Owner-reported complaints naming the interior system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming seats, latches, locks, linkages and interior fittings. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2000 Dodge Ram submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 8 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE RAM . WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH THE HOOD UN LATCHED AND SLAMMED AGAINST THE WINDSHIELD. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION SHE NOTICED THAT THE HOOD LATCH HAD FRACTURED. NO REPAIRS WERE MADE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED, BUT NO ASSISTANCE WAS PROVIDED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 160,000.
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE RAM. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE OPENED, WHICH IMPAIRED HIS VISIBILITY. HE WAS ABLE TO SAFELY DRIVE TO THE EMERGENCY LANE AND TEMPORARILY SECURE THE HOOD IN A LATCHED POSITION. A MECHANIC, UPON INSPECTION CONCLUDED THAT THE HOOD LATCH FAILED. HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF HAVING THE VEHICLE REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 120,000.
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE SAFETY LATCH ON THE HOOD RUSTED CAUSING THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE TO COME UP AND HIT THE WINDSHIELD. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS WITH THE HOOD LATCH PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. UPDATED 11/17/06. *JB
WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER HEARD A KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BECAME DETACHED FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE FLOOR, NO ANCHORAGE OR BOLT WAS HOLDING THE SEAT IN POSITION. CONSUMER DROVE VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE SEAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT ON RECALL AND CONSUMER WOULD BE CHARGED FOR REPAIRS. *AK
WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, HOOD FLEW OPEN BECAUSE SECONDARY LATCH BROKE, VEHICLE AT DEALERSHIP AT THIS TIME. *AK THE SECONDARY HOOD LATCH HAD BENT BACK TOWARDS THE FIREWALL SO THAT IT BECAME TOTALLY INOPERATIVE, THATS WHEN THE PRIMARY LATCH FAILED, THE HOOD OPENED SUDDENLY WITH NO WARNING. *YD
THE CONSUMER RECIEVED RECALL NOTICE 01V-038, THE CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO HAVE IT REPAIRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, THE NOTICE STATES THAT THE WORK WOULD TAKE ABOUT ONE HOUR TO COMPLETE BUT IT TOOK THE DEALER 8 HOURS, THE FRONT BRAKE PADS WERE REPLACED. NLM
VEHICLE WAS AT A STAND STILL WAS WAS REAR ENDED IN WHICH BOTH DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDE SEATBACK BOLTS BROKE, CAUSING SEAT TO FALL BACKWARDS IN THE RECLININNG POSITION, AND CAUSING INJURIES TO BOTH DRIVER SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE OCCUPANTS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
THE PLACEMENT AND SIZE OF THE DRIVER-SIDE AND PASSENGER-SIDE DOOR WINDOW ALONG WITH THE POSITION OF THE DRIVER SEAT IN THE REAR POSITION LIMITS VISIBILITY TO THE POINT OF CREATING A HAZARD. AVERAGE-SIZED (AND LARGER) DRIVERS MUST LEAN FORWARD WHILE SITTING IN THE SEAT TO SEE OUT BEFORE PULLING INTO TRAFFIC. A NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS AND NEAR-MISS COLLISIONS DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITY HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO THE SAFETY OFFICE BY MAINTENANCE WORKERS ASSIGNED TO SUBJECT VANS. A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION BY SAFETY OFFICIALS HAS BEEN COMPLETED; ALLEGED CONDITIONS ARE FOUNDED. REQUEST FURTHER INVESTIGATION AND COORDINATION WITH CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION. PLEASE ADVISE. *AK
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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