Consumer Complaint Detail

DODGE / DAKOTA / 2002

Recalls
4 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005018811 Incident Date: Feb, 17 2005
Consumer's City: VERDEN Consumer's State: OK
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
Model Name: DAKOTA Model Year: 2002
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes Component's Description: Air bags:frontal:sensor/control module
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 4
Vehicle's VIN#: 1B7HL48N42S Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: May, 04 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: Yes Purchase Date: Mar, 21 2002
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 8 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: I was in a rear end colission on 2-18-05 that totaled my 02 dakota quadcab.the impact drove me into the vehicle in front of me and pushed everything into the motor.the airbags did not deploy.this is the second dodge that i've seen that had severe frontal damage and the airbags did not deploy(it was an 02 full size).i contacted daimler-chrysler and the rep. told me that any manufacterer vehicle must be accellerating with an impact force to trigger the airbags.talk about a false sense of security.