Consumer Complaint Detail

DODGE / RAM 2500 / 2001

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 006083835 Incident Date: Sep, 14 2006
Consumer's City: HEMLOCK Consumer's State: MI
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
Model Name: RAM 2500 Model Year: 2001
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Wheels:rim
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 3B7KF23651G Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Oct, 30 2006 Complaint Type: LETR
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: -
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: I filed a complaint with nhtsa recently and have not heard back from you. i did not write the number down so i am filing this complaint again. my husband has a 2001 dodge diesel that we bought in 2002. we went to put new tires on the truck and totten tire would not let us leave with the truck without putting new rims on it. they said the rims were dangerous. 3 of the 4 rims have cracks up to 3/8 inch wide, one has 10 cracks. i believe the rims are defective. the tire place said they have never seen rims like this before. i am attaching a picture for you to look at. i am very concerned that more dodge trucks have this problem. if one of these rims would have broke apart going down the highway we could have been killed. i contacted daimler chrysler about this and they are doing nothing to reimburse me for the $700.00 we had to pay for rims. they said the warranty had expired. rims should not fall apart in 4 years time. the vin # on his truck is 387kf23651g8xxxxx. please let me know if you can do anything to help me, and perhaps save other people from this same problem. i am concerned that if the rims on the dodge ram diesel pick ups are all cracking this badly many people may be injured. i will mail copies of the cracked rims with a copy of this complaint for your review. thank you for your time. *nm updated 12/15/06. *jb