2005 DODGE RAM 1500 — Complaint #1705972
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NHTSA Complaint about AIR BAGS filed November 12, 2020
NHTSA complaint #1705972 (ODI reference 11374262) concerns a 2005 DODGE RAM 1500 and was filed on November 12, 2020. The owner reports the failure occurred on November 23, 2016. The report was geocoded to Ohio 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: 3, 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 2005 DODGE RAM 1500 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE HER HUSBAND WAS AT A STOP LIGHT, HE BEGAN TO DEPRESS THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. SHE THEN STATED THAT SHE REMEMBERED THAT THE BED OF THE VEHICLE STARTED TO COME TOWARDS HER PASSENGER SIDE AND LOST ALL CONSCIOUSNESS. WHEN THE CONTACT HAD REGAINED CONSCIOUSNESS, SHE WAS BEING CUT OUT OF THE VEHICLE BY FIRST RESPONDERS; HER GRANDSON WAS EJECTED FROM THE VEHICLE THROUGH THE BACK SEAT. THE CONTACT, HER HUSBAND AND HER GRANDSON WERE ALL RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL AND TREATED FOR INJURIES. HER HUSBAND SUFFERED A CONCUSSION AND CRACK RIBS; THE CONTACT HAD INJURIES TO HER ENTIRE RIGHT SIDE WHICH INCLUDED A BROKEN COLLAR BONE, BROKEN ANKLE, AND EIGHT BROKEN RIBS. HER GRANDSON HAD SUFFERED BROKEN TEETH WHICH REQUIRED DENTAL SURGERY; HE ALSO SUFFERED SEVERE MENTAL TRAUMA DUE TO THE ACCIDENT. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AS A RESULT OF THE ROLL OVER. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND STATED THAT ONE OF HER TIRES WERE SEVERELY WORN WHICH
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1705972 |
| ODI Number | 11374262 |
| Date Filed | November 12, 2020 |
| Failure Date | November 23, 2016 |
| VIN | 1D7HA18D75S |
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Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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