1991 Dodge B250

Routine

Owners filed 6 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the electrical system › ignition. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails

Component	Reports	Crashes
Visibility › Defroster/Defogger/Hvac System › Windshield › Electrical Heating Element	1	0
Tires › Tread/Belt	1	0
Steering › Gear Box (other Than Rack and Pinion)	1	0
Electrical System › Wiring	1	0
Electrical System › Ignition	1	0
Electrical System › Instrument Cluster/Panel	1	1

What owners reported

Newest filings

Electrical System › Instrument Cluster/PanelCrash

Filed Jun 21, 200959,778 milesFL

STEERING FAILURE AFTER ACCIDENT! 1991 DODGE B250 AMERICAN LIBERTY CONVERSION VAN 5.2L (318 V-8) CRUISE CONTROL, TILT WHEEL, AIR, POWER WINDOWS, LOCKS, AUTOMATIC WITH OVER DRIVE. AFTER I WAS IN AN ACCIDENT I TURNED OFF THE MOTOR TO SEE HOW BAD THE DAMAGE WAS TO MY VAN AND THE OTHER CAR. AFTER THE POLICE ARRIVED ON SCENE WE WANTED TO MOVE THE CARS. WITHOUT POWER STEERING OR THE MOTOR RUNNING WE TURNED THE WHEEL ONLY TO HAVE IT SNAP! I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS FAULTY OR NOT BUT ALL I COULD THINK AFTER THE ACCIDENT WAS WHAT IF IT HAD HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING 70MPH DOWN I-75! THE ODOMETER IS STUCK AT 59,778 MILES IT HAS BEEN THAT WAY SINCE I BOUGHT THE VAN. *TR

Tires › Tread/Belt

Filed Apr 29, 2004CA

WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED, THE CONSUMER HEARD SOMETHING THAT SOUNDED LIKE A GUN SHOT. THEN, HEARD RUBBER FLAPPING AND HITTING AGAINST THE VEHICLE. DEALER WAS CONTACTED. *AK (TIRE MODEL SS520 WITH 33% TREAD SEPARATION) *SC THE TIRE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION *JB

Steering › Gear Box (other Than Rack and Pinion)

Filed Jan 14, 20042,000 milesIL

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A SLIGHT TURN STEERING HAD TO BE TURNED TO A CERTAIN DEGREE BEFORE THE VEHICLE WOULD SHOW ANY RESPONSE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, WHO INDICATED THAT GEAR BOX WAS NOT FUNCTIONING. *AK

Visibility › Defroster/Defogger/Hvac System › Windshield › Electrical Heating Element

Filed May 26, 1999AL

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED TWO INCIDENTS CONCERNING HEATER SWITCH OVERHEATING, AND INGNITION ACCESSORIES BURNING OUT. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT NOTHING WAS FOUND WRONG. SEEKING HELP FROM NHTSA IN THIS MATTER. *AK

Electrical System › Ignition

Filed Jun 14, 1996MI

FAULTY IGNITION MODULE UNIT, MODULE UNIT SMOKED AND DRIVER BURNT HIMSELF ON THE STEERING COLUMN. *AK

Electrical System › Wiring

Filed Aug 14, 199500

CONSUMER WAS ON A TRIP WENT OUT TO START THE VAN THERE WAS A POPPING NOISE AND START TO SMOKE WIRE WAS BURNING. TT

6 of 6 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1994

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Fires	Assessment
1998	2	0	0	Routine
1997	2	0	0	Routine
1996	4	0	0	Routine
1995	7	0	0	Routine
1994	32	2	1	Routine
1993	10	1	0	Routine
1992	11	1	0	Routine
1991 — this page	6	0	0	Routine
1990	5	0	0	Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.