Dodge Ram Complaints

27,062 consumer complaints on file.

#10008965February 20, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE.*JB...........*AK
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No
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No
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0
Deaths:
0
#10007787February 19, 2003
STEERING, SUSPENSION:FRONT
VEHICLE HAS PULLED TO RIGHT SINCE DRIVING IT OFF LOT. WAS TOLD BY SALESMAN THIS WAS DESIGNED INTO TRUCK FOR SAFETY REASONS. REGUIRES 1/4 TURN OF STEERING WHEEL TO CONTINUE STRAIGHT TRAVEL AND IF STEERING WHEEL RELEASED, DARTS SHARPLY TO RIGHT. I'VE HAD TWO ALIGNMENTS BY DODGE DEALER WITH NO IMPROVEMENT IN PULLING. HAS ALSO DEVELOPED SEVERE "SHIMMY" AT HIGHER SPEEDS WHEN ENCOUNTERING BUMPS OR HOLES.
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10007795February 19, 2003
SUSPENSION:FRONT
TRAVELING AT AROUND 70MPH ON I30 EAST MILE 16 I HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD CAUSING THE TRUCK TO SWAY UNCONTROLLABLY AND CAUSING A SPIN OUT INTO THE CENTER DIVIDE. WEATHER WAS CLOUDY AND ROAD WAY WAS DRY. TRUCK HAS ALWAYS HAD A TENDENCY TO SWAY WHEN HITTING EVEN THE SMALLEST BUMPS IN THE ROAD THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME IT WAS COMPLETELY UNCONTROLLABLE.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10007714February 18, 2003
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE
TRANSMISSION GOES INTO HIGH GEAR TOO SOON CAUSING TOO MUCH DOWNSHIFTING WHEN I NEED TO SPEED UP. GOES INTO OVERDRIVE AT 45 MPH. VERY SLUGGISH WHEN I NEED TO SPEED UP UNLESS I GIVE IT A LOT OF GAS PEDAL AND THEN IT DROPS OUT OF OVERDRIVE AND SKIPS 4TH GEAR AND GOES DOWN TO 3RD GEAR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10007637February 17, 2003
STEERING
1999 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD CAB TRUCK - WHEN A BUMP OR ROUGH PATCH IN THE ROAD IS HIT, THE FRONT END BEGINS TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. WHEEL HOP OCCURS AND THE VEHICLE MUST BE PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND STOPPED COMPLETELY BEFORE THE STEERING RETURNS TO NORMAL - HAPPENS ALMOST EVERYTIME ON THE SAME BUMPS OR PATCHES ON THE SAME ROADS. THE PROBLEM IS SO BAD THE TRUCK IS BASICALLY UNDRIVABLE AND IS A VERY DANGEROUS CONCERN - ONLY 74,000 MILES ON THE TRUCK AND HAVE REPLACED MOST ALL THE FRONTEND PARTS AS WELL AS BRAKE ROTORS, ETC. STILL OCCURS. SEEMS DAIMLER CHRYSLER HAS KNOWN OF THIS ISSUE FOR SOME TIME, BUT HAS DONE NOTHING TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. I AM AWARE OF SERVERAL WRECKS DUE TO THIS ISSUE AND THERE IS EVEN A WEBSITE THAT ADDRESS THE ISSUES APPARENTLY MANY PPL ARE HAVING - HTTP://WWW.DODGETRUCKSTEERINGPROBLEMS.COM/ CHRYSLER HAS DONE NOTHING TO OFFER ASSISTANCE AND THE DEALER REFUSES TO RESOLVE THE ISSUES WITHOUT HAVINGTO PAY THEM ALLOT OF MONEY AND STILL IT DOES NOT GET RESOLVED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10007570February 16, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION HITS HARD WHEN TAKING OFF AND WHEN SLOWING DOWN, DEALER HAS PUT IN NEW TRANS. AND COMPUTER, BUT THIS TRUCK STILL HAS SAME PROBLEMS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10005863February 15, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
MANIFOLD GASKET SUCKED IN.. CAUSING SPARK KNOCKING. HEADLIGHT NOT WORKING PROPERLY DUE TO BAD GROUND. CHRYSLER FIXED HEADLIGHT AT NO CHARGE, HOWEVER, TOLD ME THERE WAS A TSB ON MANIFOLD GASKET AND STILL CHARGED ME FOR REPAIRS.. THEY STATED THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE TO FIX BECAUSE THEY REMODELED THE ENGINE. FEMALE SUBJECT AT CHRYSLER HEADQUARTERS HUNG UP ON ME.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10007530February 15, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE - VEHICLE STARTED TO SKIP WHEN SHIFTING FROM 1ST GEAR TO SECOND GEAR. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD I WAS 200 MILES OUT OF WARRANTY AND THEY COULD NOT FIX IT UNDER WARRANTY (EVEN THOUGH I HAD BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS FOR A MONTH BEFORE THAT AND HADN'T TIME TO GET IN TO GET IT LOOKED AT). WAS TOLD THAT OTHER TRANSMISSIONS WERE ALSO FAILING, BUT DODGE WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING. I AM A FORMER CHRYSLER EMPLOYEE, AS IS MY FATHER. ALWAYS BEEN LOYAL TO CHRYSLER PRODUCTS, BUT AFTER THIS, I CAN'T TELL ENOUGH PEOPLE TO BUY FOREIGN AND NOT DOMESTIC - CHEAP QUALITY AND POOR CUSTOMER SERVICE. THEY SELL YOU A VEHICLE AND THE PROBLEMS ARE YOURS - TOO BAD. FINALLY GOT SOME HELP FROM THE CHRYSLER CORPORATE CENTER MICHIGAN.FIRST DEALER SAID "PASSING CABLE WAS PROBLEM, THEN LATER ON FOUND TRANSMISSION WAS FAULT. A REBUILT ONE WAS INSTALLED, AND NOW THAT TOO IS HAVING PROBLEMS. THIS VEHICLE IS USED ONLY TO GO TO AND FROM WORK AND AROUND TOWN. NO HEAVY HAULING, HEAVY TOWING (DO HAUL PUSH MOWER AND HAND TRIMMER, RAKE, ETC) OR ANY HEAVY DRIVING. TRUCK IS MAINTAINED ON SCHEDULE - TREATED WITH CARE LIKE A KID.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10005825February 14, 2003
TIRES
WHILE DRIVING ALONG THE HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 50MPH, AND WHILE TOWING A TRAILER, THE FRONT DRIVER-SIDE GOODYEAR WRANGLER AT TIRE BLEW OUT. IN DOING SO, IT ALSO BLEW OUT THE HOUSING, THE FRONT BUMPER, THE FRONT LIGHTS AND ASSORTED OTHER ITEMS. THE BLOW OUT FORCED US FROM THE SLOW LANE OVER 3 LANES TO THE MEDIAN DIVIDER. THANK GOD THAT THERE WERE NO OTHER CARS ON THE ROAD B/C DEATH AND DISASTER WOULD HAVE ENSUED. WE WERE ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE WITHOUT LOSING THE TRAILER. THE RADIALS WERE INFLATED PER MANUFACTURER SPECS, HAD BEEN ROTATED PER SPECS, AND HAD ABOUT 30,000 MILES ON THEM. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED ABOUT 2:30PM ALASKA TIME; THE TEMPERATURE WAS ABOUT 40 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. THE VEHICLE IS NOT DRIVEABLE - IT WAS TOWED TO THE LOCAL DODGE BODY SHOP. ESTIMATES TO REPAIR ARE SUBSTANTIAL!!!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10007096February 14, 2003
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
CONSUMER REQUESTED THE STATUS OF 2 PREVIOUS COMPLAINTS THAT WERE SUBMITTED.*JB *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10006323February 13, 2003
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:POWER STEERING FLUID
THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A POWER STEERING FLUID LEAK.*AK *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10007370February 13, 2003
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT, AND THE AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10007372February 13, 2003
SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING
THE FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS HAD TO BE REPLACED AT A LOW MILEAGE.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10007383February 13, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, POWER TRAIN, VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:FOG LIGHTS:SWITCH, EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.
THE BRAKES LOCKED UP, WHICH CAUSED CONSUMER TO PUMP THE BRAKES. *JB THE BRAKES WOULD LOCK UP WHEN THE WEATHER WAS DAMP, WHEN NOT IN USE FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD AND WHEN USING FOUR WHEEL DRIVE ALL THE WHEELS WOULD LOCK UP. THIS WOULD ONLY HAPPEN AT TEMPERATURES OF 32 DEGREES OR COLDER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND REFERRED THE CONSUMER TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS. THE TRANSMISSION LEAKED AT THE REAR OUTPUT SEAL EXTENSION HOUSING LEAKED AT THE CASE SPLIT SILICONE SEAL, THE REAR TRANSMISSION SEAL LEAKED ON THE EXTENDED HOUSING SEAL AT THE TRANSFER CASE, THE RADIO CONTROL HAD BECOME INOPERATIVE, THE WIPERS SHORTED OUT, AND THE FOG LIGHT SWITCH HAD GONE BAD. *SCC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10005804February 13, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM:DRUM, STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR, SUSPENSION:FRONT
MY 1999 DODGE RAM 1500 CLUB CAB 2-WHEEL DRIVE AUTOMATIC WITH A 318. 48,000 MILES ALREADY HAD THE TRANS GO OUT, THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER WENT BAD, THE THIRD BRAKE LIGHT LEAKED WHEN IT RAINED, SPOT WELDS CAME THROUGH THE PAINT ON THE DRIVERS DOOR SKIN,DRIVERS SIDE LICENSE PLATE LIGHT WENT OUT AND CHANGING THE BULB DOESNT FIX IT, THE THERMOSTAT GASKET WENT BAD,THE REAR BRAKES SOMEHOW CAME OUT OF ADJUSTMENT AND TRASHED THE DRUMS,PASSENGER SIDE FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS WENT BAD, PASSENGER SIDE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS WENT BAD, FRONT SWAY BAR BUSHINGS WENT BAD,WHEN COLD THE TRANS SLIPS, INNER WELDS ON THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR HAVE POPPED CAUSING VIBRATION,AND KNOCK ON WOOD THAT IS ALL FOR NOW I THINK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10007184February 12, 2003
FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
THE FRONT AND REAR FUEL TANK SUPPORT STRAPS FAILED. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10007185February 12, 2003
FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
FUEL TANK SUPPORT STRAP BROKE CAUSING TANK TO DROP TO THE PAVEMENT. UPON REMOVAL OF THE TANK, THE FRONT STRAP WAS ALMOST COMPLETELY CRACKED THROUGH. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10006305February 12, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
VEHICLE EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH THE INTAKE GASKETS. CONSUMER REPLACED THEM TWICE AND THEN HAD PROBLEMS WITH CARBON BUILD UP. THE VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW ENGINE. THE PROBLEM STARTED WHEN THE GASKETS FAILED, WHICH CAUSED OIL TO LEAK INTO THE VALVES. *JG *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10005744February 12, 2003
STRUCTURE:BODY:HOOD:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
AT 35 MPH HOOD OPENED WITHOUT WARNING, DESTROYING WINDSHIELD AND HOOD. THERE WAS NO SECONDARY LATCH ON HOOD. DODGE DEALER UNWILLING TO INVESTIGATE BECAUSE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10005752February 12, 2003
STEERING
VECHILE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AFTER HITTING A MODERATE SIZED BUMP. TROUBLE STARTED AT APPROXIMATELY 18,000 MILES AND WAS NOT SOMEWHAT RESOLVED FOR NEARLY 10,000 MILES. WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND STRIKING A BUMP WITH THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT WHEEL, THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE WOULD SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND START TO LEAVE THE LANE OF TRAVEL. THE SHAKING AND SHUTTERING OF THE FRONT END GAVE A FEELING LIKE THE LEFT FRONT TIRE WAS EITHER BOUNCING DOWN THE ROAD OR WOBBELING. THIS WAS REPORTED SEVERAL TIMES TO THE DEALER AND A CONTOL ARM AND STEERING ARM WAS REPLACED AT DIFFERENT ATTEMPTS TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. DURING THIS TIME FRAME, I EXPIERENCED EXCESSIVE WEAR ON THE TIRES. A FRONT END ALIGNMENT HAS SEEMED TO REDUCE THE PROBLEM, BUT IT WOULD SEEM THAT IF THIS WAS THE SYMPTOM OF THE NEED FOR ALIGNMENT, THEN THE SERVICE CENTER WOULD HAVE KNOW THIS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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