1998 Dodge RAM

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES ON WET PAVEMENT/GRAVEL/SNOW OR ICE, ANTI-LOCK BRAKES LOCKED UP AND VEHICLE KEPT MOVING WITHOUT STOPPING. DRIVER WAS INVOLVED IN A REAR END CRASH BECAUSE OF THE BRAKES. THE PROBLEM WAS REPORTED TO THE DEALERSHIP. DEALER TRIED TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM NUMEROUS TIMES. HOWEVER, PROBLEM CONTINUES TO EXIST. *AK.ET.

HORN SENSOR WAS DIFFICULT TO LOCATE IN AN EMERGENCY. IT CAUSED A COLLISION IN WHICH SOMEONE WAS KILLED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING,THE CONSUMER TRIED TO AVOID ANOTHER VEHICLE THAT WAS COMING INSIDE OF THE LANE. WHEN THE CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES, THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND HIT A GUARD RAIL AND FLIPPED INTO A DITCH. BOTH AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED HEAD INJURIES. THE DRIVER WENT TO THE HOSPITAL ON HIS OWN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND TOTALED BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB

ANOTHER VEHICLE TURNED IN FRONT OF CONSUMER'S VEHICLE AND IT WAS T-BONED BY CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WHICH WAS TRAVELING 45-50 MPH. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. DRIVER SUSTAINED SOME SOFT TISSUE INJURIES TO THE BACK. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, DUAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, AND PASSENGER SUSTAINED LOWER ARM INJURIES. *AK

THE CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED AND RAN A STOP SIGN. *AK THE VEHICLE COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE ON THE SIDE AND REPEATEDLY FLIPPED OVER. THE PICKUP SEPARATED FROM THE FRAME AND BOTH LANDED IN SEPARATE DIRECTIONS. THE PASSENGER WAS EJECTED FROM THE VEHICLE. NEITHER DRIVER OR PASSENGER WERE WEARING SEAT BELTS. BOTH SUSTAINED INJURIES. *PH *JB

HAVING TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE. BRAKES WORKED ONE MINUTE AND THE NEXT TIME TOTAL FAILURE. IN 2001 POWER STEERING PUMP AND GEAR BOX WERE REPLACED DUE TO TOTAL FAILURE.

WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH INVOLVED IN A SIDE COLLISION, VEHICLE TURNED COUPLE TIMES WITHOUT WARNING. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, DRIVER AND PASSENGER SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES.*AK

WHILE STOPPING AT TRAFFIC LIGHT WAS REARENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE CAUSING A CHAIN REACTION COLLISION, AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. 2 PASSENGERS AND DRIVER WERE INJURED. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK

VEHICLE HIT A TREE AT 35 MPH, AND NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED, DRIVER AND PASSENGER HIT THEIR HEADS ON THE WINDSHIELD. *AK *YD

CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS HIT THE REAR BY ANOTHER VEHICLE WHICH SPUN CONSUMER'S VEHICLE OUT OF CONTROL, HITTING A CONCRETE WALL. CONSUMER STATED SEAT BELTS DID NOT LOCK, AND AIR BAGS DIDNOT DEPLOY, RESULTING IN INJURIES. *AK

CONSUMER WAS HIT IN THE REAR BY ANOTHER VEHICLE WHICH SPUN CONSUMER'S VEHICLE OUT OF CONTROL, HITTING A CONCRETE WALL. AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKS DIDNOT UNLOCK, AND DOME LIGHT DI DNOT COME ON. *AK

30MPH, HEADON CRASH INTO STEEL STATIONARY POLE, NEITHER DRIVER NOR PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. DRIVER SUSTAINED HEAD/ NECK BACK/ ARM AND KNEE INJURIES. POLICE NOTED NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED AND INSTRUCTED US TO CONTACT THE MANUFACTURE. BOTH PARAMEDICS AND FIREFIGHTERS NOTED FAILURE OF AIRBAGS AND SAID DRIVER WOULD NOT HAVE SUSTAINED HIS HEAD INJURY HAD THEY DEPLOYED. CONTACT WITH CHRYSLER DODGE; THEY SENT REP TO CHECK TRUCK. TWO WEEKS LATER CHRYSLER DODGE SENT US A LETTER STATING THE AIR BAGS FUNCTIONED AS THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO, THAT THEY WERE IN FUNCTIONING ORDER THAT THEIR WAS NO FAILURE ON THEIR PRODUCTS (TRUCK) PART. A LOCAL DODGE DEALER, SALES MANAGER TOLD ME ON THE PHONE THAT DODGE PU AIRBAGS SHOULD DEPLOY AT "10 MPH" IN A HEADON CRASH, STATIONARY OBJECT. HE ALSO STATED AFTER DETAILS OF THE ACCIDENT WERE GIVEN TO HIM, "THAT NEVER SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED" (THAT THE AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY). PLEASE HELP US, CHRYSLER DODGE IS TAKING NO RESPONSIBILITY. THANK YOU. *AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AT ABOUT 30MPH. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, RESULTING IN MINOR INJURY. *AK *JB

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 45-50 MPH, CONSUMER HAD FRONT CRASH. BUT TO RIGHT SIDE, BUMPER WAS PUSHED COMPLETELY BACK. CONSUMER HIT HIS HEAD ON STEERING WHEEL, 16 STITCHES. NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. *AK

AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY WHEN VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT, TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH. *AK THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED SEVERE FRONT END DAMAGE, THE IMPACT WAS SO SEVERE THAT IT CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO TURN 140 DEGREES ALMOST ROLLING ON THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW, CONSUMER WAS INJURED IN ACCIDENT. *JB

VEHICLE WAS INVOLDED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION . UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, RESULTING IN MINOR INJURIES.*AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES THEY LOCKED UP, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, CAUSING A COLLISION. MINOR INJURIES SUSTAINED.*AK *SLC

WE PURCHASED A 1998 DODGE CONVERSION VAN AS OUR FAMILY VEHICLE. ON SEPT 21,2000 MY WIFE LOADED OUR CHILDREN, AGES 7,6, & 2, INTO THE VEHICLE. SHE THEN WENT & LOCKED THE HOUSE DOOR. OUR 2 YEAR OLD GOT OUT OF HER CAR SEAT, WENT TO THE FRONT OF THE VAN, & PULLED DOWN ON THE GEAR SHIFT PULLING IT INTO GEAR. THE VEHICLE ROLLED OVER A 3 FOOT WALL, DOWN A STEEP HILL, THROUGH A 2 FOOT DITCH, AND THEN STRUCK A TELEPHONE POLE. THANK GOODNESS NO ONE WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED, BUT THIS CONDITION COULD HAVE TRAGIC. I OWN AN INSURANCE AGENCY SO I STARTED TO CHECK AROUND TO SEE IF THIS WAS A DEFECT THAT THE VEHICLE COULD BE PUT INTO GEAR WITHOUT FIRST APPLYING THE BRAKE. WHAT I FOUND OUT WAS SHOCKING, I WAS INFORMED BY THE DODGE DEALER THAT THIS SAFETY FEATURE WAS AN OPTION ON THIS VEHICLE, WHICH I WAS NOT INFORMED OF AT TIME OF PURCHASE , THIS IS LUDICROUS!!! IN MY RESEARCH I HAVE YET TO FIND A PRIVATE PASSENGER VEHICLE THAT IS NOT EQUIPPED WITH THIS SAFETY FEATURE AND TO DECLARE IT AN OPTION ON A FAMILY USE VEHICLE IS IRRESPONSIBLE. THANK GOODNESS THE LORD WAS LOOKING OVER MY FAMILY THAT DAY, BUT WHAT ABOUT THE NEXT FAMILY. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS SITUATION, SO NO FAMILY HAS TO NEEDLESSLY ENDURE A TRAGEDY.*AK

SOUTHBOUND MUSTANG LOST CONTROL ON WET STREET, SPUN INTO OPPOSITE LANE OF TRAFFIC. NORTHBOUND DODGE RAM TRUCK T-BONED OUT OF CONTROL MUSTANG AT 50 MPH. BOTH DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS OF DODGE TRUCK FAILED TO DEPLOY. BELTED DODGE RAM TRUCK DRIVER BROKE RIGHT LEG AND KNEECAP. *AK