Dodge Ram Complaints (1995)

1,219 consumer complaints on file.

#897567October 10, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER
GAS GAUGE ON INSTRUMENT PANEL WILL ONLY REGISTER A READING OF "EMPTY" REGARDLESS OF AMOUNT OF FUEL IN VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF SITUATION, BUT NO DETERMINATION HAS BEEN MADE AS TO CAUSE OF PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#897365October 4, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLES
NHTSA RECALL 01V037000/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 970: CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL, AND CALLED DEALER FOR AN APPOINTMENT ON AUG 28, 2001. DEALER STATED PARTS HAD NOT COME IN YET, AND SHOULD BE ARRIVING IN ABOUT A WEEK. CONSUMER STATED IT HAS BEEN A MONTH AND NO PARTS HAVE YET ARRIVED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#897223October 2, 2001
WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS
LUGS: NUTS ARE RUSTED, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#563483October 1, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY, POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS, POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:UNIVERSAL JOINT
TRANSMISSION AND THE FRONT AXLE HOUSING FAILED. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#897150October 1, 2001
SUSPENSION
STEERING SHUDDERED WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 45 AND 55 MPH AND WHEN HITTING A BUMP OR POTHOLE IN THE ROAD. VEHICLE VIBRATING AND SHUDDERING UNCONTROLLABLY THROUGH STEERING WHEEL. ALSO, IN ORDER TO REGAIN CONTROL OF VEHICLE HAD TO DROP SPEED AROUND 20 MPH. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER STATED THERE WAS A TSB FOR THAT PROBLEM. CONSUMER COMPLIED WITH TSB, BUT STILL HAD PROBLEMS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#897046September 28, 2001
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING 65-70 MPH VEHICLE STARTED TO SLOW DOWN, CONSUMER HAD TO SHIFT TO 4TH GEAR. THEN, NOTICED 5TH GEAR HAD GONE OUT. DEALER SAID THIS WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM, IT WAS A DEFECTIVE NUT THAT DEALER REPLACED TO RESOLVE PROBLEM.*AK *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#896741September 24, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE VEHICLE STOPS ON A GRADE BRAKE PEDAL WILL LOSE RESISTANCE, AND FALL TO THE FLOORBOARD. THIS RESULTS IN VEHICLE ROLLING INTO AN INTERSECTION. ALSO, WHEN ATTEMPTING TO APPLY THE BRAKES DURING NORMAL OPERATION, PEDAL WILL GO TO THE FLOOR, AND BRAKES FAIL TO SLOW VEHICLE. ACCORDING DEALERSHIP WAS UNWILLING TO EXAMINE VEHICLE FOR THIS PROBLEM AND OTHER ISSUES. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / ATTACHMENTS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#896646September 21, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 970. TOOK VEHICLE INTO DEALER FOR RECALL REPAIRS, AND RECALL CALLED FOR 11/2 HOURS TO DO THE WORK. DEALER DID RECALL REPAIRS, BUT BROKE A PIECE ON VEHICLE RELATED TO RECALL REPAIRS. THAT PIECE IS ON NATIONAL BACKORDER, AND DEALER DOESN'T KNOW WHEN IT WILL BE IN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#752375September 19, 2001
SUSPENSION
DODGE RAM TRUCKS HAVE A KNOWN HISTORY OF "SELF SUSTAINING VIBRATION" OR "SHIMMY" AFTER STRIKING A SMALL BUMP, OR OFFSET IN THE ROAD. SEE DODGE TSB 19-05-96 AND OTHER STEERING RELATED ISSUES. WE HAVE HAD OUR VEHICLE WORKED ON TWICE DUE TO EXTREMELY VIOLENT SHIMMYING THAT HAS NEARLY CAUSED COMPLETE LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE TRUCK ON 6 SEPERATE OCCASSIONS. ONLY BY INCREDIBLE LUCK AND SKILL HAS THERE NOT BEEN SERIOUS ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES. THE TSB I JUST REFERENCED SUGGESTS THAT THE SERVICE PERSONNEL "TEST DRIVE THE VEHICLE OVER A ROAD THAT DUPLICATES THE CUSTOMER COMPLAINT AND IF SHIMMYING IS FELT PERFORM ..." THIS IS WOEFULLY INADEQUATE IN THAT THIS PROBLEM CAN NOT BE REPLICATED BY SUCH A PROCEDURE. THE FACT REMAINS THAT ONE CAN DRIVE HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF MILES OVER THE SAME ROAD AND THE PROBLEM WILL NOT REPRODUCIBLY APPEAR. BUT, WITH ABSOLUTELY NO NOTICE, AND AT RANDOM, THE VIOLENT SELF SUSTAINING AND PROPAGATING SHAKING WILL SUDDENLY OCCUR AND ONE WILL NEARLY WRECK. DURING THE LAST SUCH EPISODE WHICH OCCURRED LAST WEEK, THE VIOLENT SHAKING WAS SO GREAT THAT A 140 POUND CARDBOARD BOX ABOUT 18 INCHES HIGH WAS NEARLY THROWN OUT OVER THE SIDE OF THE TRUCK. THIS INCIDENT OCCURED AT A SPEED OF ABOUT 65 MILES PER HOUR ON A CURVE ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN THE FRONT TIRE OF THE TRUCK HIT A HOLE IN THE ROAD THAT WAS ABOUT 4 INCHES WIDE, 1 FOOT LONG, AND MAYBE AN INCH DEEP. IN OTHER WORDS, THE BUMP WAS NOTHING. FORTUNATELY I WAS IN THE MIDDLE LANE ON THE INTERSTATE AND ALL OF THE OTHER CARS AROUND ME HIT THEIR BREAKS WHEN THEY SAW THE TRUCK BOUNCING AND LEAPING DOWN THE ROAD. TO FURTHER COMPLICATE THINGS THE VIOLENT BOUNCING ONLY GETS WORSE WHEN YOU APPLY THE BRAKES. THE ONLY QUICK WAY TO RESTORE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE IS TO VIOLENTLY JERK THE STEERING WHEEL BACK AND FORTH, UNFORTUNATELY THIS REQUIRES BOTH LANES OF THE ROAD AND THE EMERGENCY LANES. THERE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE AN ADEQUATE "FIX" TO THIS PROBLEM FROM DODGE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#896523September 19, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING AND WOULD NOT GO INTO GEAR. CONSUMER HAD TRANSMISSION REBUILT, BUT DID NOT REMEDY PROBLEM. TRANSMISSION WAS STILL SLIPPING UNTIL IT FINALLY WENT OUT. CONTACTED DEALER. PLEASE ADD FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#896418September 17, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS
THE HEADLIGHTS AND TAIL LIGHTS FAILED TO OPERATE PROPERLY. HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO PRIVATE MECHANIC TO CHECK OUT SYSTEM. WAS INFORMED THAT ELECTRICAL WIRES WERE MELTED TOGETHER. THERE WERE NO RECALLS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#895928September 6, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
CONSUMER RECEIVED MANUFACTURER'S RECALL NOTICE 970. TOOK VEHICLE IN 3 TIMES, AND EACH TIME THERE WERE NO PARTS. CONSUMER HAD AN APPOINTMENT FOR RECALL REPAIRS MADE BY DODGE MANUFACTURER , TOOK VEHICLE IN, AND STILL THERE WERE NO PARTS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#751740September 5, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
IN MY ACCIDENT WHICH WAS A FRONTAL ACCIDENT THE AIR BAGS NEVER OPENED. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#562914September 4, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
THE IGNITION SWITCH FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE 00V-135 AND AS A RESULT THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED SMOLDERING AND BURN A HOLE IN STEERING WHEEL COVER, THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE CONSUMER HAD INSTALLED ADDITIONAL LIGHTS WHICH CAUSED THE FIRE AND REIMBURSED THE CONSUMER ONLY FOR THE PARTS. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#562702August 27, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
THE THROTTLE CABLE FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL 01V-037, AND THROTTLE ROD WAS WORN.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#895242August 27, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 5MPH AND THROTTLE GOT STUCK. DEALERSHIP WAS MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM.*AK CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION IN THE MAIL #970 FOR THE THROTTLE CABLE AND THROTTLE LINKAGE COMPONETS TO BE REPLACED, HOWEVER AFTER BECOMING STRANDED AND THEN HAVING VEHICLE TOWED IT WAS DETERMINED BY A MECHANIC THAT NONE OF THE THROTTLE LINKAGES COMPONENTS WERE REPLACED AND MECHANIC INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE PARTS WERE ON BACK ORDER AND THE THE PREVIOUS DEALER THAT PERFORMED THE WORK MUST HAVE USED A DEFECTIVE PART AND CONSUMER REALIZED THAT THE REPAIR ONLY TOOK AN HOUR.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#751061August 24, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY
I HAVE CONTACTED DODGE REGARDING THIS FAILURE, ARE TECH OR SAFETY BULLETINS BEING GENERATED, ARE OTHERS REPORTING THE FAILURE? RAM DIESEL MODEL FAILURE MODE ALLOWS STARTER TO REMAIN ENGAGED AND ENGINE RUNNING WITH VEHICLE KEY IN THE OFF POSITION. AFTER DIAGNOSING AND FAILURE ANALYSIS IT IS APPARENT THAT THIS FAILURE MODE IS NOT ONLY COMMON (INPUT FROM VARIOUS WEBSITES) BUT ALSO EXTREMELY DANGEROUS IN MY OPINION. WHILE THE ROOT CAUSE (STARTER FAILURE) IS ACCEPTABLE AND UNDERSTANDABLE WITH AGE OF THE VEHICLE, THE SYMPTOM AND EFFECT IS NOT. INTERNAL SHORTING OF THE STARTER CAUSES 12VDC FEEDBACK THROUGH THE CONTROL CIRCUIT AND ALLOWS THE STARTER TO REMAIN ENGAGED AND VEHICLE TO REMAIN RUNNING WIT THE KEY ON!. IF LUCKY ENOUGH TO REACT TO THE FAILURE IN TIME PRIOR TO COMPONENTS AND WIRING BURNING UP AND MELTING, YOU MUST GET UNDER THE HOOD TO DISCONNECT "2" BATTERIES, OR CLIMB UNDER THE VEHICLE TO HIT THE STARTER TO SHUT DOWN ENGINE AND DISENGAGE STARTER, EITHER AGAIN WHILE THE VEHICLE IS RUNNING WITH THE KEY OFF AND START ENGAGED IN FLYWHEEL, IF THE VEHICLE WERE TO JUMP IN GEAR (STD TRANSMISSION) BODILY INJURY WOULD CERTAINLY TAKE PLACE. AFTER MY FIRST FAILURE THE DEALER REPLACED THE DAMAGED COMPONENTS AT A COST OF >$700 BUT FAILED TO IDENTIFY THE ROOT CAUSE. ONLY AFTER INFORMATION LOCATED IN THE "TURBODIESEL WEBSITE" AND REPEAT FAILURE WAS I ABLE TO IDENTIFY AND CORRECT ROOT CAUSE!*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#562633August 22, 2001
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT
DEALER PERFORMED TSB 21-10-98, 5TH GEAR CAME APART DUE TO THE SELF LOCKING NUT ON THE SHAFT CAME OFF. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#894767August 20, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLES
CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL 01V037OOO DUE TO VIN. DEALER DENIED REPAIRS DUE TO LACK OF PARTS. DEALER ADVISED THAT PARTS WERE 8,000 IN BACK ORDER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#750582August 16, 2001
TIRES
THE SET OF 5 TIRES WAS PURCHASED IN MARCH AND HAD 6300 MILES ON THEM. THE TIRE SEPARATED AND BLEWOUT LEAVING THE SIDE WALL INTACT AND SPLIT FROM TOP OF TIRE TO RIM. THE SEPERATION PATTERN IS CONSIDERABLY NOTICABLE. THIS BLOW OUT CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO SIDE PANEL OF TRUCK, RIPPING OUT THE SIDEWALL PLASTIC COVER AND MUD FLAP. THE SUDDEN FAILURE OF THIS TIRE HAS MADE ME VERY LEARY OF DRIVING WITH THE OTHERS.*AK (TIRESIZE: 245 75/R16)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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