Dodge Ram Complaints (2003)
2,323 consumer complaints on file.
- #10816788December 29, 2015AIR BAGS
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V312000 (AIR BAGS) AND STATED THAT THE PART NEEDED FOR THE REPAIR WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PART NOT AVAILABLE.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10816843December 29, 2015AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V312000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10812020December 24, 2015AIR BAGS
UNRESOLVED RECALL, THEY CAN NOT OR WILL NOT FIX PROBLEM, AND NO RESPONSE FROM NHTSA, SEEMS POLITICS DO MAKE STRANGE BEDFELLOWS. THIS IS AN 2003 VEHICLE, 16 YEARS OLD, SO, IN A FEW DAYS I WILL START ANOTHER YEAR IN AN UNSAFE VEHICLE,CAN NOT SELL, CAN NOT FIX, LESS THAN 70K MILES
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10811874December 23, 2015AIR BAGS
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V312000 (AIR BAGS) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS UNAVAILABLE. UPDATED 02/12/16*LJ UPDATED 02/22/16. *JB
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10811964December 23, 2015ENGINE
ON 12/19/15 I WAS DRIVING I75 NORTH,140 MILES BEFORE ATALANTA GA MY TRUCK MADE A BIG BANG AND THE ENGINE JUST STOPPED ON THE SPOT INCLUDING EVERYTHING, STEERING. I MADE IT SAFELY TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD DON'T KNOW HOW. THERE WAS NO INDICATION, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT NOTHING JUST A BANG. MY CAR INSURANCE WON'T FIX IT DODGE WILL NOT BE ACCOUNTABLE EITHER PART MALFUNCTION THEY SAY, I GUESS I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR IT SINCE I BUILD THE TRUCK RIGHT. I AM OUT OF A TRUCK I STILL PAY ON IT, NO CAR OR TRANSPORTATION I TUCK CARE OF MY TRUCK I GUESS I AM TO POST TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR A PART I DID NOT MANUFACTURED RIGHT . I AM HAPPY TO BE ALIVE AT THIS POINT. THERE IS A BIG WHOLE IN MY ENGINE THE MECANIC SAD A PART IN THE ENGINE CAME LOOSE AND BOLTED OUT AND LEFT A BIG WHOLE IN IT GREAT HTTP://WWW.TORQUENEWS.COM/397/TWO-FATAL-FLAWS-RUINING-CHRYSLER-ENGINES-CATASTROPHIC-BREAKDOWNS
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10811976December 23, 2015AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V312000 (AIR BAGS) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10811692December 22, 2015AIR BAGS
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V312000 (AIR BAGS). THE PART TO DO THE RECALL REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE. UPDATED 02/12/16*LJ
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10811827December 22, 2015AIR BAGS
TAKATA RECALL -MY VIN IS [XXX]. I LIVE IN HAWAII WHERE HUMIDITY IS A FACTOR IN EVERYDAY LIFE, HAWAII SHOULD BE IN PRIORITY GROUP 1 WITHOUT QUESTION DUE TO THIS FACTOR ALONE. MY 2003 DODGE RAM 1500 IS IN AN HAH AREA YET IT FOLLOWS BEHIND "SAFER" VEHICLES IN NON-HAH AREAS. I BOUGHT THIS TRUCK TWO MONTHS AGO UNAWARE THAT IT WAS UNSAFE AND AFFECTED BY THE RECALL. IN MY OPINION THE VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND NOT ROAD WORTHY. SO NOW I HAVE A $10,000 YARD ORNAMENT, THERE IS NO WAY I WOULD FEEL SAFE DRIVING MY FAMILY IN THIS TRUCK. THE EXCESSIVE WAIT TIME FOR PARTS IS UNACCEPTABLE AS WE NEED A VEHICLE TO COMPLETE THE REQUIREMENTS OF OUR DAILY LIVES...IE.... MAKING A PAYMENT ON A TRUCK I CAN'T DRIVE. NOT HAVING A SAFE VEHICLE DRIVE SEVERELY CRIPPLES OUR ABILITY TO EARN MONEY AND PUT FOOD ON OUR TABLE. WE LIVE IN HAWAII IN PROBABLY THE MOST HUMID CLIMATE IN THE UNITED STATES, BEING THAT FAILURE WAS MUCH MORE PREVALENT IN HUMID CLIMATES IT IS IN NO WAY SAFE TO DRIVE. I WILL BE CONTACTING THE FACTORY IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE SUBMISSION OF THIS COMPLAINT. FURTHER INFORMATION PUTS MY VEHICLE IN PRIORITY GROUP 2, REALLY? IN HAWAII THE MOST HUMID PLACE IN THE U.S.? UNACCEPTABLE ON EVERY LEVEL. PLEASE GET THE FACTORY TO EITHER REPAIR OR REPLACE MY VEHICLE, IF THERE WERE AN INJURY TO MYSELF OR MY FAMILY NO AMOUNT OF MONEY COULD EASE THE PAIN OF OUR FAMILY....DO YOU GET THAT THIS IS ABOUT THE SAFETY OF OUR FAMILIES NOT MONEY!!!! NO FAILURE TO DATE. VEHICLE PARKED BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE. COMPLAINT DATE 12/22/15 INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10811543December 21, 2015AIR BAGS
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V312000 (AIR BAGS) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER HAD EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10811569December 21, 2015AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V312000 (AIR BAGS) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE. UPDATED 02/23/16*LJ UPDATED 02/24/16.*JB
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10811567December 21, 2015AIR BAGS
TAKATA RECALL - I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE ON MY 2003 DODGE 1500 PICKUP, R26 / NHTSA 15V-312 AROUND THE END OF MAY 2015. CONTACTED MY DEALER, SAID PART IS NOT AVAILABLE. CONTACTED DEALER AGAIN TODAY, STILL NOT AVAILABLE.WHAT IS GOING ON? WHY HASN'T THE PARTS BEEN MANUFACTURED YET, IT HAS BEEN LONGER THAN 6 MONTHS? WHAT ARE YOU DOING WAITING ON, PEOPLE TO GET KILLED? THERE HAS BEEN NO FAILURE SO FAR BUT WHO KNOWS WHEN THE AIRBAG MIGHT IMPLODE OR WHEN SOMEONE MAY HAVE AS ACCIDENT AND CAUSE THE AIRBAG TO IMPLODE. NOTHING HAS HAPPENED YET SO I CAN'T PUT A DATE DOWN, ONLY THE DATE OF MY COMPLAINT. I WILL SAY THAT I CALLED THE CUSTOMER SERVICE NUMBER AND I WAS TOLD THAT IF I WAS WORRIED ABOUT SOMEONE GETTING HURT OR KILLED RIDING AS A PASSENGER TO HAVE THEM RIDE IN THE BACK SEAT. WELL I BOUGHT THE TRUCK TO RIDE IN AND THAT INCLUDES SOMEONE RIDING IN ALL THE SEATS.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10811099December 18, 2015AIR BAGS
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 15V312000 (AIR BAGS) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10810919December 17, 2015AIR BAGS
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V312000(AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10810648December 16, 2015AIR BAGS
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V312000 (AIR BAGS) HOWEVER, THE PART FOR THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS UNAVAILABLE.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10810543December 15, 2015UNKNOWN OR OTHER
DASH BOARD STARTING BREAKING APART VOLUNTARILY SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND HAS BEEN GETTING CONTINUOUSLY WORSE TO THE POINT THAT ENTIRE DASH HAS CRUMBLED.. DASH BOARD PIECES ARE HARD SHARP PLASTIC MATERIAL AND COULD COME BACK AND INJURE SOMEONE IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT. DODGE DEALERSHIPS STATE THAT ALL RAM TRUCKS HAVE THIS PROBLEM BUT NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10810146December 14, 2015AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V312000 (AIR BAGS) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10810170December 14, 2015AIR BAGS
TAKATA INFLATORS - WE WERE TOLD THE TRUCK IS PART OF THE RECALL IN THE SUMMER, BUT WE HAVE NEVER BEEN CONTACTED TO SET UP A REPLACEMENT.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10809741December 11, 2015AIR BAGS
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V312000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10809637December 11, 2015AIR BAGS
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM 3500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V312000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #10809018December 8, 2015AIR BAGS
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V312000 (AIR BAGS) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE. UPDATED 02/12/16*LJ UPDATED 02/17/16
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0