# 2004 DODGE RAM 1500 — AIR BAGS
> NHTSA complaint `847050` · 2011-03-15 · Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** DODGE
- **Model:** RAM 1500
- **Year:** 2004
- **Manufacturer:** Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
- **Component:** AIR BAGS
- **Miles at failure:** 102,000
- **Speed:** 40 mph
## Narrative
I WAS TRAVELING NORTH ON HIGHWAY 47 FOLLOWING A VAN AND SOME OTHER VEHICLES WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN EVERYONE LOCKED UP AND BY THE TIME I SAW THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME HIT THE BRAKES I SLAMMED ON MY BRAKES AND SLID INTO HIM DAMAGING HIS REAR PANEL DOORS AND THE FRONT END OF MY TRUCK. NO AIRBAG DEPLOYED EITHER ON THE DRIVER OR PASSENGER SIDE OF THE TRUCK THAT I WAS DRIVING. IT WAS RAINING AT THE TIME AND THE ROADS WERE SATURATED SO STOPPING ABRUPTLY WAS OUT OF THE QUESTION STILL I TRIED, NO ONE WAS INJURED IN THE CRASH HOWEVER THE VERY NEXT DAY I EXPERIENCED THIS VERY SEVERE NOSE BLEED THAT LASTED ABOUT 15-20 NON STOP WHEN IT FINALLY SLOWED TO A TRICKLE I WENT TO THE NEARBY HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM. WE WERE TRAVELING ABOUT 40-45 MPH WHEN THE CRASH OCCURRED AND I'M CURIOUS AS TO WHY THE BAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY.  *TR
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