Dodge Ram Complaints

27,062 consumer complaints on file.

#550291January 7, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
VEHICLE VIBRATES WHEN CONSUMER APPLIES THE BRAKE, CONSUMER EXPECTING A BUY BACK FROM THE MANUFACTURER. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#550289January 7, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
VEHICLE EXPERIENCED TRANSMISSION FAILURE CAUSING VEHICLE TO LUNGE INTO GEAR FROM 1ST TO 2ND, SIMILAR TO SUDDEN ACCELERATION. *MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#854783January 7, 2000
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:HIGH/LOW BEAM DIMMER SWITCH
WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER SMELLED A BURNING ODOR. AFTER THAT THE LIGHTS WENT OUT. CONSUMER HAD TO PULL CAR OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE HAD TO DRIVE WITH EMERGENCY FLASHERS TO GET HOME. CONSUMER HAD TO REPLACE THE HEADLAMP SWITCH. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#716960January 6, 2000
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
CRUISE CONTROL WILL NOT SHUT OFF AT STEERING WHEEL BUTTON. ALSO, CRUISE CONTROL WILL NOT SHUT OFF AT TOUCH OF BRAKES. VEHICLE IN FOUR TIMES FOR SERVICE. CHRYSLER CONTACTED, VEHICLE STILL DEFECTIVE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#716982January 6, 2000
SUSPENSION
VEHICLE HAS EXCESSIVE ROAD WANDER; ALSO NOTED BY OTHER ROADTREK OWNERS. CHRYSLER IS REPORTED TO BE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, BUT OFFERS NO REMEDY TO MODELS AFTER 1997 ON SERVICE BULLETIN #021197, DATED 11/28/1997, SERVICE GROUP 02. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#716985January 6, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM
NO SUMMARY LISTED IN ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#854730January 5, 2000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE TRAVELING 45 MPH AND AS A RESULT OF A HEAD-ON ACCIDENT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING INJURY TO CONSUMER. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED . PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#550209January 4, 2000
SUSPENSION
GOODYEAR TIRES FAILED PREMATURELY AT 20000 MILES ON THE SIDEWALL DUE TO TIRE VIBRATION FROM DEFECTIVE SUSPENSION. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#716831January 4, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER
PLASTIC CALIPER PISTON CAUSED BRAKE FAILURE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#716856January 4, 2000
AIR BAGS
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#716883January 4, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION FAILED AFTER MAKING KNOCKING NOISE WHICH GOT PROGRESSIVELY LOUDER OVER A PERIOD OF SEVERAL MONTHS. A NEW TRANSMISSION WAS INSTALLED AND NOW THAT TRANSMISSION IS MAKING THE SAME NOISE AFTER ONLY A FEW DAYS. I BELIEVE THAT THIS MODEL OF TRANSMISSION MAY BE DEFECTIVE AS IT FAILED AFTER ONLY 58,000 MILES AND NOW THE NEW ONE IS MAKING THE SAME NOISE THAT THE OLD ONE STARTED OUT MAKING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#558525January 3, 2000
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS REPLACING THE WINDSHIELD, HE NOTICED THAT THE PINCHWELD PRIMER USED TO ADHERE TO THE FACTORY PAINT HAD FAILED. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#550174January 3, 2000
SUSPENSION
THE MAIN FRONT SUPPORT AXLE BEAM OUTER EDGE WELDS IN FRONT SUSPENSION IS CRACKED. YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#550173January 3, 2000
SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:LEAF SPRING ASSEMBLY:HANGER/BRACKET
FRONT AXLE SUPPORT UPPER TOWER SPRING WELDS ARE CRACKING ON L AND R SIDE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#846795January 3, 2000
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE VEHICLE KEEPS SHUTTING DOWN DUE TO EXCESSIVE WEAR. *AK *YC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#854613January 3, 2000
VISIBILITY:GLASS, SIDE/REAR
WHEN DRIVING OVER BUMPS , PASSENGERS SUCH AS CHILDREN IN QUAD CAB, WILL BUMP THEIR HEADS AGAINST HANDLE ON BACK WINDOW WHICH COULD CAUSE INJURIES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#716791January 3, 2000
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
THIS IS FIRST DODGE I'VE HAD WITH THIS TRACK BAR DESIGN ON STEERING. PREVIOUS DODGE VEHICLES I HAVE OWNED HAVE OVER 150,000 MILES ON ORIGINAL STEERING COMPONENTS WITHOUT COMPLAINT USING PAST DESIGN. THE TRACK BAR DESIGN USED ON THESE NEW PICKUPS IS A FLAWED DESIGN PRONE TO FAILURE. DEALER DID NOT HAVE ONE IN STOCK WHEN TRUCK WAS PURCHASED AND FRONT END ASSESSMENT AT THE TIME SHOWED IT TO BE LOOSE AND DEFECTIVE CAUSING THE STEERING TO WANDER ALL OVER THE ROAD. NEW TIRES AND BRAKES WERE INSTALLED TO ELIMINATE THEM AS A FACTER. ORIGINAL TRACKBAR WAS REPLACED WITH TRW AFTERMARKET COMPONENT. 6/1/99 THIS COMPONENT WAS FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE AND REPLACED WITH CHRYSLER COMPONENTS. THIS IS THIRD TRACK BAR AT 54,141 MILES. FRONT END ALIGNMENT SHOPS I,VE TAKEN TRUCK TO TELL ME THAT THIS IS A COMMON SITUATION. CHRYSLER NEEDS TO UPGRADE THIS JUNK COMPONENT TO A MORE STABLE PRODUCT BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED. I WILL NOT LET MY HELP DRIVE THIS VEHICLE AND MY WIFE ONLY DROVE IT ONE TIME WHEN I WAS SICK BECAUSE I DO NOT WANT ANYONE HURT BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT USED TO DRIVING THIS WANDERING VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#716794January 3, 2000
SUSPENSION:FRONT, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
VEHICLE MAKES A HARD LEFT TURN WHEN BRAKING. DEALER ADVISED IT TO BE FRONT END ALIGNMENT, ( WHICH THEY DON'T DO) OR BRAKES OR TIRE PROBLEM. BRAKES WERE REPLACED, FRONT END ALIGNED, TIRES WERE REPLACED WITHOUT ANY IMPACT ON CONDITION. FURTHER RESEARCH AND TIME AND $ SPENT FINDS CHRYSLER HAS A TSB #05-03-97 THAT TELLS YOU TO PUT A SPACER BETWEEN THE HUB AND WHEEL OF VARYING SIZES UNTILL YOU FIND ONE THAT CHANGES THE FRONT END GEOMETRY TILL IT NOLONGER PULLS. THIS IS AFTER YOU HAVE FILED BRAKE COMPONETS. IF THIS DOES NOT CURE THE PROBLEM , THEN YOU ARE TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE HUB ASSY WHICH THEN MAY CAUSE YOU TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE TRIAL AND ERROR SHIM BUSINESS AGAIN. THIS VEHICLE IS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE AND WARRANTY INCLUDING CHRYSLERS MAXIMUM WRAP WARRANTY WILL NOT COVER THIS FIX ACCOURDING TO AUFFENBURG AND A DEALER IN OLATHE KS I STOPPED AT LAST WEEK. A PERSON , IF THEY HAD THE FUNDS COULD LITERALLY SPEND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ON TRIAL AND ERROR FIXES ON THIS BRAKING PROBLEM ON DODGE 4X4 PICKUPS. ALSO CAPE GIRARDEAU MO ATTY DON THOMASON HAD A CLIENT THAT WAS INJURED IN AN ACCIDENT WITH A PICKUP THAT HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AFTER MULTIPLE ATTEPMT TO FIX IT. CHRYSLER NEEDS TO FIX THIS BEFORE PEOPLE ARE KILLED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#716797January 3, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ANTI-SKID BRAKE CONTROL FAILED TO WORK. DEALER INFORMS THIS IS NOT A WARRANTY REPAIRABLE ITEM, NOR IS IT COVERED UNDER CHRYSLER 100,OOO MILE MAXIMUM WRAP WARRANTY. NON WEAR SAFETY COMPONENTS SUCH AS AIR BAGS, ANTI SKID BRAKES, SHOULD BE COVERED THE LENGTH OF THE SERVICE CONTRACT PERIOD. THIS IS A SAFETY DEFECT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#716799January 3, 2000
SUSPENSION:REAR
VEHICLE HAS WEAK REAR SPRINGS THAT AFFECT DRIVEABILITY/RIDE, DEFECTIVE FROM FACTORY. DEALER, AKA CHRYSLER HAVE ATTITUDE /POLICY TAT FIX VIA TSB # 02-03-97 REV.A IS FIX IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY AT CUSTOMER EXPENSE. AS STATED AT BOTTOM OF TSB. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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