Dodge Ram Complaints

27,062 consumer complaints on file.

#707765June 22, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE
TRANSMISSION SLIPS AT 50MPH. TRANSMISSION ALSO DISENGAGES FROM OVERDRIVE AT 65- 70 MPH. THIS HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES. DEALER HAS NOT FIXED IT YET. PCM HAD BEEN REPLACED IN 1995.PCM REPROGRAM IN 1997. TRANSMISSION HAS HAD BANDS ADJUSTED IN 1997 . TO DATE OVER DRIVE UNIT HAS NOT BEEN CHECKED OUT. THIS PROBLEMS ONLY HAPPENS WHEN IN OVERDRIVE .WHICH MAKES ME THINK OVERDRIVE UNIT NEEDS TO BE REBUILT. HAVE HAD THREE MISS REAR ENDS IN JUNE 17,1999 BECAUSE OVERDRIVE WOULD DISENGAGE,AND TRANSMISSION SLIPPING AT 30 MPH,50 MPH ON JUNE 17,1999 DEALER IS ORDERING OVERDRIVE SWITCH , THINKS THIS IS THE CAUSE .HAVE A CHRYSLER FILE #5902303. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#546225June 21, 1999
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
WIRING HARNESS FAILED AND MELTED CAUSING A/C, POWER WINDOWS, AIR BAG LIGHT FAILURES. MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#707677June 18, 1999
CHILD SEAT
CAR SEAT FILL OUT OF CAPTAIN CHAIR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#837384June 17, 1999
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
HEADLIGHTS COME ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#840342June 17, 1999
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
VEHICLE WAS PARKED FOR TWO DAYS AND THE IGNITION CAUGHT ON FIRE, TOTALLING THE VEHICLE. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#840347June 17, 1999
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
VEHICLE WAS PARKED FOR TWO DAYS WHEN THE IGNITION CAUGHT ON FIRE. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED . *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#840394June 17, 1999
SUSPENSION
AT 35-45 MPH VEHICLE VIBRATES . THE DEALER HAS PUT 5 SETS OF TIRES ON THE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#707650June 17, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
DEALER WAS ASKED TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION AFTER LAST FAILURE. THEY INDICATED TO US THAT THEY DID REPALCE THE TRANSMISSION. FAILURE CAUSES THE TRANSMISSION TO LOCK UP AT HIGH SPEED AND ALSO CAUSES SEVERE HESITATION DURING TAKE OFF AND PASSING. COULD RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#838178June 16, 1999
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
CONSUMER TURNED ENGINE OFF, AFTER A WHILE WHEN HE TRIED TO START ENGINE, THE DASHBOARD WAS ILLUMINATED/ AIR BAG AND ABS DID NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY/ WINDOWS WOULD NOT GO UP AND DOWN, AND AIR CONDITIONER DID NOT START. ALSO, WIRING HARNESS GOT SO HOT THAT IT IT DISCOLORED THE STEERING COLUMN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#839910June 16, 1999
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
WHILE BACKING UP THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL JAMMED, CAUSING DRIVER TO RUN INTO HOME FROM UNDER CARPORT. TRUCK WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#707604June 16, 1999
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
DRIVING VERY SLOWLY ACROSS POND LEVEE, MASHED ACCELERATOR,ENGINE INCREASED SPEED TO APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, BRAKES WOULD NOT STOP IT. VEHICLE PLUNGED INTO LAKE, SEVERLY INJURING DRIVER AND PASSENGER, AND HITTING DRAIN PLUG OF LAKE, CAUSING DRAINAGE AND LOSS OF FISH, ETC.,LAKE APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET DEEP AND, BOTH INJURED PASSENGERS ALMOST DROWNED. BOTH SUSTAINED PERMANENT INJURIES. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#546126June 16, 1999
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
WIRING HARNESS IN THE DASH FAILED, OVERHEATED AND CAUSED DISCOLORING IN STEERING COLUMN. MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#839821June 15, 1999
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
VEHICLE EXPRIENCED SUDDEN ACELERATION WHEN CRUISE CONTROL WAS ENGAGED. CRUISE CONTROL WOULD NOT DISENGAGE WHEN BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED. CAUSING A HEAD-ON COLLISON WITH A TRACKER TRAILER AND A BRICK WALL. THREE PASSENGERS WERE INJURED. DEALER/MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
3
Deaths:
0
#707586June 15, 1999
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
AIR CONDITIONER BLOWER CONTROL LEVER GETS SO HOT IT CAN BURN YOUR FINGER AND COULD CAUSE FIRE. SEE ODI ID: 950669, 955053, 447333, 944319, 965951 DEALER CURE IS TO REPLACE UNDER DASH WIRING HARNESS?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#546101June 14, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE (EGR VALVE)
EGR SYSTEM IS POORLY DESIGNED RESULTING IN MULTIPLE FAILURES, FUMES ENTERED INTO ENGINE COMPARTMENT CAUSING DAMAGE. MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#707554June 14, 1999
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:CARBURETOR SYSTEM
STALLS AND BACKFIRES THOUGH THE INTAKE DURING ACCELARATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#707556June 14, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO FAIL AT 60,000 MILES, TOOK TO DEALER SAID NEED TO ADJUST BANDS, CONTINUED TO SLIP, TOOK BACK TO DEAL, THEY SAID THEY ADJUSTED BANDS, CHANGED TRANSMISSION FLUID, AND COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM, AFTER TRUCK REACH 77,000 MILES, DEAL SAID I NEEDED NEW TRANSMISSION @ $5000.00. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#707557June 14, 1999
SUSPENSION
THE VEHICLE PULLS TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD AT SPEEDS OVER 50 MPH IF THE STEERING WHEEL IS RELEASED. A CONTINUOUS DOWN FORCE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE STEERING WHEEL HAS TO BE MAINTAINED IF THE VEHICLE IS TO REMAIN IN A STRAIGHT LINE DOWN A STRAIGHT ROAD. IF I RELEASE THE STEERING WHEEL WHILE GOING IN A STRAIGHT LINE DOWN THE ROAD, THE STEERING WHEEL WILL ROTATE ABOUT 1/4 INCH IN A CLOCKWISE DIRECTION AND THE VEHICLE LEAVES THE ROAD IN ANYWHERE FROM 3 TO 10 SECONDS DEPENDING ON THE LEVEL OF THE ROAD. THIS ISSUE IS CONSISTENT 100 % OF THE TIME. THE AMOUNT OF DOWNFORCE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE STEERING WHEEL TO MAINTAIN THE VEHICLE IN A STRAIGHT DIRECTION DOWN A STRAIGHT ROAD VARIOUS WITH THE LEVEL OF THE ROAD BUT IS CONTINUOUS. THE VEHICLE'S FRONT END HAS BEEN ALIGNED BY THE DEALER FOUR TIMES. I HAVE ALSO GOTTEN AN OPINON ABOUT THE VEHICLES STEERING AND ALIGNMENT FROM A FIRESTONE DEALER. THE DODGE DEALER'S SERVICE MANAGER (BILLY DUNCAN) DID NOT DOCUMENT THE THIRD AND FOURTH ALIGNMENT AND THE SERVICE MANAGER (BILLY DUNCAN) REFUSES TO ACHNOWLEDGE THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM. I SPOKE TO THE DEALERSHIP'S TECHNICIAN (MIKE) THAT PERFORMED THE ALIGNMENT ALL FOUR TIMES AT THE DEALERSHIP. HE STATES THAT THE VEHICLE DOES INDEED PULL TO THE RIGHT AND THAT HE HAS ALIGNED THE VEHICLE FOUR TIMES IN AN ATTEMPT TO CURE THE PROBLEM. HE STATES THAT HE DOES NOT KNOW WHAT IS CAUSING THE PROBLEM AND ON THE FOURTH ALIGNMENT HE HAD TO ADJUST THE FRONT LEFT WHEEL CASTER ADJUSTMENT OUT OF SPECIFICATIONS IN ORDER TO ACHEIVE MARGINAL RESULTS. HE ALSO STATED THAT BECAUSE THE ALIGNMENT IS NOW OUT OF SPECS., I MAY EXPERIENCE AN ADDITIONAL 1/16" TIRE WEAR ON THE LEFT FRONT TIRE DURING THE LIFE OF THE TIRES. I HAD THE ALIGNMENT CHECKED AT A FIRESTONE DEALER PRIOR TO THE THIRD AND FOURTH ALIGNMENT BY THE DEALERSHIP. THE FIRESTONE DEALER SAID THE THE ALIGNMENT WAS IN SPECIFICATIONS, YET THE VEHICLE STILL PULLS TO THE RIGHT. AT THE PRESENT TIME, THE VEHICLE NOW "DRIFTS" TO THE RIGHT SIDE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#707480June 12, 1999
STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION)
STEERING LOOSE AT CENTER, TRUCK DARTS AND WEAVES, STEERING DRAGS WHILE TURNING TO THE RIGHT. DEALER STATEMENT ON REPAIR TICKET STATES "MANUFACTURER IS AWARE OF PROBLEM AND CANNOT BE REPAIRED BY THE DEALER". *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#707466June 11, 1999
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLES
THROTTLE CABLE STARTING TO FRAY BETWEEN CABLE SOCKET AND RUBBER GROMMET. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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