Car Problem DataNHTSA records

1993 Dodge B350

Routine

Owners filed 3 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the suspension › front › control arm › lower ball joint. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Wheels1
000
Suspension › Front › Control Arm › Lower Ball Joint1
000
Service Brakes, Hydraulic1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Wheels
Filed Jun 27, 2016127,132 milesFL

AS I WAS PREPARING TO LEAVE A WALMART PARKING LOT [I WAS NOT MOVING AT THE TIME] I HEARD A LOUD POP NOISE FROM UNDER MY VEHICLE.I INVESTIGATED AND FOUND THE TIRE TREAD HAD BLOWN OUT AND SEPARATED FROM TIRE. SINCE TIRES ONLY HAD APPROXIMATELY 11,000 MILES ON THEM I GOOGLED MICHELIN TIRE PROBLEMS ON THE INTERNET. MY TIRES ARE MICHELIN LTX M/S LT 225/75R16. I FOUND A RECALL WITH THE NHTSA CAMPAIN #3T012000 FOR THESE TIRES. THANK GOODNESS I WASN'T ON THE HIGHWAY AT TIME OF TIRE SEPARATION. I HAVE INCLUDED PICTURES OF TIRE AND ORIGINAL SALES RECEIPT.

Service Brakes, Hydraulic
Filed Sep 21, 20046,000 milesOK

THE REAR BRAKES DIDN'T WORK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER NINE TIMES AND THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *NLM THE FRONT BRAKES AND ROTORS WERE REPLACED 9 TIMES. THE REAR BRAKES NEVER WORKED. *SCC *JB *TC

Suspension › Front › Control Arm › Lower Ball Joint
Filed Feb 18, 1998MI

LOWER BALL JOINT FAILED.

3 of 3 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1999
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20002000Routine
199914040Routine
19984010Routine
19942100Routine
1993 — this page3000Routine
19924010Routine
19912000Routine

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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.