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.
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.
Other problems reported for the 1998 Dodge Ram 2500
- Brakes 57 complaints
- Steering 27 complaints
- Body & structure 23 complaints
- Transmission 21 complaints
- Fuel system 20 complaints
- Suspension 20 complaints
- Air bags 18 complaints
- Cruise control 18 complaints