Owner-reported complaints naming the airbag system, filed with NHTSA
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Airbags reportsComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
10
Latest Jun 22, 2004
Share of all reportsThis category as a share of every owner report on file for this model year. One report can name more than one component, so the categories overlap.
4%
of 251 total
Crash or fire reportedReports in this category whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. The reporter's own answer on the NHTSA form, not a verified finding.
10
Injuries or deaths reportedTotals the submitters entered on their own reports in this category. Not verified by NHTSA and not a casualty statistic.
12
What this page shows
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 Stratus submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 10 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.
Owner reports naming airbag
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
Airbags
Filed Jun 22, 2004
Crash reportedFire reported2 deaths reported
VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH. UPON IMPACT, THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. DRIVER AND PASSENGER WERE BOTH KILLED, AND VEHICLE BURNED. *AK ACCORDING TO THE POLICE REPORT SEATBELT USAGE WAS NOT DETERMINED. MOST LIKELY THE DRIVER WAS NOT BELTED BECAUSE HE WAS PULLED FROM THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO THE FIRE. IMPACT SPEED WAS APPROXIMATELY 60-65 MPH. CW
NHTSA ID
10079676
Incident
Feb 8, 2004
Mileage
70,000 mi
Airbags
Filed May 11, 2004
Crash reported1 injury reported
WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION. THE DUAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED SEVERE HEAD INJURIES. *NM *LA
NHTSA ID
10065564
Incident
Apr 4, 2004
Mileage
11,400 mi
Airbags
Filed Feb 12, 2003
Crash reported1 injury reported
REAR ENDED A TRUCK WHERE THE FRONT END OF THE STRATUS WENT UNDER THE TRUCK'S BUMPER. POINT OF IMPACT WAS JUST UNDER WHERE THE HOOD LATCHES CAUSING THE HOOD TO BUCKLE UP, DOING DAMAGE TO BOTH FRONT QUARTER PANELS, BROKE RADIATOR AND PUSHED IT BACK INTO THE ENGINE, BROKE AIR COMPRESSOR, BOTH HEAD LIGHTS, AND CAUSED 'CRACKING' IN THE WINDSHIELD. NOT SURE OF SPEED AT TIME OF IMPACT BUT SPEED OF CAR BEFORE IMPACT WAS AROUND 45 MPH, DRIVER HIT BRAKES HARD BUT NOT ENOUGH DISTANCE TO STOP - THERE WERE SKID MARKS ABOUT 2 FEET IN LENGTH. AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY!
NHTSA ID
10005743
Incident
Feb 7, 2003
Airbags
Filed Jan 22, 2003
Crash reported1 injury reported
CONSUMER WAS IN A ACCIDENT AND THE AIR BAGS DIDN'T UPON COLLISION. TS
NHTSA ID
10004389
Incident
Jan 17, 2003
Airbags
Filed Jan 10, 2003
Crash reported1 injury reported
NAR 1/29/2003. THE CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION WHICH CAUSED $6000.00 IN DAMAGES AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONSUMER RECEIVED INJURIES WHICH REQUIRED EXTENSIVE MEDICAL TREATMENT. *JB
NHTSA ID
10006052
Incident
Jan 1, 2003
Airbags
Filed Dec 21, 2001
Crash reported
WHILE COMING TO A STOP, AND THEN PROCEEDING TO TAKE OFF AT ABOUT 25 MPH ANOTHER CAR CAME FROM AROUND THE CORNER, AND CONSUMER'S VEHICLE HIT THE OTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, NONE OF FRONT AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFOMATION.*AK
NHTSA ID
8001036
Incident
Dec 15, 2001
Airbags
Filed Feb 17, 2000
Crash reported1 injury reported
WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH DRIVER REARENDED A TRUCK ,DUAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING SERIOUS INJURIES. MANUFACTURER CLAIMED AIRBAGS WERE NOT DEECTIVE.PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
NHTSA ID
857100
Incident
Jan 10, 2000
Airbags
Filed Jan 19, 2000
Crash reported5 injuries reported
WHILE DRIVING 50MPH NOTICED COW IN ROAD, SLAMMED ON BRAKES TO AVOID HITTING COW, BUT HIT THE COW. UPON IMPACT WITH THE COW, NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. ENTIRE RIGHT FRONT WAS DAMAGED. THE WINDSHIELD WAS BROKEN. VEHICLE WAS DECLARED TOTALLED BY INSURANCE COMPANY. FIVE INDIVIDUALS RECEIVED EMERGENCY ROOM TREATMENT DUE TO ACCIDENT. *AK
NHTSA ID
855117
Incident
Nov 11, 1999
Airbags
Filed Mar 25, 1999
CONSUMERS DEALER HAVING PROBLEM FINDING ON/OFF SWITCH KIT TO PERFORM AIR BAG ON/OFF SWITCH REPAIR.
NHTSA ID
544655
Airbags
Filed Feb 16, 1999
Crash reported
WHILE DRIVING AT 30 TO 40 TO 45 MPH HIT A DITCH, DRIVER'S SIDE AND THE PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. *AK
NHTSA ID
834846
Incident
Feb 1, 1999
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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