GVWR: Class 2F: 7,001 - 8,000 lb (3,175 - 3,629 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
Series2: L Series
Trim: 2500
Vehicle Type: TRUCK
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE RAM VAN. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH IN RAINY WEATHER, THE CONTACT TURNED THE STEERING WHEEL QUICKLY TO THE LEFT AND THE STEERING COLUMN LOCKED. HE WAS UNABLE TO STEER TO THE RIGHT AND CRASHED INTO A RAILROAD GATE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. MONTHS LATER, THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 07V555000 (POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT). HE FILED A FORMAL COMPLAINT WITH THE MANUFACTURER. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 87,000. UPDATED 01/29/08. *LJ UPDATED 01/29/08 *TR
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.