Air Bag Light On problems of the 2008 Dodge Ram 1500

I took my truck in for an oil change and to have the air bag light that was coming on intermittly. After the diagnoises was done I was informed that the clock spring was broken. I asked what this spring contrroled and was informed of a varity of things including the air bag system. I asked if the air bags would deploy if I was to get into an accident and was told no they wouldn't. So I had it repaired at a cost of almost $400. 00. After talking to other people I found out that this was a common problem with a varity of vehicles. I thinking that there should be a look into these clock springs. It sounds like this is a common item that fails.

The contact owns a 2008 Dodge Ram 1500. The contact stated that the driver's side air bag light remains illuminated in the vehicle. He took the vehicle to the dealer four times. The first time he was informed that the air bag failed and new parts would be ordered to replace the entire unit; however, the parts never arrived to make the replacement. He took the vehicle to a different dealer and they ordered the parts. Once again, the parts never arrived. The contact took the vehicle back to the original dealer and was informed that the part was unavailable and could not be replaced. The contact believes that this is a manufacturer defect and that the parts should be available to the vehicles that are defective. The failure mileage was 13,000 and current mileage was 26,000.