CONSUMER PURCHASED KELLY SPRINGFIELD SUMMIT TRAIL CLIMBER TIRES, WITHIN APPROXIMATELY 30000 MILES THE TIRES WERE FOUND DEFECTIVE WITH THE RUBBER TEARING APART FROM A CIRCULAR SEAM, AN OWNER OF A SERVICE STATION INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE TIRES WERE DANGEROUS AND NEEDED REPLACING IMMEDIATELY, TIRES ARE ALL TERRAIN, STEEL BELTED, P235/75R15, 1055 RADIAL PLY TUBELESS, DOT NUMBER PJHL C2KR 116. *SLC
1992 Dodge Ram Pickup
Owners filed 3 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the tires. No safety recall has been issued.
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle Speed Control | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tires | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsWHILE DRIVING VEHICLE, WENT AROUND CORNER WITH FOOT ON BRAKES, SUDDENLY IT ACCELERATED FOR NO REASON, HAD NO CONTROL, WENT CROSS MEDIAN, SPUN AROUND, DID NOT HIT ANYTHING. *AK ALSO PAN GASKET WAS LEAKING, AS WELL AS GEAR WORN AXLE SEALS WERE REPLACED. CONSUMER STATES HE MADE A LEFT TURN AND AFTER STRAIGHTENING VEHICLE CONSUMER ACCELERATED MADE A SUDDEN LEFT TURN FROM BEING STRAIGHT AHEAD THE TRUCK WNET ACROSS CENTER LINE AND CONSUMER HAD NO CONTROL.*JB
ABS BRAKE FAILURE, APPLIED BRAKES REAL HARD VEHICLE SKIDDED SIDEWAYS, CAUSING A LOSS OF CONTROL. *AK
3 of 3 complaints, reproduced as filed.
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.