Dodge Ram Complaints (1998)

1,390 consumer complaints on file.

#558119December 14, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
ENGINE FAILURE RESULTED IN VEHICLE FIRE. *MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#876287December 11, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS
WHILE TRAVELING 35 MPH RIGHT FRONT BRAKE PAD FELL OFF. NO ACCIDENT OR INJURIES ACCURRED. MADE EXCESSIVE NOISE. REPLACED BRAKES SEVERAL TIMES. WHILE TRYING TO STOP ON WET PAVEMENT REAR BRAKES LOCKED UP. HAVE HAD SEVERAL NEAR MISSES. HAS TAKEN TO DEALER ONCE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#737241December 3, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#875830December 1, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:CARBURETOR SYSTEM
ENGINE WAS BURNING A QUART OF OIL WITHIN 700-900 MILES , DEALER CLAIMED THIS WAS A NORMAL CHARACTERISTIC. DEALER DID REPLACED INTAKE MANIFOLD TWICE WHICH STOPPED PROBLEM FOR A WHILE, BUT DEFECT HAS REOCCURRED. *AK *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#875741November 30, 2000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
FUEL PUMP FAILED WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSING ENGINE TO STALL OUT . FUEL PUMP FAILED AT ONLY 40,000 MILES. *AK
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
#736791November 23, 2000
VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#875327November 21, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
PE00.046; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 65MPH ON HIGHWAY AND SUDDENLY DRIVER'S FRONT SIDE TIRE EXPLODED. HE WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO SHOULDERS. GOODYEAR, LT245/75R16, THERE WERE NO INJURIES. RIGHT REAR TIRE TREAD HAD SEPARATED FROM RIM. THERE WERE TWO TIRE TREAD SEPARATIONS. GOODYEAR LT245/7516. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#736560November 19, 2000
TIRES
THE CORRECT TIRE SIZE LT245/75R16. LOCAL DEALER CONFIRMED TIRE FAILURE BUT WAS UNWILLING TO REPLACE TIRES OR WORK OUT A SUITABLE EXCHANGE. WROTE EMAIL TO MFGR ON 10/26/00, THEY IN TURN DOWN PLAYED THE PROBLEM SAYING NO PROBLEMS WITH THE TIRES. HAVE READ SEVERAL TIMES IN THE LOCAL NEW SINCE THAT THERE ARE PROBLEMS AND THEY ARE NOT ACKNOWLEDGING. BOTH TIRES HAVE LARGE SEPERATIONS IN THE SIDE WALLS. I HAVE SINCE REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES WITH ANOTHER BRAND AND DID NOT FEEL SAFE WITH GOODYEAR PRODUCTS AFTER THE EXPERIENCE. (TIRESIZE: LT245/75R1)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: LT245/75R1 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#736535November 18, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
I RETURNED SEVERAL TIMES TO HAVE MY TRUCK REPAIRED YET THEY FAILED TO REPAIR THE BRAKES TO DATE. I HAD TO REPLACE THE TIRES DUE TO THE SEVERAL PANIC STOPS THEY MADE WHILE SERVICING MY TRUCK. THEY KEPT GUESSING WHAT COULD BE WRONG AND THEY NEVER CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. THE TRUCK STILL PULLS TO THE RIGHT AND THEY CLAME THEY DON'T HAVE A FIX FOR THE PROBLEM. I HAVE HAD SEVERAL NEAR MISS SITUATIONS WHERE THERE COULD BE AN ACCIDENT. I LIVE IN THE MOUNTAINS WHERE THE ROADS ARE COVERED WITH BLACK ICE IN THE WINTER AND I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT SOMETIME THIS WINTER I WILL HIT THE GARD RAIL WHILE APPLYING MY BRAKES. IVE ALSO HAD OTHER PANIC STOPS WHERE THE TRUCK HAS ENDED UP IN THE RIGHT LANE OUT OF CONTROL AND IVE ENDED UP ON THE SHOULDER OF THE HIGHWAY UNDER A HARD BRAKE. I WAS IN THE TRUCK WHILE THE DEALER SERVICE PERSONEL TEST DROVE THE TRUCK AND WE ENDED UP OFF THE ROAD ON THE SHOULDER. I WAS TOLD THAT MY TRUCK HAD A DANGEROUS PROBLEM AND THEY CAN'T FIX IT. THAT SAME TRIP TO THE DEALER, THE SERVICE MANAGER TOLD ME TO JUST PARK IT AND GET A LAWYER, "WE CAN'T FIX YOUR TRUCK". IVE ALSO BEEN TOLD TO PARK IT IN A BAD PART OF TOWN WITH THE KEYS IN IT AND HOPE THAT IT WILL BE GONE IN THE MORNING. IT STILL PULLS. AS FOR THE FUEL SENDER, IVE HAD THEM REPLACED SO MANY TIMES ITS HARD TO SAY HOW MANY. THEY HAVE LASTED AS LITTLE AS 1 WEEK AND AS LONG AS 4 MONTHS. ONE WENT OUT THE MORNING WE WERE HEADED TO L. A. ON VACATION, 4 DAYS AFTER THEY HAD JUST REPLACED IT, AND THE SERVICE PERSONEL TOLD ME IT WOULD BE 10 DAYS BEFORE THEY COULD LOOK INTO THE PROBLEM, SO I SHOULD JUST "TURN UP THE STEREO" SO I DON'T HEAR THE WARNING DING, DING. IT WAS HELL DRIVING THE 1500 MILES WITH THE NOISE OF THE LOW FUEL DING AND MY KIDS IN THE BACK SEAT. I HAVE TRIED THE CUSTOMER ARBITRATION BOARD, YET THEY DON'T SEEM TO THINK I HAVE A BAD ENOUGH PROBLEM. I WAS REJECTED. I NOW OWN A TRUCK WHICH I HAVE OVER $38,000 INVESTED AND AM AFRAID TO DRIVE FOR FEAR OF AN ACCIDENT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#875064November 16, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
SEVERE PULLING TO LEFT WHENEVER BRAKES ARE APPLIED; BEEN IN DEALER SHOP ON THREE OCCASIONS AND PROBLEM STILL REOCCURRING. *AK THE DEALER FIXED THE VEHICLE BUT THE PROBLEM RETURNED AFTERWARDS. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#736292November 14, 2000
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#736217November 13, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
BRAKES HAVE NEVER WORKED CORRECTLY, VERY SPONGY, HAVE HAD INTO SHOP TWICE FOR THIS AT WORL THOMPSON, CALDWELL, OHIO. BRAKES ARE VERY WEAK AND HAVE BEEN SINCE PURCHASE. I HAD TO REPLACE FRONT BRAKE PADS AT LESS THAN 50, 000 MILES. I REALLY HAVE TO PUSH HARD TO STOP. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#557229November 13, 2000
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
CRUISE CONTROL WILL NOT DISINGAGE AT TIMES, THIS MOSTLY OCCURS ON LONGER TRIPS OF 40 MILES AND MORE. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#735941November 7, 2000
TIRES
WHILE CHECKING AIR PRESSURES,FOUND CRACK IN SIDEWALL ABOUT FOUR INCHES LONG PARALLEL TO TREAD AND ABOUT 2 INCHES FROM EDGE OF RIM. ON FURTHER INSPECTION FOUND ANOTHER TIRE WITH SIMILAR CRACK ABOUT 1 INCH LONG (DOT NUMBER: MK11 TIRESIZE: LT245/75R1)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#735788November 5, 2000
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE, POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT
THE RING AND PINION GEAR AS WELL AS BOTH OUTER BEARINGS IN THE REAR AXLE FAILED AT 50000 MILES WITH SCHEDULED MAINTAINANCE. I HAD THE VEHICLE REPAIRED AT A LOCAL DRIVELINE SHOP BECAUSE THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT THEY WOULD NOT COVER THE REPAIR. I WAS TOLD BY THE REPAIR SHOP THAT THEY WERE DOING AS MANY AS FOUR DOZEN REAR END REPAIRS A MONTH ON DODGE TRUCKS AND FULL SIZE VANS FOR THE SAME ABOVE MENTIONED DEALER. THE ONLY REASON THEY ARE NOT DOING THEM ANY LONGER IS BECAUSE DODGE DECIDED TO START REPLACING THE ENTIRE REAR AXLE ASSEMBLY INSTEAD. I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT THIS COULD HAVE LEAD TO A LOCKING OF THE REAR AXLE ASSEMBLY WHILE DRIVING WHICH COULD HAVE PROVED FATAL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#735687November 3, 2000
TIRES
TIRE SIZE IS LT265/75R-16/C. THE TIRE FAILED WHILE RETURNING FROM OMAHA WITH MY WIFE AND 8 MONTH OLD SON. I HAVE DIGITAL PICTURES OF THE TIRE AND TRUCK THAT CAN BE SENT OVER E-MAIL. I HAVE CONTACTED PIRELLI AND THEY WANT ME TO SEND THE TIRE ALONG WITH ESTIMATES TO FIX THE TRUCK. I SPOKE WITH NADINE CALDERWOOD AT 1-800-243-5105 EXT 387. SHE DID NOT SEEM TO CARE IF ANYONE WAS INJURED OR NOT AND SEEMED TO BE EXACTLY LIKE HER TITLE A RISK MANAGER. THE TIRES HAVE APROX 20,000 MILES ON THEM. I WAS DRIVING 75 MPH AND THE TRUCK HAD A SLIGHT VIBRATION I CHECKED TIRE PRESSURE WHEN WE STOPPED AND VISUALLY INSPECTED THE TIRES. AFTER WE FILLED WITH GAS THE VIBRATION WAS NO LONGER THERE. AFTER OUR SECOND STOP THE VIBRATION RETURNED AND THEN THE TREAD SEPARATED WITH A VIOLENT CRASH DESTROYING THE ENTIRE SIDE OF THE TRUCK AND CAUSING THE TRUCK TO ALMOST LOOSE CONTROL AND SHAKE VIOLENTLY. I UNDERSTAND THAT A LARGE TIRE CO LIKE PIRELLI HAS TO WATCH OUT FOR THEIR BEST INTEREST HOWEVER THEY SHOULD PUT THE CUSTOMERS WELL BEING AT THE TOP. I WOULD APPRECIATE ANY INFORMATION YOU HAVE ABOUT OTHER PIRELLI TIRE SEPARATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN FILED. THANK YOU. *AK (DOT NUMBER: CHW8GP4419 TIRESIZE: 265 75R16C)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#874348November 3, 2000
SUSPENSION:REAR
WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH REAR END OF THE TRUCK MAKES A GRINDING NOISE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#556427October 26, 2000
TIRES:SIDEWALL
TIRES REPLACED UE TO SIDEWALL CRACKS.(MICHELIN LTX M& S LT245/75 R16 LOAD RANGE)*ET
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#735162October 26, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
I HAD TWO TIRE PROBLEMS ON MY TRUCK,ONE RIGHT REAR ONE LEFT REAR WHILE CACING MY CAMPER. THE LEFT REAR LOST ITS TREAD, BUT THE TIRE HELD TOGETHER. THE RIGHT REAR LOST ITS TREAD, AND ALSO DISTRUCTED CAUSING THE WHEEL TO LOCK UP AND SCRAPING AWAY PART OF THE WHEEL.*AK (TIRESIZE: 255/85R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 255/85R16 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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