Front Seat Head Restraint Problems of Dodge Ram 1500

The design of the headrest is bad. It forces you to bend your neck as such an angle that it causes extreme neck and upper back pain. I realize that by removing the head rest I will not have any whiplash protection but I am willing to take that chance because I am in pain each time I drive the vehicle. Who ever forced the manufactures to make the headrest this way has never driven one. More research needs to be done before you force the manufacture to use such a headrest.

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My truck was at a stand still when I was rear-ended by another vehicle. At point of impact, both the driver and passenger side front seats broke and reclined to the rearward position. Both can be put in the forward and back to the rearward position (totally reclined) by simply pushing it from front to back. The drivers side seat broke to the point that only a small part of the hinge on the right side of the seat remains to hold the backrest to the bottom of the seat. Both seats failed to hold up to the impact! the consequence of the drivers side seat breaking is that my son, who was positioned behind the drivers seat, broke his jaw when he was thrown forward, after the seat had already broken to the rearward position. His face made contact with the headrest of the drivers side seat as it was laying in his lap. Nothing has been done to correct the failure as of yet, as the claims adjuster has yet to inspect my truck.

See all problems of the 1997 Dodge Ram 1500 🔎.

I was forced to break quickly. During this my son hit his head on the rear seat window of my 2003 quad cab Dodge ram truck. This occurred at 30 mph. My concern is the great potential for spinal and head injury at higher speads. The 2004 trucks have rear head restraints to stop the direct impact of the head and neck to the rear glass window. I called doge and they were not concerned.

See all problems of the 2003 Dodge Ram 1500 🔎.