2002 DODGE RAM 1500 — Complaint #429127
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NHTSA Complaint about SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK:INTERCONNECTING ASSEMBLY(WIRING) filed September 8, 2003
NHTSA complaint #429127 (ODI reference 10037452) concerns a 2002 DODGE RAM 1500 and was filed on September 8, 2003. The owner reports the failure occurred on September 4, 2003. The vehicle had 12,635 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Michigan based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as service brakes, air:antilock:interconnecting assembly(wiring), one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: yes, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. A complaint that flags a crash, fire, or fatality is escalated on NHTSA's internal review queue and factors more heavily into any Preliminary Evaluation decision on this make and model. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same DODGE RAM 1500 cohort independently describe similar service brakes, air:antilock:interconnecting assembly(wiring) failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2002 DODGE RAM 1500 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
SINCE DECEMBER OF 2001 VERIZON HAS HAD (6) DODGE FULL SIZE VANS INVOLVING 1998-2001 B VANS. ALL (6) FIRES APPEAR TO HAVE STARTED UNDER THE HOOD. ALL (6) VANS ARE EQUIPPED WITH THE KELSEY HAYES EBC 325 ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEMS. THREE OF THE FIRES OCCURRED IN THE ABS CONTROLLER AREA OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WITHOUT THE ENTIRE TRUCK GOING UP IN FLAMES BECAUSE THE DRIVERS WERE ABLE TO HAVE THE FIRES EXTINGUISHED BEFORE THE FIRES GOT A REAL GOOD START. THREE OF THE FIRES HAPPENED WHILE THE VEHICLES WERE UNATTENDED AND THE VEHICLES WERE TOTALLY DESTROYED. ON SEPT. 4TH, 2003 A 2002 DODGE VAN WAS REPORTED BY THE DRIVER TO HAVE THE ABS PUMP RUNNING CONTINUALY FOR OVER 2 HOURS. THE ABS PUMP WAS EXTREMELY HOT. HAD TO DISCONNECT THE BATTERY TO SHUT THE PUMP OFF. WHEN THIS VAN WAS BROUGHT INTO THE VERIZON GARAGE THE ABS LIGHT AND THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AND THE ABS PUMP WAS RUNNING CONTINUALLY. THE VAN WAS TOWED TO ROTHROCK DODGE IN ALLENTOWN, PA.,ON 9-5-
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 429127 |
| ODI Number | 10037452 |
| Date Filed | September 8, 2003 |
| Failure Date | September 4, 2003 |
| VIN | 2B7HB11X92K |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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