Dodge Ram Complaints (1996)

1,362 consumer complaints on file.

#10315963March 2, 2010
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT FAILURE---CHECKED ON LINE FOUND RECALL # 819---WENT TO CHRYSLER DEALER---WAS ADVISED THAT THE RECALL HAD BEEN DONE ON THAT VIN# AND CHRYSLER HAD NO OBLIGATION---I PULLED THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH AND FOUND THAT IT WAS DAMAGED, THE CONNECTOR MELTED AND NO RELAY PACK SPECIFIED IN THE RECALL FIX-----IT WAS APPEARS THE RECALL WAS PENCIL WHIPPED AND THE REPAIR WAS NEVER MADE------HOW DO YOU INSURE THAT RECALLS ARE REALLY DONE AND HOW MANY MORE LIKE MINE ARE OUT THERE???????? *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10299079January 12, 2010
STRUCTURE:BODY, EQUIPMENT
DODGE RAM 2500 PICK UP TRUCK: DASHBOARD HAS BEEN SLOWLY DISINTEGRATING TO THE POINT WHERE CERTAINLY ELEMENTS ARE HOLDING ONLY BY ONE SCREW ' AIR-CONDITION VENTS ARE FALLING OUT. TOP OF DASHBOARD IS 50% GONE, BROKEN IN TO SMALL PIECES AND EXPOSING ELECTRICAL WIRES TO THE HARSH SUNLIGHT. SOME CONTROLS SUCH AS DRIVER SEAT ELECTRICAL WINDOW IS NO LONGER OPENING, RPM METER IS ONLY WORKING INTERMITTENTLY. THE UNDERSIDE, EXPOSING ALL WIRES AND CONTROLS IS MISSING COVER (DISINTEGRATED). DODGE IS NO LONGER SELLING THE DASHBOARD REPLACEMENT ' WOULD BE WILLING TO PURCHASE AT ALMOST ANY PRICE. THE RIST CARKS SHOWEDUP ABOUT 3 YEARS AGO - SO FAR THERE HAS NOT BEEN AN INCIDENT, BUT I AM AFRAID,ONE DAY THE ENTIRE DASHBOARD WILL FALL DOWN, WHILE DRIVING - WHICH WILL BE VERY SERIOUS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10296258December 17, 2009
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
ON THE MORNING OF 12/7/09 I STARTED MY TRUCK TO WARM IT UP WITH THE HEATING FAN ON HIGH WHEN AT SOME POINT, SOMEWHERE IN THE WIRING HARNESS UNDER THE DASH OVERHEATED AND STARTED THE INTERIOR ON FIRE. DESTROYING MY VEHICLE. THE WINDSHIELD AND DRIVER DOOR WINDOWS WERE BROKEN FROM THE HEAT BUT LUCKILY REMAINED INTACT AND NOT LETTING AIR INSIDE TO FUEL THE FIRE AND IT EVENTUALLY EXTINGUISHED ITSELF. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10279664August 7, 2009
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 DODGE RAM 2500. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO DOWNSHIFT AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE CLUTCH WOULD NOT ENGAGE INTO ANY GEARS. HE WAS FORCED TO USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 151,000. UPDATED 8/28/09 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED THE EXHAUST FLANGE WAS LEAKING, WHICH IN TURN MELTED THE HYDRAULIC CLUTCH LINE WHICH WAS PLASTIC AND WITHIN INCHES OF THE EXHAUST. UPDATED 09/03/09
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10277334July 19, 2009
STRUCTURE
DASH ON MY DODGE TRUCK CRACKING UP. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10277292July 18, 2009
TIRES, TIRES:TREAD/BELT
TRAVELING ON HWY 44 WEST @ 60 ML. OER HR. STEEL BELT BUSTED AND TREAD RIPPED OF TAKING MY WHEEL WELL COVER WITH IT. I ALMOST LOST TOTAL CONTROL OF MY TRUCK AND IT FELT LIKE I WAS DRIVING ON MY RIM. TOOK TIRE TO A CENTER. THEY MEASURED THE TREAD AND INVESTIGATED. THE ATTENDANT SAID THE TIRE IS AN ABSOLUTE DEFECT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10275807July 5, 2009
STRUCTURE:BODY:HOOD:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
HOOD HINGES ON EARLY MODELS FULL SIZE DODGE TRUCKS CAN SLIDE OUT OF SLOT THUS RELEASING SPRING. SHOULD ANY ONE BE IN THE AREA THEY COULD RECEIVE A SERIOUS INJURY. LATER MODELS PUT A RETAINER PREVENTING SPRING FROM SLIDING OUT OF SLOT AND RELEASING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10275118June 27, 2009
FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL
STRAPS BROKE ON MY GAS TANK DROPPING THE TANK TO THE HWY,WHICH PUNCTURED THE TANK AND 34 GALS OF DIESEL FUEL WAS LOST ON THE HWY. AFTER CHECKING THIS OUT WITH SEVERAL DIFFERENT SOURCES, IT SEAMS TO BE A RECURRING PROBLEM WITH DODGE TRUCKS WHY NO SERVICE BULLETINS OR OWNER NOTIFICATIONS, TO THE ORIGINAL OWNER. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10262805March 23, 2009
STRUCTURE
I HAVE A 1996 DODGE RAM AND LIKE JUST ABOUT EVERY OTHER RAM OWNER MY DASH IS CRACKED ALL TO PIECES.ALL THE OTHER PICTURES OF DODGE RAMS THAT HAVE CRACKED DASHES THE CRACKS ARE IN THE SAME PLACE AS MINE THIS IS A DEFECT AND DODGE KNOWS IT BUT REFUSES TO FIX IT THEY WOULD RATHER ME PAY 600.00 TO HAVE IT REPLACED THIS IS COMPLETE '!@#$%SOMEONE NEEDS TO STEP IN AND ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10260656March 4, 2009
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
ENGINE LOST POWER ON HIGHWAY HAD TO GET A TOW HOME FOUND A WHOLE WITH SHINY CLEAN THREADS IN INTAKE MANIFOLD DEALER CANT HELP ME. SO I TRIED ANOTHER DEALER. THEY COULD NOT HELP.THE 2ND DEALER SAID MY TRUCK SHOULD NOT HAVE THIS OPENING IN THE BACK OF INTAKE MANIFOLD MY TRUCK IS STOCK 5.9 MOTOR I DON'T KNOW IF MY TRUCK TAKES A PLUG BACK THERE OR A TUBE OR A VACUUM LINE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10256570January 28, 2009
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 DODGE RAM. THE CONTACT NOTICED A CHEMICAL ODOR COMING FROM THE DASHBOARD AND THE HEATER. THE HEADLIGHTS FLICKERED AND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTING SUDDENLY DIMMED. THE HEADLIGHTS WENT COMPLETELY DIM. THE CONTACT TURNED EVERYTHING BACK ON, BUT THE HEADLIGHTS ONLY ILLUMINATED FOR A FEW MINUTES. AFTER DRIVING WITHOUT HEADLIGHTS, HE NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE VENTS ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. HE PULLED INTO HIS RESIDENCE AND TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE, BUT THE HEADLIGHTS REMAINED ILLUMINATED. HE ATTEMPTED TO TURN THE HEADLIGHTS OFF, BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. SMOKE FILLED THE VEHICLE AND PRODUCED AN AWFUL ODOR. HE REMOVED THE LAMP FUSE, BUT THE BUZZING NOISE STILL INDICATED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED. HE REINSERTED THE FUSE AND THE BUZZING SOUND CONTINUED. HE NOTICED THAT THE WIRING HARNESS WAS MELTED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED AND IS PARKED AT HIS RESIDENCE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 180,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10256029January 22, 2009
SEATS, LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES
THE RECLINING MECHANISM HAS BEEN REPAIRED TWICE AND HAS FAILED THEE TIMES. TWO TIME WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION, ONCE AT HIGHWAY SPEED. PARTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE FOR CORRECT REPAIR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10254870January 13, 2009
STRUCTURE
I BOUGHT A 96 DODGE RAM 1500 EXT CAB BRAND NEW FROM MICHIGAN I HAVE BEEN THE SOLE OWNER OF THIS VEHICLE AND TAKE CARE OF IT AS NEED BE. MY DASH BOARD STARTED OUT CRACKING THEN MORE CRACKS THAT GREW LARGER AND LARGER UNTIL THEY JUST BROKE INTO PIECES, SO NOW I HAVE NO DASH AT ALL. YOU CAN BUY NEW DASH BOARDS FROM DODGE BUT ALSO HAVE TO BUY THE BEZEL BECAUSE THE BRACKET PATTERN HAS CHANGED. THAT'S GOING TO COST AROUND $400 PLUS HAVE SOMEONE INSTALL IT. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A FACTORY DEFECT THAT DODGE SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR. MY VEHICLE IS NOT THE ONLY VEHICLE LIKE THIS I HAVE SEEN MANY OTHERS JUST IN MY AREA. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10248635November 12, 2008
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
I HAVE A 1996 DODGE RAM 1500 PICKUP TRUCK AND TODAY THE GAS TANK FELL ON THE STREET. HAD I BEEN GOING AT HIGHWAY SPEED THIS WOULD HAVE EXPLODED SINCE I A 25 GALLONS OF FUEL. I WAS LUCKY I WAS IN A PARKING LOT. THERE SHOULD NOT BE A DEATH UNTIL SOMETHING IS DONE TO RESEARCH THE POTENTIAL PROBLEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10243832September 29, 2008
STRUCTURE
DASH CRACKING. CRACKED EARLIER, DATE LISTED IS WHEN I BOUGHT IT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10238474August 16, 2008
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
NORMAL DRIVING INTO MOUNTAINS AND AUTO TRANSMISSION SHIFTED OUT OF OVERDRIVE AND WOULD NOT SHIFT BACK, EVEN DOWN HILL. CHECKED FLUID AND VERY HOT AND STARTED TO SMELLED BURNT. HAS BEEN SHIFTING HARD. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10235147July 21, 2008
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 DODGE RAM 3500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS. THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN ONTO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE FAILURE WAS RELATED TO RUST IN THE BRAKE LINE SYSTEM. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED; HOWEVER,THE CONTACT WILL PERFORM THE REPAIR HIMSELF. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 103,753 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 104,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10234595July 16, 2008
SUSPENSION:FRONT, STEERING
WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH, I CROSSED A SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD AND LOST ALL CONTROL OF THE 1996 DODGE RAM 1500 4X4 PICKUP. IT SHOOK ALL THE STUFF OFF OF MY SEAT AS WELL AS MY CD HOLDER. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. I AM AT A LOSS AS TO HOW TO LOOK FOR THE PROBLEM. I LOVE THIS TRUCK BUT I HAVE GONE THROUGH TWO WHEEL BEARINGS AND A TIE ROD END AND I HAVE ONLY HAD IT FOR A YEAR.... I WANT TO KNOW HOW TO FIX THIS PROBLEM BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10230924June 13, 2008
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE DASH ON MY 1996 DODGE BEGAN TO CRACK AFTER MULTIPLE MONTHS THE DASH BEGAN TO COLLAPSE IN ON ITSELF. IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS ELECTRICAL FAILURE DUE TO SHARP PIECES CUTTING WIRES AND VACUUM HOSES WHEN THEY FALL IN. HOWEVER THE MAJOR PROBLEM IS THE DAMAGE MAY NOT BE NOTICEABLE UNTIL THE EQUIPMENT IS NEEDED TO BE USED I.E. AIRBAGS, TURN SIGNALS, REVERSE LIGHTS, ETC. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10225903April 28, 2008
STRUCTURE:BODY:HOOD:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
WHILE DRIVING SOUTH ON THE NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE ON 0/22/08, THE HOOD ON MY DODGE RAM 1500 OPENED CRASHING MY WINDSHIELD COMPLETELY AND DAMAGING THE HOOD ITSELF. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE ALL THE WAY TO MY DESTINATION IN TEXAS. WHILE IN TEXAS, I WAS TRYING TO FIND A REPLACEMENT HOOD BUT WAS NEVER SUCCESSFUL UNTIL I DECIDED TO LOOK FOR INFORMATION ONLINE ABOUT MY TRUCK AND CAME TO THE CARFACT WEBSITE WHERE I FOUND THE WAS A RECALL ON THE SECONDARY HOOD LATCH ON IT. WHEN I CONTACTED THE CHRYSLER COMPANY ABOUT THE RECALL THE DECIDED NOT TO REPLACED THE DAMAGED HOOD AND RE-IMBURSE ME FOR THE DAMAGED WINDSHIELD. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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