Dodge Ram Complaints (1997)

1,130 consumer complaints on file.

#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
#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
#899015November 13, 2001
VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:EXTERIOR
WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED DRIVER'S SIDE MIRROR WOULD FOLD IN, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY WHEN CHANGING LANES. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#753781October 27, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
THIS IS 2ND TIME FUEL PUMP HAS FAILED. LUCKILY TRUCK WAS NOT MOVING EITHER TIME. THIS LAST FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY A SHORT CIRCUIT. ISN'T THIS A DANGEROUS SITUATION AS FUEL PUMP IS LOCATED IN THE GAS TANK. I KNOW OTHER DODGE RAM OWNERS WHO HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE FUEL PUMP. IS THERE A PROBLEM WITH THE FUEL PUMPS IN THESE TRUCKS?. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#898262October 25, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES
WHILE BACKING UP HEARD A NOISE, NOTICED THAT FRONT RIGHT ROTORS HAD BROKEN IN HALF. CONSUMER REPLACED BOTH FRONT ROTORS.*AK WHILE CONSUMER WAS BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY, HE HEARD A METALIC NOISE AND BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP, CONSUMER HAD TO PUMP IT TO BRING THE PEDAL UP.*YD
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#898003October 19, 2001
SUSPENSION:MULTIPLE AXLE
DURING NORMAL OPERATION OF VEHICLE THERE WAS A NOISE COMING FROM REAR END. DEALERSHIP EXAMINED VEHICLE, AND DETERMINED THAT INNER RING PINION BEARING WENT OUT DUE TO A CASING DEFORMATION. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / ATTACHMENTS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#897801October 16, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY
BATTERY EXPLODED WHILE STARTING VEHICLE. DEALER / MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#897674October 12, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
THROTTLE LINKAGE BAR HAS SPLIT DOWN THE MIDDLE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. CONSUMERS VEHICLE WAS NOT PART OF MANUFACTURER'S RECALL.*AK CONSUMER STATED THE SOLID STEEL LINKAGE CRACKED INT HE MIDDLE, NO ACCELERATION POSSIBLE.*SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#752699September 28, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
DODGE REPLACED THE FIRST TRANSMISSION AT 24000 MILES, AT 48000 THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AGAIN. THEY CLAIMED IT WAS AOUT OF WARRANTY AND CHARGED ME $1500. THE VERY DAY IT LEFT THE DEALERSHIP IT BEGAN TO ACT UP AGAIN. THEY TOOK ANOTHER LOOK AND FOUND THAT THE TRANSMISSION COOLING SYSTEM WAS SPORADICALLY CLOGGING UP. THEY REPLACE THE RADIATOR AND SO FAR SO GOOD. TRANSMISSIONS LIKE MY MODEL HAVE BEEN FAILING ON MANY DODGES. NOBODY HAS DONE ANYTHING ABOUT IT. IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM FEEL FREE TO CALL ME AT [XXX]. ASK SOMEONE WHO DRIVES A 1997 DODGE RAM 1500 (GAS) IF THEY HAVE HAD A PROBLEM.*AK PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#752700September 28, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES
TRANSMISSION COOLING SYSTEM FAILED... TWO TRANSMISSIONS LATER THEY DISCOVER THE PROBLEM. THE FIRST FAILURE AT 24000 WAS UNDER WARRANTY, THE SECOND FAILURE AT 48000 THEY CLAIMED WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AND COST ME $1500... THIS PROBLEM IS PREVELANT IN MOST 1997 (1500 DODGE RAMS,GAS). JUST ASK A STRANGER DRIVING ONE. FEEL FREE TO CALL ME 1-530-332-9565. NO ONE IS DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#896756September 24, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION WITH A TREE AT APPROXIMATELY 10-12 MPH. UPON IMPACT, DRIVERS AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK TWO PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN ACCIDENT. *SLC
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#752500September 24, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
THE THOTTLE STUCK IN THE WIDE OPEN POSITION AND WOULD NOT RETURN TO IDLE. THE BRAKES WERE JUST ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. SHIFTING TO NEUTRAL CAUSED THE ENGINE TO GO WELL INTO THE REDLINE ON THE RPM INDICATOR. PULLING UP ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL DID NOTHING. THE DEALER SAID THE LINKAGE WAS RUSTED TIGHT. THEY DON'T HAVE NEW PARTS SO THEY SCRAPPED THE RUST OFF, OILED IT AND PUT IT BACK TOGETHER. THEY SAID THE THROTTLE CABLE WAS NOT THE PROBLEM AS IN THE RECALL OF "95-96 VEHICLES. THIS IS A HARD TRUCK TO GET STOPPED WHEN THE THROTTLE IS STUCK WIDE OPEN. GOOD THING MY WIFE WASN'T DRIVING IT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#896474September 18, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER
GAS GUAGE ON DASHBOARD GAVE FALSE READINGS. CONSUMER RAN OUT OF GASOLINE MORE THAN ONCE ALTHOUGH GAS GAUGE SHOWED AMPLE GAS LEFT IN GAS TANK. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#896227September 12, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLES
A SOLID STEEL ADJUSTING ROD IN THROTTLE LINKAGE HAS BROKEN THREE TIMES. EACH INCIDENT CAUSES VEHICLE TO FALL INTO AN IDLING GEAR DURING NORMAL OPERATION OF VEHICLE, AND HAS OCCURRED AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. DEALERSHIP WAS ABLE TO EXAMINE VEHICLE ON THE THIRD INCIDENT BECAUSE IT TOOK PLACE IN THAT AREA. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / ATTACHMENTS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#752069September 11, 2001
TIRES
BLOW-OUT OCCURED, TIRE WAS REPLACED. THE OTHER THREE TIRES PURCHASED ON THE SAME DATE HAVE DEVELOPED CRACKS AT THE AREA WHERE TREAD MEETS THE SIDE WALL. TIRES NOW HAVE APPROXIMATELY 40,000 MILES ON THEM. *AK (TIRESIZE: P245/75/16)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#751858September 7, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
LINE RUBBED AGAINST FRAME, AND RUBBED HOLE INTO BRAKE LINE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#895953September 7, 2001
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
FRAME HAS CRACKED UNDERNEATH PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDE DOOR. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK DEALER STATES SINCE VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY, THEY WILL NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#895900September 6, 2001
AIR BAGS
AIR BAG SENSOR LIGHT REMAINED ON WHILE DRIVING. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#895393August 29, 2001
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
GOODYEAR WRANGLER, SIZE LT245/75R16, DOT: MD11BT0V446018L ON RAM 250. AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH LEFT REAR GOODYEAR WRANGLER TIRE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, CAUSING DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. *AK *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#562683August 28, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
A RAPID WEAR OF PADS AND ROTORS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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