2009 Dodge Ram 1500

Involved in an accident 2/09/26. Air bag did not deploy. Fractured sternum as a result.

TAKATA RECALL FRONT COLLISION WITH AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CUT OPEN MY HEAD AND GAVE ME CONCUSSION. TRUCK SLID OFF ROAD DUE TO WET ROAD AND CRASHED HEAD ON INTO TELEPHONE POLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO A PILLAR. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED HEAD AND LEG INJURIES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A TOWING LOT. THE TECHNICIAN HAD NOT DETERMINED IF THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000. *TT UPDATED 07/09/18*JB *TR

AIR BAG FAILURE--ON WEDNESDAY JULY 13 2016 THE VEHICLE (2009 DODGE RAM 1500) WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT END COLLISION WHILE TRAVELING ON A CITY OWNED ROAD. THE DRIVER WHO WAS THE ONLY PERSON IN THE VEHICLE LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE WHEN TAKING A SHARP RIGHT TURN ON A DIRT ROAD IN THE DARK. AS A RESULT THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A DITCH, COMPLETELY SMASHING IN THE FRONT END AND DAMAGED MOST OF THE REST OF THE TRUCK AS WELL. UPON IMPACT THE DRIVER'S AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES TO HIS ENTIRE UPPER BODY AS WELL AS SUFFERING FROM A CONCUSSION UPON IMPACT BECAUSE OF THE AIR BAG MALFUNCTION. HE REQUIRED EMERGENCY MEDICAL ATTENTION AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL BY AMBULANCE. WE HAVE MORE PICTURES INCLUDING PICTURES OF THE FRONT END OF THE TRUCK HOWEVER THE FILE IS TO BIG TO UPLOAD ON THIS REPORT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 (NA) DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 64 MPH DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER, THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE SWAYED FROM LEFT TO RIGHT. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE HYDROPLANED AND ROLLED MULTIPLE TIMES WITHOUT WARNING. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A NECK AND BACK INJURY THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED, BUT THE BODY WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V287000 (ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 29,900. ...UPDATED 09/28/15 *BF UPDATED 12/08/2017*CN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED UNKNOWN INJURIES, BUT NO MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS REQUIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 106,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE BRAKES FAILED. THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED AND TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD CAUSING THE CONTACT TO CRASH INTO THE REAR OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED OF THE INCIDENT. THE FRONT PASSENGER NEEDED STITCHES TO THE FOREHEAD WHICH REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 11,506. UPDATED 9/18/14*CN THE CONSUMER STATED SHE HIT HER HEAD ON THE WINDSHIELD CAUSING IT TO CRACK. THE FAILURE CAUSED A FOUR CAR PILE UP. THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A CONCUSSION AND SPLEEN DAMAGE. THE CONSUMER HAD HOME PHYSICAL THERAPY. UPDATED 2/11/2015 *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE SEATED ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE, HE ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED INDEPENDENTLY WHILE IN PARK. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS NOT INJURED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 109,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

AT APPROX 1PM ON JAN 22ND I WAS DRIVING NORTH ALONG A SECONDARY ROAD IN MY 2009 DODGE RAM 1500. I WAS TRAVELING AT APPROX 40 MPH WITH MY SEATBELT ON WHEN I BEGAN TO HEAR A WHISTLING NOISE FROM THE TRUCK. AS I SLOWED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT WAS, A LOUD BANG WAS HEARD AND THE TRUCK SPUN VIOLENTLY IN A COUNTERCLOCKWISE MOTION. AS IT DID, THE TRUCK WENT AIRBORNE AND CROSSED OVER THE SOUTHBOUND SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. IT CHROMED OFF THE BOTTOM OF SOME LOW HANGING TREE BRANCHES AND CAME TO A REST IN THE DITCH TO THE RIGHT OF THE SOUTHBOUND SIDE OF THE ROAD. INITIALLY I DID NOT FEEL ANY PAIN BUT CALLED FOR A TOW TRUCK. SHORTLY AFTERWARDS I BEGAN TO HAVE SOME SIGNIFICANT PAIN IN MY LEFT SHOULDER/NECK AND MY RIGHT RIBCAGE AREA. FIRE AND EMS WERE DISPATCHED AND ARRIVED APPROX 5-10 MINUTES LATER. I WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL ER, EVALUATED AND RELEASED WITH CRACKED CARTILAGE IN MY LOWER RIGHT RIBCAGE AREA. THE TRUCK WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL DODGE DEALER FOR EVALUATION. I WAS LATER INFORMED THAT THE REAR PINION NUT HAD COME OFF CAUSING THE GEAR TO COME INTO CONTACT WITH THE DRIVESHAFT, LOCKING UP THE LEFT REAR WHEEL. THERE WAS AN APPARENT RECALL FOR SIMILAR TRUCKS FROM JULY-SEPT 2009, HOWEVER MY TRUCK WAS PURCHASED IN MARCH 2009. SINCE THE ACCIDENT DODGE HAS RE-ISSUED THE RECALL TO INCLUDE MY TRUCK. I AM WRITING THIS COMPLAINT TO MAKE SURE THAT MY TRUCK IS INCLUDED IN WHATEVER ANALYSIS IS DONE AS A RESULT OF THIS DEFECT. *TR

THE EMERGENCY AND RUBBER BRAKE LINE GOING FROM THE FRONT TO THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE ON THE DRIVERS SIDE ACCUMULATED ENOUGH SNOW TO BREAK WHILE DRIVING. CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND INJURY. *TR

1 PERSON INJURED(DRIVER) IN DODGE RAM. HOWEVER 2 OTHER VEHICLES INVOLVED AND NOT SURE ABOUT THEIR INJURIES. I ACCIDENTLY REAR ENDED VEHICLE AHEAD OF ME WHICH CAUSED THAT VEHICLE TO REAR-END VEHICLE AHEAD OF IT. MY VEHICLE(DODGE RAM) WAS TOTALED. FRONTAL IMPACT OF DODGE WAS VERY SEVERE AND CAUSED ME(DRIVER) HEAD AND CERVICAL TRAUMA, RESULTING IN EMERGENCY ROOM VISIT AND REHAB THERAPIES. ALL AIRBAGS IN DODGE RAM FAILED TO DEPLOY AND DRIVER SEATBELT FAILED TO RETRACT/RESPOND RESULTING IN MY HEAD/NECK/SPINAL INJURY. I HAVE WRITTEN DODGE-CHRYSLER, THEY SAY THEY SENT SOMEONE TO INSPECT TRUCK AND SAY THEY ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE AIRBAG AND SEATBELT NOT WORKING. DODGE/CHRYSLER ALSO WRITE THE AIRBAG/SEATBELT WAS NOT SUPPOSE TO WORK DUE TO THE SPEED LIMIT (40MPH) DRIVEN AND DUE TO MORE OF A SIDE IMPACT THAN FRONTAL. HOWEVER, THE IMPACT WAS BOTH FRONTAL AND FRONT SIDE. (I HAVE PICTURES)

AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. SEATBELTS DID NOT RETRACT/WORK. WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL DRIVER SIDE COLLISION IN WHICH MY 2009 DODGE RAM 1500 WAS TOTALED. I RECEIVED HEAD TRAUMA INJURY PER AIRBAG AND SEATBELT NOT WORKING. CHRYSLER/DODGE DENYING ANY RESPONSIBILITY W/ THEIR DEFECTIVE PRODUCT. *TR

AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY/SEAT BELT DID NOT LOCK. I WAS THE ONLY PERSON IN MY VEHICLE. I ACCIDENTALLY REAR ENDED A CAR WHO HAD ABRUPTLY STOPPED IN TRAFFIC IN FRONT OF ME. SEVERE HEAVY DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE OF MY VEHICLE. MY DODGE WAS DECLARED A TOTAL LOSS. I SUFFERED SEVERE PAIN/INJURY TO MY HEAD AND NECK. ALL PERSONS INVOLVED IN MY AND THE OTHER VEHICLE HAD TO SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION. MY 2009 DODGE RAM WAS PURCHASED NEW OFF THE DODGE LOT IN 2009...UPDATED 10/20/11 *BF

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH IN RAINY WEATHER CONDITIONS THE ROAD SURFACE WAS BUMPY AND MUDDY. THERE WAS ALSO A LOUD POPPING NOISE OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO FISHTAIL AND SUDDENLY, THE TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM ACTIVATED. THE DRIVER APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL, FOLLOWED BY NO POWER RESPONSE. THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A DITCH. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED A BROKEN NOSE. THE POLICE AND AMBULANCE WERE CALLED TO THE SCENE. THE VEHICLE WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED AND TOWED TO A LOCAL COLLISION CENTER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 24,800. UPDATED 03/01/10. *LJ UPDATED 0513/10.8JB

DODGE RAM 1500 CREW CAB, V6 ENGINE. DIAL GEAR SHIFTER GOES OUT OF PARK WHILE STOPPED AND PLACED IN PARK. WILL MOVE FORWARD. I WAS STOPPED(STATIONARY), VEHICLE WAS IN PARK. ON A HIGHWAY AND THE VEHICLE MOVED FORWARD, THE STRIKING VEHICLE IN FRONT. POLICE REPORT COMPLETED, CASE #18-101657

ON JUNE 9,2018 AT APPROXIMATELY 10:20AM I ENTERED AND PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY. THE VEHICLE'S SHIFTER WAS PLACED INTO PARK AND THE ENGINE WAS SHUT OFF. I EXITED MY NOW PARKED VEHICLE AND WENT INSIDE AT 10:21. PRIOR TO EXITING THE VEHICLE THE VEHICLE SLIGHTLY ROCKS AND THE AND THE PARKING GEAR ENGAGES INDICATING THE VEHICLE IS IN PARK. MOMENTS LATER, 6 MINUTES AT 10:27AM JUNE 9, 2017 THE VEHICLE ROLLS BACKWARDS FROM A STATIONARY POSITION AND STRUCK THE BRICK MAILBOX AT THE END OF THE DRIVEWAY CAUSING UNREPAIRABLE DAMAGE TO THE MAILBOX. THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE TAILGATE BUMPER AND UNDERCARRIAGE. THE NEIGHBOR ACROSS THE STREET WAS OUTSIDE DURING THE INCIDENT AND WITNESSED THE EVENT AND NOTIFIED ME. THE HOME SECURITY CAMERA CAPTURED THE ABOVE DESCRIBED OF EVENTS. AFTER NOTIFYING FIAT CHRYSLER AUTOMOBILES I LEARNED OF A SAFETY RECALL NHTSA RECALL # 17V-821 THE BRAKE TRANSMISSION SHIFT INTERLOCK. THIS SAFETY RECALL MAY RESULT IN THE FOLLOWING: THE TRANSMISSION MAY BE SHIFTED OF THE PARK POSITION WITHOUT A KEY IN THE IGNITION OR A BRAKE PEDAL APPLICATION. THIS INCREASES THE POTENTIAL FOR AN UNINTENDED VEHICLE ROLLAWAY THAT MAY RESULT IN A VEHICLE CRASH OR INJURY WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. THIS IS WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED. THE FIAT CHRYSLER AUTOMOBILES INVESTIGATIONS STATED THEY WERE SORRY AND NOT RESPONSIBLE. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY ABSURD. ( THE VIDEOS ARE IN MP3 FORMAT AND I CAN EMAIL THEM BUT NOT ATTACH THEM TO THIS FORM)

THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN MY DRIVE WAY. I WAS IN THE HOUSE WITH THE KEYS IN MY POCKET. I INSTRUCTED MY CHILDREN TO GET IN THE TRUCK. AS THEY CLIMBED IN, ONE CHILD LOST HER BALANCE AND HIT THE GEAR SHIFT. THE GEAR SHIFT INTERLOCK FAILED, ALLOWING THE VEHICLE TO CHANGE GEARS FROM PARK TO NEUTRAL. THE TRUCK THEN PROCEEDED TO ROLL DOWN MY DRIVEWAY, WITH TWO OF MY KIDS IN THE CAB, AND MY THIRD CHILD HANGING ON THE DOOR BEING DRUG ACROSS THE GROUND. FORTUNATELY, NO ONE WAS INJURED, BUT MY TRUCK PLOWED THROUGH MY DITCH, DESTROYED MY MAILBOX CAUSING $7,800 DAMAGE TO THE TRUCK. I CONTACTED CHRYSLER, WHO PERFORMED A SPECIAL INVESTIGATION. HOWEVER, EVEN THOUGH THEY CONCLUDED THE GEAR SHIFT INTERLOCK DID INDEED FAIL, THEY REFUSED RESPONSIBILITY STATING THAT "MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE OWNER." I DID NOT KNOW THAT THE SHIFT INTERLOCK WAS FAILED. IN FACT, THE ENGINEER THAT DID THE INVESTIGATION STATED THAT IT EXHIBITED INTERMITTENT FAILURE. SO THERE WAS NO WAY FOR ME TO KNOW IT WAS FAILED UNTIL I EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. AFTER MY TRUCK ROLLED DOWN THE DRIVEWAY, I REALIZED SOMETHING HAD FAILED. FURTHERMORE, THE OWNER'S MANUAL DOES NOT SPECIFY ANY RECOMMENDED MAINTENANCE FOR THE SHIFT INTERLOCK. AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT, THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, BUT THE PARKING BRAKE WAS NOT SET.....UPDATED 06/21/17 *BF *TR

ON AUGUST 4 2015 I WAS DRIVING TO WORK DOING ABOUT 20-25 MPH ON A CLEAR SUNNY DAY WHEN MY TRUCK STARTED SHAKING CAUSING ME TO LOSE CONTROL. AS A RESULT MY TRUCK WAS HIT ON THE BACK RIGHT REAR. AFTER LOOKING AT THE CAR AT THE BODY SHOP I WAS NOTIFIED THAT THE AXEL SNAPPED IN HALF. THE VEHICLE IS A 2010 DODGE RAM PICKUP 1500

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE DRIVER SIDE OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED; HOWEVER, THE BODY DAMAGE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000. UPDATED 1/12/2016 *CN *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 (NA) DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO A POLE AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY INJURIES. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.