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[Wheels] In response to questions from The Times on Wednesday night, Chrysler Group issued a statement saying that it would perform a “service action to update 2005-10 model year Dakota pickups with the optional side curtain air bags with a new calibration.” Customers should contact their dealers for information.
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[Young man Blog] First time Institute rates small pickups for rollover protection ...: Chrysler was among 15 manufacturers who got together in 2003 and agreed on the first set of rules designed to reduce the risks for people in front and side crashes involving larger and heavier SUVs and pickup trucks. Although the compatibility agreement specified performance criteria and not features, the idea was to make safety improvements like installing side airbags in all passenger vehicles more quickly than would have been the case with a government regulation.
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[Autoblog] Nissan Frontier tops latest round of IIHS crash tests, Chevrolet ...: Side impact scores also failed to live up to expectations for some trucks, with the Frontier, Ranger and Tacoma getting 'Good' ratings and the Colorado getting the lowest 'Poor' rating. Equally as disturbing, though, was the performance of the Dakota, which was tested with optional side air bags (all the other trucks come standard with the bags) that failed to deploy in IIHS testing.
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[Long Time Gone] Long Time Gone » Blog Archive » Long may you run: Dumped the Sunbird and bought a 1987 Dodge Ram pickup truck. About a year later I was driving to North Carolina for business and early in morning pulled into an I-95 rest area. And lo and behold there was the old Sunbird. I went into the restroom to take care of business and guessed that the other guy in there was the new (and probably unhappy) owner of the Pontiac. Of course, restroom decorum did not allow me to say anything to him, but I did wonder what are the odds I’d cross paths with the old car like that? Anyway, the Ram was a great truck. The kids had gotten used to farm life so I hauled horses in a big old trailer behind that truck from OK to SC. And somewhere in Tennessee I made the mistake of letting the horses out for a little leg stretch. And they refused to re-trailer. What a pain in the ass that was. If I remember right, we had to call a vet out to tranquilize them. But for the next few years that old Ram hauled a bunch of hay, that’s for sure. Hey, wait a minute! I’ve actually got a picture of that Ram somewhere. Hold on…
[Automotive Blogs] Motor Trend Truck of the Year goes to 2010 Dodge Ram Pickup Truck ...: rear park-assist system, power-adjustable pedals, remote keyless entry, seat-belt pretensioners, Sentry Key® engine immobilizer, standard side-curtain air bags, three-point seat belts, Tire Pressure Monitoring (TPM) and Uconnect Phone.
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[Internetautoguide Blogs] 2010 Dodge Ram Heavy Duty Pickup wins Motor Trend's Truck of the ...: The all-new Ram Heavy Duty also offers 25 active and passive safety features, including Anti-lock Brake System (ABS), advanced multi-stage air bags, BeltAlert, Brake/Park interlock, child-protection rear door locks, Constant-force Retractors (CFR), crumple zones, electronic brake-force distribution, energy-absorbing steering column, Enhanced Accident Response System (EARS), height-adjustable seat belts, HomeLink universal home security system transceiver, interior head-impact protection, knee bolsters, Lower Anchors and Tethers for CHildren (LATCH) child seat anchor system, low-risk deployment air bag, Parksense® rear park-assist system, power-adjustable pedals, remote keyless entry, seat-belt pretensioners, Sentry Key®
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