Comments on: Dodge Airbag Failed to Deploy

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 00:18:18 +0000

My step daughter was involved in a major accident in Ca.
She fell asleep at the wheel and hit a tree at high speed.
It almost killed her. She was in a Dodge 2001 1500 4×4 where the drivers side airbag did not fully deploy. I told her not to buy a Dodge! Hopefully she learned that now!
There are enough complaints on this website alone that there should be some sort of Class action Lawsuit!
I do not want to re-live the details, but people need to be aware of this problem that is obviously is being swept under the carpet by Dodge!!!!

By: Jim

Jim — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 16:21:11 +0000

concrete retaining wall – vs – 1999 Ram 1500.. the truck lost. No airbag deployment. passenger side was turned off, but was hard enough hit to total front end of truck.. at least 30-35 mph, but hard to say exactly much had slowed down from 50mph as evasive manoevers were more important at the time than looking at the speedo. Steering column out-of-whack & doesnt shift properly which tells me of probable frame damage in addition to obvious bent radiator core support mounting point. I can fix most of it myself, although the cost may be more than I could buy another one for ( we’d just switched to liability-only ) but more unnerving is the fact that the bag didnt deploy… I’m still very sore, and we have several identical trucks that I no longer feel very secure in. If I still worked for Dodge/Dodge Dealers as I did most of my life.. I’d seriously be making like miserable for somebody at this point. To see the extent of this problem is pretty disgusting and between it, and the epidemic problems with the dash assemblies falling apart on these trucks (creating another huge safety issue) they SHOULD be accountable. Where’s that worthless “Doctor Z” when ya need him ? I dont know if this is the result, but I think it was unanimous that things were going downhill when Bob Eaton got stupid and made a “merger” with Daimler… but the rest of my comments regarding the last dozen years’ safety concerns are basically unprintable in a public forum.

By: Nick

Nick — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 23:59:03 +0000

I was driving a 2005 dodge ram 1500 night runner edition regular cabb 4×4 and I hit a guard rail at about 25-35 mph, the car was sent airborne landing on the driver side door then rolled twice down a hill and neither of my airbags deployed

By: rodney

rodney — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 19:09:13 +0000

just hit a tree in my 02 dakota 4×4 head on and the airbags DID NOT DEPLOY

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 09:21:25 +0000

I was just involved in a head on collision two days ago. due to the severe snow we have been having in the area. the other vehicle involved in the accident deployed its front airbags but my 04 dodge dakota did not. speed was minimal due to the weather but was still great enough to warrent airbags to deploy.

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:29:44 +0000

Just days before my husband deployed for again he was t-boned in our 6 week ownership Dodge Ram 1500 and the airbag did not deploy either and the wheel was completely broke off the axle. I was seriously worried that the airbags didnt’ deploy what if it had been an even worst wreck.. Aren’t they suppose to deploy? how is that safe?

By: darlene

darlene — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:01:26 +0000

On Dec 20, 2009 I also slid and hit a tree head on. We drive a 2007 Dodge Ram 1500 4×4. The driver air bag DID NOT deploy. I fractured several bones in my face, ribs and fractured vertebraes in my back that required immediate surgery. My recovered is expected to take 6 weeks. The truck was totalled by the insurance company. We are having a Chrysler Rep come in to see the vehicle and try to figure out why the air bag did not deploy. This is a very seriours defect and needs to be addressed soon, so no one else is hurt because of this defect.

By: John

John — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 03:25:10 +0000

My wife was struck by a 06 camry traveling 50 miles an hour head on into our 08 dodge ram 1500 4×4 and the air bags did not deploy. This can’t be correct.

By: Richard

Richard — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:31:41 +0000

I just had a collision at 25mph into a parked car. I have a 2007 Dodge Ram 2500 and airbag failed to deploy on it.

By: p

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 18:22:44 +0000

My fiancee and I were just involved in front-end crash.
My 2005 Dodge Dakota Quad-cab’s air-bags did deploy on either side.
Have their been any other Dakota’s with this problem?