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1990 Dodge W250 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 Apr 21, 2021
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 Aug 16, 1999

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1990 Dodge W250. 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.

Complaints, most recent first

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Other / unspecifiedSuspensionTires & wheels
Filed Apr 21, 2021
Crash reported

ON MARCH 29TH AT 2:20 PM I HAD BOLTED ON AND TORQUED TO SPEC BRAND NEW TIRES AND WHEELS(WHICH I HAD BOUGHT FROM CUSTOM OFFSETS ONLINE AND WHERE SHIPPED TO ME BALANCED, MOUNTED AND READY TO GO) THEN AT AROUND 3:30PM THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. I WAS TRAVELING DOWN THE FREEWAY ABOUT 70 MILES AN HOUR IN THE FAR LEFT LANE AND IN ABOUT 2 MILES FROM GETTING ON THE FREEWAY I HEARD A LOUD BANG AND FELT THE FRONT LEFT SIDE OF THE TRUCK FALL ONTO THE RIM. AS SOON AS THE PRIOR EVENTS TOOK PLACE I SLOWLY STARTING TAPPING THE BREAKS TO WORK UP TO BREAKING FASTER AND HARDER TO SLOW DOWN BUT ON THE PARTICULAR PART OF THE HIGHWAY I WAS ON THE SHOULDER WAS LOSING MORE AND MORE AREA SO I EVENTUALLY ENDED UP HITTING THE K RAIL NOT INTENTIONALLY, COMING TO A STOP. PLEASE ALSO NOTE THAT I HAD NOT HIT NOR RUN ANYTHING OVER ON THIS CLEAN SMOOTH STRETCH OF HIGHWAY. AS DESCRIBED PRIOR I HAD STARTED TAPPING ON THE BREAKS SO I DIDN'T LOCK THEM UP THEN EVENTUALLY FULLY BREAKING AFTER TAPPING. FURTHER TO ADD 4 DAYS LATER ON APRIL 2 I WAS TAKING OFF THE WHEELS AND TIRES TO SEND THEM BACK TO THE COMPANY I PURCHASED THEM FROM (CUSTOM OFFSETS) I NOTICED THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE STARTED TO COME OFF THE BEAD AND CREATE A EGG ON THE SIDE WALL WHICH SHOWS THAT THERE ARE TWO AND JUST ONE DEFECTIVE TIRES SENT TO ME.THE TIRES WERE TOYO OPEN COUNTRY AT 3'S 315/75/16 AND THE WHEELS WERE AMERICAN RACING WHEELS 16X10'S SUPPLIED TO ME BY CUSTOM OFFSETS WEBSITE BALANCED AND MOUNTED.

NHTSA ID
11413279
Incident
Mar 29, 2021
Mileage
110,892 mi
Fuel system
Filed Aug 16, 1999

AFTER FILLING THE FUEL TANK , LOW FUEL LIGHT CAME ON. AFTER 5 MINUTES OF DRIVING WHEN PULLED OVER TO CHECK THE FUEL, TANK STRAPS HAD GIVEN WAY, DROPPING THE WHOLE TANK AND ALL THE FUEL. *AK

NHTSA ID
845130
Incident
Jul 6, 1999

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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