2007 Dodge Ram 2500 Airbag Problems

Which parts fail

• Frontal
  1

Components named in complaints (front, side and curtain air bags, sensors and inflators).

Mileage when the problem started

• Under 25k
  220%
• 25k–50k
  330%
• 50k–75k
  220%
• 75k–100k
  00%
• 100k–150k
  330%
• 150k+
  00%

Owner reports

Selected complaints filed with NHTSA by 2007 Dodge Ram 2500 owners, lightly cleaned up (personal details are redacted by NHTSA).

The contact owns a 2007 Dodge Ram 2500. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 16V352000 (Air Bags) however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The local dealer was contacted. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect.

Tl* the contact owned a 2007 Dodge Ram 2500. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 40 MPH, a deer crossed in front the vehicle, the contact shifted to the right to avoid crashing into the deer and as a result the contact crashed into a telephone pole. The air bags failed to deploy. The contact did not sustained injuries. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to an impound lot. The vehicle was destroyed. The VIN was included in NHTSA campaign numbers: 15V313000 (air bags) and 16V352000 (air bags). The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 40,000.

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 Dodge Ram 2500. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 20 MPH, a snow plow crashed into the front driver side of the contact's vehicle causing significant damage. The air bags did not deploy and the driver suffered a fractured cervical and lumber spine and left hip and elbow injuries. Medical attention was received. A police report was filed. The cause of the failure was not determined. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 39,000.

Tl* the contact owned a 2007 Dodge Ram 2500. While driving at approximately 45 MPH, a deer jumped in front of the vehicle causing the contact to swerve and crash into a light pole. The air bags did not deploy. A police report was filed and there were no injuries reported. The vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 120,000. The VIN was unavailable.

My son was working with the owner of the truck in n.c. Truck went off road hit tree both died my son was thrown out of truck and landed under the truck. Police said airbags did not work right but due to fire it was said to be inconclusive. There was also a dog in the back seat that got out with out injury . This is what leads me to think the airbags were not working if so my son and the other boy would of had a better chance to get out of the truck before the fire started. Please look into this matter it will not bring my son back but it May help someone else from losing a loved one! Looking forward to a reply and any info on this matter. Thank you for your time. Your affected parts area will not allow me to leave in the parts (airbags) is the main one. ..updated 10/11/17 03/28/18

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 Dodge Ram 2500. The contact stated that while driving 40 MPH, the contact lost control of the vehicle due to a seizure. As a result, the contact crashed into a parked vehicle and the air bags failed to deploy. On another occasion, the contact was driving at approximately 70 MPH and lost control of the vehicle due to a seizure. As a result, the vehicle rolled over after crashing into multiple vehicles and the air bags also failed to deploy. The contact sustained whiplash injuries on the back and neck that required medical attention. A police report was filed. The vehicle was totaled. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 55,000.

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 Dodge Ram 2500. The contact stated that while driving 40 MPH, he crashed into a parked vehicle. The air bags failed to deploy. A police report was filed of the incident. The driver sustained a concussion and whiplash injuries. The vehicle was taken to the dealer however, the technician was unable to diagnose the failure. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and sent an engineer to further inspect the vehicle. The vehicle was repaired. The failure mileage was 50,000 and the current mileage was 51,000. Updated 3/12/14

Tl*contact owns a 2007/Dodge/Ram 2500. The air bags didn't deploy when he crashed into a tree. The approximate mileage at the time was 35mph. There were passangers in the vehicle wearing seat belts. There were no injuires. A police report is available. The failure was not diagnosed. The VIN number is unavailable. The failure and current mileages were 11450.

Tl contact owns a 2007 Dodge Ram 2500. While driving 35 MPH, the contact struck a tree head on. The air bags failed to deploy and he injured his right eye as a result. A police report was filed. The vehicle has not been diagnosed by the dealer. The current and failure mileages were 36,000. Updated 07/10/08. Updated

Takata recall. Repair has not been made in a timely manner. Concerned about injury and/or death as described by your recall. The air bag should be legally disengaged or removed completely until such time as parts are available which is not the case at this time. This is urgent!!!

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