Dodge Ram Complaints

27,062 consumer complaints on file.

#557612November 28, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
GOODYEAR WRANGLER TIRE (P245 75 R16) EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE ALSO HAPPENED DUE TO THE TREAD SEPARATION. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#736985November 28, 2000
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
WATER LEAKS THROUGH SEAMS IN TRUCK.HAS BEEN BACK TO DEALERSHIP 6 TIMES. WATER STILL LEAKS IN TRUCK TO THE POINT OF POURING OUT PASSENGER SIDE DOOR WHEN OPENED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#875576November 28, 2000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL, SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
WHILE GOING 45-50 MPH WENT INTO A DITCH,THEN HIT BUILDING HEAD-ON. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. ALSO, SEATBELT DID NOT RETRACT ENOUGH TO PROTECT CONSUMER. NOT TAKEN TO DEALER, MECHANIC SAID AIRBAG SENSOR WAS IN WRONG PLACE. DAMAGE TO VEHICLE $ 3800, CONSUMER INJURED. DODGE CO. NOT CONTACTED.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#875580November 28, 2000
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGES AT ANY GIVEN TIME. DEALER NOTICED TRANSMISSION SENDING UNIT CABLE GOT LOOSE. *AK CONSUMER STATES MOST COMMON SCENARIO IS CRUISE CONTROL BEING SET AT SPEED, THEN BEING CANCELLED BY CONSUMER EITHER BY CANCEL BUTTON OR BY BRAKING, CRUISE WILL THEN REENGAGE AT SET SPEED. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#875587November 28, 2000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
A NON-METALLIC HOSE RUBBING AGAINST ENGINE CAUSES FUEL LEAKAGE. THIS COULD LEAD TO A POSSIBLE FIRE UNDER HOSE. DEALER / MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#875606November 28, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS
TAIL LIGHT WIRES WERE MELTED AND LIGHTS WERE BURNED OUT. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM. VEHICLE ISN'T ON RECALL AT THIS TIME. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#875632November 28, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
PE00 048; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 50MPH ON HIGHWAY AND HEARD A NOISE. HE WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO SHOULDER, AND NOTICED THAT RIGHT REAR TIRE TREAD SEPARATED FROM RIM. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. GOODYEAR, RANGLER, 16INCH. *AK GOODYEAR WRANGLER (P245 75 R16) DOT # MD11BT0V087. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#875568November 28, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
1997, DODGE, 2500 SERIES WITH GOODYEAR TIRES SIZE LT 245/75R16 E DOT# MD11BTOV446 ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH ON DRY BUT BUMPY PAVEMENT CONSUMER NOTICED 1/3 OF TREAD SEPARATED FROM TIRE. GOODYEAR REPAIRED BODY WORK, BUT CONSUMER REPLACED TIRE WITH GOODRICH TIRE. *AK *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#875646November 28, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
TWO YEARS AGO, 2 OUT OF 4 TIRES HAD TREAD SEPARATION, CONSUMER REPLACED TIRES WITH SAME MAKE. 15000 MILES LATER, CONSUMER EXPERIENCED ANOTHER BLOWOUT WITH ONE OF THE REPLACEMENT TIRES, STILL HAD 50 % OF TREAD LEFT. P245/75R16, LOAD RANGE E, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT. *AK GOODYEAR WILL ONLY REPLACE ONE TIRE, DOT # MD11C20V505, GOODYEAR WRANGLER AT. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#875556November 28, 2000
WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS
WHILE DRIVING 50-55 MPH 3 OF 5 BOLTS CAME OFF RIGHT FRONT TIRE. RIM WAS DAMAGED, DEALER TOLD CONSUMER SINCE HE ROTATED TIRES HIMSELF HE WAS TO BLAME FOR BOLTS COMING OFF. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#557937November 27, 2000
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
THE TRANSMISSION FAILED PREMATURELY. *MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#736912November 27, 2000
SUSPENSION
LOOSE AND UNSTABLE AREA IN STEERING, VEHICLE WONDERS TO BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT, MUST CONTINULY CORRECT TO KEEP IN DRIVING LANE. UNEVEN ROAD SURFACE AND WIND SEEM TO INCREASE PROBLEM, CAN FEEL THE FRONT WHEELS PULLING AT STEERING WHEEL AT TIMES. THIS IS NOT A SAFE SITUATION. HAVE HAD TO DEALER, THEY SAID THIS WAS NORMAL AND THAT CHRYSLER WOULD NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#736925November 27, 2000
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#736894November 27, 2000
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEM
SPRING/SHOCK TOWER HAS MULTIPLE CRACKS, RECALL (99V214000), SEEMS TO COVER THIS HOWEVER DEALERSHIP CLAIMS OTHERWISE. DAMAGE IS OBVIOUS HOWEVER DATES AS WELL AS VIN. NUMBER DOES NOT COINCIDE WITH RECALL AS NOTED BY DEALERSHIP. AREA OF CONCERN IS THE SAME AREA THAT THE RECALL ADDRESSES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#875506November 27, 2000
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLES
INTERMITTENTLY ACCELERATOR CABLE BECAME FRAYED/ GETTING JAMMED INTO THE CABLE HOUSING, CAUSING VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED AND WILL INSPECT VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#875520November 27, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
VEHICLE DIED WHILE ENTERING MOVING TRAFFIC, GOING 30 MPH, 2ND TIME THIS HAPPENED. DEALER TOLD CONSUMER THIS WAS "NORMAL. " *AK FUEL CELL FAILED. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#875485November 27, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 1997 DODGE, RAM, WRANGLER AT, 245/75R16. WHILE BALANCING TIRES MECHANIC NOTICED TREAD SEPARATION, TIRE WAS REPLACED. ON 6,SEPTEMBER, 1999. 1000 MILES LATER, RIGHT REAR TIRE HAD A BLOWOUT, AND DID $ 2000 DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. GOODYEAR REPLACED 1 TIRE. CONSUMER REPLACED ALL TIRES. WITH 20000 MILES ON 3RD SET OF TIRES, TIRES WERE DIFFICULT TO BALANCE.*AK *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#736873November 26, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY
I REALLY ENJOY THIS DODGE RAM1500 ,BUT I FEEL THAT SINCE IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY IT WILL NOT HOLD UP TO MY EXPECTATIONS. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED IN SUMMARY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#736854November 25, 2000
TIRES:SIDEWALL
TIRE SIDEWALL FAILED AT FREEWAY SPEED WITH FULL RECOMMENDED PRESSURE, WHILE CARRYING A CABOVER CAMPER. NO TREAD SEPERATION OCCURRED. *AK( DOT NUMBER: )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#736857November 25, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY, THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN USED FOR ANY TOWING OR OTHER POWER TRAIN STRESSING JOBS. THE SECOND TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED, UNDER SIMILAR "NO STRESS" CONDITION LESS THAN 20K MILES LATER. A WIDELY ACCEPTED INDUSTRY STANDARD FOR TRANSMISSION LIFE EXPECTANCY IS 7YRS/100,000 MILES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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