Dodge Ram Complaints (1999)

1,486 consumer complaints on file.

#732048September 20, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
BASICALLY THE TRUCK PULLS TO THE RIGHT ALMOST EVERY TIME THE BRAKES ARE ENGAGED EVERY DAY AND AT ANY SPEED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#870941September 19, 2000
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
STREERING WHEEL LOCKED UP AT 65MPH. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#731753September 18, 2000
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
THE SEAT BELT WILL NOT PULL OUT AT TIMES AND YOU CAN NOT WEAR IT. I HAVE HAD IT IN FOR REPAIRS A NUMBER OF TIMES AND THEY CAN NOT GET IT FIXED. I EVEN WENT TO ARBITRATION AND WON THE CASE BUT THEIR AWARD IS NOT FAIR . I AM JUST TRIEING TO GET THE TRUCK FIXED AND HAVE CALLED CHRYSLER SEVERAL TIMES , IN OVER 6 MONTHS NO ONE HAS CALLED ME BACK.
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#731741September 17, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
NO SUMMARY
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#554626September 14, 2000
WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS
THE LUG NUTS/STUDS HAVE SHEARED OFF ON TWO OCCASIONS. *MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#731411September 14, 2000
WHEELS, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
ALL FOUR REAR WHEELS ARE BENT. THE ONLY PEOPLE UNTIL NOW TO TOUCH THIS VEHICLE HAVE BEEN DODGE DEALERSHIPS(SANDOVAL IN NM. THEY ALSO EVENTUALLY FIXED THE SPEED CONTROL WHICH WOULD ADD 5 TO 20 MPH TO A SETTING AT ANY TIME. VERY DANGEROUS. I HAVE TRIED TO GET T A DODGE DEALERSHIP HERE (LARAMIE, WY)TO LOOK AT MY RIMS AND THEY GIVE ME THE RUNAROUND.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#6900001September 12, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE BLEW UP & CAUSED DAMAGE TO SIDE OF CAR. (CLAIM# 75-A269-021) *MW
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#731108September 12, 2000
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#730461September 6, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
RECURRING BRAKE FAILURES ON FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE. DEALER "REPAIRED" 2X PRIOR. ABNORMAL PAD WEAR -- INNER PAD, OKAY -- OUTER PAD GROUND DOWN TO BARE METAL. BRAKES PULL TO LEFT. DEALER UNCOOPERATIVE IN REPAIRING UNDER WARRANTY. WANTS US TO PAY FOR NEW PADS (EVEN THOUGH ONLY 5,000 MILES OR SO SINCE LAST REPAIR). *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#730357September 5, 2000
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
WE CONTACTED YOU ON JUNE 21, 2000. SENT BACK THE FORM YOU SENT US. REFER TO TSB 19-03-99. WE HAVE BEEN TO NATIONAL CENTER FOR DISPUTE SETTLEMENT AND THEY CLAIM THIS IS A CHARACTERISTIC OF THE DODGE. TSB 19-03-99 TELLS THEM HOW TO FIX IT AND IT STILL HAS NOT BEEN FIXED. THE INDEPENTANT VEHICLE INSPECTION REPORT STATES:"THE STEERING WILL NOT RETURN TO CENTER AFTER AN IN TOWN NINETY (90) DEGREE TURN. FINDINGS: DURING THE TEST DRIVE THE VEHICLE CONSISTENTLY WOULD NOT RETURN TO THE NEUTRAL (CENTER) STEERING POSITION. USUALLY THE STEERING WHEEL HAD TO BE TURNED BY HAND THE LAST SEVENTY (70) TO EIGHTY (80) DEGREES BACK TO THE CENTER THE TWO(2) SAMPLE DODGE RAM 2500 4X4 DIESEL UNITS I DROVE RETURNED CLOSER TO THE CENTER THAN GEORGE DUFFY'S DID. THE TEST/SAMPLE VEHICLES RETURNED TO THE CENTER WITHIN TEN (10) TO FIFTEEN (15) DEGREES OF CENTER. COULD THE CONDITION BE VERIFIED? (PLEASE CIRCLE ONE) YES OR NO. 'YES', WAS CIRCLED. IF 'YES' IS CIRCLED, (PLEASE CIRCLE ONE) NORMAL OR ABNORMAL [ABNORMAL] IS CIRCLED. IF YOU WISH, WE WILL BE GLAD TO SEND COPIES OF ALL PAPERS AND CORRESPONDANCE THAT WE HAVE. WE FEEL, AND SO DID THE INDEPENDANT VEHICLE INSPECTOR, THAT HIS SITUATION IS DANGEROUS! WHEN I TOLD HIM OF NOT BEING ABLE TO KEEP THE TRUCK ON THE ROAD ( ON CA "89") IN HAT CREEK COUNTRY, AND RUNNING INTO THE SHOULDER. I WAS FORTUNATE THAT THE SHOULDER WAS DRY. HE (VEHICLE INSPECTOR) SAID "YOU WOULD NOT BE HERE TO TELL THE STORY IF HAD NOT BEEN DRY!"
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#730023September 3, 2000
SUSPENSION:REAR
AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, IF THE VEHICLE HITS A SMALL BUMP, IT VIBRATES SO VIOLENTLY IT YOU ALMOST DRIVE OFF THE ROAD.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#729406August 29, 2000
STEERING
THIS VEHICLE HAS A SEVERE STEERING DEFECT, I HAVE GONE TO ARBITRAION AND DAIMLERCHRYSLER HAS SENT A INDEPENDENT ASE INSPECTOR TO LOOK AT MY TRUCK THIS PERSON AGREES THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG. I HAD BEEN AWARD A NEW TRUCK BY ARBITRATION BUT IT WOULD HAD COST ME 7,000 PLUS A NEW LOAN, THE TRUCK IS DEFECTIVE AND NOW THE DEALERSHIP WILL NOT WORK ON THE PROBLEM EVEN THOUGH IT IS STILL UNDER WARRENTY. I HAVE ALOT OF DATA TO BACK THIS UP AND I KNOW DIAMLER HAS HAD SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH OTHER TRUCKS HELP
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#729458August 29, 2000
STEERING:RACK AND PINION
NO SUMMARY
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#869045August 29, 2000
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING AND HEARD A NOISE UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. AIR CONDITIONER WAS RUNNING, AND WHEN HE WENT TO TURN THE AIR CONDITIONER OFF, NOISE STOPPED. VEHICLE WAS RUNNING HOT. HE CALLED DEALERSHIP, AND MECHANIC TOLD HIM THAT PART OF COMPRESSOR WAS ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#729251August 27, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
BRAKES RELEASE DURING HARD BRAKING AND CROSSING PAYMENT BUCKEL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#729161August 26, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
WHEN ACCELERATING ENGINE PINGS-PARTICULARY ON HILLS AT HIGHER SPEEDS/SECOND TIME THEY SUGGESTED IT WAS FUEL QUALITY AND ON LAST COMPLAINT THEY ATTEMPTED TO DECARBONIZE ENGINE.AND SUGGEST USING FUEL ADDITIVE AT EVERY 3 THOUSAND MILES- ALSO STATED THAT THIS SPARKPLUG KNOCK WOULD NOT HARM ENGINE- GARDEN CITY DODE MI. WAS VERY NICE AND ADMITTED THAT THIS PROBLEM HAS ACCURED ON OTHER VEHICLES. MY CONCERN IS THAT THIS IS NOT HOW A NEW ENGINE SHOULD PERFORM AND WILL BRING PROBLEMS DOWN THE LINE -ESPECIALLY WHEN WARRENTY IS GONE- IS THIS HOW A NEW ERNGINE SHOULD PERFORM AND IT SEAMS QUITE EVIDENT THAT IT WILL SHORTEN THE QUALITY AND LIFE OF THE ENGINE- ALSO THE KNOCK CONTINUES AND IVE EXHAUSTED ALL AVAILABLE OPTIONS FOR FUEL. REGARDLESS OF THE BRAND AND STILL USING RECOMENDED OCTAIN AS SCINCE DAY ONE (87)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#554050August 25, 2000
TIRES
WHILE ROUNDING A CURVE THE MICHELIN TIRE BLEWOUT, THE ALUMINUM WHEEL BENT AS A RESULT OF THE TIRE FAILURE. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#868740August 25, 2000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 25MPH WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE HIT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. VEHICLE WAS HIT FROM THE SIDE & SPUN AROUND, AND THEN HIT HEAD-ON. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS NEVER DEPLOYED. VEHICLE WAS BADLY DAMAGED IN THE FRONT. DEALER EXAMINED VEHICLE & FOUND NOTHING WRONG. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#868593August 24, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN APPLYING BRAKES VEHICLE WILL SHOOT HARD TO THE LEFT OR TO THE RIGHT, PULLING VEHICLE INTO THE NEXT LANE . CONSUMER MUST FIGHT TO REGAIN STEERING CONTROL. DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE DEFECT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#868639August 24, 2000
TIRES:VALVE
TIRE VALVE STEM POPS AND AIR COMES OUT. TIRES ARE MICHELIN #LTSAX LT24575 R16. ALSO, VALVE STEM CRACKED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TIRE, ALLOWING AIR TO ESCAPE FROM TIRE. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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