Dodge Ram Complaints

27,062 consumer complaints on file.

#559921February 27, 2001
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:PUMP
THE POWER STEERING PUMP LEAKED A LARGE AMOUNT OF FLUID RESULTING IN NO POWER STEERING OR POWER BRAKES. NLM
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No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#741649February 27, 2001
TIRES
FRONT RIGHT TIRE SEPARATED AT 65MPH ALMOST CAUSING A MAJOR ACCIDENT AND POSSIBLE DEATH. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AT 2,410 MILEAGE ABOUT FRONT END VIBRATION/SHIMMY. NO CAUSE FOUND. VIBRATION IN FRONT END REPORTED NUMEROUS TIMES TO DEALER WITHOUT PROBLEM BEING FOUND SINCE IT CONTINUED. WAS TOLD "NORMAL RIDE" FOR TRUCK. TRUCK EXPERIENCED NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH FRONT END SUSPENSION, RATTLES IN DASH FROM VIBRATION, STEERING COLUMN EXCESSIVE PLAY ETC, ETC, ETC. REMAINING TIRES SHOW SIGNS OF BLUGING AND CRACKING. TIRE WAS DEFECTIVE FROM BEGINING IN MY OPINION AND PUT ME AT RISK! DEALER REBALANCED/ROTATED TIRES MANY TIMES AND SIMPLY CONCLUDED THE VIBRATION/SHIMMY WAS NORMAL FOR TRUCK AND STATED I MIGHT HAVE A BETTER RIDE WHEN LOADED. (DOT NUMBER: LOAD E TIRESIZE: LT24575R16)
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No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881549February 27, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO LOCAL DEALER FOR RECALL 00V135000/ IGNITION SWITCH WIRING REPAIRS. WORK WAS REFUSED IN REGARD TO THIS RECALL. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881565February 27, 2001
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:PUMP
PULLING A HORSE TRAILER DOWN AN INCLINE WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH WHEN LOST CONTROL. DEALER REPAIRED DEFECT, AND STATED THAT REASON FOR LOSS OF CONTROL WAS SHAFT IN POWER STEERING UNIT SHEARED. PULLEY NO LONGER WORKING.. *AK THE SHAFT IN POWER STEERING SHEARING WAS A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881566February 27, 2001
STEERING, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
STEERING HAS TO MUCH PLAY, ALSO THERE IS A POPPING SOUND, TO DEALER 4 TIMES, CANNOT FIND PROBLEM. VEHICLE WILL NOT STAY IN OVERDRIVE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881594February 27, 2001
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH
WHILE TRAVELING AT 50 MPH AND WIITHOUT ANY INDICATION HOOD FLIPPED BACKWARD, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. VEHICLE WAS UNDER RECALL, AND FIXED THIS PROBLEM. BUT, IT DID NOT WORK. *AK VEHICLE HOOD IS DAMAGED AND WINDSHIELD IS ALSO BROKEN. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881600February 27, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
REPORTING A RENTAL VEHICLE FROM EXPRESS WAY DODGE EXPERIENCED A FIRE UNDERNEATH VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED OF 55-60 MPH. *AK CONSUMER FEELS THE FIRE WAS CAUSED BY EITHER THE FUEL PUMP OR A TRANSMISSION LEAK. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881636February 27, 2001
TIRES
CONSUMER'S WIFE WAS DRIVING WHEN SHE HEARD A BANG, STOPPED AND GOT OUT, AND TIRE HAD EXPLODED, CAUSING IT TO RIP OFF TIRE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#741549February 26, 2001
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
DRIVER'S SIDE SEATBACK BROKE OFF FROM BOTTOM OF SEAT, CAUSING DRIVER TO FALL INTO BACK SEAT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#741575February 26, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
LOSS OF ANTIFREEZE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#741576February 26, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
LOSS OF ANTIFREEZE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#741582February 26, 2001
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
WENT TO DEALER TWICE. THEY SAID IT WASN'T UNDER WARRANTY. THE TIME BEFORE MY HIGH BEAMS WERE THE ONLY LIGHTS THAT CAME ON. I AM VERY UPSET BECAUSE I BOUGHT IT USED AND I HAVEN'T HAD IT FOR A YEAR YET AND I'M MAKING REPAIRS. ISN'T THERE SOMETHING WRONG WITH THAT?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881399February 26, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
ENGINE WOULD HESITATE BEFORE SHIFTING GEARS. 3RD GEAR WAS BURNING OUT. DEALER SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH IT. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE INTO AN AMOCO, AND TEST DROVE IT TO FIND PROBLEM. *AK DEALER REPLACED THE TRANSDUCER AND SOLENOID. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881416February 26, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT
ONGOING PROBLEM WITH A CLICKING SOUND IN STEERING WHEEL WHEN TURNING, AND A PROBLEM WITH WANDERING CROSS ROAD AT 40 OR MORE MPH. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881461February 26, 2001
TRAILER HITCHES
TRAILER HITCH IS CRACKED. THERE IS A RECALL FOR OTHER YEARS OF THIS MODEL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881481February 26, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING OUT OF GEAR , AND TRANSMISSON WOULD WIND IN REVERSE. VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT TRANSMISSION NEEDED MAJOR REPAIRS. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881484February 26, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
CRUISE CONTROL TURNED ON BY ITSELF AND VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. CONSUMER QUICKLY PLACED IT INTO REVERSE AND SHUT ENGINE OFF IN ORDER TO MAKE VEHICLE TO STOP MOVING. DEALER WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE PROBLEM. *AK DEALER CAN NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#741498February 25, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
FRONT RIGHT BRAKE CALIPER KEEPS PULLING SHORTLY AFTER REPLACEMENT. 4 HAVE BEEN REPLACED. SOMETIMES A VERY STRONG PULL WHERE STEERING IS PULLED FROM HANDS. ESPECIALLY DANGERIOUS WHEN PULLING A TRAVEL TRAILER. -- FUEL CELL HAS A BADLY WORN SLEEVE WHICH CAUSES FLOATING SUCTION TO HANG UP CAUSING AIR SUCTION AND RUNNING OUT OF FUEL AT 1/2 TANK PLUS OR MINUS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#741435February 24, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT, VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES
PROBLEM #1: FRONT SUSPENSION BOTTOMING OUT ON SPEED BUMPS, AND AT LOW SPEED BUMPS. VEHICLE FRAME IS SMACKING DOWN ON TOP OF AXLE. FRONT SUSPENSION BUSHINGS WEARING OUT PREMATURELY. PROBLEM #2: DRIVER DOOR MIRROR GLASS LOOSE. DEALER INSTALLED NEW MIRROR, STILL LOOSE, ORDERING A SECOND MIRROR. PROBLEM #3: ENGINE SHAKES AT START UP AND WHILE IDLING. ALSO GAS MILEAGE HAS NOT IMPROVED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881259February 23, 2001
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT
REAR DIFFERENTIAL BROKE. VEHICLE HAS BEEN INSPECTED. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WILL BE NOTIFIED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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