NHTSA complaint: 2003 DODGE RAM 1500 — SERVICE BRAKES
WHILE DRIVE AT THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT, THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT WHEEL SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE. I LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE CROSSED THE CENTER LINE, CROSSED OVER THE ON COMING LANE, HIT A MAILBOX, WENT AIRBORNE, CROSSED A DRIVEWAY, HIT A TREE, ROLLED, HIT ANOTHER SMALLER TREE AND CAME TO REST ON THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR FACING THE OPPOSITE WAY I WAS ORIGINALLY TRAVELING. AT THE TIME THE HUB ASSEMBLY SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE, I WAS TRAVELING DOWNHILL. MY DAUGHTER WAS ABLE TO CRAWL OUT OF THE VEHICLE WHILE I HAD TO BE CUT OUT USING THE JAWS OF LIFE. I WAS TRANSPORTED TO A LOCAL TRAUMA ONE HOSPITAL VIA LIFE AIR MEDICAL RESCUE. MY DAUGHTER WAS TRANSPORTED BY GROUND. SHE HAD FIVE CHIPPED TEETH WHILE I SUSTAINED A TBI AND BROKEN KNEE CAP. THE VEHICLE WAS A TOTAL LOST BUT THERE WAS NO LOSS OF LIFE. *TR
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation