Driver of vehicle hit a deer. Then ran off the road and hit a tree head-on at about 40mph. Upon impact, driver's side airbag came out and did not inflate fully due to a hole in airbag. Gas escaped into the passenger's compartment. Dealer has vehicle now.
1992 Dodge Shadow airbags problems
12 complaints (16% of all complaints for this car). 10 crashes reported.
- owner complaints
- 12
- of this car's complaints
- 16%
- crashes
- 10
- recalls
- 0
Which part fails
- Frontal10
At what mileage
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Dodge Shadow airbags problems in other years
Specific symptoms reported on the 1992 Dodge Shadow airbags
Phrases found in the owners' own descriptions, so one complaint can mention several symptoms.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
What 1992 Dodge Shadow owners say
Most recent owner complaints, unedited.
While sitting at an intersection and making a left turn, hit another vehicle on the side, and driver's side air bag did'nt deploy properly.
The air bag on the driver's side is coming out of the module due to rip naugahyde. The probelem has not been corrected. *ak
While driving apprx.55-65 MPH consumer swerved to avoid object in road, vehicle skidded, consumer lost control of steering, applied brakes but car continued to skid then hit head-on into a ditch bank. The air bag never deployed.
The air bag light is illuminated, indicating that the air bag could deploy. Dealer states that this is not a problem or dangerous, it means that the air bag will not deploy. Please give further details.
During frontal impact, the driver's side air bag deployed, still folded without air in bag.
Consumer had head-on collision with another auto while trying to avoid another car and driver's air bag did not deploy.
Frontal collision, impact 12:00 position, speed 30mph, driver's side airbag did not deploy.
When the vehicle was involved 1n an accident the airbag did not deploy. Please describe.
Consumer was in an accident hit a tree the driver side air bag didn't deploy . Tt
Questions about the 1992 Dodge Shadow airbags
Does the 1992 Dodge Shadow have airbags problems?
Owners have filed 12 complaints about the airbags of the 1992 Dodge Shadow, 16% of all its complaints.
At what mileage do 1992 Dodge Shadow airbags problems start?
Not enough complaints include the mileage to tell.
Was there a recall on the 1992 Dodge Shadow airbags?
There is no recall for this problem on this model year.
What year does the Dodge Shadow have bad airbags?
The Dodge Shadow model years with the most airbags complaints are 1990 (15 complaints), 1994 (15 complaints) and 1991 (13 complaints).
Other 1992 Dodge Shadow problems
Seats 19Electrical 7Body 6Transmission 6Engine 5Brakes 4Steering 4Suspension 4Locks 2Visibility 2Acceleration 1Fuel system 1Tires 1
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