| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005016974 | Incident Date: Apr, 20 2005 |
| Consumer's City: PAOLI | Consumer's State: OK |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN | Manufacturers Name: Chrysler (FCA US, LLC) |
| Model Name: RAM 3500 | Model Year: 2001 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Fuel system, diesel |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Apr, 25 2005 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: Yes | Purchase Date: Jul, 01 2003 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: I own a 2001 dodge 3500 diesel pickup. these trucks year models 1998.5-2002 equipped with the diesel option are notorious for the fuel transfer pump failing. i feel this failure causes an accident hazard, because when it fails the truck stops right there whether you are in the middle of a high speed intersection or on the highway in heavy traffic. as you can see either of these cases could result in causality or even death of the driver, passengers and other motorist. given the nature of the vehicles intended uses of this model it is not uncommon to see these trucks loaded with trailers of various sizes most of which weight 7000 lbs and over. combine that with the forces of another passenger vehicle, and the result is very dangerous. there is a website (www.tdr1.com) dedicated to the dodge diesel that has information about these issues that would keep you reading for days about failures. i bring this up because i have experienced 3 failures in the past year. one was in my driveway so i did not cause an incident, but the other two were in dangerous situations the last was when my wife was pulling one of our horses in a trailer that weighs 6000 lbs add the weight of the horse and gear and it brings that up to about 8000 lbs now add the truck which is abound 6900 lbs and you have close to 15000 lbs of dead weight sitting on the side of the highway now take a 4000 lbs suv and slam it into the back of the trailer. now i'm no physicists but i know at least one person is not walking away. what i would like to see happen is for dodge the step up to the plate and admit there is a blatant disregard to safety attributed to a system malfunction. *ak |
