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2002 Dodge Durango air bags problems

Owners reported air bags problems in 17 complaints for the 2002 Dodge Durango, 3% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
17 3% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
67,000 miles 12 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
10 and 0
Injuries and deaths
10 and 2

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When air bags problems show up

Air bags complaints by mileage, 2002 Dodge Durango Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 67,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 0 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 4 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 1 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 3 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 0 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 1 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 2 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 1 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 67,000 miles
Based on 12 complaints that include mileage. 42% 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 miles0
20k to 40k miles4
40k to 60k miles1
60k to 80k miles3
80k to 100k miles0
100k to 120k miles1
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles2
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles1
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 12 air bags complaints that report mileage, the median is about 66,000 miles, and 42% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 10 crashes, 10 injuries, 2 deaths.

What owners wrote

Tl* the contact owns 2002 dodge durango. The contact stated that after being in a crash at 80 MPH, the airbags did not deploy until after the vehicle rolled over. A police report was filed and the vehicle was destroyed. There was one injury and two fatalities as a result of the crash. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 140,000. The VIN was not available.

Reported at 140,000 miles, April 2014 CrashInjuryDeath

I was involved in an accident where I hit the vehicle in front of me travwlling appx 45-50 miles an hour. Air bags did not deploy.

Reported at 185,000 miles, December 2016 CrashInjury

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