1998 DODGE INTREPID Air Bags Problems

MY WIFE HIT A TREE HEAD-ON GOING APPROX. 30 MPH. SHE SUFFERED INJURIES TO HER FACE, NECK, BACK, WRIST AND KNEE. AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. CONTACTED CHRYSLER, THEY PICKED-UP THE CAR AND PERFORMED DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION FROM THE COMPUTER AND SENT A LETTER STATING THE AIRBAG WAS NOT DEFECTIVE. I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THE AIRBAG WAS NOT DEFECTIVE AS THE IMPACT AND DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE IS SIGNIFICANT. *NM

Mileage: 76,000

AIR BAGS DEPLOYED UNEXPECTEDLY WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AT THE SHOP. CONSUMER WILL CONTACT MANUFACTURER.*AK

AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT COMES ON AND OFF WHEN DRIVING. THIS PROBLEM OCCURS INTERMITTENTLY. *AK THE CONSUMER FEELS THAT THE FAILURE IS CONSISTENT WITH A RECALL HE RECEIVED ON HIS 1999 DODGE CARAVAN. *NM

Mileage: 19,000

AIR BAG FAILURE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING DRIVER/PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAGS INADVERTENTLY DEPLOYED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

Mileage: 88,000

WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION BUT NONE OF THE AIR BAG DEPLOYED UPON IMPACT. AS A RESULT THE DRIVER SUSTAINED HEAD INJURIES. *NLM

Mileage: 67,000

VEHICLE WAS IN A MINOR COLLISION. HIT ANOTHER CAR IN REAR AT LESS THAN 15MPH. AIR BAGS DEPLOYED HITTING DRIVER. VERY LITTLE FRONT END DAMAGE. I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THE AIR BAGS SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED, AND I AM CONCERNED FOR OUR EMPLOYEES SAFETY. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME WE HAVE HAD AN INTREPID DEPLOY AIR BAGS AT UNDER 15MPH.

Mileage: 57,325

CONSUMER STATES THE AIR BAG LIGHT STAYS ON. *TT

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

WE WOULD LIKE TO FIND OUT WHY THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND PROTECT THE LOVED ONES. *AK

I RAN DIRECTLY INTO AN ABANDONED CAR THAT I DID NOT SEE (IT WAS DARK OUTSIDE). THE IMPACT TO THE OTHER CAR WAS STRONG BECAUSE MY DAUGHTER'S GLASSES FLEW OFF OF HER FACE. THE IMPACT WAS MAINLY ON THE RIGHT FRONT SIDE WHICH IF SHE DID NOT HAVE HER SEATBELT ON, COULD HAVE CAUSED HER TO HIT THE WINDSHIELD. WE WENT TO THE EMERGENCY SERVICE AT THE HOSPITAL AND I FOUND OUT AT THAT TIME THAT SHE HAD A PAIN IN HER NECK FOR A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME DIRECTLY AFTER THE ACCIDENT, BUT IT LEFT. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT WHY THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.*AK

IN TWO SEPARATE HEAD-ON COLLISIONS ON MAY AND NOVEMBER 2000 BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALERSHIP TO SEE IF VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN RECALL 98V049000, AND WAS INFORMED THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL DUE TO VIN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

VEHICLE WAS HIT HEAD-ON. UPON IMPACT AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, RESULTING IN INJURY. MANUFACTURER WILL BE NOTIFIED.*AK CONSUMER WAS INJURED IN ACCIDENT, THE INJURIES SUSTAINED MAY LAST THE REST OF HER LIFE. *SLC

HIT INTO BACK OF ANOTHER CAR GOING 35 MPH BRAKES FALIED AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

WHILE TRYING TO TURN LEFT, CONSUMER HIT ANOTHER DRIVER. UPON IMPACT, NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. FORNT OF THE CAR WAS DAMAGED REAL BADLY. *AK

NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG DURING ACCIDENT CAUSED LEFT WRIST INJURIES TO THE PASSENGER OF THE VEHICLE. NLM

COMING OUT OF DRIVEWAY DRIVER MADE A NORMAL STOP AND BRAKES COMPLETELY FAILE/D, VEHICLE LOST CONTROL , RESULTING IN A COLLISION. SEAT BELTS DID NOT TIGHTEN, AND DUAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK

THERE IS A LITTLE SHELF ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF INSTRUMENT PANEL, AND HAD A FEW COINS ON THAT SHELF. WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN, THE COINS FELL BEHIND THE STEERING COLUMN AND THE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON, INDICATING A PROBLEM WITH THE AIRBAG SYSTEM. AN HOUR LATER, THE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME OFF. DEALER SAID IF THE COINS DID FALL BEHIND THE COLUMN, AND ITWAS POSSIBLE THE AIRBAG MAY HAVE DEPLOYED IF THE COINS HIT A SENSOR. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

ACCORDING TO POLICE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING 40MPH WHEN SHE HAD A BLACKOUT AND REARENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S & PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. SEAT BELT WAS IN USE AT TIME. DRIVER WAS INJURED, RECEIVING CUTS ON HEAD & BRUISES. *AK

CONSUMER WAS DRINVING ON ROAD AT APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE TURNED IN FRONT, CAUSING CONSUMER TO HIT THE OTHER VEHICLE ON PASSENGER'S SIDE. AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN FRONT END COLLISION AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CONSUMER 'S WIFE RECEIVED SOME MINOR INJURIES. *AK

HEAD ON COLLISION WITH NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAGS.