1996 Dodge B250

Routine

Owners filed 4 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the tires. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Tires1
000
Power Train › Axle Assembly › Axle Shaft › Seal1
000
Exterior Lighting1
001
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Tires
Filed Sep 5, 2000GA

DRIVING FROM ALBANY GA TO ATLANTA GA. LEFT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT, VAN ROSE UP ON TWO WHEELS. DRIVER COMPENSATED AND PREVENTED ROLLOVER. SIDEWALL OF TIRE DISENTEGRATED. DIGITAL PHOTOS OF TIRE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.( DOT NUMBER: UNKNOWN TIRE SIZE: 265/75R16 )

Exterior Lighting1 injured
Filed Jun 3, 1997NH

REAR DRIVER'S SIDE PARKING LIGHTS OVERHEATED/MELTED INSIDE LENS, BURNT HAND OF TEENAGER, CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline
Filed Apr 29, 1997CA

REAR MAIN SEAL FAILED.

Power Train › Axle Assembly › Axle Shaft › Seal
Filed Feb 24, 1997CA

AXLE BEARING SEAL FAILED.

4 of 4 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1994
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
19982000Routine
19972000Routine
1996 — this page4000Routine
19957000Routine
199432210Routine
199310100Routine
199211100Routine
19916000Routine
19905000Routine

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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.