Four problems related to air bag not deploy have been reported for the 2007 Dodge Dakota. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
The contact owns a 2007 Dodge Dakota. While driving 40 mph, the contact's vehicle was struck by another vehicle. The air bags failed to deploy. The contact was not injured and a police report was filed. The manufacturer was not notified. The VIN was invalid. The failure mileage was 90,000.
The contact owns a 2007 Dodge Dakota. While driving approximately 45 mph, the contact crashed into the rear of a parked vehicle and the air bags failed to deploy. A police report was filed and there were no injuries. The vehicle sustained extensive front end damage. The contact was informed that the vehicle was included in NHTSA campaign number: 15v313000 (air bags); however, the notification or recall repair was never received. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 135,000.
The contact owns a 2007 Dodge Dakota quad cab slt(na). The contact stated that while driving 45 mph, the vehicle was involved in a head-on collision and the air bags did not deploy. The contact experienced muscle spasms and bruises due to the seatbelt. The vehicle was towed to a local shop where they estimated over $10,000 in damages; the vehicle was currently being repaired. A police report was filed. The manufacturer was contacted and they stated that the vehicle air bags were not faulty. The failure and current mileages were 63,000.
I recently had a car accident going 40-45 mph in my 2007 Dodge Dakota crew cab, and the driver and passenger airbags did not deploy upon impact of the other vehicle that came into my lane of travel.