Eight problems related to front air bag have been reported for the 2002 Dodge Dakota. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
I had noticed a crack in my dash one day after work and now there are several. The one that concerns me most, is the one on the passenger side over the air bag compartment. I keep my vehicle in very good shape so this problem is not due to neglect. The material used just seems to be very brittle and I am afraid if anything was to happen causing the passenger air bag to deploy, what is the brittle dash pieces are going to due to my passenger. I do believe this could lead to a serious injury to someone's face or eyes. As of now Chrysler seems to be saying that this is not a manufactures problem, I disagree, I also own a 97' Dodge ram truck that does not have this problem. Current vehicle is a 02' ram 1500.
Dashboard of truck has several severe cracks in it. Largest from windshield to glove box = where passenger airbag is located.
The contact owns a 2002 Dodge Dakota. The contact stated that the horn was inoperative. The dealer and the manufacturer stated that they were not liable for the damages because the vehicle was no longer under warranty. There were no recalls pertaining to the failure. In addition, the air bag on the driver's side was not working due to the horn failure. The failure mileage was 50,000 and current mileage was 74,000.
: the contact stated that the passenger side of the vehicle's dashboard developed a crack where the airbag is located. The vehicle was taken to the dealer on 06/26/06 who determined that the defect was not covered under warranty and did not repair the crack. The passenger side of the dashboard has developed three additional cracks since the incident occurred.
When the brake pedal was depressed to slow down the vehicle when approaching an intersection at 20 - 25 mph it failed to do so. As a result, consumer applied more force to the brake pedal. Then, tabs locked up and the vehicle skidded. Vehicle stopped when it smashed into another vehicle. Upon impact, none of the frontal air bags deployed. This incident occurred while driving on a wet road. Prior to the accident, brake pedal vibrated when depressed.
I was driving under 30 miles an hour in my 2002 Dodge ram quad truck when something snapped under the front of the truck causing me to lose control of my vehicle resulting into crashing into a truck waiting to pull out into the street. The truck only had 17,000 miles and we only have had it 22 months, bought new. The steering arm was off at both ends, the wheel came off and all damage was on the inside of the wheel, the other wheel was turned straight. When accident happened the truck veered to the left out of control. The airbag never came out. Are there any reports of 2002 Dodge trucks having steering problems? Chrysler finally sent a person to look at the truck. Our insurance company is wanting to put after market parts on our new truck, which will limit our warranty with Chrysler since they're not Dodge parts. The point if we were on interstate or any road going faster someone would have gotten hurt much worse or killed, since the airbag didn't work either. Cast aluminum is what the parts that came apart were made of. With the damage that occurred to the wheel and both ends of the steering arm was off after the wreck, it is hard to tell how it happened. We have not gotten the official word from Chrysler yet. Caution owners of 2002 Dodge trucks of the potential dangers, please.
While driving 35 mph on the highway the driver loss control of the vehicle and hit a tree. None of the air bags deployed deploy. .
Vehicle hit a tree at 55 mph, location of impact was between headlights. Neither airbag deployed, consumer hit his head on the windshield, suffered extensive injuries to head and neck. Damage to vehicle was $ 7118. 00.