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1985 Dodge B150 Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Sep 25, 2009
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Sep 25, 2009

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 1985 Dodge B150. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

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Other / unspecified
Filed Sep 25, 2009

WHEEL BEARINGS MADE IN CHINA AND MEXICO. I SEEM TO BE HAVING CONTINUING PROBLEM WITH THIS. AS THE PARTS HAVE BECOME CHEAPER THEY HAVE BEEN FAILING MORE FREQUENTLY. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR 2 YEARS. I WAS GETTING 6MONTHS FROM A SET NOW THEY ARE BAD OUT OF THE BOX. HELP I NEED MY CAR BACK. THE BEARINGS IN QUESTION ARE NATIONAL MADE IN CHINA, TIMPKIN MADE IN CHINA, SKF MADE IN MEXICO. I HAVE ALSO TRIED THE CHEAPER BRANDS. I HAVE A 1985 DODGE B150 VAN, 5LUG WHEEL, AND 318 CID V8. THE WHEEL BEARINGS ON THIS VAN SEEM SMALL. IF THE QUALITY WAS RELAXED JUST A LITTLE I MIGHT HAVE ONE OF THE FEW THAT MIGHT HAVE A PROBLEM. THIS IS A CONTINUING ISSUE. I HAVE DEFECTIVE PARTS. *TR

NHTSA ID
10285288
Incident
Dec 31, 2008

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

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