# 1994 DODGE RAM 1500 — AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER CLOCKSPRING/SPIRAL CASSETTE
> NHTSA complaint `1476945` · 2018-06-19 · Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** No
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** Yes
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** DODGE
- **Model:** RAM 1500
- **Year:** 1994
- **Manufacturer:** Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
- **Component:** AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER CLOCKSPRING/SPIRAL CASSETTE
- **Miles at failure:** 64,000
- **Speed:** 5 mph
## Narrative
TRAUMATIC INJURIES TO ARM AND ABDOMEN; FAINT SOUND BRIEFLY WAS NOTICEABLE FROM CLOCKSPRING AREA PRIOR TO AIRBAG EXPLOSION; VEHICLE MOVING AT 5 MPH, SLIGHTLY TURNING RIGHT; NEVER A COLLISION OR MAINTENANCE PERFORMED ON STEERING COLUMN; WITH AIRBAG REMOVED THE PARTICULAR SOUNDS ARE MUCH MORE PRONOUNCED.  THEREFORE, I SUSPECT  CLOCK SPRING MAY HAVE TRIGGERED EXPLOSION.  WIRE INSULATION APPEARS WORN AWAY.   I RECEIVED NO NOTICE OF THIS LIKELIHOOD OR POSSIBILITY OF FAILURE. ALLEGEDLY, SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS GROUP <CHRYSLERSI@FCAGROUP.COM> WILL PROPERLY LOOK INTO THIS.  I QUESTION WHETHER BREACH OF THE DUTY OF CARE, AND  HARM CAUSED BY THE BREACH HAS OCCURRED.  I NO LONGER FEEL RELATIVELY SAFE WITH DODGE RAM 1500 OR THAT CHRYSLER IS HONORING THEIR OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE A REASONABLY SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE DRIVER. *TT  *TR
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