Car was involved in a frontal collision and the airbags didn't deploy causing person to hit head and have to have emergency treatment at the hospital. The whole bumper was crushed in along with the radiator being shoved into the engine. According to emt/police, the airbags should have deployed.
2003 Dodge Stratus airbags complaints
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Turned into a parking spotand heard something pop in steering wheel area. Now the air bag light is staying on, horn does not work and cruise control not working.I have not repaired the problem at this time.
My car has 41,000 miles. It is a 2003 dodge stratus. The past week I have noticed the transmission slipping/knocking. That's problem 1. The second problem is that last wednesday I was backing out of my parking place at work, and I turned my steering wheel. I heard this pop and then the air bag light came on . According to the owners manual the air bag will not deploy. I do have the car in the shop. The technican working on the car says the air bag is not going to be covered. My car has never been in any type of accident and I feel that the dodge corp. Should be responsible for the repair charges!
I bought my dodge stratus in feb. Of 2004, it is a 2003. Since then it has been in the shop 5 times due to the motor in the window going out, the air conditioning going out, the cruise control went out, the cd player is not functioning correctly and now the safety feature (air bag system) is failing as well. I have owned other cars in the past with higher miles than this vehicle and I never had the problems that I am having with this one. I am upset with this vehicle. I feel that buying a newer car with low miles should leave the buyer feeling happy and safe with their decision. However, I am neither happy with this vehicle and I do not feel safe in this vehicle knowing now that there is something wrong with my air bag system. The service department has fixed most of the problems so far (they are unable to get the air bag system looked for a few days...so much for safety matters!). I am extremely unhappy with this vehicle and with the chrysler (dodge) company.
Steering column makes a popping noise. Airbag light comes on and is in-operative according to dodge dealer. Cruise control is also in-operative. When asked about the safety of driving vehicle without an operative airbag they replied "if you are so concerned with safety, then park the car and don't drive it." notice on websites there are re-calls issued for other vehicles with same defect but none on stratus at this time. Dealer was very rude when notified of problem and charged $60 to verify the problem, when I informed them what it was to begin with.
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