NHTSA Complaint #11384941 — 2019 RAM 1500

ON 11/20/20 MY RAM TRUCK WAS HIT ON THE RIGHT FRONT CORNER AND TOTALED. WE WERE AT A STOP LIGHT AND JUST STARTED TO COMPLETE A LEFT HAND TURN ON A CITY STREET WHEN THE OTHER DRIVER RAN A RED LIGHT, HE WAS ISSUED A CITATION FOR RUNNING A RED LIGHT, AND WAS "PROBABLY" SPEEDING. WE WERE IN A 35MPH ZONE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. I CONTACTED CHRYSLER AND THIS IS PART OF THEIR CONCLUSION. "THE CONCLUSION OF THE INVESTIGATION IS THAT THE RATE OF DECELERATION NECESSARY TO ACTIVATE THE AIR BAG SYSTEM WAS NOT PRESENT DURING THIS ACCIDENT. A INFORMATION REGARDING THE AIR BAG SYSTEM MAY BE FOUND IN YOUR OWNER'S MANUAL. FOR ADDITIONAL FACTS, YOU MAY ALSO WANT TO VISIT NHTSA WEBSITE: HTTPS://WWW.NHTSA.GOV/EQUIPMENT/AIR-BAGS. IN OTHER WORDS ANY TIME YOU ARE HIT AND DON'T HAVE ADVANCE WARNING WHERE YOU CAN TAKE YOUR FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR THE AIR BAGS WILL NOT DEPLOY BECAUSE YOU CAN'T DECELERATE. IF YOU DON'T SEE THE ACCIDENT ABOUT TO HAPPEN, WHY WOULD YOU TAKE YOUR FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR AND SLOW DOWN??. THIS CONCLUSION MAKES NO SENSE AND LOOKS TO BE AN EASY OUT TO TRY AND AVOID ANY PERCEIVED PROBLEM WITH THEIR AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT SYSTEM. THANK YOU*DT*JB*DT*JB*DT*JB