Spare Tire problems of the 2004 Dodge Ram 2500

Two problems related to spare tire have been reported for the 2004 Dodge Ram 2500. The most recently reported issues are listed below.

1 Spare Tire problem

Failure Date: 02/03/2012

Tl- the contact owns a 2004 Dodge Ram 2500. The vehicle was being used to pulling a 2006 thor comfort trailer equipped with towmaster trailer radial tires, size: 225/75/15. The contact stated that while traveling 55 mph the passenger rear tire failed. The contact was able to merge onto the shoulder in order to install the spare tire. Months later, the front passenger side tire failed followed by the rear driver's side tire ailing three months later. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was found that the failure was caused by under inflation and several other variants. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure and current mileages were unavailable. Kmj.

2 Spare Tire problem

Failure Date: 10/15/2010

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.


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