WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 5-30 MPH CONSUMER STEPPED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP VEHICLE AND BRAKES GRABBED FOR FEW SECONDS, BUT, AFTERWARDS THEY RELEASED. VEHICLE LOST CONTROL AND WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH. ABS BRAKES WORK IN A SLOW WAY, AND CONSUMER HAS TO START STEPPING ON THE BRAKES A FEW FEET FROM ANOTHER VEHICLE TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT. *AK
1992 Dodge W250
Owners filed 7 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.
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steering › Linkages › Drag › Link › Connection | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steering › Gear Box (other Than Rack and Pinion) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Rotor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Engine and Engine Cooling › Cooling System | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsWHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 20-30 MPH AND STEPPING ON THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP VEHICLE, THE BRAKES GRAB FOR A FEW SECONDS, BUT AFTER THAT HAPPENS THE BRAKES WILL RELEASE. ACCORDING TO CONSUMER, THE ABS BRAKES WORK IN A SLOW WAY, AND THAT HE HAS TO START STEPPING ON THE BRAKES A FEW FEET FROM ANOTHER VEHICLE TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT. DEALER WAS CONTACTED. *AK
STEERING PROBLEM, WHEN DRIVING MAKES NOISE, IN FOR REPAIR, REPLACED STEERING DRAG LINK ARM. *AK *JB
A CRACK IN THE FRAME RAIL IN THE STEERING BOX BRACKET. PLEASE DESCRIBE IN MORE DETAILS.
BRAKES AND ROTORS ARE BAD AND CHRYSLER DEALERS WOULD NOT CHECK IT. *AK
ABS BRAKE SYSTEM RELEASES WHEN ANY TYPE OF BUMP IS HIT. TT
THE VEHICLE OVERHEATS WHILE TOWING A HORSE TRAILER ON MOUNTAIN ROADS AT 20-25 MPH. *AK
7 of 7 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.