Dodge Ram Complaints (1998)

1,390 consumer complaints on file.

#11083336April 4, 2018
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 1998 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE CONTACT FELL ASLEEP AND CRASHED INTO THE MEDIAN. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED PRIOR TO THE CRASH. THE CONTACT WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BY A FRIEND, BUT THERE WERE NO INJURIES SUSTAINED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN IMPOUND LOT AND DEEMED DESTROYED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE UNKNOWN.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11080034March 18, 2018
SUSPENSION
COIL SPRING TOWERS REINFORCEMENTS - AS PER THE RECALL FOR THE 1994 AND 1995 DODGE RAM 1500 PICKUPS (SAFETY RECALL 835) THE COIL SPRING TOWERS OF A 1998 HAS DEVELOPED CRACKS IN THE LEFT SIDE TOWER. THIS VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN OFF ROAD, STRICTLY ON HIGHWAY AND STREET. THIS WAS FOUND DURING ANOTHER REPAIR OF SAID VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11075279February 27, 2018
TIRES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 DODGE RAM 2500 EQUIPPED WITH FOUR MASTERCRAFT COURSER AXT (NA) TIRES, SIZE: 285/75/R16/ (NA). THE TIRES WERE PURCHASED IN JANUARY OF 2018. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH AND PULLING A TRAILER, THE FRONT PASSENGER TIRE SUDDENLY BLEW OUT. DURING THE INCIDENT, THE FRONT PASSENGER RIM WAS DESTROYED. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE EXACT TIRE PRESSURE WAS CHECKED BEFORE STARTING THE TRIP. THE MANUFACTURER AND LOCAL DEALER (ELLISTON REPAIR AND TIRE IN FREDRICKTOWN, OHIO WERE NOTIFIED. THE VIN AND VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WERE UNKNOWN. THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11052074December 3, 2017
POWER TRAIN
I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY THEN HEARD A LOUD THUMP AND THE DRIVER SIDE REAR WHEEL IS PUSHED OUT AND IT NO LONGER ENGAGES
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11051620November 30, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TRUCK SETTING STILL IN YARD, HORNS STARTING BLOWING WITHOUT ANYONE AROUND, PULLED FUSE TO STOP. TWO SHOPS HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE PROBLEM. HORNS DO NOT WORK AT ALL NOW. REPLACED WITH NEW HORNS AND STILL DON'T WORK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11045458November 12, 2017
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
DASHBOARD IS CRACKED AND DISINTEGRATING
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11030087September 27, 2017
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK AND MY PINYON NUT COME OFF OFF DRIVE SHAFT AND PINYON GEAR BUSTED THROUGH THE REAR END HOUSING
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11021302September 3, 2017
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
DASH CAP AND BEZEL ARE CRACKED SO BAD THAT IF THE AIR BAG DEPLOYED, EVERYONE IN THE VEHICLE WOULD GET A FACE FULL OF SHARP PLASTIC.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11011839July 31, 2017
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
DASHBOARD IS DISINTEGRATING AND HAS SHARP SHARDS THAT CUTS HANDS WHEN CLEANING IT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#11011520July 30, 2017
VISIBILITY/WIPER
DEFROSTER WON'T WORK DUE TO BROKEN DASH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11010286July 24, 2017
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
BROKEN DASH. I BOUGHT TRK NEW IN 98. IN 2000 I FOUND A CRACK IN MY DASH. I WENT TO MY LOCAL DEALER AND THE SERV. MNGR. ADVISED IT WAS A COSMETIC ISSUE THEREFORE NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY. I DID NOT REPLACE DASH AS IT WAS QUOTED AS OVER 750 TO R/R. OVER YEARS IT HAS GOTTEN WORSE. FOR LAST COUPLE OF YEARS SMALL PIECES OF THE DASH WOULD BLOW OUT OF THE A/C VENTS STRIKING ME IN THE FACE WHILE DRIVING. VERY DANGEROUS ISSUE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10971986April 11, 2017
SERVICE BRAKES
REAR BRAKE LINE IS WELL KNOWN TO FAIL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10968921March 28, 2017
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
AS WE WERE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD THE VAN STARTING MAKING WHIRRING SOUND AND STARTING LOSE SPEED. WE HEARD A LOUD POP. A CAR BEEPED AND MY HUSBAND LOOKED IN THE SIDE MIRROR AND SAW FIRE COMING FROM UNDER THE VAN. WE QUICKLY PULLED OVER AND JUMPED OUT. THE FUEL LINE WAS LEAKING AND THE VAN ENGULFED IN FLAMES. WE TOTAL LOST THE VAN AND EVERYTHING IN IT. WE PURCHASED THE VAN FROM A LOCAL CHURCH WHICH NEVER HAD ANY ISSUES WITH IT. IT WAS INSPECTED IN DECEMBER OF 2016 AND HAD ONLY BEEN DRIVEN A FEW TIMES WITHOUT ANY COMPLICATIONS. WE HAD READ THAT THERE IS A RECALL FOR 1998 DODGE RAM 3500 TRUCKS WITH A 8.0L V-10 ENGINE OR A 5.9L V-8 HEAVTY DUTY GASOLINE ENGINE WHERE AN EXHAUST SYSTEM HEAT SHIELD ATTACHING SCREW IS TOOL CLOSE TO THE UNDERBODY FUEL LINE. THE LINE CAN RUB AGAINST THE SCREW, POSSIBLY CAUSING FUEL LEAKAGE. TO US, THE VAN HAS THE SAME ENGINE BUT THE SHELL/EXTERIOR IS A VAN INSTEAD OF A TRUCK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10967601March 21, 2017
SEAT BELTS
VEHICLE PARKED IN DRIVEWAY. UPON GETTING IN VEHICLE, I FOUND BOTH THE DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELTS LOCKED IN THE RETRACTED POSITION. I STOPPED AT A LOCAL DEALERSHIP FOR PART #P56043003AD AND WAS INFORMED THIS PART ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER. THIS SEAT BELT TIMER CONTROL MODULE IS NECESSARY FOR THE SEAT BELTS TO FUNCTION AS DESIGNED. TRUCK CAN ONLY BE DRIVEN WITHOUT SEAT BELTS IN USE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10959024March 7, 2017
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
I WAS PULLING A CAR FROM INDIO CA TO PHX. AZ WHEN IT STARTED TICKING AND SMOKEING AND LOST POWER I PULLEDOVER CHECKED THE OIL AND IT WAS 2 QUARTS LOW IT HAD NEVER USED OIL BEFORE THIS IT NEVER GOT HOT THOUGH I SLOWED WAY DOWN AND BARELY MADE IT HOME.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10957219February 27, 2017
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE DASH ON MY 98 RAM 1500 IS VERY CRACKED AND FALLING IN... I ALSO OWN A 96 RAM 1500 WITH SAME PROBLEM... ALSO HAVE 2 - 97 RAM 1500 WITH SAME PROBLEM... THIS IS VERY BAD... I LOVE DODGE RAMS BUT THE DASH IS TERRIBLE...
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10937878December 28, 2016
SERVICE BRAKES
BRAKE LINE RUSTED OUT AND FAILED CAUSING LOOSE OF BRAKE IN TRAFFIC. ONCE FUEL TANK WAS REMOVED THIS EXPOSED THE PROBLEM AREA. REAR WIRING HARNESS RUNS DIRECTLY AGAINST THE FUEL LINE TRAPPING ROAD GRIM, WATER, SALT, CAUSING CORROSION AT THIS POINT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10910790September 30, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE DASHBOARD HAS FALLEN APART SHORTLY AFTER BUYING PICKUP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10905579September 11, 2016
STEERING, SUSPENSION
THE PASSENGER SIDE LOWER REAR ARM SUPPORT BRACKET WELD ARE CRACKING TWISTING TEARING FROM MAIN FRAME RAIL. THE FRAME WELD IS TEARING HORIZONTALLY AND ACROSS SAME RATES. THE CRACK ARE NEXT TO WELDS AN SOME LOCATION TEARING CIRCLING ROTATING. THE VEHICLE NEVER OPERATED OFF-ROAD AND MILEAGE IS 171,550 MILES. THE CRACK ARE 65% AND VEHICLE UNFIT TO BE OPERATED SAFETY. I WAS VERY FORTUNATE I DIDN'T HAVE A ACCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WOULD HAVE ROW OVER ON I LEFT SIDE WITHOUT NO WARNING . I WAS PREFORMING VEHICLE BRAKE INSPECTIONS AND I NOTICE RUST ON THE LOWER REAR SUPPORT HANGER WHICH HOLD THE LOWER ARM BRACKET AND COIL SPRING. I AM VERY FORTUNATE THAT I DIDN'T LOAN MY VEHICLE TO MY RELATIVES. I HAVE PICTURES AVAILABLE. I WANT THE CHRYSLER CORPORATION TO REPAIR THIS ASAP!!!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10905583September 11, 2016
AIR BAGS, STRUCTURE:BODY
THE UPPER INTERIOR DASH PANEL CRACKING INTO MANY PIECE. DURING ACCIDENT THE PANEL WILL COME A FLYING MISSILE OF PARTS HITTING OCCUPANCIES IN THE COMPARTMENTS AND SMALL CHILDREN. I WAND THE CHRYSLER CORPORATION TO REPAIR IT ASAP. ITS ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPENED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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