Dodge Ram Complaints (1994)

830 consumer complaints on file.

#10087015August 17, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
REAR FUEL TANK STRAP BROKE OFF, WITHOUT REALIZING IT. HAPPEN TO NOTICE FUEL TANK HANGING DOWN FROM VEHICLE. HAD TO PUT A RACHET STRAP ON IT TO PULL IT BACK UP IN PLACE. THE BRACKET WAS STILL IN PLACE. LOOKS LIKE THE SPOT WELDING FROM THE STRAP TO THE BRACKET LET LOOSE. CALLED SEVERAL DODGE DEALERS, THEY HAD NONE IN STOCK OR THEY WERE ON BACKORDER. ONE DEALER EVEN MENTION HE NOTICE NATION WIDE THERE WAS 500 OF THESE STRAPS ON BACKORDER. THIS TELLS ME DODGE HAS A PROBLEM. IF I HADN'T NOTICE MY FUEL TANK AS SOON AS I DID, IT WOULD HAVE FALLEN OFF AND WHO KNOWS WHAT MAY HAVE HAPPEN. I FEEL THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL EFFORT ON DODGE'S PART. I PLAN ON HAVING A CUSTOM STRAP FABRICATED, SEEING THE DODGE DEALER COULD GIVE ME NO TIME FRAME ON WHEN TO EXPECT A REPLACEMENT STRAP.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10083814July 29, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION FAILED AFTER 30000 MILE WARRANTY PERIOD. CONSUMER STATED HE OWNED FOUR OF THE SAME VEHICLES, AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED WITH THE TRANSMISSION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10083586July 23, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH VEHICLE SHIMMIED VIOLENTLY. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. MECHANIC COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10079954June 25, 2004
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
WHILE DRIVING 35-40 MPH ON A WET ROAD VEHICLE SUDDENLY DID A COMPLETE 90-DEGREE SPIN , AND ROLLED OVER SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE STOPPING. CONSUMER SUSTAINED 10 BROKEN RIBS, AND WAS TRANSPORTED BY AN AMBULANCE TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10078659June 23, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
I HAVE A 1994 DODGE TRUCK. IT HAS A DEFECTIVE RADIATOR. THE END CAP ( PLASTIC HAS DEVELOPED A HAIRLINE CRACK. I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A CHRONIC PROBLEM WITH THESE TRUCKS. WHY IS PLASTIC JOINED TO METAL IN THE FIRST PLACE? SEEMS LIKE PLANNED OBSOLESCENCE TO ME.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10079500June 18, 2004
STEERING:COLUMN
CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT STEERING COLUMN PROBLEM. STEERING COLUMN KEPT BREAKING THE CLOCK SPRING. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER ON 3 SEPARATE OCCASIONS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10064696March 23, 2004
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH
WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH HOOD LATCH SNAPPED. THIS CAUSED THE HOOD TO FLY BACK ONTO THE WINDSHIELD. CONSUMER MANAGED TO PULL OVER. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER HAD THE PROBLEM RESOLVED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10062863March 10, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT, STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
DRIVER SIDE FRONT WHEEL DISCONNECTED FROM VEHICLE AT 40 MPH. REPAIR SHOP REPLACED THE TIE ROD AND BALL JOINTS. CONSUMER WAS NOT SURE IF UPPER OR LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE REPLACED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10061769March 9, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST
CONSUMER EXPERIENCED RANDOM EPISODES OF SUDDEN LOSS OF ENGINE AND BRAKING POWER. (NAR) *PH *CB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10061073March 1, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
ON TWO OCCASIONS IGNITION SWITCH WIRES CAUGHT ON FIRE. THIS CAUSED THE PLASTIC AROUND THE IGNITION TO MELT. DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THERE WAS A RECALL, BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10059239February 18, 2004
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
WHILE DRIVING HEADLIGHTS MALFUNCTIONED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10070267January 15, 2004
STRUCTURE, UNKNOWN OR OTHER, SUSPENSION, POWER TRAIN
I HAD PROBLEMS FROM DAY 1. BATTERY WENT DEAD THE VERY NEXT MORNING AFTER I BROUGHT THE VAN HOME. I KEPT RECHARGING IT UNTILL IT FAILED COMPLETLY ON A TRIP TO FRORIDA. I FIGUIRED OUT THE BUILT IN VACUUM CLEANER HAD A SHORT. I TOOK IT OUT. THE FRONT TIRES SHOWED EXCESSIVE WEAR ON OUTER EDGES. I KEPT ROTATING THEM. I WENT TO A FRONT END SHOP FOR A WHEEL ALIGNMENT, THEY TOLD ME THE WHEEL BEARINGS WERE BAD AND BALL JOINTS WERE WORN, THEY SUGGESTED I GO TO A CHRYSLER DEALER SINCE IT WAS STILL UNDE WARRANTY. THEY DID NOTHING, TIGHTENING UP THE BEARINGS SO THE WHEELS WOULDNT WOBBLE AND SENT ME ON MY WAY, SAYING IT'S JUST NORMAL. TIRES ARE STILL WEARING OUT ON OUTER EDGES. PAINT STARTED PEELING ALONG ROOF EDGES AFTER A COUPLE OF YEARS. WHEN I VERBALY COMPLAINED TO CHRYSLER, THEY SAID ACID RAIN IS CAUSING THIS PROBLEM AND THEY WILL DO NOTHING TO CORRECT AUTO TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN MAKING CLUNKING NOISES WHEN I SHIFT FROM PARK TO NEUTRAL AND DRIVE. THAT IS ONLY SOME OF MY TALE OF WOE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10050504December 15, 2003
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
FRONTAL AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT 5 MPH. PASSENGER AND DRIVER WERE INJURED,AND DRIVER CONTINUED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE HOME. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#10049958December 3, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES
RECALL NO. 97V084000: CONSUMER NOTICED THAT ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS LEAKING ON THE GROUND UNDER THE VEHICLE. UPON LOOKING UNDER THE VEHICLE IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE COOLING UNIT LINE RETAINER WAS MISSING, CAUSING THE FLUID TO LEAK. DEALER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE, AND INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE AUTOMATIC COOLING UNIT LINE WAS LEAKING. A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM WAS ISSUED, BUT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10041972September 30, 2003
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:SWITCH
HEADLIGHT SWITCH WOULD OVERHEAT AND WOULD CAUSE THE HEADLIGHTS TO FLICKER OFF AND ON. CONSUMER HAD MANAGED TO PULL OVER, AND TRIED TO FLICK HEADLIGHTS BACK ON. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10037773August 27, 2003
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
THE ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH. THEN VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED TOWARDS TRAFFIC WHICH RESULTEDC IN AN A COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10037739August 15, 2003
STRUCTURE
PROBLEM WITH CRACKING WHERE THE CAB MOUNT MEETS THE FRAME OF THE VEHICLE.*MR *TS *JB *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10033952August 14, 2003
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TRUCK WAS IN PARK AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING IT SUDDENLY JUMPED OUT GEAR, ACCELERATING UP TO 50 MPH. UPON UNCONTROLLABLE ACCELERATION THE TRUCK HIT A TREE. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10028573July 18, 2003
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
TREAD SEPARATION OF SENTRY LT TIRE, SIZE LT 265/75 R16 AT LOW SPEED CAUSING DAMAGE TO FENDER WELL OF BED OF PICKUP. A PRIOR FAILURE IN ANOTHER OF THESE TIRES WAS SIDEWALL SEPARATION CAUSING SEVERE UNBALANCE. I HAVE TWO OTHER TIRES WHICH HAVEN'T FAILED BUT HAVE BEEN REMOVED. THE SELLER OF THESE TIRES WAS WESTERN AUTO STORES (A SEARS SUBSIDIARY). THERE IS ADEQUATE TREAD LEFT ON THE TIRES. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10024732July 18, 2003
STEERING
THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN THE VEHICLE HIT THE CURVE AT 30 MPH HE LOSS STEERING CONTROL, WHICH CAUSED A DISTRACTION TO THE CONSUMER. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK THE STEERING SHAFT AND THE DRAG LINK WERE REPLACED. *SCC *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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