Dodge Ram Complaints

27,062 consumer complaints on file.

#10017791April 29, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE SHIFTING THERE WAS A GRINDING NOISE IN 1ST AND 2ND GEAR. UPON INSPECTION METAL SHAVING WERE FOUND IN THE TRANSMISSION PAN. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10017806April 29, 2003
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH
THE HOOD LATCH BROKE AND CAUSED THE HOOD TO FLY UP WHICH RESULTED IN LOSS OF VISIBILITY. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10017626April 28, 2003
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10017627April 28, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE UNDER THE HOOD, WHILE IN IDLE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10016621April 28, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN APPLYING BRAKES IN EMERGENCY STOP, BRAKES INTERMITTENTLY FAIL TO ENGAGE PROPERLY CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO HAVE GREATLY INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCES. THIS DEFECT HAS NEARLY CAUSED NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS. DEALER STATED THEY COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEM. REPLACEMENT OF REAR BRAKES BY CONSUMER REVEALED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE AUTOMATIC ADJUSTER WAS INSTALLED BACKWARD. CONSUMER CORRECTED THE ORIENTATION OF THE AUTOMATIC ADJUSTER AND THE BRAKE FAILURE PROBLEM HAS NOT OCCURRED SINCE THE REAR BRAKES WERE REPAIRED. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10016626April 28, 2003
STEERING
I HAVE AN ALIGNMENT PROBLEM WITH MY NEW BODY STYLE 2002 DODGE RAM 1500. IT PULLS RIGHT DANGEROUSLY, AND PUTS EVERYONE ON THE ROAD AT RISK. I HAVE HAD INDEPENDENT ALIGNMENT SHOPS VERIFY AND CHECK MY ALIGNMENT, AND THEY HAVE FOUND NO PROBLEM BUT IDENTIFY THE SYMPTOMS. DODGE IS NOT BEING VERY HELPFUL IN SOLVING THE PROBLEM. THE LOCAL REPS ARE WAITING FOR THE REGIONAL REPS AND SO ON, I GET TOLD TO SIT TIGHT, WHILE NOTHING HAPPENS. I HAVE AN APPT ON 5/6 FOR ANOTHER INSPECTION. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10017670April 28, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHEN THE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP, IT STALLED. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10016643April 28, 2003
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
AFTER SHIFTING DOWN WHILE GOING UP A HILL THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. COULD NOT STOP COMPLETELY WITH BRAKES. HAD TO TURN ENGINE OFF, BUT BY THEN BRAKES WOULD HARDLY WORK DO TO HEAT FROM TRYING TO SLOW DOWN. THROTTLE PLATE WAS STUCK. THEN HAD IT STICK IN PASSING GEAR WHILE IN CRUISE, BUT THIS TIME IT RELEASED WHEN BRAKE WAS APPLIED. DEALER SAID IT WAS JUST PROBABLY CARBON IN THE BREAKING LOOSE. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10016532April 26, 2003
STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION)
POWER STEERING IS LOOSE AND VEHICLE WANDERS AT 65 MPH, CONSTANT LEAK IN POWER STEERING GEAR BOX. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10016478April 25, 2003
SUSPENSION, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, STEERING, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR, EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL
!)AT 36,246 MILES, BOLTS HOLDING TIE RODS TO STEERING BOX BROKE WHILE I WAS TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE. HAD TO FIGHT DODGE TO COVER UNDER WARRANTY. ORIGINALLY HAD VEHICLE IN FOR 'WANDERING STEERING' BEFORE WARRANTY EXPIRED. THEY REPLACED STEERING BOX, TIE RODS, BALL JOINTS, IDLER ARM AND OTHER RELATED COMPONETS. 2)18,276 MILES LATER, SAME DEALERSHIP STATES NEEDS NEW TIE RODS, IDLER ARM, PITMAN ARM, AND BALL JOINTS ON LEFT FRONT. FEEL THESE PARTS SHOULD BE REPLACED FREE AS THEY REPLACED THEMSELVES ONLY 18,000 MILES AGO. HAVE PROVIDED PROPER MAINTENANCE. IN THE MEANTIME, GETTING THESE AREAS GREASED AND EXAMINED AS DIRECTED IN OWNERS MANUAL BY CERTIFIED MECHANICS. 3)SAME DEALERSHIP THIS WEEK REPLACED HEADER AND MANIFOLD GASKETS STATING THEY WERE BURNED UP DUE TO OUR USING PLATINUM TIP SPARK PLUGS WHICH SUPPOSEDLY CAUSED GASKETS TO BURN UP AND ALLOW OIL TO LEAK INTO CYLINDER. ($459)THEY ALSO HAD TO REPLACE THE CATALYTIC COVERTER (UNDER WARRANTY). THROUGH RESEARCH ON INTERNET, HAVE FOUND THAT THE INTAKE ON THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE IS DEFECTIVE AND CAUSES EXACT PROBLEMS I WAS CHARGED FOR. WE WERE NEVER NOTIFIED OF THIS PROBLEM, HAVE DOCUMENTATION THAT VEHICLE WAS IN THEIR SHOP ON OR AROUND THE TIME AT LEAST 2 OF THESE BULLETINS WERE ISSUED WITH THE SAME COMPLAINTS THEY WERE TOLD TO LOOK FOR (OVERHEATING, SMELLING OF BURNING COMING FROM ENGINE, SMELL OF RAW GAS INSIDE VEHICLE). AS FAR AS WE CAN TELL, THEY HAVE NEVER CHECKED OR REPLACED THE INTAKE. VEHICLE: 1997 DODGE RAM EXTENDED CAB LARAMIE EDITION. 5.2 L , V-8 ENGINE. I FEEL THIS DEALERSHIP IS LYING ABOUT THE PROBLEMS AND PLACING OUR LIVES IN DANGER BY NOT PROPERLY INSPECTING AND EXPLAINING PROBLEMS. IN REGARDS TO THE NEWEST TIE ROD RECOMMENDATION, THEY STATED THAT "CUSTOMER DECLINED WORK". I DID NOT DECLINE THE WORK, I JUST ASKED THEM TO PAY FOR IT SINCE THEY DID THE WORK SUCH A SHORT TIME AGO. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10016492April 25, 2003
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
I HAVE A 1997 DODGE RAM 1500 PICK-UP. I RECENTLY NOTICED A STRONG ODOR OF GASOLINE. WHEN I FILLED UP MY GAS TANK, I DISCOVERED THAT FUEL WAS LEAKING FROM THE TANK. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE LEAK APPEARS TO BE COMING FROM NEAR THE TOP OF THE TANK. I CAN'T SEE THE SOURCE OF THE LEAK BECAUSE OF THE FRAME. I CONTACTED DAIMLER-CHRYSLER AND THEY WERE NO HELP SINCE THE VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY. SINCE THE LEAK IS NEAR THE EXHAUST PIPING, I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF FIRE. THE TRUCK HAD NEVER BEEN DRIVEN OFF-ROAD, ONLY ON STREETS AND HIGHWAYS. I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT NEXT WEEK WITH A REPAIR FACILITY TO EXAMINE THE CAUSE OF THE LEAK. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10017601April 25, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL
WHILE DRIVING THE CRUISE CONTROL FAILED, AND THE ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED, SOON AFTER THE BRAKES WERE INOPERATIVE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10017605April 25, 2003
FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL
WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS IN IDLE, THERE WAS AN "OVERWHELMING" DIESEL SMELL WHICH ENTERED THE PASSENGER CABIN THROUGH THE VENTS. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10017485April 24, 2003
STEERING:COLUMN
THE STEERING COLUMN WAS NO LONGER OPERATIVE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10016387April 23, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
A BRAKE FAILURE DUE TO A RUPTURE IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE BRAKE HOSE CONNECTED TO THE CALIPER. THIS FAILURE LED ME TO NARROWLY ESCAPE AN ACCIDENT WHEN ATTEMPTING TO STOP AT A RED LIGHT. THE FAILURE APPEARS TO BE CAUSED BY THE BRAKE LINE BEING TOO SHORT CAUSING EXCESSIVE FLEXING DURING TURNING AT THE CRIMP CONNECTOR ON THE CALIPER END OF THE BRAKE LINE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10017415April 23, 2003
VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:EXTERIOR
THE VEHICLES DRIVER SIDE REAR VIEW MIRROR FAILED TO STAY IN PLACE WHICH RESULTED IN POOR VISIBILITY. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10017441April 23, 2003
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE VEHICLES OIL PAN WAS COATED WITH PAINT. THE PAINT CAME OFF, CLOGGED THE OIL FILTER AND AS A RESULT THE OIL WAS UNABLE TO FLOW THROUGH THE ENGINE. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10017203April 21, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS
THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT STATED THE FIRE BEGAN IN AREA OF FUSE BOX. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10017270April 21, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
THE VEHICLE STALLED DUE TO A COOLANT LEAK. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10017303April 21, 2003
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
WHILE DRIVING IN INCLEMENT WEATHER THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR WOULD NOT CLOSE ALL THE WAY WHICH CAUSED WATER TO COME INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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