1999 Dodge B350

Routine

Owners filed 14 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the tires › valve. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Tires › Valve8
000
Electrical System5
040
Seats › Front Assembly › Recliner1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Electrical SystemFire
Filed Sep 27, 2008222,357 milesMD

THIS VEHICLE BELONGS TO VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS. THE VAN HAD AN UNDER HOOD FIRE THAT ORIGINATED IN THE ABS MODULE AREA. 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

Electrical SystemFire
Filed Sep 27, 2008104,968 milesMD

THIS VEHICLE BELONGS TO VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS. THE VAN HAD AN UNDER HOOD FIRE THAT ORIGINATED IN THE ABS MODULE AREA. THE DRIVER COMPLAINED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER WAS NOT WORKING CORRECTLY. WHEN DIAGNOSING THE COMPLAINT THE MECHANIC DISCOVERED THAT THE ABS MODULE CONNECTOR AND WIRING WERE BURNT. 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

Electrical System
Filed Sep 27, 200892,758 milesMD

THIS VEHICLE BELONGS TO VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS. THE DRIVER OF THE VAN REPORTED THAT THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WAS MALFUNCTIONING. THE MECHANIC WHEN DIAGNOSING THE COMPLAINT DISCOVERED THAT THE ABS MODULE CONNECTOR WAS MELTED. 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

Electrical SystemFire
Filed Sep 27, 200856,710 milesMD

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

Electrical SystemFire
Filed Sep 27, 2008102,973 milesMD

THIS VEHICLE BELONGS TO VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS. THE VAN HAD AN UNDER HOOD FIRE THAT ORIGINATED IN THE ABS MODULE AREA. THE DRIVER COMPLAINED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER WAS NOT WORKING CORRECTLY. WHEN DIAGNOSING THE COMPLAINT THE MECHANIC DISCOVERED THAT THE ABS MODULE CONNECTOR AND WIRING WERE BURNT. 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

Seats › Front Assembly › Recliner
Filed Jun 18, 2004OH

THE PASSENGER FRONT SEAT CRACKED FROM THE FLOORBOARD. *AK

Tires › Valve
Filed Jan 23, 2002TN

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

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 OF VEHICLE IS A 1999.*AK *YH

Tires › Valve
Filed Jan 23, 2002TN

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

Tires › Valve
Filed Jan 23, 2002TN

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

Tires › Valve
Filed Jan 23, 2002TN

VALVE STEM IS SEPARATING FROM RUBBER AND METAL, CAUSING TIRES TO DEFLATE FASTER. THE VALVE STEM IS MANUFACTURED BY SCHRADER PART # TR-600HP. YEAR OF VEHICLE IS 1999.*AK *YH

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 OF VEHICLE IS 1999.*AK *YH

Tires › Valve
Filed Jan 23, 2002TN

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

Tires › Valve
Filed Jan 22, 2002TN

TIRE'S VALVE STEM IS SEPARATING. RUBBER FROM METAL CAUSING TIRE (S) TO DEFLATE FASTER. VALVE STEM WAS MANUFACTURED BY SCHRADER PART # TR-600HP.*AK *YH

14 of 14 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1999
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20002000Routine
1999 — this page14040Routine
19984010Routine
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.