Dodge Ram Complaints (1997)

1,130 consumer complaints on file.

#710323August 21, 1999
AIR BAGS
HEAD ON COLLISION AT APPROX. 30 MPH AND AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#844940August 12, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE DRIVING AND APPLYING BRAKES WITHOUT TOUCHING THE PEDAL, BRAKES LOCK UP. DEALER CONTACTED, AND STATED PROBLEM WITH ABS SYSTEM. PROBLEMS STILL EXISTS. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#844671August 9, 1999
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
VEHICLE STARTED SMOKING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DETERMINED THAT THE STARTER AND WIRES WERE THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE. THE DEALER IS INSPECTING THE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#709716August 7, 1999
STEERING:LINKAGES
MY WIFE WAS TURNING VEHICLE AROUND IN DRIVEWAY WHEN STEERING BROKE LOOSE RESULTING IN A COMPLETE LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. FORTUNATELY THIS DID NOT HAPPEN ON THE HIGHWAY AT HIGH SPEEDS. MECHANIC INFORMED ME THAT CAUSE MIGHT HAVE BEEN, "A BAD BATCH OF LOCKTITE." SERVICE MANAGER LATER TOLD ME THE BOLT WAS TIGHT AND THAT THIS SORT OF THING SHOULD NOT HAPPEN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#844361August 4, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ABOUT 60 MPH STEPPED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL TRYING TO STOP THE VEHICLE, BUT THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THE BRAKES DID NOT PERFORM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#844167August 3, 1999
STEERING:LINKAGES:ROD:RELAY:CONNECTING
ROD THAT HOLDS THE TIE ROD AND STEERING SYSTEM IS ABOUT TO BREAK WHICH MAY CAUSE NO STEERING ABILITY WHILE DRIVING. THIS COULD RESULT IN A CRASH.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#709453August 1, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
THE PADS STILL HAD OVER 50% LEFT ON THEM WHEN THEY CAME APART. I STILL HAVE THE PADS!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#843892July 30, 1999
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
FUEL GAUGE ISN'T WORKING, AND WHEN THE CONSUMER FILLS TANK UP, GAUGE INDICATES THE WRONG AMOUNT OF GAS. IT SHOWS THAT TANK IS ONLY HALF FULL. CONSUMER CAN'T DETERMINE HOW MANY MILES PER GALLON OF GAS THEY ARE DRIVING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#843827July 29, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
TRANSMISSION LIGHT & THE ANTI-BRAKE SYSTEM LIGHT KEEP COMING ON. *AK *YC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#843679July 28, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, STRUCTURE:BODY, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM, STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:PUMP
THE BRAKES WOULD MAKE SQUEAKING/GRINDING NOISES & NOT GRABBING TO STOP VEHICLE. ALSO, STRUCTURE SEAMS CAUSE LEAK OF WATER INSIDE OF VEHICLE/STEERING PUMP PIN HAD SHEARED OFF & THE POWER STEERING HAD SEIZED UP, AND WATER PUMP FAILED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#843447July 26, 1999
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
FUEL GAUGE IS READ INCORRECTLY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#843450July 26, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC, SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:TORSION BAR
WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED VEHICLE WOULD PULL TO THE RIGHT. SOMETIMES WILL ALSO PULL TO THE LEFT. HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER AT LEAST 6 TIMES & PROBLEM STILL NOT SOLVED. WAS TOLD DESIGN FLAW. IN ADDITION, FRON T BRAKES ROTORS/PADS & TORSION BAR WERE REPLACED DUE TO SEVERE BRAKE PULLING. WAS TSB ON BRAKE PULLING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#842957July 22, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR ,AND THE VEHICLE DOES NOT REGISTER. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#843010July 22, 1999
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE
DUE TO A DEFECTIVE HEATER, THE WIRING OF THE ELECTRICAL CONTROL MODULE SHORTED AND BURNED OUT THE ALTERNATOR, BATTERY, SOLENOID, TEMPERATURE RELAY AND COMPUTER MODULE, WHICH RESULTED IN SMOKE AND LOSS OF VEHICLE POWER. *AK *YC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#842785July 21, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
OIL PUMP FAILURE. NO OIL PRESSURE. OIL LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#842663July 20, 1999
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH VEHICLE ACCELERATED IN LOW SPEED. CONSUMER PUT TRANSMISSION INTO REVERSE AND THEN INTO PARK, AND VEHICLE SIDESWIPED ANOTHER VEHICLE AT 15 MPH0. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED AND VEHICLE STARTED TO ACCELERATE AT HIGH SPEED, AND AND VEHICLE WENT OUT OF CONTROL. CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES, AND THE VEHICLE WOULDN'T STOP. IT FISHTAILED. AND CONSUMER WIFE, WHO WAS PREGNANT, HAD TO JUMP OUT OF THE VEHICLE DUE TO VEHICLE VEERING INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC . THEN DRIVER PUT VEHICLE INTO PARK, AND ENGINE CONTINUED RACING. TURNED KEY OFF AND JUMPED OUT AND RAN BEHIND HIS WIFE. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#547335July 19, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
POSSIBLE ENGINE FAILURE RESULTED IN FIRE. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#708791July 19, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION DOSN'T SHIFT, IT BOUNCES IN AND OUT OF GEAR BETWEEN 45-60 MPH. THIS IS THE FOURTH TIME GOING BACK FOR SERVICE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#708720July 17, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
AS PER NHTSA #SB049106,BULLETIN #96-40,SEQUENCE #152.THE DESCRIPTION IN THIS REPORT DESCRIBES HOW MY TRUCK HAS DRIVEN SINCE I RECEIVED IT.I WENT THROUGH ALL THE HOOPS AND RINGS THAT THE DEALER AND THE REGIONAL MANAGER REQUIRED AND FINALLY ENDED UP IN ARBITRATION ONLY TO BE TOLD THAT MY TRUCK DIDNT HAVE A PROBLEM,WHAT I FELT (AND EXPERENCED) WAS INHERENT TO THE VEHICLE AND ALL THE VIBRATION, CLUNKING AND HESITATION JUST BOTHERED ME MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE WAS BECAUSE I WAS SENSATIVE TO IT.AFTER 2 YEARS OF BATTLING WITH THIS AND BRAKE PROBLEMS(WHICH I WILL SAY ,THEY FIXED AFTER 32000 MILES AND $400+ OF MY MONEY) I COULDNT AFFORD THE TIME OFF TO CONTINUE BATTLING. NOT ONCE WAS THIS BULETIN EVER BROUGHT UP,INFACT,DURING ARBITRATION,IF WAS ASKED IF ANY BULLETINS REFERED TO PROBLEMS LIKE THIS AND THE ANSWER WAS A FLAT "NO".I STILL HAVE ALL MY RECORDS AND COPIES OF THE DEALER SERVICE RECORDS.I'LL TRY TO CALL MONDAY,07/19/99.MY HOME #IS 623-878-2138(RECORDER/FAX) CELLPHONE IS 602-321-0921.THANK YOU PHIL LOBINS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#842500July 16, 1999
POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY
CLUTCH ASSEMBLY FAILED WITHIN TWO MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE OF VEHICLE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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