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NHTSA owner reports · September 18, 2026 snapshot.

10 crash reports1 fire reports6 injury reports

What owners actually said

155 reports

150 miles · May 30, 2003

Steering

POOR STEERING CONTROL. VEHICLE DRIFTS. LOOSNESS IN STEERING. MANUFACTURER'S RERESENTATIVE STATES THE PROBLEM CANNOT BE CORRECTED. ALL DODGE 2002 PICKUP HAVE PROBLEMS WITH STEERING. THE STEERING HAS BEEN WORKED ON SINCE THE FIRST 150 MILES OF BEING NEW. VEHICLE HAS APPROXIMATELY 14,000 MILES TO DATE.*AK

NHTSA ODI #10020760

28,000 miles · Mar 27, 2003

VisibilityCrash

THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED WHILE DRIVING. *JB. DUE TO THE WIPERS FAILING, THE CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. *JB

NHTSA ODI #10014558

Mileage unknown · Jan 29, 2003

Service Brakes, Hydraulic

BRAKE PEDAL WOULD GO TO THE FLOOR CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PH

NHTSA ODI #10004869

Mileage unknown · Dec 5, 2002

Steering

DODGE WILL NOT WARRANTY ANY PRODUCT BECAUSE OF FACTOR REP LEE BROWN WILL NOT STAND BEHIND PRODUCT SOLD. DT

NHTSA ODI #770482

Mileage unknown · Dec 3, 2002

Steering

CONSUMER STATES THAT VEHICLE'S STEERING WANDERS EXCESSIVELY. HAS TO CONTINOUSLY CORRECT STEERING WHILE DRIVING. DEALER HAS REPLACED GEAR BOX AND TIRES, BUT PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. TS

NHTSA ODI #8023587

Mileage unknown · Nov 2, 2002

Service Brakes, Hydraulic

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PREVIOUSLY REPORTED ON 10/22/02, ODI# 768732, AND AGAIN TO WEBMASTER ON 10/25/02. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP WHERE PURCHASED FOR REPAIRS TO NO AVAIL. THIS IS THE 4TH TIME THAT IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR THE SAME METAL TO METAL "CLANKING" NOISE IN THE FRONT LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE OF THE WHEEL AREA. THE NOISE ONLY OCCURS WHEN THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN REVERSE AND THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED AND THEN FORWARD AND THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED. AFTER CONTINUEING IN A FORWARD MOTION IT DOES NOT MAKE THE NOISE WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. THIS 4TH TIME THAT IT WAS IN THE SHOP, THE BRAKE CALIPERS WERE REPLACED AND IT IS AS IF NOTHING HAD BEEN DONE AS THE NOISE IS STILL PRESENT. WITH THIS BEING A METAL CLANKING NOISE, I FEEL THAT IT COULD BE A SERIOUS SAFETY PROBLEM IF SOMETHING ACTUALLY BREAKS. I AM NOW TO CONTINUE DRIVING THE VEHICLE UNTIL AN OTHER APPOINTMENT CAN BE MADE TO BRING THE TRUCK BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR MORE "GUESS WORK". AND WHEN THEY HAVE A LOANER VEHICLE. I HAVE OWNED THE TRUCK FOR A LITTLE OVER A MONTH AND IT HAS BEEN IN THE REPAIR SHOP FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS AND THE PROBLEM CAN NOT SEEM TO BE FIXED. DT

NHTSA ODI #769208

Mileage unknown · Oct 22, 2002

Suspension

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS VEHICLE SHIMMY'S ALL OVER THE ROAD. CONSUMER STATES IF YOU HIT A POT HOLE, COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. MR

NHTSA ODI #8021372

Mileage unknown · Sep 25, 2002

Air BagsCrashInjury

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING AT 35MPH IN A FRONTAL COLLISON NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED ON IMPACT. PASSENGER WAS SERIOUS INJURED. VEHICLE WAS BADLY DAMAGED. NLM

NHTSA ODI #8019397

Mileage unknown · Sep 17, 2002

SteeringCrash

I HAVE BEEN TO DEALERSHIPS IN CALIFORNIA AND FIND THAT THEIR JOB IS TO RUFUSE TO ADDRESS PROBLEMS WITH TRUCK. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK

NHTSA ODI #767283

Mileage unknown · Jul 31, 2002

Steering

CONSUMER STATES STEERING COLUMN IS DEFECTIVE. *TT

NHTSA ODI #567014

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