NHTSA Complaint #756828 — 1994 DODGE RAM

ON JULY 15, 2000, A 1994 DODGE RAM B350 VAN OWNED BY MACEDONIA BAPTIST CHURCH WAS TRAVELING DOWN INTERSTATE 59 WHEN THE LEFT REAR TIRE SUFFERED A TREAD BELT SEPARATION CAUSING THE VAN TO FLIP AND ROLL OVER SEVERAL TIMES CAUSING THE MULTIPLE INJURIES AND TWO FATALITIES. THE TIRE WAS A TREAD MARK RADIAL BELTED LT 245/75 R16 LOAD RANGE E (DOT PJ11AHLV126) MANUFACTURED BY KELLY-SPRINGFIELD/GOODYEAR TIRE AND RUBBER COMPANY, INC. ALSO THE 1994 DODGE RAM B350 VAN MANUFACTURED BY DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION WAS NOT REASONABLY SAFE WHEN BEING USED IN A FORESEEABLE MANNER, BUT TO THE CONTRARY, WAS DEFECTIVE, UNREASONABLY DANGEROUS AND DID NOT MEET THE REASONABLE EXPECTATIONS OF AN ORDINARY CONSUMER AS TO ITS SAFETY IN THAT IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH, THE VAN DID NOT POSSESS SUFFICIENT ROLLOVER PROTECTION TO PREVENT INJURIES AND DEATHS OF THE OCCUPANTS.*AK (DOT NUMBER: PJ11AHLV12 TIRESIZE: 245/75 R16)