2004 Dodge RAM 2500: tire blowout or tread separation

Filed Aug 30, 2016 · Wheels · 110,000 miles · AZ

On august 29, 2016 I was driving my 2004 dodge truck on a highway when my front driver side tire suffered a complete tread separation. It seemed to just explode. There were no injuries, but a damage report was filled out by the highway patrol. This was a michelin ltx a/t2 tire with about 40,000 miles on it. The tires are 5 years old.these tires are warrantied for 60,000 miles or 6 years. After 20,000 miles I had one of the tires replaced because it looked like it might separate, but the others seemed alright at that time. I have probably $2000 or more worth of damage to my truck. It knocked the headlight out, ripped off the running board, tore out the inner fender, bent the fender and put a dent in the bottom of my door. I have always bought michelin, but will never use them again.

Filed Aug 22, 2016 · Tires · 197,000 miles · FL

Tl* the contact owns a 2004 dodge ram 2500 equipped with capitol precision trac ii tires, size: 265/70517 (na). While driving 60 MPH, the vehicle began to wobble. The contact pulled over to inspect the vehicle and noticed that the front passenger tire failed. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was confirmed that the tire tread separated. The tire was replaced. The tires were replacement tires. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The VIN was not available. The approximate vehicle failure mileage was 197,000 and the tire failure mileage was 50,000.

Filed Oct 15, 2015 · Tires · 194,782 miles · MD

I had a blow out while driving at 70 MPH on interstate 95 in virginia. I was on vacation, the tire has a 70k mile warranty and I had 44k miles on the tire. The tire blew out no warning, it sounded like a bomb had exploded. The tire blow out, knocked out my front right passenger side headlight completely, knocked the front bumper a loose from the right side fender, dented the right side fender and passenger door. Thank god I didn't lose control of the vehicle nor was another car traveling beside me.

Filed Apr 6, 2015 · Steering, Suspension · 98,000 miles · TX

In july 2014, traveling along a 2 lane highway, we hit a bump in the road and the truck started to violently shake to the point where we had to come to a complete stop on the road. Scared the entire family as we got out to see if we had a tire failure. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary. Continued on the vacation and had it occur 3-5 more times while in the truck. While on vacation, had the steering damper(stabilizer) and rotated the tires but that did not fix the problem. Upon return home, took it to a non-chrysler service center as the local dodge dealer was 3 weeks out on getting the truck in. They replaced both upper and lower tie rods joints, wheel bearings and aligned the vehicle. $2000 approximate cost plus the steering stabilizer and no fix. Took the truck on another extended trip on 4/3 and had it occur again. When I called chrysler dealer today (4/6), the service advisor was unaware of any problems with this truck and advised me to bring it in which I will do next week. It still has the passenger air bag recall out on it. All previous recalls have been inspected by chrysler service centers. This is a very dangerous situation and I fear that allowing the truck on the highway dangers not only me and my family but other motorists traveling near us.

Filed Oct 17, 2012 · Steering, Suspension · 99,184 miles · CA

I was driving my 2004 dodge 2500 4x4 diesel pickup at 40-45 MPH. As I was going into a curve in the road, I drove over a rough part in the road and the steering wheel started shaking violently back and forth (left and right). It was very hard to control the vehicle, I nearly crashed into a car on one side of me and a bridge railing on the other side. I thought maybe one of the front wheels was coming off the axle or I had a blowout. I slowed down and finally got the vehicle under control. I took it to a diesel repair shop immediately after this happened and they found the steering stabilizer shock leaking, the outer tie rod at the drag link and inner tie rod had some play, and both upper ball joints had some play. They replaced the steering stabilizer shock, the right inner tie rod, and the right outer tie rod. These repairs came to close to $400. They mentioned the "death wobble" problem and suggested we might add additional aftermarket parts to the front suspension to prevent this from happening again. The shop could not do the work right then or I would have had it done. I do not feel safe driving this vehicle now; it took all my driving experience and strength to get control of the vehicle, I do not think a weaker or inexperienced driver could have kept the vehicle from crashing. After looking at all the evidence of this "death wobble" problem on the internet, I cannot believe that the problem has not been solved and the vehicles recalled. People could die and or be injured and probably already have. The accident would probably be blamed on driver error with broken parts blamed on the accident instead of on the broken parts causing the accident.

Filed Oct 19, 2010 · Tires · 231,000 miles · TX

Tl*the contact owns a 2004 dodge ram 2500 equipped with goodyear wrangler at/s tires, size was lt265/70r17. While the contact was driving approximately 65 MPH, there was a loud noise outside of the vehicle and suddenly the rear passenger tire exploded from rim to rim. The contact drove onto the side of the road. The defective tire was replaced with the spare tire. The failure mileage was approximately 231,000. The dot number was 4bt6fddr3809.

Filed Sep 3, 2007 · Tires · 103,220 miles · AZ

Tread separation at freeway speed causing extensive damage to driver's side of vehicle.