Consumer Complaint Detail

DODGE / RAM / 1995

Recalls
1 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 001162932 Incident Date: Oct, 27 2001
Consumer's City: CAPE CORAL Consumer's State: FL
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
Model Name: RAM Model Year: 1995
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Tires:sidewall
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 1
Vehicle's VIN#: Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Dec, 16 2001 Complaint Type: EVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: Yes Purchase Date: -
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: While traveling approximately 62 mph in a 1995, dodge, truck ram , and pulling a 27' trailer and boat, right/front firestone, steeltex r4s tire , size: p215/85r16, dot: unknown experienced a blowout in sidewall. blowout resulted in a crash which hospitalized consumers wife for 4 weeks, where back surgery was performed to repair spinal damage. no determination has been made as to the cause of blowout. tire was available for inspection. there were approximately 20,000 miles on tire when this occurred, and the tire was not original equipment for vehicle. *ak *jb