Dodge B150

ON AUG. 8, 2017 I WAS DRIVING A LEVEL 2 LANE SECLUDED ASPHALT ROAD IN MY 1998 DODGE CAMPER VAN. THE VAN IS DODGE 3500 EXTENDED MODEL, MODIFIED BY SPORTSMOBILE INTO A CAMPER VAN IN 1999. AT A SPEED OF ABOUT 50 MPH SUDDENLY A LOUD NOISE OCCURRED AND PIECE OF TIRE BEGAN TO FLY OFF. THE TIRES HAS BEEN RECENTLY ROTATED AND PRESSURE ADJUSTED TO ABOUT 80 PSI BY LES SCHWAB TIRES. WE HAD BEEN ON A ROAD TRIP SO I CHECKED TIRE INFLATION ABOUT EVERY DAY. THE TIRE TREAD HAD DISINTEGRATED AND PART OF IT…

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE B150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, A LOUD UNKNOWN SOUND EMITTED FROM THE VEHICLE AS THE STEERING CONTROL FAILED. THE CONTACT HAD TO USE EXCESSIVE FORCE TO MANEUVER THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED OF REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 93,287.

THE FIRST TIME; THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STOPPED RUNNING, HAD NO BRAKES OR POWER STEERING AND MY WIFE WAS BARELY ABLE TO SAFELY COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. AFTER CATCHING OUR BREATH, IT RESTARTED ON THE SECOND TRY. THE NEXT TIME IT COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN I WAS DRIVING AND WE WERE IN TRAFFIC TRAVELING ABOUT 65 MPH, I QUICKLY PLACED THE SHIFTER IN NEUTRAL AND TRIED THE KEY AND LUCKILY IT RESTARTED. THE NEXT TIME THE VEHICLE RANDOMLY SHUT DOWN WE WERE ALMOST HIT FROM BEHIND AND THEN NEARLY SIDESWIPED…

BOUGHT THIS VAN USED 3 YEARS AGO & WHAT A HUNKA JUNK!! NOT ONLY DID IT HAVE ALMOST EVERY PROBLEM LISTED ON THE INTERNET (HAD TO REPLACE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET & PAN, RADIATOR, ELECTRIC WINDOW REGULATOR, BALL JOINTS, TIE ROD ENDS, DISTRIBUTOR, STEERING WORM GEAR & BOX, PLUGGED CATALYTIC CONVERTER,ETC, ETC) BUT AFTER $6,000 DOLLARS-WORTH OF WORK BEING DONE, THE FRAME HAS RUSTED OUT TO THE POINT THAT THE MAIN STEERING ARM BRACKET IS ABOUT TO BREAK OFF & THEN, I'LL LOSE ANY & ALL STEERING!! I…

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE 1500 RAM VAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH THE STEERING RATTLED FROM THE FRAME.THE STRUCTURE WAS RUSTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED DUE TO THE FAILURE. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED WHO STATED THE CONTACT SHOULD CALL THE MANUFACTURER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 52,000.

THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 1998 - 2000 DODGE CARAVAN/VOYAGERS. THE HOUSING UNIT THAT HOUSES THE STRUTS, MOST TIMES ON THE LEFT, DRIVER'S SIDE RUSTS AND CORRODES, CAUSING THE STRUT TO BREAK THROUGH. AT THIS POINT, THE DRIVER COULD HIT A BUMP, (THIS HAS HAPPENED TO SOME PEOPLE) AND THE STRUT CAN ACTUALLY BREAK THROUGH THE DASHBOARD OR WINDSHIELD WHILE DRIVING! CURRENTLY, ON MY VEHICLE, THE STRUT HAS BROKEN THROUGH THE HOUSING UNIT. IT IS APPROXIMATELY $300 TO FIX. THIS IS A KNOWN…

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE 1500 RAM VAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC FOR CONCERNS OF FRAME RUST. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE FRONT END OF THE STEERING COULD DETACH FROM THE VEHICLE AS A RESULT OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED.THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED TO THE CONTACT THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 67,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE 1500 RAM VAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP DISCOVERED CORROSION ON THE FRONT END OF THE SUSPENSION DURING INSPECTION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 67,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE RAM VAN 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WAS COMPLETELY CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO VERIFIED THE FAILURE AND ADVISED THE CONTACT TO CONTACT THE LOCAL DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALLS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE B1500 VAN. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 2 MPH WHEN A NOISE EMITTED FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE FROM THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE IDLE ARM MOUNT WAS CORRODED AND DETACHED FROM THE FRAME. IN ADDITION, THE IDLE ARM MOUNT HAD PIERCED THE RADIATOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S HOME AND WAS NOT INSPECTED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND THE…