Total Complaints
2 filings
DODGE B300 · model year
2 NHTSA complaints. A VIN lookup is required to determine whether a specific vehicle has an unrepaired recall.
NHTSA overall rating
Not crash-tested
New Car Assessment Program
The 1976DODGEB300 carries 2 consumer safety complaints in NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation database for this specific model-year cohort. Within that volume, owners reported 0 crashes, 0 fires, 0 injuries, and 0 fatalities. No NCAP 5-star crash-test rating is available for this model year in the federal database.
The most frequently selected component label in reports for the 1976 B300 is tires with 2 filings. Complaint categories reflect owner reports and intake categorization; they do not establish a defect pattern or cause.
NHTSA currently has 20 investigation files overlapping the 1976 B300, and 1 remain open. Owners comparing this cohort against neighboring years should read the complaint-by-year trend as report volume, not a causal diagnosis. Use the related-complaint feed and the official recall lookup when researching a specific vehicle.
Total Complaints
2 filings
Crashes Reported
0 reports
Source
NHTSA ODI
Federal complaints database
At or below the fleet median complaint volume.
| Component | Count |
|---|---|
| TIRES | 2 |
FAILURE #1 APROX 18" OF TREAD SEPERATED, BODY OF TIRE STILL HELD AIR, 65LB. SECOND TIRE SHOWED SIGNS OF PENDING SEPERATON. RECIVED PARTIAL WARRANTY ON BOTH TIRES. FAILURE #2 CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. TIRE DESTROYED. BECAUSE TIRE WAS A DUAL SET, BOTH TIRES WERE REPLACED, NO WARRANTY FROM MFG.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: R8.25X16.5 )
FAILURE #1 APROX 18" OF TREAD SEPERATED, BODY OF TIRE STILL HELD AIR, 65LB. SECOND TIRE SHOWED SIGNS OF PENDING SEPERATON. RECIVED PARTIAL WARRANTY ON BOTH TIRES. FAILURE #2 CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. TIRE DESTROYED. BECAUSE TIRE WAS ON A DUAL SET, BOTH TIRES WERE REPLACED, NO WARRANTY FROM MFG. TIRE RATED 2045LB@65LB PSI SINGLE, 1800LB@65LB DUAL. VECH WEIGHT 8720 (FULL WATER, PROPANE, GAS. NO BLACK/GRAY WATER). FT 2560LB, REAR 6160LB. CERT SCALES( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: R8.25X16.5 )
Data vintage: August 2026. Sources: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) complaints database, NHTSA recall campaign API, NHTSA NCAP crash-test ratings, and NHTSA FARS for fatality cross-reference.
Every figure on PlainCars is rendered directly from NHTSA complaint and safety data, no number is typed in by an editor. This year-specific record is rendered from NHTSA ODI, recall, and NCAP rows for the 1976 DODGE B300; no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.
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