2000 DODGE RAM Air Bags Problems

DT: THE CALLER'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A ROLLOVER ACCIDENT WHILE GOING 45 MPH. THE VEHICLE HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD. WHEN THE CALLER LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE HE OVERCORRECTED AND ROLLED OVER. UPON IMPACT, BOTH DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CALLER WAS SLIGHTLY INJURED. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE NOT BEEN CONTACTED YET. *AK

Mileage: 73,000

DT: THE CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AND THE AIR BAG ON DRIVER'S SIDE DID NOT DEPLOY. SHE WAS GOING ABOUT 20 MPH AND HIT A TELEPHONE POLE. THE CALLER SAID THE AIR BAGS WERE WORKING. THE CALLER WAS INJURED WHEN SHE HIT THE STEERING WHEEL. POLICE WERE CALLED AND A REPORT WAS TAKEN. . DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE NOT BEEN CONTACTED YET. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED.*AK

Mileage: 194,000

WHILE DRIVING AT40 MPH ANOTHER VEHICLE T-BONED CONSUMER'S VEHICLE OON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER SUSTAINED NECK INJURIES, AND WAS TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE TO THE HOSPITAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. *AK

DRIVER'S AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY, AND SEAT BELT CAME LOOSE IN CRASH. *AK

CONSUMER 'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE IN REAR AT 35MPH. UPON IMPACT, NEITHER DRIVER'S OR PASSENGER'S AIR BAG DEPLOYED.*AK *SLC

WHILE DRIVING AT 50MPH VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN REAR END COLLISON AND NONE OF AIR BAGS DEPLOYED.*AK.*JB

WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH, CONSUMER WAS IN AN ACCIDENT AND RAN INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE, BUT NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED.*AK *YH

VEHICLE HIT A LAMP POST AT 20 MPH, NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED, CONSUMER HIT HEAD ON WINDSHIELD.*AK

WE RECEIVED A LETTER STATING THAT WE WERE NOT GOING FAST ENOUGH FOR AIR BAGS TO DEPLOY. OUR SPEED WAS 65 MILES PER HOUR . ACCORDING TO THE SKID MARKS AND BASED ON THE REPORT FROM THE MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY PATROL AND THE MISSISSIPPI SHERIFF.*AK

ON 08-21-01 OUR TRUCK WAS IN FOR REPAIRS TO THE STEERING COLUMN. AT THAT TIME WE ASKED THE SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE IF THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG AND THEY SAID NO. I SAW ON THE NEWS ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE 2000 DODGE RAM QUAD CAB. THE ABS DID NOT WORK BECAUSE WE SLID ABOUT 70 TO 100 FEET. WE DID GO TO THE PLACE THE TRUCK WAS PURCHASED AND TOLD THEM THAT THE AIR BAGS NOR DID THE ABS WORK THEY HAD NO COMMENT. I WANT SOMEONE TO INVESTIGATE AND FIND OUT IF THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT OR THE MANUFACTURER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE THINGS NOT WORKING. *AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AT 35MPH. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, RESULTING IN MINOR INJURIES. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE.*AK

IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION AT 65 MPH, THE DRIVER SIDE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THIS NON-DEPLOYMENT AND RESPONDED, IN PART, THAT IMPACT WAS NOT SUFFICIENT ENOUGH TO CAUSE AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT AND THAT BY NOT DEPLOYING, THE MANUFACTURER FEELS THE VEHICLE RESPONDED PROPERLY IN THIS PARTICULAR ACCIDENT. IT SEEMS THAT IN AN ACCIDENT AT THIS HIGH SPEED, THE AIRBAGS SHOULD DEPLOY AND IF THIS ISN'T SUFFICIENT ENOUGH SPEED FOR THE MANUFACTURER, WHY DO THEY INSTALL THE BAGS IN THE FIRST PLACE AND MAKE THE AIR BAG SAFETY FEATURE A BIG PART OF THE BASIS FOR CONSUMERS BUYING A VEHICLE.

CONSUMER WAS GOING 35-40MPH AND HIT OTHER VEHICLE BROADSIDE. MASSIVE FRONT END DAMAGE.STEERING WHEEL HAD TO BE LIFTED FOR CONSUMER GET OUT OF VEHICLE. FRONT AIRBAGS GAVE NO SIGNS OF TRYING TO DEPLOY. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. DODGE SENT OUT AN INDEPENDENT INSPECTOR TO BODY SHOP. CONSUMER HASN'T GOTTEN A REASON FROM ANYONE WHY AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. *AK

CONSUMER WA SREAR ENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE AT 30 MPH IN WHICH NEITHER DRIVER'S SIDE NOR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

I WAS TRAVELING AROUND 30MPH. CAME UP ON STOP SIGN ROAD TURNED TO ICE COUD NOT STOP HIT ENBANKMENT HEAD ON SHOULDER STRAP DID NOT CATCH FACE HIT WINDSHIELD CRACKED NOSE IN TWO PLACES.IF AIR BAGS WOULD HAVE DEPLOYED INJURIES WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN SO BAD !!!*AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 50MPH ON HIGHWAY AND WAS GOING EAST, AND SECOND VEHICLE WAS GOING SOUTH. ALSO, CONSUMER'S VEHICLE RAN THE STOP SIGN, AND HIT OTHER VEHICLE ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. DEALERSHIP WILL BE NOTIFIED.*AK

NON DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER AIR BAG. *AK

DRIVER AIRBAG DID NOT INFLATE WHEN THE VEHICLE WRECKED

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION WITH A CHEVORLET CAPRICE 1984 AT A 45 MPH IMPACT IN WHICH BOTH AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER/MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AT 60 MPH, AND AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED.*AK

WHILE RAINING CONSUMER FELL A SLEEP AT THE WHEEL AND HIT A TELEPHONE POLE. THEN HIT AN ENBANKMENT AND LANDED IN THE WATER. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY, RESULTING IN INJURIES. *AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION, AND THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, RESULTING IN MINOR INJURIES. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH HAD A DIRECT FRONTAL IMPACT, DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, WHICH DID NOT PROTECT THE OCCUPANTS IN THE CRASH. MANUFACTURER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE, AND AIRBAGS WOULD NOT DEPLOY BECAUSE VEHICLE DECELERATED. *AK