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2006 DODGE RAM 1500 — Complaint #1620166

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NHTSA Complaint about AIR BAGS filed November 12, 2019

NHTSA complaint #1620166 (ODI reference 11279612) concerns a 2006 DODGE RAM 1500 and was filed on November 12, 2019. The owner reports the failure occurred on June 22, 2018. The vehicle had 119,965 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Texas based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as air bags, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.

The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: yes, fire: no, injuries: 2, fatalities: 0. A complaint that flags a crash, fire, or fatality is escalated on NHTSA's internal review queue and factors more heavily into any Preliminary Evaluation decision on this make and model. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.

Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same DODGE RAM 1500 cohort independently describe similar air bags failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2006 DODGE RAM 1500 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.

Vehicle
2006 DODGE RAM 1500
Component
AIR BAGS
Crash
Yes
Injuries
2
State
Texas
Mileage
119,965 mi

Complaint Description

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE WHEEL DISLOCATED FROM THE VEHICLE WITHOUT WARNING. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE FLIPPED INTO A DITCH. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE RIBS, COLLAR BONE, SHOULDER, AND A HERNIATED DISC. MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS RECEIVED. THE PASSENGER SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE NECK, WHICH REQUIRED SURGERY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED (16486829.1/2018289368). THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN UNKNOWN LOCATION. THREE DAYS BEFORE THE CRASH, THE ENGINE WAS SERVICED AT ROCKDALE COUNTY FORD (479 US-79, ROCKDALE, TX 76567, (512) 446-7377). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE SAME DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THE CRASH WAS UNRELATED TO THE FAILURE. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 119,965. *DT*JB *DT *TR

Complaint Details

NHTSA Complaint ID 1620166
ODI Number 11279612
Date Filed November 12, 2019
Failure Date June 22, 2018
VIN 1D7HU18N56J

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Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.