MPH, THIS IMBALANCE IS CAUSING WEAR OF OTHER COMPONENTS. NLM
STEERING GEAR BOX DEFECTIVE/UNSAFE..SEAT BELT RETRACTOR DEFECTIVE UNSAFE...EVAPORATIVE CANISTER DEFECTIVE PER FEDERAL EMMISSIONS LAWS. *AK
THE TENSIONING CLIP FOR THE REAR AND PASSENGER SIDE SEATBELTS HAS FAILED TWICE SINCE PURCHASE. THESE CLIPS ARE MADE OF HARD PLASTIC AND HAVE SRINGS INSIDE TO PROVIDE TENSION TO KEEP BELT FROM SLIPPING. THE CLIPS ARE MANUFACTURED IN TWO PIECES AND SNAP TOGETHER. I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THESE CLIPS WOULD HOLD UP IN A CRASH AND WOULD FAIL, ALLOWING PASSENGER AND CAR SEATS TO MOVE FOWARD.*AK
SEAT BELT WOULDN'T RETRACT. *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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