# 2005 DODGE RAM 1500 — AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
> NHTSA complaint `549074` · 2005-08-11 · Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** DODGE
- **Model:** RAM 1500
- **Year:** 2005
- **Manufacturer:** Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
- **Component:** AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
- **Miles at failure:** 9,275
- **Speed:** 30 mph
## Narrative
DT:  THE CONSUMER'S SON WAS DRIVING WHEN VEHICLE SWERVED TO MISS A DEER AND IT TIPPED OVER INTO A DITCH WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH. UPON IMPACT,  THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY.  THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHUT OFF UNTIL IT WAS PUT INTO  PARK. THE  CONSUMER DROVE THE VEHICLE BACK HOME. LATER IT WAS TAKEN TO A BODY SHOP, WHICH DID NOT HAVE DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT.  THEY SAID THAT THERE WAS HARDLY ANY TRANSMISSION FLUID.  OIL  LEAKED THROUGH  TRANSMISSION TUBE  UNDER THE HOOD.   THE MANUFACTURER STATED  THAT AIR BAGS  WILL DEPLOY WHEN DRIVING FORWARD.   HE TOLD THEM THAT ACCORDING TO THE VEHICLES COMPUTERS IT DID NOT SHOW IT HAD BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT.  THE FRAME WAS DENTED, AND THERE WAS AN INJURY.  *AK
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