Dodge Ram Complaints

27,062 consumer complaints on file.

#742106March 8, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
DUE TO DESIGN OF BRAKES IT CONSTANTLY PULLS ONE DIRECTION OR THE OTHER WHEN BRAKING.IF MAKING HARD STOP IT PULLS MORE.THE ONLY WAY TO KEEP THIS AT BAY IS TO CONSTANTLY REMOVE AND RELUBE SLIDE PINS ON THE FRONT CALIPERS.WHEN DEALER REPLACED FRONT BRAKE PADS,THEY WERE ADVICED ABOUT THE PULL AND AS USUAL RESPONSE WAS COULD NOT DUPLICATE OR FIX.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#882444March 8, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
CONSUMER WAS GOING 35-40MPH AND HIT OTHER VEHICLE BROADSIDE. MASSIVE FRONT END DAMAGE.STEERING WHEEL HAD TO BE LIFTED FOR CONSUMER GET OUT OF VEHICLE. FRONT AIRBAGS GAVE NO SIGNS OF TRYING TO DEPLOY. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. DODGE SENT OUT AN INDEPENDENT INSPECTOR TO BODY SHOP. CONSUMER HASN'T GOTTEN A REASON FROM ANYONE WHY AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#882461March 8, 2001
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW, AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 35-40MPH VEHICLE SLIPPED ON ICE AND FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE HIT A TREE. NEITHER DRIVER'S SIDE NOR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. CHRYSLER SAID IT WAS NOT HIT IN RIGHT SPOT.*AK 2 PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN ACCDIENT, VEHICLE WAS PULLING A TRAILER WITH 2 SNOWMOBILES WHICH HIT THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE UPON IMPACT. *SLC
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#742038March 7, 2001
STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION)
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#882293March 7, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
WHEN FILLING TANK UP FUEL GUAGE RED EMPTY ALTHOUGH 50 MILES LATER THERE WAS STILL GAS IN TANK. DEALER SAID SENDING UNIT WAS STUCK. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#882301March 7, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION WILL FAIL TO FUNCTION DURING COLD WEATHER. HAS TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP FOR PROBLEM, AND HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED. *AK DEALER REPLACED VALVE BODY, HOWEVER THIS DID NOT FIX PROBLEM. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#882328March 7, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR INSPECTION AND FOUND OUT BRAKE PAD FELL OFF. METAL TO METAL RUINED ROTOR. BOTH HAD TO BE CUT BECAUSE OTHER GOOD ONE WAS WORN DOWN. ALSO, FUEL PUMP WENT BAD FOR SECOND TIME. CONSUMER STOPPED AT A STOP AFTER RETURNING FROM STORE AND VEHICLE STALLED. IT NO LONGER STARTED RIGHT UP, IT ALWAYS HEITATED LIKE IT WAS NOT TRYING TO CATCH. DEALER SAID IT LOST ITS PROGRAM BECAUSE IT WAS NOT USED ENOUGH. CONSUMERS WARRANTY WAS EXPIRED, COVERED COST.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#882340March 7, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE
CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER. TOOK TO DEALER, AND THEY TOLD CONSUMER TO LEAVE CAR AND RECALL LETTER. DEALER CALLED CONSUMR NEXT DAY AND SAID THEY COULD NOT FIX IT BECAUSE OF ALARM SYSTEM WHICH WAS AN AFTER MARKET SYSTEM. THEN, NEXT DAY THEY CALLED AND SAID IT WAS READY. AFTER THAT COSUMER STARTED HAVING OTHER LITTLE PROBLEMS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#882388March 7, 2001
VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:EXTERIOR
BOTH EXTERIOR MIRRORS WOULD FOLD IN WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING BLIND SPOT AND ALMOST A VEHICLE CRASH. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, AND REPLACE MIRRORS, BUT PROBLEM STILL REOCCURRING. DEALER REFUSES ANY MORE ASSISTANCE. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#882403March 7, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES
THROTTLE CABLE WAS FRAYED, CONSUMER REPLACED IT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#741999March 6, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
ON JANUARY 26, 2001 DURING AN INSPECTION, I NOTICED SEVERAL FRAYED STRANDS ON THE ACCELERATOR CABLE WHERE IT EMERGES FROM THE SHEATH NEAR THE INJECTOR PUMP. I BOUGHT A NEW CABLE THAT SAME DAY AND NOTICED IT IS OF A DIFFERENT DESIGN THAN THE ORIGINAL. IF THERE WAS ENOUGH OF A PROBLEM TO CAUSE A REDESIGN OF THE PART, IT SEEMS DC CORP. SHOULD HAVE NOTIFIED THE OWNERS. WITH THE POWERFUL TORQUE OF THIS ENGINE, THIS IS A DEFINATE SAFETY CONCERN AS IT WOULD BE HARD TO BRING IT TO A STOP SHOULD THE CABLE FAIL AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#742009March 6, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
MY WIFE WAS TRYING TO PASS ANOTHER CAR, WHEN SHE STOMPED DOWN ON THE ACCELERATOR TO PASS, IT STAYED THERE AND THE TRUCK STARTED TO RUN AWAY WITH HER, SHE KEPT STOMPING ON THE PEDAL TO GET IT TO RELESE BUT IT WOULD NOT. SHE DID GET IT TO RELEASE SOMEHOW AFTER SEVERAL TRIES. AFTER SHE GOT HOME I INVESTIGATED THE PROBLEM I FOUND THAT THE ACCELERATOR HAD FRAYED AND MUST HAVE SOMEHOW HUNG UP ON THE TUBING SURROUNDING THE CABLE. SHE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. I HOPE DC WILL RECALL OR DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#742019March 6, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT FROM 2ND TO 3RD GEAR MUST LET OFF OF GAS IN ORDER TO SHIFT. GARAGE TOLD ME THAT 3RD GEAR IS GONE AND MUST BE REPLACED. OTHER PEOPLE W/ 96 DODGE RAMS ARE ALSO HAVING THIS PROBLEM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#742032March 6, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WITH 206 MILES ON THE VEHICLE THE TRANSMISSON WENT COMPLETLY OUT STRANDING ME ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD 86 MILES FROM HOME. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#882204March 6, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT, STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
WHEN TOWING VEHICLE HAS JUMPED FROM SIDE TO SIDE, CHANGING LANES, WAS UNCONTROLLABLE. HAS BEEN TO DEALER TWICE. DEALER REPLACED FRONT END AND POWER STEERING. DID NOT REMEDY PROBLEM. *AK IT IS HARD TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE STRAIGHT BUT THE CAUSE WAS NOT STILL FOUND. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#882250March 6, 2001
STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION)
THERE IS ABOUT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF MOVEMENT IN STEERING GEAR BOX, MAKING STREEING BOX LOOSE, AND IT WONDERS ON ROAD.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#882264March 6, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
WHILE DRIVING TO WORK SMOKE STARTED COMING FROM DASHBOARD. DEALER SAID NOT SAME PART AS RECALL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#882274March 6, 2001
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT
PINON GEAR IN REAR DIFFERENTIAL END WAS GRINDING. HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER 3 TIMES FOR SAME PROBLEM. MECHANIC REFUSED REPAIR IT AGAIN. EACH TIME IT WAS REPAIRED, GRINDING WOULD COME BACK.*AK THE CONSUMER SAYS THE REAR END OF THE VEHICLE WAS FLAWED AND SHOULD BE REPLACED BY A BETTER DESIGN. THE MANUFACTURER HAD BEEN CONTACTED BUT WAS NOT TAKING ANY ACTION. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#560062March 5, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
THE DEALER REFUSED TO PERFORM RECALL 00V-135 BECAUSE THEY CLAIMED THE CONSUMER ALTERED THE WIRING HARNESS ON THE VEHICLE, THE CONSUMER CONTENDS THAT THE ONLY ALTERATION OF THE WIRING IS THE INSTALLATION OF A SET OF AIR HORNS WHICH DO NOT CONNECT TO THE IGNITION WIRING. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#741971March 5, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES
FRAYED THROTTLE CABLE JAMMED CAUSING FULL THROTTLE,SECOND REPLACEMENT,ONLY WAY TO SLOW DOWN WAS TO TURN THE TRUCK OFF.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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