NHTSA Complaint #10745897 — 2015 RAM PROMASTER

MY WIFE BOUGHT A CARGO VERSION OF THE RAM PROMASTER TO USE AS HER DAILY DRIVER AND, HOPEFULLY, WHEN SHE RETIRES, A TOURING/VACATION VEHICLE. NEITHER SHE NOR I INTENDED TO USE THE VEHICLE COMMERCIALLY YET THE TIRE PRESSURE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ON THIS IS SET TO KEEP THE REAR TIRES AT 72 PSI AND THE FRONTS AT 65 PSI, RIDICULOUSLY HIGH PRESSURES FOR A VEHICLE THAT WILL NEVER BE USED TO HAUL A LOAD. THE TIRES ON THIS VEHICLE ARE "C" RATED PASSENGER TIRES. THERE IS NO WAY FOR ME TO ADJUST THAT TO SOMETHING RELATED TO REAL-WORLD PHYSICS (MY BEST GUESS WOULD BE ROUGHLY 32 PSI ON ONE END AND, MAYBE, 35 PSI ON THE OTHER). WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO PARK ON A PIECE OF GLASS TO LOOK AT THE FOOT PRINT, I WOULD GUESS I ONLY HAVE ABOUT A 2/3 FOOTPRINT. IF SHE HAS AN EMERGENCY SITUATION, EVEN IF SHE'S ON DRY PAVEMENT, THE STOPPING DISTANCE IS PROBABLY MUCH GREATER THAN IT SHOULD BE. THE TIRE MOST LIKELY WILL ONLY WEAR DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE TREAD, ASSUMING THERE ARE NO ALIGNMENT ISSUES. THE RIDE IS SO HARD I CAN'T VOUCH FOR THE LONGEVITY OF ELECTRONICS IN THIS VEHICLE AND THERE ARE PLENTY OF THEM. SHOCK IS THEIR WORST ENEMY. IT'S BAD ENOUGH THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT CAN THROW THIS VEHICLE INTO "LIMP" MODE, AND THIS IS ONE OF THEM, "LIMP" MODE, DEPENDING WHERE YOU ARE, COULD BE LIFE-THREATENING. PLEASE TELL ME HOW I CAN GET THIS SAFE HAZARD REMEDIED AND SOON. MY WIFE MAKES A MONTHLY TRIP TO PHOENIX AND IT'S ABOUT A THREE HOUR DRIVE, ONE WAY. WE GET WINTER WEATHER (ICE AND SNOW) AT BOTH OF OUR HOMES. DON'T BOTHER TELLING ME ABOUT THE MEME ON WHY THIS WORTHLESS DEVICE WAS MANDATED IN AMERICAN VEHICLES, I'VE READ IT AND, LIKE ANY OTHER AMERICAN WITH A FUNCTIONING SYNAPSE, KNOW THAT THIS STUPIDITY IS JUST ANOTHER BLATANT EXAMPLE OF OVERREACH, THIS TIME LIFE-THREATENING. I REALIZE GOVERNMENT INCOMPETENCE KNOWS NO BOUNDS BUT THIS TRULY IS LIFE-THREATENINGLY STUPID.