NHTSA Complaint #10735785 — 2006 DODGE RAM 1500

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED, THE CONTACT HAD A SEIZURE AND HIS FOOT PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE DRIVER SIDE TIE ROD FRACTURED AND THE VEHICLE TRAVELED ACROSS A MEDIAN, CRASHED INTO A BUS, AND THEN CRASHED INTO A STREET LIGHT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS UNSTABLE AND OUT OF CONTROL AS THE CONTACT ENDED UP CRASHING INTO A WALL. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO BOTH HANDS IN WHICH THEY WERE PLATED WITH METAL DUE TO EXTENSIVE FRACTURING OF THE BONES. THE CONTACT'S BACK WAS FRACTURED IN THREE PLACES AND HE SUSTAINED DAMAGES TO THE LEFT LEG. THE FRONT PASSENGER SUSTAINED UNKNOWN INJURIES. THE CONTACT RECEIVED EXTENSIVE MEDICAL TREATMENTS. THE FRONT PASSENGER DID NOT RECEIVE MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE AND WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT LATER RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V313000 (AIR BAGS). THE VIN WAS EXCLUDED FROM NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 13V528000 (STEERING) AND 10E013000 (STEERING). THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.