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2003 DODGE RAM 1500 — STEERING

2 injured · 1075546 · 2014-06-15

Vehicle

Make
DODGE
Model
RAM 1500
Year
2003
Manufacturer
Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
Component
STEERING
Miles at failure
165,000
Speed
15 mph

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
2
Fire
No
Crash
No
Police report
No
Medical attention
Yes
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

MY VEHICLE WAS IN PARK AND TURNED OFF AND I GOT OUT TO WALK AROUND AND MY 3 YR OLD GRABBED SHIFTER AND IT WHEN INTO NEUTRAL AND HER FATHER PUT IT IN PARK BUT GOT HIT BUT DOOR IN PROCESS HAS LEG SWELLING AND I RAN AROUND AND GOT HIT BY BACK OF TRUCK AND DISLOCATED SHOULDER BUT CONTINUED TO RUN TO DRIVERS DOOR AND GOT IT OPEN AND JUMPED IN SIDE WHILE TRUCK IS ROLLING BACKWARDS DOWN AN INCLINE AT 15 MPH HEAD FOR A WALL THAT DROPS 25 FEET HER FATHER THROWING IT INTO PARK DID NOT STOP IT SO ONCE I WAS IN I STEERED IT THE OTHER WAY AWAY FROM CLIFF AND HIT BRAKES AND FINALLY GOT IT STOPPED AND NOW AT HOSPITAL WITH DISLOCATED SHOULDER WE HAD A FAMILY MEMBER DIE ON THE COUNT OF DODGES DEFECTIVE PARTS THIS IS RIDICULOUS!!!!! THIS NEEDS FIXED I KNOW OF BUNCHES OF ACCIDENTS THAT ARE INVOLVED BECAUSE OF DODGE AND THERE PARKING SAFETY IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO GO INTO EAR UNLESS BRAKES ARE PUSHED IN!!!!!!!! I'M BEYOND PISSED!!!!! BECAUSE OF THERE LAZINESS AND CHEAP JUNK THAT THEY WON'T FIX!!!! *JS

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
10598388
Machine
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