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2002 Dodge Neon air bags problems

25 complaints about air bags have been filed for the 2002 Dodge Neon, which is 11% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
25 11% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
37,000 miles 14 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
23 and 0
Injuries and deaths
16 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When air bags problems show up

Air bags complaints by mileage, 2002 Dodge Neon Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 37,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 6 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 2 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 1 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 1 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 2 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 2 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 37,000 miles
Based on 14 complaints that include mileage. 64% 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 miles6
20k to 40k miles2
40k to 60k miles1
60k to 80k miles1
80k to 100k miles2
100k to 120k miles2
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 14 air bags complaints that report mileage, the median is about 37,000 miles, and 64% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 23 crashes, 16 injuries.

What owners wrote

My daughter was in a car accident with her 15mo old baby. A vehicle ran a red light and hit her vehicle making it spin around. The front of her vehicle was all smashed in. It was a head on collision. No airbags was inflated.

Reported at 98,000 miles, January 2009 CrashInjury

The vehicle was involved in a frontal collision, and the air bags failed to deploy. The accident resulted in a total loss. Scc

Reported at 6,700 miles, March 2003 CrashInjury

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