ODI'S INVESTIGATION IDENTIFIED NO ISSUES IN THE DESIGN, MANUFACTURING PROCESS, OR QUALITY CONTROL PROCESS OF THE SIDE CURTAIN AIR BAGS USED IN THE DODGE DURANGO VEHICLES. THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTED FIELD INCIDENTS OF SIDE CURTAIN AIR BAG FAILURES SIMILAR TO THE FAILURES THAT OCCURRED DURING THE NHTSA RESEARCH TESTING OF THE DURANGO AIR BAGS.

Shaun Nicolas Doss (age 8) Robert Doss (father) Gilbert, AZ As a 6-year-old, Shaun Nicolas Doss became severely injured and is now paraplegicwhen his seatbelt failed during an accident.On May 15, 2007, 6-year-old Shaun Doss was riding in the third-row passenger seat of his family’s Dodge Durango, along with his father Robert and three siblings, when another vehicle ran a red light, “T-boning” the Doss’s Durango at the driver’s side rearwheel. Because the seat belts in the Doss’s Durango had not been properly affixed to the vehicle’s frame, they did not function properly upon impact.