Dodge Ram Complaints

27,062 consumer complaints on file.

#754905November 26, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THIS IS THE SECOND TRUCK THAT ALMOST GOT ME KILLED, THE FIRST WAS A 1999. NO SAFERTY DEFECT LISTED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#899410November 26, 2001
TIRES
WHEN GOING AROUND CURBS OR CORNERS, VEHICLE WOULD SLIDE OR SLIP. TAKEN VEHICLE TO TIRE RETAILER, AND WAS INFORMED TIRES WERE 75% SHOT AND GOING BALD. HAD NO EDGES TO TIRES. CORDS AND STEEL BELTS WERE NOT SHOWING. ALL TIRES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. GOODYEAR, INVECTUS GL, P235/75R16 WITH 21,288 MILES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#899458November 26, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WHILE DRIVING ENGINE CHECK LIGHT WILL COME ON. THEN, HAD TAKEN TO DEALER WHERE THEY HAD REPLACED IT. FEW MONTHS LATER, HAD HAPPENED AGAIN WHILE DRIVING. ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON BRIGTHER. THEN STALLED, AND VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#754907November 26, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE FAILURE OF THESE ITEMS OCCURED ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS AT MAXIMUM LEGAL SPEED AND HAD I NOT BEEN A SKILLED PROFESSIONAL DRIVER 8 TO 10 PEOPLE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF OTHER DRIVERS WITH THIS PROBLEM MANY OF US HAVE BEEN KEPT QUIET BY HAVING OUR TRUCKS REPOSSESED AND SUED OUT OF BUSINESS. SOME OF THE OTHER DRIVERS WERE NOT AS LUCKY AS I AND HAD NASTY ACCIDENTS. NO SAFETY DEFEC TLISTED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#6900565November 21, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
FIRE STARTED IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT, WIRING HARNESS ON RIGHT SIDE HEAVILY DAMAGED, CLAIM 42-1425-827. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#899290November 20, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DUE A DEFECTIVE BRAKE LINE. .*AK *JG
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#754724November 20, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT:SEAL, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY, FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:FUEL GAUGE SYSTEM
REAR AXLES SEALS LEAKED LUBRICANT ON THE BRAKE SHOES CAUSING LOSS OF BRAKING. THIS PROBLEM A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN WHEN TOWING A TRAILER DUE TO LOSS OF BRAKING AND COULD CAUSE A POSSIBLE ACCIDENT. THE SECOND ISSUE IS THE FUEL SENDER IN THE FUEK TANK FAILING.THE FUEL GAUGE READING WILLINDICATE ZERO TO FULL RANDOMLY, THUS YOU NEVER KNOW HOW MUCH FUEL RESERVE YOU HAVE. THIS HAS BEEN REPLACED ONCE BEFORE UNDER WARRANTY. UPON INSPECTION THE THE SENDING UNIT THE WIPER MECHANISM APPEARS TO WEAR OUT PREMATURELY AND SENDING ERRONEOUS SIGNAL TO THE FUEL GAUGE IN THE DASH.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#899254November 19, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS
VEHICLE CAB WAS FILLING UP WITH SMOKE. LOSS OF HEADLIGHTS OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT, WHICH NEARLY CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#754675November 19, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#754676November 19, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY
I HAVE A 2001 DODGE SPORT PICKUP 4X4 THAT CAUGHT FIRE. THE POINT OF ORIGIN WAS LOCATED ON TOP OF THE FUEL TANK WHICH CAUSED THE FUEL TANK TO RUPTURE AND CATCH FIRE. THIS OCCURRED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN. NO MECHANICAL PROBLEMS PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT. FIRE WAS CONFINED MAINLY TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE BED. I HAVE FOUND WHERE THIS IDENTICAL THING OCCURRED ON THE1998 MODELS AND A RECALL 98V182000 FOR THAT MODEL TRUCK ON FUEL LINE PROBLEMS WAS ISSUED. AFTER EXAMINING MY TRUCK, THE DEALER SAYS THAT THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN OR HEARD OF THIS BEFORE AND THAT THEY ARE NOT TRAINED TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THIS FIRE. I NEED SOMEONE TO INVESTIGATE THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE NOT CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER YET BUT HAVE EVERY INTENTION ON DOING SO. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#754693November 19, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DIFFERENTIAL PROPORTIONAL VALVE
HAVE HAD A SEVERE RIGHT HAND PULLING PROBLEM UNDER MODERATE TO SEVERE BRAKING. I HAVE BROUGHT MY VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AT LEAST FOUR TIMES FOR THE SAME ISSUE BUT THE PROBLEM STILL PERSISTS. THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE WORSE AS THE BRAKES ARE AT THEIR OPERATING TEMP. WHEN BRAKES ARE COLD THE PULLING PROBLEM IS MINIMAL. PRIOR VISITS TO THE DEALERSHIP HAS RESULTED IN THE REPLACMENT OF CALIPERS, ALIGNMENT AND PROPORTION VALVE. EVENTHOUGH THESE PARTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. THE PROBLEM REVEALED ITSELF AS EARLY AS 15,000 MILES AND HAS PERSISTED INTERMITTANTLY SINCE THAT TIME.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#754696November 19, 2001
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
STEERING BECOMES ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN WHEN BACKING OR MOVING FORWARD SLOWLY. IT HAPPENS IN COOL TO COLD WEATHER. WAS TOLD BY DEALER THAT FACTORY SAYS THIS IS NORMAL CONDITION. THIS CAN CREATE A HAZARD WHEN TURNING A CORNER AND STEERING WON'T TURN.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#754707November 19, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS
FOLLOWING THE REPLACEMENT OF THE FRONT BRAKE PADS, THE BRAKES FAILED, AND THE VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO THE DEALERS SERVICE DEPARTMENT. THE SERVICE MANAGER TOLD ME THAT THE BRAKE PADS HAD "MELTED AND TURNED INO WAX". IT WAS SIMPLY A DEFECTIVE PART, AND THAT HE HAD SEEN IT OCCUR PREVIOUSLY ON A DODGE CARAVAN. ANYWAY, I THINK THAT BRAKE PADS MELTING IS A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY CONCERN. MY WIFE NARROWLY AVOIDED A HEAD ON COLLISION WHEN THE BRAKES FAILED AT A CONSTRUCTION AREA, AND THE VEHICLE VEERED INTO THE ONCOMING LANE OF TRAFFIC -- SHE DID NOT STEER INTO THIS LANE. SHE SAID IT FELT ALMOST AS IF THE BRAKES HAD BEEN GREASED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#754659November 18, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER, UNKNOWN OR OTHER, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
MADE THREE TRIPS TO DEALER FOR ENGINE LIGHT OVER A PERIOD OF 45 DAYS. FIRST TRIP WAS ON 10/3/01WITH A CHARGE OF $132.25 TECH FOUND TORQUE CONVERTER NOT WORKING. CLEANED TORQUE CONVERTER SOLENOID. SECOND TRIP TO DEALER WAS MADE ON 10/30/01 WITH CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON AGAIN. TECH FOUND SAME PROBLEM AGAIN AND REPLACED TORQUE CONVERTER SOLINOID FOR CHARGE OF $246.58. THIRD TRIP WAS MADE ON 11/13/01 WITH CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AGAIN ON. THIS TIME TECH SAID PROBABLY AN INTERNAL LEAK "SOMEWHERE" BUT DON'T KNOW WHERE. SAID OK TO DRIVE UNTIL TRANSMISSION STARTS SLIPPING. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN ON THE WAY HOME AND TRANS BEGAN SLIPPING NEXT DAY. RETURNING TO DEALER ON 11/15/01 THE TRANSMISSION GAVE OUT COMPLETELY AND HAD TO BE TOWED. DEALER CALLED ON 11/16/01 STATING THAT THE FRONT PLATE IN TRANSMISSION HAD FAILED AND PROBABLY COULD NEVER GET ALL THE METAL OUT OF TRANSMISSION. NOW COST WILL BE $2200 FOR A REBUILT TRANSMISSION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#754642November 17, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM
THERE SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH THE DESIGN OF THE DANA AXLES IN WHICH CROSS CASTER ADJUSTMENTS CANNOT BE MADE. I HAVE FOUND THAT ALL ALIGNMENT SHOPS TRY TO ADJUST THE LOWER CONTROL ARM ECCENTRICS IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS, THEREBY TWISTING THE AXLE TO FORCE THE CROSS CASTER ANGLE. FROM WHAT I HAVE FOUND OUT (SEE HTTP://DODGERAM.ORG/TECH/SPECS/00_STEER_SPECS.HTML) THIS FORCEING OF THE LOWER ECCENTRICS IS NOT THE WAY TO ACHIEVE CROSS CASTER ADJUSTMENTS. THE LOWER ECCENTRICS ARE FOR CASTER ONLY AFTER THE CROSS CASTER IS SET. I RECENTLY FOUND RECALL #861ON THESE AXLES. MINE MISSED IT BY 6 DAYS. I COULD NOT HELP BUT WONDER IF A RUSH TO CORRECT THE SITUATION AND STILL MEET DEMAND MAY HAVE LED TO SOME BEING BUILT OUT OF SPECS. NEVER THE LESS, THIS TWISTING AND FORCEING CANNOT BE GOOD ON THE VERY AREA THAT THE RECALL WAS ABOUT, THE RIGHT LOWER CONTROL ARM BRACKET. MY PRIVATE ALIGNMENT SHOP COULD NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THE DEALERSHIP WILL GET IT BACK NEXT WEEK FOR THE THIRD TIME. I HAVE DISCUSSED IT WITH THEM AND I AM ORDERING AN AFTERMARKET PART TO REPLACE THE UPPER BALL JOINT THAT WILL ALLOW THEM TO ADJUST THE CROSS CASTER. THIS WILL NOT BE COVERED BY WARRANTY. OUT OF MY POCKET, A GAMBLE WITH THE WARRANTY, BUT I HAVE TO HAVE A VEHICLE I CAN HOLD ON THE ROAD. NOTE: THEY ARE ALSO ORDERING A NEW STEERING BOX. I AM NOT SURE IF IT WAS REALLY BAD, OR AFTER DAYS OF TRYING TO FORCE AN ALIGNMENT THEY FIGURED TRY THIS. WHEN READING ABOUT THE STEERING BOX, KEEP IN MIND THAT THE PREVIOUS SHOP COULD NOT ALIGN THE VEHICLE CROSS CASTER. THIS COULD NOT BE RESOLVED. I REALLY WANT TO STRESS THE TWISTING THAT IS BEING DONE TO POTENTIALLY ALL THESE AXLES. PLEASE CHECK THE WEB SITE I SITED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#899192November 16, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
VEHICLE WAS FORCED OFF THE ROAD INTO A CREEK, AND BOTH AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS MATTER. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#899202November 16, 2001
STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION), SUSPENSION:FRONT
WHILE OPERATING VEHICLE AT ANY SPEED IT IS DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN CONTROL. DEALERSHIP HAS EXAMINED VEHICLE, AND REPLACED STEERING GEAR BOX AND ALIGNED THE WHEELS. ALSO, CONSUMER HAS REPLACED THE TIRES. PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN EFFECTIVELY REMEDIED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / ATTACHMENTS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#754510November 14, 2001
AIR BAGS, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION, EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.
AIRBAG & ABS LIGHT CAME ON, NO POWER WINDOWS, NO RADIO, WOULD NOT START, SHORTED WIRES IN STEERING COLUMN AND HEAT DAMAGE TO COLUMN COVER AND IGNITION SWITCH TERMINALS, NO FIRE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#754536November 14, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
PREMATURE FRONT BRAKE FAILURE AND MAUFACTURER FAILS TO REPAIR EVEN THOUGH THERE IS A TSB ON IT! *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#754471November 13, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER
WHEN THIS PROBLEM FIRST HAPPENED IN 1998, WE TOOK IT TO THE DODGE DEALER HERE IN CHEYENNE, WY AND THEY SAID THE CALIBRATER WAS BAD AND FIXED THE RIGHT SIDE ONLY. WHEN IT STARTED PULLING ON THE LEFT SIDE, IT WAS WORSE. MY WIFE WAS DRIVING HOME ON THE FRONTAGE ROAD WHEN A CAR STOPPED SHORT IN FRONT OF HER TO MAKE A TURN AND SHE HAD TO SLAM ON THE BRAKES HARD AND IT JERKED HER INTO THE LANE OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND THERE WAS ALMOST A HEAD ON COLLISION. WE TOOK IT TO OUR MASTER MECHANIC AT ANOTHER DEALERSHIP AND HE TOLD US THIS IS AN ON GOING PROBLEM WITH THESE TRUCKS. HE ALSO SAID YOU CAN'T ONLY FIX ON SIDE. THE FACT THAT MY WIFE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM AND THAT CHRYSLER REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT IS VERY UPSETTING. THE COST TO FIX THIS WAS $500.00 AND THAT WAS ONLY BECAUSE MY WIFE WORKS AT THE DEALERSHIP WHERE IT WAS FIXED. OUR MECHANIC HAD COME FROM THE DODGE DEALERSHIP AS A MASTER TECHNICIAN AND ALSO DRIVES A DODGE. THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED WITH CHRYSLER AND THEY NEED TO HELD RESPONSIBLE AND FIX THE PROBLEM. WE DON'T NEED TO LOSE OUR LOVED ONES BECAUSE CHRYSLER DOES'NT FEEL THIS IS A PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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