NHTSA Complaint #10265231 — 2003 DODGE RAM 2500

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE PAINT BEGAN TO CHIP ABNORMALLY NEAR THE DRIP RAIL. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY REPAIRED THE VEHICLE UNDER WARRANTY. SEVERAL YEARS AFTER THE REPAIR, THE FAILURE BECAME PROGRESSIVELY WORSE BECAUSE THE PAINT BEGAN CHIPPING FROM VARIOUS PARTS OF THE EXTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER, BUT THEY WOULD NOT MAKE ANY REPAIRS BECAUSE THE VEHICLE EXCEEDED ITS WARRANTY. THE MANUFACTURER DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 22,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 67,000.