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Dodge B250

Every Dodge B250 model year on file, 1978 to 1998. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years926 involved a crash, fire, injury or death

Model years211978 to 1998

Recall campaigns9Distinct campaigns listing it

Service bulletins29Summed across model years

By model year

The 1994 model year drew the most complaints, 32, 35% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.

Components

Electrical system leads the Dodge B250 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Electrical system

Brakes

Powertrain

Structure

Tires

Engine and cooling

Fuel system

Steering

Visibility and wipers

Seats

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.

Model years

The record for each Dodge B250 model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Dodge B250 by model year
Year	Body	Complaints	Severity index	Peer index	Recalls	Investigations	Bulletins
1998	Van	2	50.0	50	0	0	11
1997	Van	2	0.0	40	0	0	8
1996	Van	4	25.0	57	0	0	7
1995	Van	7	0.0	100	0	0	1
1994	Van	32	3.1	400	2	0	1
1993	Van	10	10.0	167	1	0	1
1992	Van	11	0.0	275	1	0	0
1991	Not decoded	6	16.7	600	0	0	0
1990	Van	5	0.0	125	0	0	0
1989	Van	4	0.0	133	0	0	0
1988	Van	2	0.0	100	2	0	0
1987	Van	5	0.0	125	0	2	0
1986	Not decoded	1	100.0	100	0	2	0
1985	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	2	0
1984	Not decoded	0	None	None	3	1	0
1983	Not decoded	0	None	None	3	0	0
1982	Not decoded	0	None	None	2	0	0
1981	Not decoded	1	0.0	100	2	0	0
1980	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	0	0
1979	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	0	0
1978	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	0	0

Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.

Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Dodge B250

94V-177 Sep 14, 1994
Front driver and passenger seat back height does not conform to the requirements of fmvss no. 202, "head restraints."
Seats · 381 vehicles
94V-139 Aug 4, 1994
Factory mounted armrest on the driver and passenger door do not conform to the requirements of fmvss no. 201, "occupant protection in interior…
Seats · 290 vehicles
90V-137 Jul 18, 1990
Anchorage
Seat belts · 14k vehicles
88V-073 May 4, 1988
Battery may interfere with the hood inner panel at the front three cell vent cap of the battery
Electrical system · 2,200 vehicles
87V-194 Dec 26, 1987
Automatic transmission may contain a park sprag rod assembly that may stick in the tooth butt unengaged position
Powertrain · 3,500 vehicles
85V-098 Jul 30, 1985
Certification labels contain incorrect vehicle weight ratings and/or tire and rim size selection data
Equipment · 1,000 vehicles
84V-047 Apr 10, 1984
Piston within master cylinder may develop a seal leakage
Brakes · 1,800 vehicles
84V-040 Mar 29, 1984
Altered vehicles either do not have rear couch seat belts installed, violating federal motor vehicle safety standard 208, occupant crash…
Seat belts · 181 vehicles
82V-095 Oct 5, 1982
Ignition switches installed in the involved vehicles may have been distorted during a crimping operation which resulted in the internal plastic…
Electrical system · 1,725 vehicles

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.