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 1996 Dodge Stratus submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 18 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
DT: 1996 DODGE STRATUS. THE CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH HIT A DEER AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONSUMER SUSTAINED WHIPLASH. THE PASSENGER FRONT, BY THE HEADLIGHT AND HOOD, ACTUALLY HIT THE DEER. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THIS OCCURRED ON JULY 24, 2005. A POLICE REPORT TAKEN. *AK
WHILE CONSUMER' S VEHICLE WAS STOPPED IN TRAFFIC ANOTHER VEHICLE COMING TOWARDS CONSUMER'S VEHICLE, GOING 100 MPH, LOST CONTROL AND HIT IT HEAD ON. UPON IMPACT, BOTH FRONT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
WHILE DRIVING AT SLOW SPEED PULLING INTO AN INTERSECTION INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE DRIVING AT 25 MPH. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.DRIVER SUSTAINED HEAD INJURIES. *AK
CONSUMER STATES THAT IN A FRONT END COLLISION AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. VEHICLE TOTALLED.*AK
WHILE DRIVING AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT WILL INTERMITTENTLY ILLUMINATE, INDICATING A MALFUNCTION WITHIN THE SYSTEM, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
WHILE DRIVING AT 59 MPH CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH NEITHER DRIVER'S SIDE NOR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
CONSUMER REARENDED A PICKUP TRUCK AND FRONT AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. REAR BRAKES DIDN'T GRAB. FRONT END DIPPED DOWN. DEALER GAVE CONSUMER AN ESTIMATE FOR REPAIRS, AND THEY STATED THAT VEHICLE WAS HIT IN THE CENTER. VEHICLE HAD TO HIT AT AN ANGLE TO DEPLOY. *AK
CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH WHEN PULLING OUT FROM A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND REAR ENDED A PICK UP TRUCK. APPROXIMATELY $5000+ DAMAGE DONE TO FRONT END OF VEHICLE. ALSO, DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY.*AK CONSUMER STATES REAR BRAKES DID NOT SEEM TO WORK. *JB
AN ACCIDENT INVOLVING CONSUMER'S WIFE WHO WAS DRIVING VEHICLE. A VEHICLE CROSSED IN FRONT OF CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WHILE SHE WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH. DRIVER'S AIRBAG FAILED TO DEPLOY WHEN ACCIDENT OCCURRED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK
I WAS GOING 60 MPH WHEN I HIT A DEER IT SMASHED THE THE FRONT END OF MY CAR AND MY AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
WHILE TRAVELING CONSUMER BLACKED OUT, HIT A TELPHONE POLE, AND AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK *ML
VEHICLE HIT A GUARDRAIL HEAD-ON AT ABOUT 45 TO 50MPH, AND NEITHER DRIVER'S SIDE NOR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK
WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH HAD A DIRECT FRONTAL IMPACT IN WHICH THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, WHICH DID NOT PROTECT THE DRIVER IN THIS CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION AND VIN#. *AK
TRAVELING AT 20 MPH VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL IMPACT WHERE NEITHER AIRBAG, DRIVER'S OR PASSENGER'S, DEPLOYED. TWO SHOULDER INJURIES OCCURRED TO DRIVER AND PASSENGER. DEALER CONTACTED AND WAS NOT AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. EFFECTIVE CURRENT. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
WHILE DRIVING 55-60 MPH VEHICLE HIT A HORSE, AND THE AIRBAG S DID NOT DEPLOY. THE OWNER HAS BEEN TRYING TO REACH THE DEALER. *AK
DURING COLLISION NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG.
VIOLENT DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAGS CAUSED SWOLLEN WRIST/HAND, LACERATION TO EYE, BRUISES, AND SHORTNESS OF BREATH.
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAGS DURING ACCIDENT.
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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