1992 Dodge W250

Routine

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.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip3
100
Steering › Linkages › Drag › Link › Connection1
000
Steering › Gear Box (other Than Rack and Pinion)1
000
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Rotor1
000
Engine and Engine Cooling › Cooling System1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited SlipCrash
Filed Apr 13, 1999NM

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

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Oct 9, 1998NM

WHILE 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 › Linkages › Drag › Link › Connection
Filed Jan 22, 1997CA

STEERING PROBLEM, WHEN DRIVING MAKES NOISE, IN FOR REPAIR, REPLACED STEERING DRAG LINK ARM. *AK *JB

Steering › Gear Box (other Than Rack and Pinion)
Filed May 6, 1996CA

A CRACK IN THE FRAME RAIL IN THE STEERING BOX BRACKET. PLEASE DESCRIBE IN MORE DETAILS.

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Rotor
Filed Jul 11, 1995WA

BRAKES AND ROTORS ARE BAD AND CHRYSLER DEALERS WOULD NOT CHECK IT. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed May 5, 1995CO

ABS BRAKE SYSTEM RELEASES WHEN ANY TYPE OF BUMP IS HIT. TT

Engine and Engine Cooling › Cooling System
Filed Feb 23, 1995OR

THE VEHICLE OVERHEATS WHILE TOWING A HORSE TRAILER ON MOUNTAIN ROADS AT 20-25 MPH. *AK

7 of 7 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1993
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
19941000Routine
19938000Routine
1992 — this page7000Routine
19916000Routine
19902000Routine

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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.