Front Seat Head Restraint problems of the 2015 Dodge Durango - part 2

Vehicle was stationary in our garage. Wife went to get into passenger side seat and headrest exploded.

While driving home from work, I heard a noise that sounded like someone hit my headrest with a bat. At the same time, my head was thrown forward, briefly causing me to take my eyes off the road and swerve slightly within my lane. . I was driving at approximately 55 mph, on a heavily traveled state road, alone in my car. I wasn't able to pull over right away. Once I could safely pull over, I noticed my driver side headrest did not look like my passenger side. It was separated and pushed forward into my seat space. There were also loose plastic pieces inside. I had neck pain for approximately 4 days following.

While driving down the highway, the headrest deployed while my son was sitting in the seat. He was not doing anything other than sitting there. The sound about made me get in an accident.

Driver's active headrest popped while driving down a smooth, paved road at approximately 30 mph. The loud noise and jolting of the seat almost caused an accident.

The front passenger's seat active head restraint deployed without cause. There was no sudden braking or bump in road to cause the head restraint to believe there was an accident. Thankfully there was no one in seat, or could have caused injury. Possible accident can happen if were to happen to driver's side.

While sitting parked in a parking spot and engine running the headrest deployed while my head was against it. There was no collision with any other vehicles or objects. It caused my head to fly forward at an accelerated rate causing neck pain and a massive headache. The noise when it deployed was extremely loud as if someone took a baseball bat to the back of the headrest. When looking inside afterwards there is broken pieces of plastic.

While stopped, the active head restraint ( driver side) deployed without cause or notice. There were no injuries, but my 9 month old granddaughter was in the vehicle. Needless to say this could have been bad if we were at highway speed,or in traffic. Inspection of the headrest shows locking pin support failure ( broken plastic).

My 2015 Durango's "active headrest restraint" deployed while the vehicle was completely off. In fact, we did not even have the keys with us. My wife was wiping down the seats and center console, when it very suddenly and loudly "popped" open. We have the extended warranty, which Chrysler refused to accept for the repair. Vehicle had 21,000 miles and was parked (turned completely off) in a driveway. I suspect this had something to do with recent temperature changes, because this was the first day below 50 degrees after a couple weeks of 90 degree average days in the sun.

Headrest safety system failed due to parts failure. Headrest safety system deployed during normal operation on motor vehicle. The vehicle was not involved in an motor vehicle accident. The headrest deployed on it's own.

Whilst driving on the highway, with no warning, collision or incident involved, the front seat passenger headrest exploded open. I was never provided with an owners manual when I purchased the car (and had no idea I had active headrests), the passenger was shaken, but hopefully has no longer term injuries. The car only has 27,300 miles and I don't do a lot of driving. This was a real shock and I regard it as a significant safety hazard (I fear for the future, if it had happened on the driver side). Looking at random feedback on the internet, it appears that Chrysler-Dodge dealerships appear to be placing the blame/cost onto the customer base and taking no responsibility, but I will take my car to the local dealership in riyadh (KS) and see if they will repair the headrest (without cost).

The drivers side active headrest deployed while I was driving without an accident occurring. I was driving along a smooth road when I heard a pop and was hit in the back of the head by the headrest popping forward.

Was driving and had to brake suddenly and the drivers headrest deployed (active headrest) but there was no rear collision or any collision for that matter. My head never touched the headrest. Just heard a pop and the spring loaded headrest popped forward and will not reset. Contacted the dealership and it is going to cost approximately $800 to fix the headrest.

While driving in the city going 45mph the passengers headrest restraint system randomly exploded/activated, pushing my wife's neck drastically forward. This incident could of caused serious bodily injuries as my wife has a cervical laminectomy due to a spinal cord tumor. This random ejection of the headrest restraint could of ended badly. We took the vehicle to the Dodge dealership where they determined that the plastic latch that holds the restraint in place was broken causing the restraint to activate. We were told that our extended warranty would not cover this manufacturer defect ( that's exactly what it is, a manufacturer defect) . We purchased the vehicle with only 10 miles on it and since the vehicle now has 43,000 miles on it the manufacturers warranty is expired. This issue is truly of great concern as it could cause serious injuries. I believe a recall should take place. This vehicle has never been in any type of accident nor any situation that would of caused and impact to brake this restraint system. I urge for this issue to be investigated as through my research I have come across many Dodge Durango owners that have experienced similar issues with the random deployment of the headrest restraint system.

The front passenger headrest active head restraint safety device deployed without warning during normal driving. There was no impact, etc. , that would cause the device to deploy. The device errantly deployed. Had a passenger been in the vehicle this could have resulted in serious injury. The vehicle was not in motion. Through online research, I noted that this seems to be a common issue. But I do not see a recall on it.