1999 Dodge Ram 2500

SUBJECT VEHICLE HIT BLACK ICE AND SPUN OUT OF CONTROL INTO A LIGHT POLE STRIKING THE LEFT FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. SERIOUS INJURIES, DO TO AIRBAG FAILURE TO DEPLOY. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE RAM 2500. WHILE DECELERATING TO APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND IT EXTENDED TO THE FLOOR. THE BRAKE FAILURE LED HER TO CAUSE A THREE VEHICLE CRASH. THE CONTACT WAS INJURED AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. SHE NOTICED THAT BRAKE FLUID WAS LEAKING AFTER THE CRASH OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP AND THEY STATED THAT THE BRAKE LINES FAILED. THE VIN, ENGINE SIZE, AND NUMBER OF CYLINDERS WERE UNKNOWN. THE VEHICLE CURRENTLY REMAINS AT THE SHOP. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 80,000.

FUEL INJECTOR PUMP STOPPED WORKING AND FROM ALL OF INFORMATION I FOUND IT SEEMED TO ME IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RECALL. WE HAD A ACCIDENT IN 2005 FROM THE STALLING OF THE PUMP, AND WAS TOLD BY THE BODY SHOP IT WAS THE CAUSE OF THE WRECK. WE HAVE SPENT MONEY ON SENSORS TRYING TO REPAIR TO FINALLY BE TOLD THAT THE VP-44 CODE WAS THE FUEL INJECTOR PUMP, AND WILL NEED TO BE REPLACE AND THAT CERTAIN COMPANIES HAVE MADE A SPECIAL PART TO REPAIR THIS AND COULD PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING. WHY CAN'T DODGE REPAIR? DOES IT TAKE SOMEONE TO DIE JUST TO GET SOMETHING REPAIR RIGHT, WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE DURING THE MAKING OF THE PRODUCT? *TR

MY 17 YEAR OLD SON HAD AN ACCIDENT IN A 1999 DODGE 2500 RAM TRUCK AND THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. HE HIT SEVERAL TREES AND THE INSURANCE COMPANY HAS CONSIDERED THE TRUCK "NEFTR". WE CONTACTED DODGE CONCERNING THIS, THEY TOLD US THEY WOULD SEND A REPRESENTATIVE TO INSPECT THE TRUCK AND TELL US WHY THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. HIS SEAT BELT ALSO DID NOT WORK PROPERLY. WE HAVE SPOKEN WITH DODGE AGAIN AND THEY HAVE NO INTENTION OF SENDING ANYONE TO LOOK AT OUR TRUCK. WE ARE WONDERING IF THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER SUCH INCIDENTS CONCERNING AIRBAGS IN DODGES LARGER TRUCKS. WE ALSO WOULD LIKE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE LEVEL OF UNCONCERN OF THE PEOPLE WORKING AT DODGE. *JB

WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH, VEHICLE WAS IN A FRONTAL COLLISION , AND NONE OF THE AIRBAG DEPLOYED UPON IMPACT. THIS RESULTED IN SERIOUS INJURIES TO THE DRIVER.*JB

WHILE TRAVELING 15-20 MPH AND AS A RESULT OF AN ACCIDENT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AT ANY TIME, CAUSING INJURY TO PASSENGER. *AK BECAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT, THE HOOD, BUMPER, FRONT FENDER, RADIATOR, FAN THE HEAVY DUTY FRAME WERE DAMAGED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. *YH

CONSUMER REARENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE WITH 35 MPH IMPACT, AND DUAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING DRIVER TO HIT STEERING WHEEL, DRIVER SUSTAINED CHIN INJURY AND NEEDED 24 STICHES. NO PRIOR WARNING OF INOPERATIVE AIRBAGS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH ON A TWO WAY RURAL ROADWAY, A MINI-VAN DRIVING TOWARD ME MADE A LEFT HAND TURN IN FRONT OF ME AT 10-15 MPH (FAILURE TO YIELD). I HIT THE ABOVE MINI-VAN'S FRONT PASSENGER CORNER HEAD ON WITH THE FRONT OF MY TRUCK. AFTER THE IMPACT WITH THE MINI-VAN, MY TRUCK HIT AN ELECTRIC POLE WITH FRONT CENTER OF THE VEHICLE WHERE IT CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE MINI-VAN WAS THROWN 25 PACES IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION IN WHICH IT WAS TRAVELING. BOTH AIR BAGS DEPLOYED IN THE MINI-VAN AND DRIVER WAS NOT SERIOUSLY INJURED. MY SEAT BELTS SAVED ME FROM BEING THROWN FROM VEHICLE. MY FOREHEAD HIT THE TOP OF THE STEERING WHEEL. BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. I AM STILL TRYING TO OVERCOME HEAD INJURIES THAT RESULTED. PATROL OFFICER AT ACCIDENT SUGGESTED I CONTACT MANUFACTURER ON FAILURE OF AIRBAGS. I DID NOT FEEL CONCEARNED AT THE TIME DUE TO FEELING FORTUNATE THAT INJURIES COULD HAVE BEEN MORE SEVERE. AFTER A WEEK OR SO WENT BY I STILL HAD HEAD INJURIES RESULTING FROM STEERING WHEEL CONTACT AND CONTINUED MEDICAL ATTENTION. ONE WEEK LATER, A SIMILAR DODGE RAM TRUCK'S AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY IN A SIMILAR ACCIDENT. I CONTACTED MANUFACTURER AND THEY INSPECTED VEHICLE. THEIR INSPECTION RESULTED IN DETERMINING THE AIR BAG SHOULD NOT HAVE DEPLOYED IN THIS INSTANCE. BASED ON WITNESS' OBSERVATIONS OF THE ACCIDENT, I'M AM BEING TOLD TO PURSUE THIS ISSUE. AT THIS POINT IN TIME, IF MY HEAD INJURIES ARE CURED, I'M NOT PLANNING LEGAL ACTIONS AGAINST MANUFACTURER AND/OR DRIVER AT FAULT. SINCE THE ACCIDENT, I HAVE BEEN INFORMED OF TWO RECENT SIMILAR CASES INVOLING DODGE TRUCK'S AIR BAGS. I FEEL CONCEARNED ABOUT THE RELIABILITY OF THIER AIR BAG SYSTEMS IN FUTURE ACCIDENTS OF THIS NATURE. OFFICER AND WITNESS ACCIDENT REPORTS AND PHISICAL MARKINGS LEFT AT ACCIDENT SCENE REVEAL THE IMPACT POINT OF VEHICLES AND ELECTRIC POLE. *AK

THIS 1999 DODGE DAKOTA HAS DEVELOPED A VIOLENT SHAKING AFTER HITTING A BUMP IN THE ROAD. THE SHAKING OR WOBBLE LASTS FOR APPROXIMATELY 15 SECONDS UNTIL THE VEHICLE CAN BE SLOWED AND CONTROL REGAINED. THIS SEEMS TO BE RELATED TO DEATH WOBBLE TALKS. *TR

I WAS IN AN ACCIDENT IN A 1999 DODGE RAM 2500. THE TRUCK WAS SHADY TO BEGIN WITH. WE HIT A TREE HEAD ON AT ABOUT 40 M.P.H. AND THE AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. I WAS INJURED AND HAD TO BE RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL. WHEN WE BOUGHT THE TRUCK THE DEALER TOLD US THAT IT HAD NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT BUT SEVERAL MECHANICS TOLD ME THAT THE TRUCK SHOWED MANY SIGNS OF A PREVIOUS SERIOUS CRASH. IF THE AIRBAGS HAD WORKED PROPERLY I DON'T THINK THAT MY INJURIES WOULD BE AS SERIOUS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE RAM 2500. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE WHEEL DETACHED FROM THE WHEEL WELL. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO TWO OTHER VEHICLES, WHICH DAMAGED THE AXLES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP AND THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO A STRUCTURAL DEFECT. SHE ALSO SPOKE WITH THE MANUFACTURER AND THEY STATED THAT THEY WOULD ASSIST; HOWEVER, THE CONTACT HAS NOT HEARD FROM THEM SINCE THE INCIDENT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THERE WAS A DEFECT INVESTIGATION CASE NUMBER PE99069, BUT IT HAS BEEN CLOSED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 102,206.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE 35000. WHILE DRIVING 25MPH, THE CONTACT ENGAGED THE BRAKES AND CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE; HOWEVER, IT HASN'T BEEN DRIVEN SINCE THE CRASH. THE POLICE WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE CRASH. THERE WAS ALSO MINOR DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER HAS NOT DIAGNOSED THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED REFERENCE # 16187860 FROM THE MANUFACTURER.

VEHICLE PARKED. STARTED VEHICLE, TOOK IT OUT OF PARK AND IT LUNGED FORWARD CAUSING DAMAGE TO 5TH WHEEL TRAILER, PARK BENCH AND TRUCK STRUCK A TREE. CAUSED DAMAGE TO TIE ROD, BROKEN PITMAN ARM, FRONT BUMPER, HEADLIGHT, POSSIBLE FRAME DAMAGE AS WELL AS DAMAGE TO 5TH WHEEL TRAILER. THIS HAPPENED ON ONE PREVIOUS OCCASION, ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE DATE. VEHICLE ACCELERATED SUDDENLY WHILE BRAKING FOR A STOP LIGHT. VEHICLE WAS IMMEDIATELY TAKEN TO DEALER FOR INSPECTION, BUT THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG. *NM

MY PICKUP WAS PARKED WITH THE ENGINE OFF MY 18 MONTH OLD DAUGHTER CRAWLED IN THE PICKUP AND WAS ABLILE TO PUT PICKUP IN REVERSE WITH OUT PUSHING ON THE BRAKE AND THE PICKUP ROLLED DOWN A HILL CRASHING INTO A TRAILER WHILE MAY DAUGHTER IS BOUNCING AROUND INSIDE THE PICKUP COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH WORSE NO ONE WAS HURT JUST THE PICKUP AND TRAILER. *AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 25MPH WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE HIT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. VEHICLE WAS HIT FROM THE SIDE & SPUN AROUND, AND THEN HIT HEAD-ON. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS NEVER DEPLOYED. VEHICLE WAS BADLY DAMAGED IN THE FRONT. DEALER EXAMINED VEHICLE & FOUND NOTHING WRONG. *AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 40MPH AND VEHICLE REAR ENDED A PICKUP TRUCK. CONSUMER'S VEHICLE SKIDDED 44 FEET, AND AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. VEHICLE HAS REAR WHEEL ANTI-LOCK BRAKES. A MANUFACTURER'S INVESTIGATED FOUND AIRBAGS TO BE IN WORKING ORDER. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK, IT ROLLED AWAY CAUSING A CRASH. DEALER COULD NOT DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *YC *SLC

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH STEERING WENT OUT, CAUSING CONSUMER TO RUN INTO A TREE. ALSO, WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, THEY WERE HARD AND DIDN'T STOP THE VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, ENGINE SOPPED/ NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S AIR BAG UPON IMPACT. *AK

SHORTLY AFTER STARTING VEHICLE SMOKE AND FIRE CAME FROM UNDER THE HOOD ON DRIVER SIDE DUE TO MAINTENANCE FREE BATTERY WHICH HAD BLOWN UP. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK