Dodge Ram Complaints (2001)

2,207 consumer complaints on file.

#8007818April 17, 2002
AIR BAGS
DODGE RAM 1500 SERIES.THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT COLLISION AT 25-35 MPH. UPON IMPACT NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED CAUSING THE PASSENGER TO HIT HEAD ON THE DASH. DAMAGE TO VEHICLE UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. NLM
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#8007651April 15, 2002
SUSPENSION
WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH WHOLE FRONT END WILL SHAKE VIOLENTLY, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL. DEALERSHIP AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED AND HAVE NO SOLUTION. *AK *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8007509April 12, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT
WHILE DRIVING 4 WHEEL DRIVE KEPT GOING INTO HIGH 4 AND THEN IT GOES BACK OUT. THEN, THEIR WAS A LOUD NOISE,AND A BURNING SMELL.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8007513April 12, 2002
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
WHILE DRIVING AND AFTER HITTING ACCELERATOR THERE WILL NOT BE A SPEED INCREASE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8006930April 4, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WITHOUT WARNING AND WHILE PLACING VEHICLE IN REVERSE, A LOUD GRINDING NOISE CAME FROM UNDER THE HOOD. *AK *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#760233April 4, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
HAD TO REPLACE CYLINDER HEADS AT 68000 MILES, NOT DUE TO WEAR AND TEAR ACCORDING TO REPAIR SHOP. 10 OUT OF THE LAST 12 DODGE TRUCKS INTO THE SHOP HAVE HAD TO HAVE THE SAME THING DONE. I WAS TOLD TO KEEP MY PEPERWORK, BECAUSE THERE IS AN OBVIOUS PROBLEM AND THEY ARE SEEING MORE AND MORE DODGE TRUCKS WITH AROUND THE SAME MILEAGE BEING BROUGHT IN. REPAIR SHOP FEELS THERE PROBABLY WILL BE A RECALL ON THEM. MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH THE DODGE TRUCKS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8006835April 2, 2002
STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION), SUSPENSION
VEHICLE IS DIFFICULT TO STEER, WANDERS ALL OVER THE ROAD. DEALER REPLACED STEERING BOX 3 TIMES, DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#564878April 1, 2002
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
CONSUMER STATES THE TETHER STRAP DOES NOT WORK WITH ANY FORWARD FACING CAR SEATS. *YD
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8006578March 28, 2002
SUSPENSION
CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE WILL NOT STAY IN A NEUTRAL POSITION IT WILL VEER TO THE RIGHT AND OR LEFT, THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN SERVICED 4 TIMES YET THE SAME MALFUNCTION REOCCURS. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#759914March 28, 2002
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
WHILE TRAVELLING AT AN APPROXIMATE SPEED OF 45/50, I HAD REASON TO RAPIDLY DECREASE FORWARD AND APPLY MORE THAN NORMAL BRAKE ACTION TO AVERT ANOTHER VEHICLE THAT HAD OVERRUN A STOP SIGN. MY WIFE, WHO WAS IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT AND PROPERLY BELTED, WAS THRUST FORWARD TO A POINT WHERE HER RIGHT SHOULDER MADE CONTACT WITH THE DASHOARD AND HER HEAD MADE LIGHT CONTACT WITH THE WINDSHIELD. SHE WAS SHAKEN BUT HAD NO NOTICEABLE INJURY AT THAT TIME.WE DROVE HOME, AND DURING THAT 7 MILE TRIP WE DECIDED TO RECHECK THE BELT ACTION. ON SEVERAL INSTANCES WE ACCELERATED TO 45/50 AND COMMENCED HARD BRAKING ACTION TO CHECK WHETHER WE COULD DUPLICATE THE PREVIOUS SEAT BELT FAILURE. OF THE TIMES THAT WE PERFORMED THIS ACTION, THE SEAT BELTS FAILED OVER HALF THE TIME. THIS TIME I REALIZED THAT THE DRIVERS BELT WAS ALSO FAILING.DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND AN APPOINTMENT WAS MADE. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#8006520March 27, 2002
SUSPENSION
IMPOSSIBLE TO DRIVE STRAIGHT IN THIS VEHICLE, IT GOES ALL OVER THE ROAD, DEALER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM (RAM 2500). NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8006388March 26, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
WHILE BRAKING THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCES EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#759762March 25, 2002
TIRES
I WAS TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 65 MILES PER HOUR WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL WAS JERKED OUT OF MY HANDS. THE TRUCK BEGAN TO SWERVE AND VIBRATE, AND I REALIZED A TIRE HAD BLOWN OUT. I DID NOT SEE ANYTHING I COULD HAVE HIT ON THE ROAD NOR DID I FEEL LIKE I HAD HIT ANYTHING. I CHANGED THE TIRE AND TOOK THE BLOWN TIRE TO MY LOCAL GOODYEAR DEALER WHO EXAMINED IT AND CONFIRMED THAT THE TIRE HAD NOT BEEN CUT OR PUNCTURED AND CONCLUDED THAT I WAS RUNNING LOW TIRE PRESSURE AND THEREFORE, EVEN THOUGH THERE IS ONLY 17% TREAD WEAR I WAS ENTITLED TO ONLY A 50% ADJUSTMENT ON THE TIRE. NUMER ONE I CHECK MY TIRE PRESSURES ON ALL MY VEHICLES REGULARLY AND KEEP AT LEAST 40 TO 42 POUNDS OF AIR IN AT ALL TIMES, AND NUMBER TWO WHAT HAPPENED TO MY MANUFACTURERS WARRANTY THAT STATES A FULL REPLACEMENT DURING THE FIRST TWELVE MONTHS OF OWNERSHIP. I HAVE BEEN IN THE CAR BUSINESS FOR OVER 25 YEARS AND AM A PENNSYLVANIA STATE INSPECTION MECHANIC AND I UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF TIRE PRESSURE, AND THAT IS WHY I CHECK MY REGULARLY. I KNOW IN MY HEART THAT THE TIRE PRESSURE WAS NOT LOW ON THIS TIRE AND IT WORRIES ME THAT IT COULD HAPPEN AGAIN TO ANOTHER TIRE ON THIS TRUCK, MAYBE THIS TIME WITH MORE DIRE CONSEQUENCES. I HAVE LOST FAITH IN GOODYEAR, DODGE, AND THE DEALER, AND FEEL TOTALLY OUT OF CONTROL WHEN DRIVING THIS VEHICLE WITH GOODYEAR WRANGLERS. BY THE WAY THIS MY FIRST BLOW OUT IN OVER 32 YEARS OF DRIVING, NO MATTER WHAT MY TIRE PRESSURES WERE????*AK (DOT NUMBER: M670 JCOR TIRESIZE: 245/15R16)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8006114March 21, 2002
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
VEHICLE WILL START TO REV UP TO 5500 RPMS, AND THEN VEHICLE WILL SHUT OFF. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER CANNOT FIND CAUSE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8006075March 20, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
WHILE HAVING VEHICLE IN PARK AND WITHOUT APPLYING BRAKES CONSUMER WAS CAPABLE OF SHIFTING GEARS WHICH RESULTED IN A ROLL BACK.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8005912March 19, 2002
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
WHEN STARTING VEHICLE IN COLD WEATHER IT LOSES ALL POWER STEERING CAUSING THE HYDROBOOST SYSTEM AND POWER BRAKE SYSTEM TO DISENGAGE, DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8005914March 19, 2002
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
WHEN STARTING VEHICLE IN COLD WEATHER AND WHEN DEPRESSING BRAKES CONSUMER WOULD HAVE TO APPLY FORCE TO PEDAL TO STOP VEHICLE. *AK THE POWER ASSIST SYSTEM DOES NOT WORK AND POWER BRAKES AND POWER STEERING FAILS AS THE RESULT. THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#759564March 19, 2002
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP, POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER
THE VALVE BODY WAS REPLACED AS A RESULT OF THE FIRST REPAIR ATTEMP. SECOND ATTEMPT THE TRANSMISSION WAS OVERHAULED, REPLACED PUMP, INPUT SHAFT & TORQUE CONVERTER. THIRD ATTEMPT IS CURRENTLY BEING MADE. SAME AS SECOND TO BE REPLACED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#564728March 15, 2002
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY ON FRONTAL IMPACT. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8005604March 13, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING
1500 QUAD CAB, BRAKE FAILED AT 50-60 MPH. THERE WAS A GRINDING NOISE. DEALER DETERMINED THAT BEARINGS ON RIGHT WHEEL WERE GROUNDED TO DUST, NO GREASE WAS VISIBLE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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