10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
31 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
29 / 1
Average Mileage:
5,486 miles

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problem #16

Aug 162000

(reported on)

Ram Van 2500

  • miles
While traveling at 35 mph vehicle struck another vehicle head-on, and air bags did not deploy. Dealer has been contacted.

- Kinston, NC, USA

problem #15

Sep 011999

Ram Van 2500

  • miles
While driving about 30-35 mph and making a turn, lost control of vehicle. It went over a enbankment, and had a direct frontal impact with rocks, which totaledthe front end of vehicle. Upon impact, driver's and passenger's airbags did not deploy, and did not protect the occupants.

- Windsor, CA, USA

problem #14

Apr 242000

Ram Van 2500

  • miles
Was traveling 45-50mph & would apply brakes, and they would lock up. Rear ABS brakes do not work properly. Rear ended another vehicle. Air bags failed to deploy due to a lack of brakes. Vehicle slide 100 ft before the impact happened. There were no injuries.

- Bakersfield, CA, USA

problem #13

Nov 281999

Ram Van 2500 4WD

  • Automatic transmission
  • miles
An accident occurred which caused vehicle off the road, and rollover into an embankment. Upon impact, both air bags failed to deploy, resulting in one fatality. Dealer notified.

- Fulton, NY, USA

problem #12

Mar 122000

Ram Van 2500

  • Automatic transmission
  • miles
Vehicle was involved in a head-on collision with a brick wall at 50 mph impact in which both air bags failed to deploy. Driver and passenger sustained severe rib cage injuries. They are currently under doctor's care. Dealer notified.

- Florissant, MO, USA

problem #11

Jan 192000

Ram Van 2500

  • miles
Vehicle was involved in a frontal collision at 40-50 mph of impact by hiting a vehicle that was in a stop position. Upon impact, air bags failed to deploy. Dealer/manufacturer notified.

- Loveland, OH, USA

problem #10

Feb 012000

Ram Van 2500

  • miles
Was in an accident, air bags never opened.

- Camden, AK, USA

problem #9

Jan 082000

Ram Van 2500

  • miles
On January 8, 2000, I was a passenger in a 1999 Dodge Ram pickup westbound on interstate 44 near milemarker 274 in Missouri. A fenton fire department pumper truck cut from the center lane across the passing lane (which we were in) and tried to get onto the shoulder. This maneuver was done without any emergency lights, sirens, turn signals, etc. We had approx. 2 seconds to react and the driver only had time to slam on the brakes. We hit the right rear corner of the fire truck where it protruded into the passing lane at approx 50 mph. The Dodge pickup we were in was totalled per safeco insurace company. Seatbelts saved our lives, but we were injured much worse than we would have been if the airbags had gone off. Neither airbag deployed during the accident. The airbags remained undeployed up until the vehicle was last seen on 1-13-2000. Dodge clearly made a defective product if a crash of this magnitude did not set off either airbag. I have pictures of the Dodge, and can E-mailthem if requested. The ambulance report also documents the non-deployment. This needs looked into. The odds of even one airbag not going off in a crash this hard must be astronomical, but for both to not go off, something was seriously wrong.

- Saint Peters, MO, USA

problem #8

Nov 291999

Ram Van 2500

  • miles
While driving 50 mph had a direct frontal impact, and driver's/passenger's airbags did not deploy, which did not protect the occupants in this crash.

- Harrisonburg, VA, USA

problem #7

May 291999

Ram Van 2500 4WD

  • Automatic transmission
  • miles
The vehicle hit a power pole head-on at about 45 mph, and neither driver's side nor passenger's side airbags deployed. Dealer has not seen.

- Manteca, CA, USA

problem #6

Sep 121999

Ram Van 2500

  • miles
When driver tried to avoid hitting a deer, he lost control of the truck and crashed into a tree head-on. There was no deployment of the driver's side or passenger's side air bags. Damages will be estimated by insurance company.

- Corpus Christi, TX, USA

problem #5

Aug 141999

Ram Van 2500

  • miles
While driving 35 mph vehicle had a frontal impact and "T boned" another vehicle. Upon impact, driver's and passenger's airbags did not deploy, which did not protect the occupant in this crash.

- Havelock, NC, USA

problem #4

Jul 301999

Ram Van 2500

  • miles
While driving between 40-45 mph, hit steel pipe head-on. Upon impact, dual airbags did not deploy, causing injuries even with seatbelt worn at the time.

- Glidden, IA, USA

problem #3

Apr 201999

Ram Van 2500

  • miles
Vehicle was involved in a frontal collision at 70 mph, and airbags did not deploy. The driver sustained minor injuries. Manufacturer has been notified.

- Pulaski, TN, USA

problem #2

May 031999

(reported on)

Ram Van 2500

  • Automatic transmission
  • miles
Consumer was driving at 70 mph, got into a front end accident that totaled three vehicles. Air bags on consumer's vehicle did not deploy. Manufacturer has been contacted..

- Pulaski, TN, USA

problem #1

Apr 191999

(reported on)

Ram Van 2500

  • miles
While consumer's spouse was driving at about 40-50 mph was involved in a front impact accident with an utility post, and air bags did not deploy. Dealer has not been contacted.

- Cocomo, IN, USA