NHTSA Complaint #10598388 — 2003 DODGE RAM 1500
STEERING issue reported to NHTSA
2 Injuries
Complaint Details
| ODI Number | 10598388 |
| Vehicle | 2003 DODGE RAM 1500 |
| Component | STEERING |
| Date of Incident | |
| Date Filed | |
| Mileage | 165,000 miles |
| Crash | No |
| Fire | No |
| Injuries | 2 |
| Deaths | 0 |
| Vehicle Towed | No |
| State | WV |
Consumer Description
MY VEHICLE WAS IN PARK AND TURNED OFF AND I GOT OUT TO WALK AROUND AND MY 3 YR OLD GRABBED SHIFTER AND IT WHEN INTO NEUTRAL AND HER FATHER PUT IT IN PARK BUT GOT HIT BUT DOOR IN PROCESS HAS LEG SWELLING AND I RAN AROUND AND GOT HIT BY BACK OF TRUCK AND DISLOCATED SHOULDER BUT CONTINUED TO RUN TO DRIVERS DOOR AND GOT IT OPEN AND JUMPED IN SIDE WHILE TRUCK IS ROLLING BACKWARDS DOWN AN INCLINE AT 15 MPH HEAD FOR A WALL THAT DROPS 25 FEET HER FATHER THROWING IT INTO PARK DID NOT STOP IT SO ONCE I WAS IN I STEERED IT THE OTHER WAY AWAY FROM CLIFF AND HIT BRAKES AND FINALLY GOT IT STOPPED AND NOW AT HOSPITAL WITH DISLOCATED SHOULDER WE HAD A FAMILY MEMBER DIE ON THE COUNT OF DODGES DEFECTIVE PARTS THIS IS RIDICULOUS!!!!! THIS NEEDS FIXED I KNOW OF BUNCHES OF ACCIDENTS THAT ARE INVOLVED BECAUSE OF DODGE AND THERE PARKING SAFETY IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO GO INTO EAR UNLESS BRAKES ARE PUSHED IN!!!!!!!! I'M BEYOND PISSED!!!!! BECAUSE OF THERE LAZINESS AND CHEAP JUNK THAT THEY WON'T FIX!!!! *JS
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