Dodge Ram Complaints (2003)

2,323 consumer complaints on file.

#10280062August 11, 2009
STRUCTURE
2003 DODGE RAM 2500. DASH IS STARTING TO CRACK IN SEVERAL PLACES. I TAKE VERY GOOD CARE OF MY TRUCK. IT IS ALWAYS GARAGED WHEN NOT IN USE. *TR
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0
Deaths:
0
#10280045August 10, 2009
STRUCTURE
I OWN A 2003 DODGE RAM 1500 PICKUP. UNEXPECTEDLY, A MAJOR CRACK HAS OCCURRED ON TOP OF THE DASH. THERE WAS NO IMPACT OR FORCE PUT UPON THE DASH, IT JUST SEEMS TO BE CRACKING ON ITS OWN. THE CRACKS ARE CAUSING VERY SHARP EDGES WHERE A SERIOUS CUT CAN OCCUR IF A PERSON'S HAND OR FINGER GOES ACROSS IT. *TR
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10279778August 8, 2009
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
AC QUIT WORKING. TURNS OUT IGNITION SWITCH IS BAD. I FOUND THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH AND WIRING HAD BURNING EVIDENCE. WIRING BRITTLE AND CRACKED. BELIEVE IT IS THE SAME PROBLEM REPORTED IN THE 1995 DODGE. AMPERAGE ISSUE WHEN BLOWER MOTOR IS ON HIGH TO MUCH FOR FACTORY INSTALLED WIRING. COULD CAUSE A FIRE!!! *TR
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No
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No
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0
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0
#10279234August 3, 2009
STRUCTURE
2003 DODGE RAM 2500 CRACKED DASH. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10278287July 25, 2009
STRUCTURE
CRACKED DASHBOARD IN MY 2003 DODGE RAM 1500. *TR
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10277961July 22, 2009
SUSPENSION:FRONT
UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED 6 TIMES. DURING THE MOST RECENT REPLACEMENT MECHANIC DETERMINED THE PROBLEM TO BE AN IRREGULARITY IN THE MACHINING PROCESS WHICH PREVENTS THE UPPER BALL JOINTS FROM TIGHTENING PROPERLY, THUS CAUSING THE FAILURE OF THE NEW BALL JOINTS AND UNIVERSAL WHICH AS ALSO BEEN REPLACED TWICE. I CONSIDER THIS AN EXTREMELY SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN WHICH COULD RESULT IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT OR DEATH IF IT WERE TO OCCUR ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY AT 55 MPH. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10277601July 21, 2009
STRUCTURE
CRACKED DASH BOARD THAT COULD BECOME PROJECTILES IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH. THESE DASH BOARDS ARE MADE OF CHEAP PLASTIC AND CRACK BAD. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10277608July 21, 2009
SUSPENSION, VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM, VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL, STEERING:LINKAGES
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WIRING HARNESS FAILED AND WAS REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY. ON A SEPARATE OCCASION, THE DEFROSTER AND WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED. WHILE UTILIZING THE DRIVER'S SIDE TURN SIGNAL, THE PASSENGER SIDE TURN SIGNAL WOULD ILLUMINATE INSTEAD. THIS FAILURE WAS ALSO REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT WAS EXPERIENCING VERY HARD VIBRATIONS FORM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. HE STRUCK A SQUIRREL IN THE ROAD AND NEARLY LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE DUE TO THE VIBRATIONS. A LOCAL SERVICE DEALER REPLACED THE STEERING LINKAGES IN THE VEHICLE AT THE CONTACT'S EXPENSE. HE LATER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR THE SUSPENSION AND EXCESSIVE VIBRATIONS (STEERING LINKAGES). THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE LESS THAN 120,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10277613July 21, 2009
STEERING, EQUIPMENT
FOR OVER A YEAR OUR 2003 DODGE 3500 4X4 PICK UP HAS BEEN SHAKING WHEN THE RIGHT TIRE ON THE TRUCK GOES UP BEFORE THE LEFT. WE HAVE TAKEN IT TO MANY PLACES AND TOLD TO REPLACE SEVERAL PARTS THAT WAS SUPPOSE TO BE CAUSING THE PROBLEM. WE HAVE HAD TO PUT SEVERAL SETS OF TIRES ON THE TRUCK AND ARE IN NEED OF NEW TIRES NOW. THE LAST THREE TIMES THAT OUR TRUCK HAS DONE, WHAT I AM NOW BEING TOLD AND BELIEVE IT TO BE, THE DEATH WOBBLE... THE FRONT END OF THE TRUCK HAS SNAPPED AND SLUNG ME OFF THE ROAD. THIS HAPPENED TWICE IN ONE DAY. THE FIRST TWO TIMES IT HAPPENED THE ADJUSTMENT SLEEVE SNAPPED. THE THIRD TIME THE TIRE ROD SNAPPED. ALL THREE TIMES WERE NEAR DEATH FOR ME AND I DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING IT ANYMORE. I NEED THE TRUCK FIXED BECAUSE WE ARE A ONE VEHICLE FAMILY AND WE BOTH WORK. THERE HAS BEEN SEVERAL RECALLS ON THE PARTS ON MY TRUCK THAT I WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF. MY TRUCK IS AT SORENSON SCHADE CHRYSLER DODGE IN LAKE WALES AND EVERYONE THERE HAS GIVEN ME A DIFFERENT EXCUSE WHY THEY ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR MY TRUCK REPAIR. COULD YOU PLEASE HELP ME GET MY TRUCK REPAIRED SO THAT IT IS SAFE TO DRIVE SO THAT I CAN GET RID OF IT AND NOT WORRY ABOUT SOMEONE ELSE GETTING KILLED? PLEASE CONTACT ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10277425July 20, 2009
STRUCTURE
ON 9/20/2008 I NOTICED SOME SMALL CRACKS IN MY DASH. AFTER ABOUT A WEEK THE DASH HAD SEVERAL CRACKS AND THE SMALL ONES WERE NOW LARGE CRACKS GOING FROM THE FRONT OF THE DASH ALL THE WAY TO THE WINDSHIELD. I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD AS THE DASH GETS WORSE PIECES CAN FALL IN TO THE ELECTRONICS IN THE DASH AND EFFECT THE OPERATION OF THE VEHICLE. I HAVE SEEN THIS SAME THING HAPPEN TO THE 2ND GENERATION DODGE RAMS FROM 94-02. DODGE HAS ACCEPTED LIABILITY FOR THOSE DASHES CRACKING, WELL THIS IS THE VERY SAME PLASTIC USED IN THOSE TRUCKS. I DON'T THINK DODGE WANTS TO HAVE TO REPLACE ALL OF THESE DASHES FOR THE REASON OF REPUTATION AND COST TO THE COMPANY. I DON'T THINK YOU CAN REALLY PUT A PRICE OF SAFETY. THESE CAR MAKERS NEED TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE VEHICLES THEY MAKE, NOT JUST UNTIL THE WARRANTY RUNS OUT. THAT KIND OF THINKING TELLS ME THAT THE CAR MAKER DOES NO CARE ABOUT HOW LONG THEIR VEHICLES LAST JUST THAT THEY CAN'T WAIT FOR THE WARRANTY RUNS OUT SO THEY CAN TELL THE CUSTOMER....SORRY, WISH WE COULD HELP. I AM REALLY DISGUSTED IN THE FACT THAT THE US CAR MAKERS HAVE NO PRIDE IN WHAT THEY BUILD. THEY WONDER WHY THE FOREIGN CARS AND TRUCKS BASICALLY SELL THEMSELVES. I REALLY HOPE WE CAN RESOLVE THIS ISSUE. IF CHRYSLER DOES NOT STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND FIX THESE PROBLEMS I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER CHRYSLER PRODUCT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10277331July 19, 2009
STEERING
I HAVE NEARLY LOST CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE AFTER DRIVING OVER AN INTERSTATE OVERPASS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND/OR A BUMP IN THE ROAD. THE FIRST FEW TIMES IT OCCURRED, THE FEELING WAS UNSETTLING AND NOT 'NORMAL' - SUBSEQUENTLY, WHEN THE PROBLEM PROGRESSED, IT WAS A NEW LEVEL OF SHAKING AND WOBBLING AFTER CROSSING AN OVERPASS WITH PAVEMENT IRREGULARITY - THE VEHICLE WENT INTO AN EXTREMELY VIOLENT SHAKE AND SCARED ALL OF US IN THE VEHICLE. THIS PROBLEM HAS CONTINUED TO GET WORSE. I THEN RECEIVED A RECALL FOR A SAFETY PROBLEM IN THE FRONT END OF MY VEHICLE AND THOUGHT, OK, THIS PROBLEM IS BEING ADRESSED AND CHRYSLER IS GOING TO FIX IT. THE DEALER TOOK THE RECALL NOTICE, SAID IT DIDN'T APPLY TO MY TRUCK. THEN AFTER SAYING THEY CANNOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE (AND CHARGED ME $35) THEY TOLD ME THAT THE SHAKING WAS BECAUSE OF MY TIRES. AFTER GETTING DIFFERENT TIRES, THE PROBLEM REMAINS. THE VIOLENT WOBBLE IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND THE LOCAL DODGE DEALER SEEMS TO BE IGNORANT OF ANY WIDESPREAD PROBLEM WITH THIS. I GUESS THEY NEVER SEARCHED GOOGLE, BECAUSE THERE ARE DOZENS OF HITS ON THIS EXACT ISSUE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10277121July 17, 2009
STRUCTURE
2003 DODGE RAM. THE PLASTIC MODE DOOR IS BROKEN AND THE VEHICLE WILL ONLY BLOW OUT THE VENTS. THIS IS NOT A REAL BIG DEAL UNTIL ITS RAINING OUTSIDE AND YOU CAN'T DEFROST THE WINDOWS AT HWY SPEEDS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10277006July 16, 2009
STRUCTURE
2003 DODGE RAM 2500 CRACKED DASH. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10277027July 16, 2009
STRUCTURE
DASH CRACKED UP. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10276891July 15, 2009
STRUCTURE
CRACKED DASH THAT MAY BE SAFETY ISSUE DURING AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10276385July 11, 2009
SUSPENSION:FRONT, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
DEATH WOBBLE DUE TO PITMAN ARM; OCCURS AT SPEEDS OVER 65MPH OR WHEN VEHICLE HITS A BUMP AT ANY SPEED. VEHICLE BECOMES HARD TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OVER. BEGAN OCCURRING WHEN VEHICLE REACHED APPROXIMATELY 100,000 MILES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10275457July 1, 2009
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM 3500. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS EXITING THE VEHICLE, THE HANDLE ABOVE THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR FAILED WHILE BEING USED. THE CONTACT DID NOT NOTICE ANY DIFFERENCES PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 97,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10275480July 1, 2009
AIR BAGS
DASH IS CRACKING AND APPARENTLY THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM, THE UNDERNEATH SUPPORT IS PLASTIC ALSO AND KNOWN TO FAIL AND COLLAPSE, I AM CONCERNED IF MY AIRBAG DEPLOYED THERE WOULD BE SHARDS OF GLASS SENT INTO THE PASSENGERS EYES OR WORSE IT WOULD BE CUT BY THE SHARP PLASTIC PIECES AND NOT DEPLOY IN AN ACCIDENT AT ALL,THIS VEHICLE IS GARAGED AND A DASH PROTECTOR USED AND THIS ISSUE IS ALL OVER THE INTERNET , I FEEL DODGE SHOULD ISSUE A RECALL ON THESE FAULTY PLASTIC DASHES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10274624June 22, 2009
POWER TRAIN
NOT SURE IF THIS IS A SAFETY PROBLEM. 90 PERCENT OF THE TIMES THAT I ATTEMPT TO START MY VEHICLE, I HAVE TO READJUST THE GEAR SWIFT. IT APPEARS TO HAVE SWIFTED TO NEUTRAL OR DRIVE. I START NOTICING THIS IN AUGUST, 2008. *TR
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10270264May 29, 2009
STEERING, SUSPENSION
I WENT TO CHRYSLER WITH I THOUGHT SHOCK PROBLEMS .THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE STEERING LINKAGE HE TIM/ ALSO SAID CHRYSLER WOULD ONLY REPLACE ONE SMALL PART BUT THAT THE OTHER RODS AND BUSHINGS WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED ALSO BECAUSE THEY WERE PART OF THE PROBLEM AND IF I DID NOT REPLACE RODS AND BUSHINGS THEY WOULD EVENTUALLY BRAKE AND I WOULD HAVE NO STEERING CONTROL RIGHT NOW THE BUSHING ARE RATTLING REAL BAD AND THE STEERING IS LOOSE AND WALKS ON THE ROAD TIM THE MECHANIC SAID THIS IS ONE WHOLE PROBLEM AND ALL LINKED TOGETHER ALSO I HAVE COST GUARD INSURANCE AND SINCE PART IS ON RECALL THEY WOULD NOT PAY FOR THE OTHER PARTS WHICH WILL COST OVER 700.00 I FEEL CHRYSLER IS RESPONSIBLE AND NEED TO PAY CHRYSLER ALREADY HAD ONE REPAIR ON SAME BREAKDOWN LAST WEEK PLEASE CHECK INTO THIS FOR US. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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