This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
At 25mph vehicle crashed, upon impact, airbags did not deploy. Cause unknown. Dealer notified. The sudden impact caused consumer to hit the steering wheel causing contusions to sternum and breast. The seatbelt did not lock. Consumer was to the left side of the steering wheel in between the door and steering wheel.
Vehicle was hit head on while driving 50 mph, and neither airbag deployed. Consumer hit his head on steering wheel and suffered knee/ neck, and back injuries. Damage to vehicle unknown at this time.
Vehicle was hit from left side pushing vehicle into concrete barrier head-on and air bags did not deploy. Both driver and passenger sustained some injuries. Consumer received a letter from Chrysler stating that air bags did not deploy because vehicle never reached the level of deceleration requied to activate deployment.
On 1/16/02 at 10:00 pm the 2002 Dodge Ram pickup that my wife was driving collided with a Jeep Grand Cherokee at a intersection. My wife was traveling at a speed approximately 55 to 60 mph on us 13. The Jeep Grand Cherokee made a left turn infront of my wife at the intersection. The left front end corner of my wifes pickup truck struck the front end of the Jeep. My wifes truck then drifted to the right and went over the curve. The Jeep spunned around from the forceful impact. The front left corner of my wifes truck was destroyed, left front tire was twisted, left side of the engine was smashed in, left corner bumper was bent to the ground, front grill was destroyed, hood, roof, left door were all pushed in but none of the airbags deployed.
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- Houston, TX, USA