Dodge D250

ISSUES WITH TIRE FAILURES, WITH LT236X75R16 TIRE FAILURES ON THIS D250 AND W350 TRUCKS. KNOW OTHER INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING THE SAME ISSUES AND HAVE BEEN RIDING BEHIND THEM WHEN I WITNESSED SAID FAILURES OCCURR. BRANDS HAVE INCLUDED BUT NOT BEEN EXCLUSIVE TO GENERAL, CONTINENTAL, ETC. I HAVE BLOWN OR HAD TREAN PEEL OFF 5 TIRESIN THE PAST 6 YEARS WHILE ONE FRIEND HAS 6 SIMILAR OCCURRENCE IN THE PAST YEAR. RUBBER SEEMS TO BECOME BRITTLE AND SEPERATE FROM THE STEEL CORD. MAY BE RELATED TO A …

ISSUES WITH FRAME CRACKING ON 2WHEEL DRIVE DIESEL EQUIPPED 1990-1993 DODGE PICKUP WHERE LOWER CONTROL ARM MOUNTED TO FRAME EARS. ALSO FRAME CRACKING BETWEEN ENGINE MOUNTS AND STEERING BOX ON 2WHEEL DRIVE MODELS AND BETWEEN FRONT SPRING HANGERS AND STEERING BOX ON 4 WHEEL DRIVE DIESELMODELS. IF TRUCKS HIT IN FRONT RIVETS BECOME LOOSE AND ADDITIONAL FRAME DAMAGE OCCURS. 1972-1993 1/2 TON MODEL IE D100 AND D150 HAVE NOTORIETY FOR CRACKING FRAMES AT STEERING BOXES. I HAVE OWNED MANY OF THESE TRUCK…

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1991 DODGE D250 (N/A). THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE RPMS INCREASED AS THE VEHICLE WAS IN FULL THROTTLE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DECELERATE BY SWITCHING TO NEUTRAL HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE THEN STALLED. THE FAILURE WAS RECURRING. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED AND DIAGNOSED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO REPLACED THE THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR CHIP. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE AND CURRENT MILEAGE…

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE PICKUP. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DASHBOARD CRACKED ALL THE WAY FROM THE DRIVER'S SIDE TO THE PASSENGER SIDE AREA. THE CONTACT SPOKE WITH THE MANUFACTURER WHO STATED THAT THEY WERE UNAWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED.. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 113,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNAVAILABLE.

PASSENGER SEATBELT LOCKED UP AND HAD TO CUT THE SEATBELT. NOW HAVE TO ORDER NEW AND/OR USED SEATBELT. *TR

GAS TANK STRAPS BROKE (BOTH RUSTED IN HALF). THE FRONT OF THE TANK DROPPED DOWN ONTO THE ROAD RUBBING A HOLE IN IT. WHILE TRYING TO GET PARTS AT A LOCAL PARTS STORE, THEY INFORMED ME THAT THEY HAVE EITHER SEEN OR HEARD OF SIMILAR INCIDENTS OF THE GAS TANK STRAPS RUSTING IN HALF AND THE TANKS FALLING OUT. *TR

DASHBOARD CRACKING AND FALLING APART. *TR

LARGE HOLES IN DASH OF 2000 DODGE RAM1500 PICKUP,STATED AS A CRACK, NOW ENTIRE DASH. *TR

HAVE 2001 DODGE RAM, 81,000 MILES. DASH IS FALLING APART, HAS BEEN FOR SEVERAL YEARS. CONTACTED CHRYSLER AN ISSUED COMPLAINT. REF #18411025. WAS TOLD BY THEM THAT THEY WOULD PAY FOR LABOR TO CORRECT KNOWN PROBLEM AND THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR PART. PART 375.00, LABOR 175.00. ASKED THEM TO PAY FOR PART AND I WOULD INSTALL . REPLY WAS NO. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 DODGE PICKUP. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WAS SMOKING FOLLOWED BY FLAMES. THE ENGINE WAS NOT TURNED ON AT THE TIME. THE CONTACT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE FIRE MELTED THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LINER AND THE FRONT CARPET WAS DESTROYED. IN ADDITION, THE FRONT PASSENGER AND DRIVER SEATS WERE SCORCHED AND THE FRONT WINDSHIELD WAS CRACKED. THERE WERE NO PERSONAL INJURIES OR PROPERTY DAMAGE. ONE WEEK PRIOR TO THE FAILURE, THE CONTACT SMELLED A BURNING…