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1998 Dodge Ram 2500 tires problems

Owners reported tires problems in 22 complaints for the 1998 Dodge Ram 2500, 7% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
22 7% of this year's complaints
Crashes and fires
0 and 0
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

What the data shows

These complaints mention 1 injury.

What owners wrote

Traveling north on interstate 75 in manatee county. Pick-up truck began to fish tail, causing several vehicles to swerve to avoid accident, followed by loud banging noises at left rear of truck. Pulled over to skirt of interstate and observed a great amount of damage to right rear quarter panel; and the rear passenger side tire devoid of its tread but still fully inflated. Drove truck with tire tread missing of interstate (approx. 5 miles) and replaced tire with tread separation with spare tire.

September 2006 Injury

While traveling on the highway on january 23,20 04. At approximately 60 MPH, the tread on the front passenger side tire separated, resulting in complete destruction of the tire. On march 23, 2004 while driving at the same speed, the tread on the rear driver side tire separated, resulting in tire failure. Hercules, terra track, r123, lt245/75r16, the tires had only 17,000 miles on them. The first incident occurred with no warning. The vehicle jerked and pulled to the right.

Reported at 52,949 miles, January 2004

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