NHTSA complaint: 2003 DODGE RAM 1500 — AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
DRIVING MY 2003 DODGE RAM 1500 4X4 A WOMAN PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF ME AND I T-BONED HER ON THE PASSENGER SIDE GOING 45 TOTALED OUT HER CAR MY AIR BAG NEVER WENT OFF AND THE SEAT BELT NEVER LOCKED CAUSING ME TO GO FORWARD IN TO THE STEERING WHEEL I BENT THE STEERING WHEEL WITH MY LEFT KNEE CALLED DODGE AND THEY SENT SOMEONE OUT TO LOOK AT IT BY THE TIME THEY FINALLY CAM OUT IT HAD BEEN 11 DAY FROM THE TIME I CALLED THEM SO THE BODY SHOP HAD ALREADY STARTED TO REPAIR MY TRUCK I RECEIVED A LETTER IN THE MAIL TODAY TELLING MY THAT "YOUR IMPACT WAS NOT SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH TO DEPLOY THE FRONT AIR BAGS" COME ON I WAS GOING 45 MPH HOW FAST WOULD I HAVE TO GO FOR THEM TO GO OFF. *TR
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation