2000 DODGE RAM PICKUP Latcheslockslinkageshoodlatch Problems
1 NHTSA complaint on file
Latcheslockslinkageshoodlatch Issues in the 2000 DODGE RAM PICKUP
1 latcheslockslinkageshoodlatch complaint has been filed with NHTSA for the 2000 DODGE RAM PICKUP. Of these, 0 involved a crash, 0 involved a fire, and 0 resulted in injury.
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All Latcheslockslinkageshoodlatch Complaints
OIL CHANGE THE DAY BEFORE AT QUICK LUBE. WAS TRAVELING TOWARD W.VA. ON I-68 IN MARYLAND. I HAD BEEN TRAVELING APROX 270 MILES SINCE OIL CHANGE. MY SPEED WAS APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH. THE TRUCK HOOD WAS SUDDENLY BLOWN BACKWARDS INTO MY WINDSHIELD. THE WINDSHIELD BEGAN TO SHOW CRACKS . I WAS ABLE TO GET FROM THE MIDDLE LANE TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. WITH THE HELP OF PASSERS-BY, I WAS ABLE TO PULL THE HOOD DOWN, AND STRAP IT SECURELY, AND CONTINUE MY TRIP. THE PASSENGER SIDE HOOD HINGE HAD BEEN TORN FROM THE FENDER MOUNT, THE GRILL WAS DISCONNECTED FROM THE HOOD FRONT. THE HOOD WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED AND BOTH FRONT FENDERS WILL NEED BODY WORK, IF NOT REPLACEMENT. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE LOCATION OF MY OIL CHANGE, AND THE MANAGER EXAMINED THE HOOD. HE STATED THAT IT WAS A FAILURE OF THE HOOD LATCH, AND...