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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005051554 | Incident Date: Dec, 26 2005 |
| Consumer's City: WAYNESVILLE | Consumer's State: MO |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN | Manufacturers Name: Chrysler (FCA US, LLC) |
| Model Name: RAM 2500 | Model Year: 1999 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Fuel system, other:fuel injection system |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 3B7KF2360XG | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jan, 01 2006 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Apr, 03 2001 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: While traveling down a city street in heavy mid-day traffic, my 1999 dodge ram 2500 4x4 pick-up truck stopped running. i had no warning. one second the vehicle was running fine and the next second it was dead. since it is a cummins turbo diesel equipped truck, i lost power steering and power brake assist. luckily, i was able to wrestle the steering wheel and guide the truck into a mostly empty parking lot with the vehicle's momentum. i had to apply great force to the brake pedal to bring the vehicle to a stop. my biggest concern is, if my wife had been driving instead of me, the loss of power steering and brake assist would have greatly enhanced the chance of a crash and/or personal injury. the problem which caused the engine to stop running turned out to be the inoperative bosch vp-44 injection pump. a re-manufactured pump is the only form of repair available for these vehicles. after much internet research, i have found that the vp-44 injection pump is notoriously unreliable and extremely failure-prone. i feel that daimler-chrysler should be held responsible for repairing these vehicles with a more reliable injection pump and/or refunding money spent by owners on repairing this issue. this is a very serious safety issue that the nhtsa should become involved in. *jb |
