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2002 Dodge Dakota air bags problems

Owners reported air bags problems in 28 complaints for the 2002 Dodge Dakota, 3% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
28 3% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
59,000 miles 21 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
23 and 0
Injuries and deaths
18 and 1

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When air bags problems show up

Air bags complaints by mileage, 2002 Dodge Dakota Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 59,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 2 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 5 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 4 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 1 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 2 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 2 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 3 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 1 complaints 200k+ miles: 1 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 59,000 miles
Based on 21 complaints that include mileage. 52% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles2
20k to 40k miles5
40k to 60k miles4
60k to 80k miles1
80k to 100k miles2
100k to 120k miles2
120k to 140k miles3
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles1
200k+ miles1

What the data shows

Of the 21 air bags complaints that report mileage, the median is about 59,000 miles, and 52% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 23 crashes, 18 injuries, 1 death.

What owners wrote

Takata recall - my father owned a 2005 dodge dakota truck. On january 1, 2016 he ran his car off the side of the road and hit a lamp post off a highway in florida and died on impact. The car was totalled out. I am trying to see if we qualify for this recall. I do not have the police record and death certificate on my computer currently but I could get those items if needed.

January 2016 CrashDeath

I was turning left on to wax rd at a red light going up hill when it was raining the truck right rear tire broke traction put me in a fishtail lost control of the vehicle and flipped the truck on its top damaged the driver side bent the frame caved in the roof busted my windshield I was pulled out by an pedestrian but the airbag did not deploy none of the safety features did not work but the seat belt only. Where the throttle was sticking that gave the impression that I was playing carelessly.

Reported at 196,730 miles, April 2014 Crash

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