Air Bag Related Problems of the 2011 Dodge RAM

Table 1 shows two common air bag related problems of the 2011 Dodge RAM.

Table 1. Air Bag related problems of Dodge RAM

Problem Category Number of Problems
Side/window Air Bag problems
1
Air Bag problems
1

Side/window Air Bag problem #1

I had a car wreck in a 4 month old 2011 Ram 1500 4 wd quad cab on oct 3 rd 2011, I was pushed into a metal guard rail and concrete wall at 70 mph, the fromt passenger wheel broke compltey off and both front side were impacted hard enough to bed the frame on both sides, no brakes before or after impact, I did habe my seat belt on, none of the front or side air bags deployed at any time. The car that hit me had sull air bag deplyment. I just had the truck into the dealer for an oil change at 17k miles and tire roation which told me "quote" this truck has several recalls that were not mailed out to the owners". They did not tell me what the recalls were they only said that they chaged the oil and roated the tires and checked the coumputer for "issues".

Air Bag problem #2

The contact owns a 2011 Dodge Ram. The contact stated while driving at 15 mph the vehicle on the contact's left side did not yield on the green light striking the contact vehicle causing damages to the front driver side. The contact stated that none of the air bags deployed. The contact suffered major injuries was taken to the hospital for x-ray and suffered whiplashes, the contact stated that the other driver was taken to the hospital as well but was unsure of his injuries. The police report was filed, and the vehicle towed to the contact's home. The vehicle was not diagnosed. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 144,793.


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