NHTSA Complaint #10342630 — 2008 DODGE RAM 1500

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH UNDER RAINY CONDITIONS THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED BUT THE VEHICLE DID NOT STOP RESULTING IN A CRASH. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. A PASSENGER IN THE OTHER VEHICLE WAS REPORTED INJURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER TO BE REPAIRED FOR THE BODY DAMAGE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT EXAMINED TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF FAILURE. NINE MONTHS LATER WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH UNDER RAINY CONDITIONS THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO VEER TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT. THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND WAS INVOLVED IN A SINGLE CAR CRASH IN WHICH THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND THE DRIVER WAS INJURED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT EXAMINED TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 35,000.