GVWR: Class 2E: 6,001 - 7,000 lb (2,722 - 3,175 kg)
Make: DODGE
Manufacturer: FCA CANADA INC.
Manufacturer Id: 995
Model: Ram Van
Model Year: 2000
Other Restraint System Info: Passenger Deactivate/Cutoff
Plant City: Windsor
Plant Company Name: Pillette Road Assembly
Plant Country: United States (USA)
Plant State: Ontario
Seat Belts All: Manual
Trim: 1500
Vehicle Type: TRUCK
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
1998
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 DODGE RAM VAN. WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE CONTACT FELT A HARD VIBRATION AND HEARD A LOUD BANG. HE EXITED THE VEHICLE TO LOCATE THE ORIGIN OF THE SOUND, BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. HE RE-ENTERED THE VEHICLE TO CONTINUE TO PARK WHEN ANOTHER LOUD SOUND OCCURRED. THE STEERING DID NOT RESPOND. HE EXITED THE VEHICLE AGAIN AND LOCATED A FAILURE WITH THE STEERING CONTROL ARM AND ITS COMPONENTS. THE CONTACT ALSO NOTICED THAT THE ENTIRE FRONT END WAS COMPLETELY RUSTED. HE CALLED A TOW TRUCK AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A LOCAL DEALER. THE DEALER STATED THAT THERE BODY SHOP WOULD NOT REPAIR THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THEY DID NOT WANT TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY LIABILITY. THEY FURTHER STATED THAT THEY MAY BE ABLE TO LOCATE A COLLISION REPAIR SHOP TO PERFORM THE REPAIR WORK. THE CONTACT HAS NOT YET BEEN ABLE TO LOCATE A SHOP TO PERFORM THE NEEDED REPAIRS. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALER. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 140,000.
2000
AIR BAGS
DRIVING STRAIGHT ON ROADWAY WHEN VEHICLE, WHICH WAS AT A STOP SIGN ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF ROADWAY, PULLED DIRECTLY INTO PATH. T BONED A HONDA. THE AIRBAGS SPEWED THE CHEMICAL CONTENTS, BUT DID NOT DEPLOY. *TR THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED, NO AIRBAGS DEPLOYED.