1994 Dodge Ram 1500 defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 1994 Dodge Ram 1500. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• SEAT BACK FAILURE
  Defect Petition DP03006 · opened Sep 23, 2003 · closed Apr 8, 2004

  Odi has identified 30 incidents where it is alleged the seat back collapsed in a rear impact crash.these incidents are alleged to have contributed to 23 injuries and two deaths.the data presented to odi show that the seat back strength of the front seats comply with federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 207. Seatin…

• STEERING COLUMN SEPARATION
  Defect Petition DP03002 · opened May 7, 2003 · closed Jul 22, 2003

  Mr. Larry a. Sackey submitted a petition to the national highway traffic safety administration (nhtsa) by letter dated april 18, 2003, requesting that nhtsafurther investigate the defective collapsible steering shaft system on 1987-1995 vehicles manufactured by the daimlerchrysler corporation.in part because of 49 cfr …

• HEADLIGHT CIRCUIT
  Engineering Analysis EA98010 · opened May 8, 1998 · closed Dec 10, 1999 · led to recall 99V024000

  The headlamp switch in the subject vehicles can over-heat and fail resulting in loss of head lamps and possibly other lights.daimlerchrysler conducted a series of tests and determined that the 3500 series is prone to generating head lamp switch temperatures in excess of the switch lubricant threshold of 100 degrees cen…

• ALLEGED FAILURE OF STEERING PITMAN SHAFT
  Preliminary Evaluation PE96022 · opened Mar 22, 1996 · closed Jul 31, 1996

  Steering box output (pitman) shaft breakage resulting in loss of control.