Car Problem DataNHTSA records

1998 Dodge B350

Routine

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

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Tires › Valve2
000
Vehicle Speed Control › Accelerator Pedal1
000
Electrical System1
010

What owners reported

Newest filings
Electrical SystemFire
Filed Sep 27, 2008114,417 milesMD

THIS VEHICLE BELONGS TO VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS. THE VAN HAD AN UNDER HOOD FIRE THAT ORIGINATED IN THE ABS MODULE AREA. THE DRIVER NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD OF THE VAN WHILE IT WAS PARKED. DAIMLERCHRYSLER ISSUED SAFETY RECALL D20 IN 2004 TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM BUT THE RECALL REPAIR HAS NOT CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. VERIZON HAS HAD 29 INCIDENTS THAT OCCURRED AFTER THE RECALL WAS PERFORMED. THIS IS AN UNSAFE CONDITION THAT WARRANTS FURTHER INVESTIGATION AND ACTION. *TR

Vehicle Speed Control › Accelerator Pedal
Filed Dec 6, 2004141,000 milesCA

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED CONSUMER HAD TO SHIFT TO NEUTRAL AND SHUT OFF THE VEHICLE TO GET THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL UNSTUCK. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

Tires › Valve
Filed Jan 23, 2002TN

VALVE STEM IS SEPARATING FROM RUBBER AND METAL, CAUSING TIRES TO DEFLATE FASTER. VALVE STEM IS MANUFACTURED BY SCHRADER PART # TR-600HP. YEAR VEHICLE IS 1998.*AK *YH

Tires › Valve
Filed Jan 23, 2002TN

CONSUMER STATED THE VALVE STEM IS SEPARATING FROM RUBBER THE AND METAL, CAUSING TIRES TO DEFLATE FASTER, THE VALVE STEM IS MANUFACTURED BY SCHRADER PART # TR-600HP.*AK. *SLC

4 of 4 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1999
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20002000Routine
199914040Routine
1998 — this page4010Routine
19942100Routine
19933000Routine
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.