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2006 Dodge Ram 2500 air bags problems

Owners reported air bags problems in 77 complaints for the 2006 Dodge Ram 2500, 9% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
77 9% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
128,000 miles 21 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
10 and 1
Injuries and deaths
8 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When air bags problems show up

Air bags complaints by mileage, 2006 Dodge Ram 2500 Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 128,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 1 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 1 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 1 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 2 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 2 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 2 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 4 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 2 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 2 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 1 complaints 200k+ miles: 3 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 128,000 miles
Based on 21 complaints that include mileage. 14% 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 miles1
20k to 40k miles1
40k to 60k miles1
60k to 80k miles2
80k to 100k miles2
100k to 120k miles2
120k to 140k miles4
140k to 160k miles2
160k to 180k miles2
180k to 200k miles1
200k+ miles3

What the data shows

Of the 21 air bags complaints that report mileage, the median is about 128,000 miles, and 14% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 10 crashes, 1 fire, 8 injuries.

What owners wrote

I was involved in an accident in motion over 35MPH on a highway and my air bags did not go off. A young man turning left from the south lane across the north lane failed to yield to me traveling in the north lane. All air bag recalls on my vehicle have been completed as shown on the attached form.

Reported at 200,000 miles, June 2018 CrashInjury

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 dodge ram 2500. Another vehicle cut in front of the contact's vehicle causing the contact to lose control and veer off the road. As a result, the contact crashed into a tree. The air bags failed to deploy. A police report was filed. The contact sustained injuries that did not require medical attention. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The contact stated that the parts were not available for NHTSA campaign numbers: 14v817000 (air bags) and 14v795000 (electrical system).

Reported at 32,000 miles, April 2015 CrashInjury

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