VP44 fuel pump dies without any notice leaving passengers and driver stranded at highway speeds loss of steering control because of no power assist! track bars that fail because of poor engineering causing loss of steering control ! track bars fail within 1-2 years of use! at a cost os 3-500$ each!

- Portal, ND, USA

While traveling down a city street in heavy mid-day traffic, my 1999 Dodge Ram 2500 4X4 pick-up truck stopped running. I had no warning. One second the vehicle was running fine and the next second it was dead. Since it is a cummins turbo diesel equipped truck, I lost power steering and power brake assist. Luckily, I was able to wrestle the steering wheel and guide the truck into a mostly empty parking lot with the vehicle's momentum. I had to apply great force to the brake pedal to bring the vehicle to a stop. My biggest concern is, if my wife had been driving instead of me, the loss of power steering and brake assist would have greatly enhanced the chance of a crash and/or personal injury. The problem which caused the engine to stop running turned out to be the inoperative Bosch vp-44 injection pump. A re-manufactured pump is the only form of repair available for these vehicles. After much internet research, I have found that the vp-44 injection pump is notoriously unreliable and extremely failure-prone. I feel that daimler-Chrysler should be held responsible for repairing these vehicles with a more reliable injection pump and/or refunding money spent by owners on repairing this issue. This is a very serious safety issue that the NHTSA should become involved in.

- Waynesville, MO, USA

Towing a 6000 lbs trailer up hill when fuel injection pump stalled caused truck to stop. Word is that its not a recall, but should be. Happens a to a lot of Dodge trucks. Luckily there was a shoulder to pull off to. Lucky us we were not going down hill!!!

- Patterson, CA, USA