NHTSA complaint: 2004 DODGE RAM 1500 — TIRES
THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL ASSEMBLY BROKE FREE FROM VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING AT 40MPH NICE STRAIGHT ROAD ST 933 GOING FROM NOTRE DAME TO NILES MICHIGAN. THE ASSEMBLY ROTOR CALIPERS LUG NUTS SUSPENSION AND RIM WITH TIRE. AS THE ASSEMBLY ROLLED UNDER THE TRUCK IS CAUSED ME TO GO AIRBORNE THIS HAPPENED AT 1:30PM ON A BEAUTIFUL DAY. 08/25/09. AFTER THE TRUCK CAME TO A STOP I GOT OUT AND COULD NOT BELIEVE WHAT JUST HAPPEN. IT WAS JUST A MATTER OF MINUTES BEFORE THE STATE POLICE ARRIVED. HIS FIRST QUESTION WAS AM I OK DO I NEED MEDICAL ATTENTION. HIS SECOND Q UESTION WHERE IS THE OTHER VEHICLE I TOLD HIM THERE IS NONE. QUESTION 2 WHERE IS THE REST OF THE TRUCK. I SAID I DO NOT KNOW. MY INSURANCE IS BENT ON GETTING THE TRUCK AUCTION OFF TRYING TO RECOUP SOME OF THERE MONEY. I GOT ON YOUR HOMEPAGE AND FOUND A RECALL NOTICE CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 04V221000 AFFECTING 6183 VEHICLES. THE TRUCK SITS AT COPART SALVAGE CASE EXP.0001961. I ALSO CALLED THE MANUFACTURE THEY SAID IT MUST HAVE GOTTEN LOST IN THE MAIL. THEW RECALL WAS IN 2004 TWO MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE OF THE TRUCK THEY OFFERED NO HELP. WHAT IS THERE WAS SOME TRAFFIC THAT DAY THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN MANY DEATHS INCLUDING MYSELF. *TR
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation