2003 Dodge RAM 1500: seat belt won't latch or retract

Filed Jan 8, 2015 · Airbags, Seat belts · 112,000 miles · NY · crash · 1 injury

Tl* the contact owns a 2003 dodge ram 1500. While driving approximately 60 MPH, the contact crashed the vehicle into a tractor trailer. The air bags failed to deploy. In addition, the contact stated that the driver side shoulder seat belt webbing failed. The contact sustained a chest injury that required medical attention. A police report was filed. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failures. The failure mileage was 112,000.

Filed Dec 24, 2011 · Seat belts · IN

Seat belts fail to retract automatically. I would consider this a major flaw in the seat belt hardware. It started on the drivers side and then a year later the passenger side. Also causes you to sometimes close the door on the seat belt because it didn't retract and hung out the door. It broke the button on the seat belt fabric so now my seat belt has no stopper either.

Filed Dec 10, 2009 · Airbags · 73,000 miles · SC · crash · 2 injuries

Driving my 2003 dodge ram 1500 4x4 a woman pulled out in front of me and I t-boned her on the passenger side going 45 totaled out her car my air bag never went off and the seat belt never locked causing me to go forward in to the steering wheel I bent the steering wheel with my left knee called dodge and they sent someone out to look at it by the time they finally cam out it had been 11 day from the time I called them so the body shop had already started to repair my truck I received a letter in the mail today telling my that "your impact was not significant enough to deploy the front air bags" come on I was going 45 MPH how fast would I have to go for them to go off.

Filed May 30, 2008 · Seat belts · 60,000 miles · IL

Rear seat belt does not lock, causing child safety seat to slam into back of drivers seat. Was driving on 294 in chicago, cars slammed on brakes, at 40-50 MPH I also slammed on my brakes to avoid hitting cars in front of me. My son's graco turbo booster seat which was correctly strapped in flew off the seat with him in it and into the back of the drivers seat.

Filed Dec 28, 2007 · Seat belts · 36,000 miles · WA

2003 dodge 1500 ram truck - 2 of the 3 rear seat belts have malfunctioned, and will not allow car seats to be secured. The part broken is a plastic piece near the male end of the seat belt buckle. This is not my very day family vehicle and in fact it is rare for me to use this vehicle with car seats. After contacting the dealership and chrysler corp. I was told to pound sand. They insisted that I pay the the diagnosis fee before they review this for re-call review process. This may be a wide spread problem amongst chrysler products. While the fix for me is simple, a $2 part at the kids store...the seat belt assembly it's self is quoted at $110. Many other people may not know the belts are defective or the remedy require to over come this. Chrysler and my local dealership (dishman dodge of spokane wa) do not care about children's safety. I was never asking them to pay for this. Rather I was asking them to look into this to product children that ride in these vehicles.

Filed Jan 10, 2007 · Seat belts · SC

Tl*- the contact notice that his passenger side seat belt webbing had locked. He took the vehicle to the local mechanic to be repaired. He was informed by a mechanic that several dodge rams has similar failures. He contacted the local dealership, and they informed him that there wasa recall on dodge rams, but it did not include this particular vehicle.

Filed Nov 14, 2004 · Seat belts, Seats · FL

Drivers side seat belt does not retract properly because the seat interferes with the free movement and the retractor cannot retract the belt.