WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE WHICH THE TIRES WERE ORIGINALLY INSTALLED (1995 DODGE B3500 RAMWAGON THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO VIBRATE. HAVING PREVIOUSLY EXPERIENCED CATASTROPHIC TIRE FAILURE WITH FIRESTONE STEELTEX TIRES, I SUSPECTED A TIRE BELT SHIFT AND STOPPED THE VEHICLE TO INSPECT, BUT WAS UNABLE TO VISUALLY SEE OR FEEL A TIRE PROBLEM. AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, I EXITED THE INTERSTATE TO INTENTIONALLY DRIVE SLOWER AND CHANGE THE ROAD SURFACE TO VALIDATE THE PROBLEM WAS TIRE RELATED. THE VEHICLE VIBRATION GREW MEASURABLY WORSE, THEREFORE I FOUND THE NEAREST TIRE STORE AND ASKED THEM TO ASSIST ME IN DETERMINING WHICH TIRE WAS CAUSING THE PROBLEM. THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN QUICKLY FOUND THE TIRE CAUSING THE ISSUE BY FINDING ONE OF THE TIRE TREAD SURFACES HAD BECOME CONVEX. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED AND UPON TEST DRIVING THE VEHICLE THE TIRE VIBRATION ISSUE WAS COMPLETELY ELIMINATED. THE CONTINENTAL CROSSCONT LX, LT225/75 R16-E RATED TIRE BELT HAD SHIFTED AND WAS DANGEROUSLY ON THE VERGE OF CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. *TR

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DP03002 · Steering Column Separation

Opened May 7, 2003 · Closed Jul 22, 2003

Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Steering:column

MR. LARRY A. SACKEY SUBMITTED A PETITION TO THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION (NHTSA) BY LETTER DATED APRIL 18, 2003, REQUESTING THAT NHTSAFURTHER INVESTIGATE THE DEFECTIVE COLLAPSIBLE STEERING SHAFT SYSTEM ON 1987-1995 VEHICLES MANUFACTURED BY THE DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION.IN PART BECAUSE OF 49 CFR ? 30120(G), NHTSA HAS DECIDED TO LIMIT THE SCOPE OF THE PETITION VEHICLES TO 1993-1995 MODELS, EXCLUDING THE 1993 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE AND 1994-1995 DODGE RAM SERIES TRUCKS THAT WERE RECALLED (93V210 & 96V230) FOR STEERING COLUMN FAILURE.IF THE ANALYSIS OF THESE VEHICLES HAD IDENTIFIED A POTENTIAL PROBLEM, THE SCOPE COULD HAVE BEEN EXPANDED IN AN INVESTIGATION.A REVIEW OF ODI'S DATA BASE SHOWS NO RECENT COMPLAINTS AND A LACK OF A COMPLAINT TREND CONCERNING THE SUBJECT ISSUE ON THE SUBJECT VEHICLES AS A WHOLE OR BY INDIVIDUAL MODELS.THEREFORE, THE PETITION IS DENIED.FOR DETAILS, SEE FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICE VOLUME 68, NO. 130, JULY 8, 2003.