1997 Dodge B250

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the service brakes, hydraulic › antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip1
000
Electrical System › 12v/24v/48v Battery1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Electrical System › 12v/24v/48v Battery
Filed Sep 8, 1999CA

BATTERY.

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Dec 31, 1998NH

SR97-01. BRAKES NOT STOPPING, JUMPING/STOPPING, EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE OCCURRED, DEALER CONTACTED, BRAKES HAD TO BE MACHINED AT 12,000 MILES. ALSO, TRANSMISSION LEAKING AND LOOSE VALVE/CATALYTIC CONVERTER IS NOT OPERABLE, DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. UNUSUAL WEAR AND UNEVEN WEAR ON THE TIRES IN FRONT OF VEHICLE. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1994
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
19982000Routine
1997 — this page2000Routine
19964000Routine
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.