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1992 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 13, 1999
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 Feb 23, 1995

What this page shows

Our database holds 7 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1992 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

Showing 1–7 of 7

Brakes
Filed Apr 13, 1999
Crash reported

WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 5-30 MPH CONSUMER STEPPED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP VEHICLE AND BRAKES GRABBED FOR FEW SECONDS, BUT, AFTERWARDS THEY RELEASED. VEHICLE LOST CONTROL AND WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH. ABS BRAKES WORK IN A SLOW WAY, AND CONSUMER HAS TO START STEPPING ON THE BRAKES A FEW FEET FROM ANOTHER VEHICLE TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT. *AK

NHTSA ID
828788
Incident
Aug 9, 1998
Brakes
Filed Oct 9, 1998

WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 20-30 MPH AND STEPPING ON THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP VEHICLE, THE BRAKES GRAB FOR A FEW SECONDS, BUT AFTER THAT HAPPENS THE BRAKES WILL RELEASE. ACCORDING TO CONSUMER, THE ABS BRAKES WORK IN A SLOW WAY, AND THAT HE HAS TO START STEPPING ON THE BRAKES A FEW FEET FROM ANOTHER VEHICLE TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT. DEALER WAS CONTACTED. *AK

NHTSA ID
828792
Incident
Aug 9, 1998
Steering
Filed Jan 22, 1997

STEERING PROBLEM, WHEN DRIVING MAKES NOISE, IN FOR REPAIR, REPLACED STEERING DRAG LINK ARM. *AK *JB

NHTSA ID
806737
Incident
Dec 1, 1996
Steering
Filed May 6, 1996

A CRACK IN THE FRAME RAIL IN THE STEERING BOX BRACKET. PLEASE DESCRIBE IN MORE DETAILS.

NHTSA ID
984073
Incident
Jul 12, 1995
Brakes
Filed Jul 11, 1995

BRAKES AND ROTORS ARE BAD AND CHRYSLER DEALERS WOULD NOT CHECK IT. *AK

NHTSA ID
968700
Brakes
Filed May 5, 1995

ABS BRAKE SYSTEM RELEASES WHEN ANY TYPE OF BUMP IS HIT. TT

NHTSA ID
964912
Incident
May 12, 1992
Engine
Filed Feb 23, 1995

THE VEHICLE OVERHEATS WHILE TOWING A HORSE TRAILER ON MOUNTAIN ROADS AT 20-25 MPH. *AK

NHTSA ID
960445
Incident
Aug 12, 1994

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.

Data sources

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