Car Problem DataNHTSA records

1996 Mark Iii Dodge Truck

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the air bags. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Air Bags1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Air Bags
Filed Oct 18, 2020245,000 milesTX

I CRANK MY 1996 DODGE RAM 3500 UP PUT IT IN FIRST GEAR AND AIRBAG EXPLODED IN MY FACE AT WORK. I WAS A MANAGER AT THE SPEED LUBE AND HAVE THREE WITNESS BUSTED VESSELS IN MY LEFT EYE, HEARING WAS IMPAIRED FOR ABOUT 2HOURS AND FELT LIKE IT KNOCKED ME OUT FROM THE BLAST....WHEN I CAME TO MY TRUCK WAS FACING OPPOSITE DIRECTION I CUT IT OFF AND ROLLED OUT AND LEANED UP AGAINST IT. MY CO WORKERS HEAR THE BLAST AND WAS ALREADY COMING TOWARD ME. CUSTOMER WAS STANDING BESIDE MY TRUCK NEXT TO HIS CAR ALREADY.

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.