Dodge Ram Complaints (2001)

2,207 consumer complaints on file.

#8005541March 13, 2002
STEERING
STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP AT 60 MPH. CONSUMER WAS NOT ABLE TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN. DEALER HAS DETERMINED THAT STEERING HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#759211March 11, 2002
SUSPENSION:FRONT
MY TRUCK WANDERS ON THE ROAD. IT IS A CHALLANGE TO KEEP IT IN THE LANE AT HIGH WAY SPEEDS. I ALWAYS HAVE TO CONTINUE TO TRY TO STEER IT LEFT THEN RIGHT. THERE IS SEVERAL INCHES OF TRAVEL IN THE STEERING WHEEL BETWEEN GOING LEFT AND RIGHT. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO DRIVE ON THE HIGHWAY AND STAY IN YOUR LANE, EVEN MORE, IT IS DANGOURUS TO DRIVE WHEN IT IS SNOWY AND ICY. HERE IN MINNESOTA WE HAVE POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR OUR LONG WINTER SEASON. I BOUGHT THIS TO BE SAFE IN THE SNOW AND ICE, ACCTUALY IT IS THE OPPOSITE!!*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#759167March 10, 2002
SUSPENSION:FRONT
TRACK BAR AFFECTS HANDLING AND SAFETY OF VEHICLE, I HAVE HEARD OF MANY COMPLAINTS OF THIS PART. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#759146March 9, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I BOUGHT THE TRUCK IN SEPT.01 AND OVERDRIVE WENT OUT IN JAN 02AND NOW AGAIN IN MARCH 02 SEEMS EVERYONE IS HAVING THIS PROBLEM I AM CURRENTLY PUTTING IN A 6SPD CONVERSION KIT WHICH IS COSTING ME $4000.00. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#759162March 9, 2002
STEERING:LINKAGES, SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:TORSION BAR
TRACK BAR, PREMATURE EXCESSIVE SLACK IN STEERING, HARD TO KEEP IN OWN LANE ESPECIALLY ON UNEVEN PAVED SURFACES( STEERING WANDERING). REAR AXLE U-BOLTS, LOOSE ON INSPECTION CAUSING SHAKING FROM THE REAR AXLE DURING ACCELERATION AND DECELERATION, BOLTS WERE RETORKED & PROBLEM REACCURED AFTER 20 MILES, THE BOLTS WERE LOOSE AGAIN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8005180March 8, 2002
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING 40MPH IN WET CONDITIONS, CONSUMER HIT A TRAILER WHICH WAS BEING PULLED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AKTHERE WAS ONE INJURY.*JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#8005123March 6, 2002
SUSPENSION, STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION)
WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY VEHICLE SWAYS BACK AND FORTH AND HARD TO STEER. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK THE DEALER REPLACED STEERING BOX AND DID AN ALIGNMENT THREE TIMES, BUT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT CORRECTED. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8005136March 6, 2002
TIRES
CONSUMER AFTER BEING INFORMED ABOUT TIRE RECALL 01V28900O HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER. MANAGER INSISTED VEHICLE WAS NOT WITHIN RECALL NOTICE. HOWEVER, SERVICE MANAGER AT MICHELIN STATED THAT ALL THE D RATED TIRES ON CONSUMER'S DODGE, RAM WERE LOW RATED, AND COULD ONLY HOLD A CERTAIN WEIGHT AGE THAT DID NOT MATCH VEHICLE COMPLIANCE EXPECTATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#9006472February 28, 2002
AIR BAGS
EDGE OF THE HWY GAVE WAY, FORCING THE VEHICLE INTO A BRICK WALL, NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE LEFT RIBS FROM IMPACT WITH THE STEERING WHEEL.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#758665February 26, 2002
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM
UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS ARE FAILING IN OUR FLEET (33000+ MILES). *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#758677February 26, 2002
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
THIS TRUCK IS OWNED BY SACRAMENTO COUNTY. OUR DRIVER PROCEEDED FROM A GREEN LIGHT INTO THE INTERSECTION. ANOTHER CAR TRAVELLING PERPENDICULAR TO OURS RAN THEIR RED LIGHT. OUR TRUCK IMPACTED ABOUT AT THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR. WE "T-BONED" THE OTHER CAR. DURING THIS ACCIDENT THE CAR TRAVELLING BESIDE OURS COLLIDED WITH THE SIDE OF OUR TRUCK. TWO HIGHWAY PATROL OFFICERS ACTUALLY WITNESSED THE ACCIDENT. THEY ESTIMATED THE SPEED OF COLLISION FOR OUR TRUCK AT OVER 25 MPH. THE AIRBAGS IN BOTH OF THE OTHER VEHICLES DEPLOYED. WE DID ALERT DODGE TO THIS EVENT. THEY CHECKED THE ELECTRONIC SYSTEM AND FOUND NO FAULTS. WE ARE STILL CONCERNED BECAUSE A SHORT TIME LATER WE HAD ANOTHER FRONT END COLLISION WITH A TREE IN A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 AND THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. I WILL REPORT THIS ACCIDENT ON A SEPARATE QUESTIONAIRE. THE REPORT WE GOT BACK FROM DODGE WAS NEARLY IDENTICAL TO THE FIRST ONE WHICH MAKES US WONDER HOW THOUROUGH AN INVESTIGATION THEY PERFORM. ALSO THE REPORT FOR THE ACCIDENT IN THIS QUESTIONAIRE STATED THAT THE FORCE OF THE IMPACT WAS DISSIPATED THROUGH THE PERPENDICULAR TRAVEL OF THE VEHICLE TO OUR TRUCK. THE HIGHWAY PATROL AT THE ACCIDENT HAVE TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS NO TRAVEL FOR OUR TRUCK IN THE DIRECTION OF THE CAR IT HIT. THIS INCOMPLETE OR UNTRUE CONCLUSION FROM DODGE ALSO MAKES ME SUSPICIOUS OF THE QUALITY OF THEIR INVESTIGATION. ALSO, TALKING TO A DODGE REP. WHO INVESTIGATES THESE EVENTS I WAS TOLD THAT THEY RARELY SEE THE AIR BAG GO OFF WHEN THEIR CAR HITS ANOTHER AS OURS DID (T-BONE). ONE LAST COMMENT, THIS FORM WOULD BE MUCH EASIER IF I COULD SEE ALL OF MY TYPED COMMENTS INSTEAD OF JUST ONE LINE. THANK YOU.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#8004383February 22, 2002
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE TRAVELING AT 45 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE TRAVELING AT ABOUT 45 TO 60 MPH HIT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE ON FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE. DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK VEHICLE WAS TOTALED AND ONE PERSON WAS INJURED IN ACCIDENT. *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#8004341February 21, 2002
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL, SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, VEHICLE WAS STRUCK BY VAN TRAVELING 50 MPH, FRONT CRASH. NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. NO INJURIES.*AK THE SEATBELT DID NOT RESTRAIN CONSUMER, CAUSING HIM TO BE THROWN FORWARD, LUCKILY HE WAS NOT INJURED, SEE ODI NUMBER 8004342. *SLC
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8004342February 21, 2002
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR, AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, VEHICLE WAS STRUCK BY A VAN TRAVELING 50 MPH, FRONT CRASH. SEATBELT DID NOT RESTRAIN CONSUMER, HE WAS THROWN FORWARD. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED, NO INJURIES.*AK IN THIS ACCIDENT, NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED, SEE ODI NUMBER 8004341. *SLC
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8004343February 21, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, BRAKES WERE APPLIED TO AVOID A COLLISION, BRAKES LOCKED UP, AND VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT CRASH. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED, NO INJURIES.*AK *TT
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8004220February 19, 2002
SUSPENSION
WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY VEHICLE WANDERS LEFT AND RIGHT WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8004140February 15, 2002
STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION)
LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL WHILE DRIVING FORCED VEHICLE OVER AN EMBANKMENT. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND REPLACED STEERING GEAR BOX. PRIOR TO ACCIDENT, CONSUMER TOOK CAR TO DEALER EXPLAINING THAT THE VEHICLE PULLED TO THE RIGHT. DEALERSHIP DIDN'T CHECK ANYTHING, WHICH RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. INSURANCE COMPANY REPAIRED ALL THE DAMAGE AND REPLACED STEERING GEAR BOX. *JG *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8003739February 7, 2002
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AFTER A FRONTAL COLLISION WITH A GUARD RAIL AND A PHONE POLE AT 35 MPH. MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#757737February 4, 2002
SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING
OUR FLEET IS HAVING NUMEROUS FAILURES OF THE FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS, I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS THIS BEFORE THE FAILURE CAUSES AN ACCIDENT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#757685February 3, 2002
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL, AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
MY VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A CLIFF-SIDE AT 50 MPH. THE COLLISION WAS DIRECTLY HEAD-ON. NEITHER THE DRIVER'S NOR THE PASSENGER SIDE/ FRONT AIRBAGS WERE DEPLOYED DURING THIS CRASH.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0

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