Dodge Ram Complaints (1998)

1,390 consumer complaints on file.

#892310July 10, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
PE01-021/ROLL AWAY IN PARK: WHILE PARKED AND IDLING VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF GEAR WHILE CONSUMER'S DAUGHTER WAS PULLING PIN FROM HITCH ATTACHED TO VEHICLE, CAUSING TRUCK TO RUN OVER HER DAUGHTER WHO RECEIVED SEVERE INJURIES. DEALER / MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED.*AK *SLC
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#747662July 2, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#891350June 27, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
EA 01 007/AIR BAG CLOCK SPRING FAILURE: AIR BAG SENSOR LIGHT REMAINS ON WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE REPAIRED AT DEALERS AT CONSUMER'S COST. PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATON. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#891025June 22, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
INSTRUMENTS PANEL HAS FAILED TO WORK DUE TO CIRCUIT BOARD. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, AND UNWILLING TO ASSIST DUE TO VEHICLE BEING OUT OF WARRANTY/ NOT COVERED UNDER MANUFACTURER'S RECALL. PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#890875June 21, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
FUEL INJECTOR PUMP HAS GONE OUT 6 TIMES IN 8 MONTHS, CAUSING ENGINE TO MISS BADLY. DEALER CLAIMED THAT PROBLEM WAS DUE TO WATER IN FUEL. PLEASE ADD ANY FURTHER COMMENTS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#890647June 19, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS
FRONT COIL SPRINGS BROKE WHICH HAS CAUSED THE FRONT IN OF THE VEHICLE TO FLOAT, AND IS VERY UNSTABLE WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEEDS. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER, DEALER HAS YET TO DETERMINE CAUSE OF PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#747048June 19, 2001
SUSPENSION:REAR
THIS VEHICLE HAS A DANA 70 REAR END. MANUFACTURER FAILED TO SHIM WHEN ORIGINALLY BUILT. THIS CAUSED REAR END TO SHIFT AND ELONGATE MOUNTING SECTION THUS DESTROYING ENTIRE REAR END. MANUFACTURER CLAIMS NO LIABILITY DUE TO PASSING 100,000 MILE LIMIT OF WARRANTY. MY CONCERN IS THAT ANYONE PULLING HEAVY TRAILERS COULD EXPERIENCE A TOTAL FAILURE OF THE REAR END WHILE MOVING. THIS WOULD ALMOST CERTAINLY CAUSE THE TRAILER TO JACKNIFE AND COULD LEAD TO INJURY OR AT LEAST CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE. WE HAUL SHOW HORSES THAT ARE VALUED IN EXCESS OF $150,000 AND WE JUST WANTED TO ALERT THE NHTSA AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN WHAT WE SEE IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS PROBLEM. PERHAPS OURS IS THE ONLY OCCURANCE OR PERHAPS THERE ARE OTHERS WAITING TO HAPPEN.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#746763June 13, 2001
EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL:ACCESSORY SCISSOR/SCREW/BOTTLE JACK/LIFT
VEHICLE WAS PARKED FLAT IN A PARKING LOT, JACK WAS LEVEL AND ON ASPHALT. VEHICLE WAS JACKED UP AND TIRE REMOVED. AFTER TIRE WAS REMOVED, JACK BROKE APART AND TRUCK FELL TO THE GROUND LANDING ON ROTOR ASSEMBLY. VEHICLE GRAZED MY LEG, AND FRIENDS LEG AS IT WAS FALLING TO THE GROUND. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#746778June 13, 2001
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#890168June 12, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A 50 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSE UNKNOWN. IT HAS NOT YET BEEN DETERMINED IF THE AIR BAG SENSORS WERE HIT IN COLLISION. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#746543June 7, 2001
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR, TIRES, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM, VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES
CRONIC PROBLEMS IN SAFTEY RELATED ITEMS: STEERING, TIRES, MIRRORS FUEL SYSTEM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#889930June 6, 2001
TRAILER HITCHES
RECALL 00 V 105 000/TRAILER HITCH BRACKET: CONSUMER RECEIVED SECOND NOTICE CONCERNING RECALL. DEALER (BEAMAN DODGE, MURFREESBORO, TN; PHONE# 615/895-5092) REFUSED TO HONOR RECALLS UNTIL CONSUMER AGREED TO PAY COST OF REMOVING AND REPLACING DOUBLE EXHAUST TO COMPLETE RECALL REPAIRS. ASKING NHTSA TO ASSIST IN THIS MATTER. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER . *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#746373June 4, 2001
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT
WE WERE TAVELING ON HWY. 400 AT APPROX. 65MPH, WHEN THE DRIVESHAFT FELL OUT OF THE TRUCK, DUE TO A BROKEN BOLT HEAD. BEING THAT IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY , CHRYSLER DOESN'T WANT TO DO ANY THING ABOUT IT. I FEEL THAT THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD, AND SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER SOMETHING OTHER THAN A TYPICAL WARRANTY, SINCE THE TRUCK HAS BEEN WELL MAINTAINED AND TAKEN CARE OF. BY THE GRACE OF GOD WE WERE ABLE TO STEER THE TRUCK INTO THE MEDIAN WITHOUT GETTING HIT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#746376June 4, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT ABOUT 35 MPH, THE TRUCK BEGAN REVVING, THEN STOPPED. I COULD SEE TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKING. THE TRUCK WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, WHO REMOVED THE TRANSMISSION AND REBUILT IT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#889373May 30, 2001
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT
WHILE TRAVELING AT SPEEDS ABOVE 25 MPH AND TAKING FOOT OFF ACCELERATOR, THERE IS A WHINING NOISE COMING FROM REAR AXLE OF VEHICLE, SPECIFICALLY REAR DIFFERENTIAL. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#889159May 25, 2001
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS, INTERIOR LIGHTING
THREE TIMES WITHIN PAST YEAR; MAY/ NOVEMBER 2000, AND MAY 2001 HEADLIGHTS/ DASHBOARD LIGHTS WENT OUT WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN OPERATION. DEALERSHIP HAS EXAMINED VEHICLE, AND COULD NOT DETERMINE CAUSE OF THIS DEFECT. *AK *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#889079May 24, 2001
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH
WHILE TRAVELING AT 45-50 MPH HOOD FLIPPED BACKWORDS, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. PREVIOUSLY, CONSUMER WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH HOOD HINGE ATTACHMENT COMING UNDONE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#745852May 24, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SUSPENSION:FRONT
DEFECT IN FRONT AND BRAKING SYSTEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#888932May 23, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING VEHICLE SWAYS ALL OVER THE ROAD,PULLING EXTREMELY TO RIGHT OR LEFT, CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER REPLACED TRACK BAR. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#889024May 23, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IS NOT OPERABLE. PARK LIGHTS WOULDN'T COME ON, AND CONSUMER SMELLS LIKE AN ELECTRICAL FIRE. THERE IS A FUEL LEAK LEAKING FROM BACK OF ENGINE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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