general problems of the 2008 Dodge Caliber

The contact owns a 2008 Dodge Caliber. The contact stated that the horn malfunctioned. The vehicle was taken to the dealer. The technician diagnosed that the air bag was defective causing the horn to malfunction. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was 44,500.

My daughter was involved in a front to rear collision where she rear ended a stationary vehicle square on at 40mph. None of her airbags in any part of the car deployed at 40mph. Complete failure of the system. Car was never tampered with, nor had it ever had a deployment or accident prior to this.

It w approximately 9:20 am on may 12, 2014 when I was returning home from my sons home in rochester, NY to livonia, mi. I was driving on the freeway and all of a sudden my left drivers side back wheel it the gravel in the far left lane nearest to the guard rail. I turned my wheel and when I did the car started to spin hit the guard rail head on and spun again and I went head on into a ditch and totaled my whole front end and my injuries were devastating. My entire air bag system did not implode. My family in NY took all pictures from where the car was towed. Not one thing was broken in my interior none of the airbags went off and even the state police and witnesses and ems stated to my family they didn't know how I didn't go through the windshield by the grace of god. I fractured my back and have lost l2 & l3 in my spine with a lumber fusion from l5 to l12. The spinal surgeon who says I wouldn't have had this severe of a back injury and head injury, OH yes my head injury. I hit my head so severe I was in the pysch ward for 4 days before they could do my back surgery. My time in buffalo was so awful. I didn't know anyone I thought I was kidnapped by patty hearst and the siberan liberation army and I was being held captive. I was given a CT scan and one month ago as my memory and speech has began to get worse along with my permanent walking and defective spine. I am encouraged by my spine doctor and medical doctor to seek advice on this problem of the air bags not imploding. They all from buffalo to here in mi have said the air bags were the reason I have these injuries. I am alive today by the grace of god and my seat belt! please for the other people who have this small vehicle check out the air bags and let us know what is the reason they didn't implode. I have pictures of the entire vehicle inside and out and would be greatly apprecievetive of your help. God bless.

I was going home one evening when I swerved to miss a deer and I went off a little ditch and hit a tree. None of my air bags deployed. I was flown to the hospital. I had shattered my shoulder, broke my hip, ankle, and 7 of my ribs. I was bed bound and wheel chair bound for 3 months and could not walk at all. It was very devastating. I was in very good health but not now. I did have to learn to walk again but I did it. I do have to live with some limitations now. Very disappointed that none of my air bags deployed.

Sitting on I-10 stopped when a tractor trailer rear ended me. His speed was 40 miles per and no airbags deployed. The front air bags should have helped me from getting my face cut and prevented my injury. I wish the bags would have worked. We just had the car checked out at the Dodge dealer a few months prior. The driver front bag burning me would have been better then the blunt force to my face.