Dodge Ram Complaints

27,062 consumer complaints on file.

#855937February 1, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 65 MPH THE RIGHT FRONT BRAKES LOCKED WHEN MAKING AN EMERGENCY STOP. THIS CONDITION CAUSED A REAR END CRASH. THIS HAPPENED WHILE PULLING A 16 FOOT TRAILER AND A DRY SUNNY DAY. THE PROBLEM WAS REPORTED TO THE DEALERSHIP. DEALERSHIP COULD NOT FIND A PROLEM WITH THE TRUCK. NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE TRUCK. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#855939February 1, 2000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WAS IN AN ACCIDENT, AIR BAGS NEVER OPENED. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#855782January 31, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
WHILE THE TRUCK WAS PARKED, NOT RUNNING, THERE WAS A FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THIS HAPPENED ABOUT 30 MINUTES AFTER PARKING THE TRUCK. DEALER WAS CALLED ABOUT THE PROBLEM. CLAIMED BEING HANDLED BY INSURANCE COMPANY. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#855809January 31, 2000
STEERING, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC, SUSPENSION:FRONT:SHOCK ABSORBER
WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WHETHER IT IS 20 OR 60MPH, WHEN LOOSENING UP ON THE STEERING WHEEL IT WILL PULL EXTREMELY HARD TO THE RIGHT. WHEN DRIVING LONG DISTANCE, DRIVER HAS TO FIGHT THE STEERING WHEEL IN ORDER TO HOLD IT. IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP EIGHT TIMES. THEY HAVE REPLACED FRONT BRAKES, AND SHOCKS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#718116January 31, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#717977January 28, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
HEARD NOISE IN FRONT BRAKE SYSTEM. DEALER TURNED ROTORS AND INSTALLED NEW BRAKE PADS ON FRONT BRAKE SYSTEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#855552January 27, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN
THE HORN IS VERY DIFFICULT TO APPLY. OWNER HAS TO ADD EXCESSIVE PRESSURE TO GET HORN TO FUNCTION. DLR SAYS IT'S NORMAL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#855583January 27, 2000
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE SITTIING IN PARK POSITION AND RUNNING, VEHICLE TOOK OFF AND HIT A CAR. THEN RAN INTO A PILE OF SNOW. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#855630January 27, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
CAR WAS PARKED INSIDE THE GARAGE. NO EVIDENCE OF AN ACTUAL FIRE, BUT THERE WAS A TERRIFIC AMOUNT OF HEAT COMING FROM THE IGNITION SWITCH. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#855632January 27, 2000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL, SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WEBBING
QUAD CAB; CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH,HIT A VEHICLE THAT HAD PULLED OUT IN FRONT, AND DUAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. ALSO, DRIVER'S SIDE SHOULDER BELT DID NOT LOCK, CAUSING DRIVER TO HIT WINDSHIELD. NO PRIOR WARNING OF DEFECTS. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#717958January 27, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY
5 CORE PLUGS REPLACED...INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET REPLACED......THROTTLE POSITIONING SENESOR REPLACED...TWO BATTERIES REPLACED
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#854201January 27, 2000
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
DRIVER SIDE SEATBACK BOLT WHICH SUPPORTS THE SEATBACK HAS BROKEN, CAUSING THE SEAT TO RECLINE IN THE REST POSITION. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER REFUSED TO REPLACE PARTS. CONTACTED MANUFACTURER, FAILED TO RESPOND. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#717924January 26, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
ON A COLD WINTRY DAY. I SLOWED TO MAKE A TURN AND LOST MY BRAKES AS SOON AS I'D APPLIED THEM. THE BRAKES CAME BACK AFTER SEVERAL PEDAL APPLICATIONS, BUT MADE A LOUD SCRAPING NOISE. LATE THAT EVENING, I PULLED THE WHEEL TO INSPECT THE DAMAGE AND SAW THAT THE FRICTION MATERIAL OF THE PAD, ON THE PISTON SIDE, HAD DISAPPEARED COMPLETELY. THERE WAS A SMALL SCRATCH ON THE ROTOR. I SAVED ALL OF THE ORIGINAL PADS TO THIS SET AFTER REPLACING THEM MYSELF. LAST YEAR I WAS MOVING THINGS AROUND IN THE GARAGE AND ACCIDENTLY DROPPED THE IDENTICAL (INTACT) PAD FOR THE RIGHT SIDE. THE PAD FELL ABOUT 40" TO A CONCRETE FLOOR AND SEPARATED INTO TWO PIECES, ONE BACKING PLATE, AND ONE FRICTION MATERIAL. THE ADHESIVE BOND LOOKED AS THOUGH IT HAD FAILED AND ALLOWED MOISTURE TO ICE UP BETWEEN THE MATERIALS, CAUSING MY NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCE. I HAD A COMPLETE LOSS OF STOPPING POWER. WITH A DUAL MASTER CYLINDER, I STILL WONDER WHY MY REAR BRAKES DIDN'T FUNCTION AS A BACK-UP SYSTEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#717837January 25, 2000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ON JANUARY 8, 2000, I WAS A PASSENGER IN A 1999 DODGE RAM PICKUP WESTBOUND ON INTERSTATE 44 NEAR MILEMARKER 274 IN MISSOURI. A FENTON FIRE DEPARTMENT PUMPER TRUCK CUT FROM THE CENTER LANE ACROSS THE PASSING LANE (WHICH WE WERE IN) AND TRIED TO GET ONTO THE SHOULDER. THIS MANEUVER WAS DONE WITHOUT ANY EMERGENCY LIGHTS, SIRENS, TURN SIGNALS, ETC. WE HAD APPROX. 2 SECONDS TO REACT AND THE DRIVER ONLY HAD TIME TO SLAM ON THE BRAKES. WE HIT THE RIGHT REAR CORNER OF THE FIRE TRUCK WHERE IT PROTRUDED INTO THE PASSING LANE AT APPROX 50 MPH. THE DODGE PICKUP WE WERE IN WAS TOTALLED PER SAFECO INSURACE COMPANY. SEATBELTS SAVED OUR LIVES, BUT WE WERE INJURED MUCH WORSE THAN WE WOULD HAVE BEEN IF THE AIRBAGS HAD GONE OFF. NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED DURING THE ACCIDENT. THE AIRBAGS REMAINED UNDEPLOYED UP UNTIL THE VEHICLE WAS LAST SEEN ON 1-13-2000. DODGE CLEARLY MADE A DEFECTIVE PRODUCT IF A CRASH OF THIS MAGNITUDE DID NOT SET OFF EITHER AIRBAG. I HAVE PICTURES OF THE DODGE, AND CAN E-MAILTHEM IF REQUESTED. THE AMBULANCE REPORT ALSO DOCUMENTS THE NON-DEPLOYMENT. THIS NEEDS LOOKED INTO. THE ODDS OF EVEN ONE AIRBAG NOT GOING OFF IN A CRASH THIS HARD MUST BE ASTRONOMICAL, BUT FOR BOTH TO NOT GO OFF, SOMETHING WAS SERIOUSLY WRONG. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#717881January 25, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
ROTORS AND PADS REQUIRED REPLACING AT 17000 MILES. DEALER CLAIMS ROTORS ARE MANUFACTURED THIN AND ROAD SALT IN OUR AREA CORRODES THEM PREMATURELY. I HAD TO PAY $360. TO HAVE THEM REPLACED, NOT COVERED UNDER WARANTY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#855425January 24, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE
COMPUTER CHIP WILL NOT START THE CAR, CAR DIES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD WHEN TRAFFIC IS COMING. CONSUMER FEELS THAT THERE A COMPUTER CHIP THAT IS CAUSING THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#855476January 24, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY
BATTERY EXPLODED UNDER HOOD. DAMAGE TO HIS VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#842837January 22, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
THE BRAKES SHOES ARE PREMATURLEY WEARING WHICH IS CAUSING THE BRAKES PADS TO WEAR, ALSO CALIPER PISTONS WHICH AR EMAD EOF FIBER STICK SIDEWAYS, CAUSING PADS AND SHOES TO WEAR OUT PREMATURELY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#854214January 22, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE ATTEMPTING TO SHIFT INTO 3RD GEAR OR OVERDRIVE AT SPEED BETWEEN 40-45 MPH, VEHICLE WILL EITHER NOT SHIFT AND STAY IN 2ND GEARSO RPMS CONTINUE TO RISE OR WILL ACT AS IF IN NEUTRAL AND NOT SHIFT OR RESPOND TO THE GAS PEDAL, ONLY RESULTING IN HIGH RPMS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#854412January 22, 2000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH HAD A DIRECT FRONTAL IMPACT, DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, WHICH DID NOT PROTECT THE OCCUPANTS IN THE CRASH. MANUFACTURER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE, AND AIRBAGS WOULD NOT DEPLOY BECAUSE VEHICLE DECELERATED. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
4
Deaths:
0

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