NHTSA Complaint #11044697 — 2014 RAM 2500

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 RAM 2500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 15V460000 (SEAT BELTS, AIR BAGS), 15V459000 (AIR BAGS), 15V541000 (STEERING), AND 17V302000 (AIR BAGS). THE PARTS FOR THE REPAIRS WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIRS. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED ON AN INCLINE, THE CONTACT CLOSED THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR AND THE PASSENGER AIR BAG AND PASSENGER SEAT AIR BAG DEPLOYED WITHOUT WARNING. ALSO, THE PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT PRETENSION LOCKED AND DAMAGED THE SEAT BELTS, RENDERING THEM INOPERABLE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE LAKELAND CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM DEALER (2875 MALL HILL DRIVE, LAKELAND, FL 33810; 863-687-2501) WHO STATED THAT THERE WERE FIVE RECALLS ON THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY WOULD REPAIR THE VEHICLE PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V460000 (SEAT BELTS, AIR BAGS), BUT NOT THE COLLATERAL DAMAGES. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND OPENED AN INVESTIGATION; HOWEVER, THE MATTER HAD NOT BEEN RESOLVED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 77,800. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.