Dodge Ram Complaints (2001)

2,207 consumer complaints on file.

#10116960May 13, 2005
FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL
THE FUEL LIFT PUMP FAILED WHILE PASSING A VEHICLE, AND WAS ALMOST HIT BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. VEHICLE FAILED WHEN PASSING OTHER CARS OR HEAVY ACCELERATION.*AK *BF *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10120180May 7, 2005
SUSPENSION:FRONT
RIGHT FRONT TIRE KEEPS COMING OFF WHILE DRIVING 5 TIMES THE TRUCK BEEN PARK FOR 2 MONTHS,WHEEL BEARING REPLACED TWICE UPPER LOWER BALL JOINTS , TIE RODS SHOT, ROTORS TWICE FIRST SET AT 30,000 MILES DEALER ASK HOW MY DRIVING WAS, BOTH FRONT CALIPERS LESS THAN 78,000 MILES
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10119251April 27, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS, STEERING, SUSPENSION
WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH SOMETHING UNDER THE 2001 DODGE RAM MALFUNCTIONED RESULTING IN THE CONSUMER LOOSING BRAKING AND STEERING ABILITY. THE VEHICLE WENT OFF AN EMBANKMENT AND HIT A TREE. *MR *SC THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THE PROBLEM MAY HAVE BEEN A BALL JOINT OR TIE ROD END. *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10118478April 26, 2005
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP, EQUIPMENT
1. THE FIRST INCIDENT, MAY 11,2000 WAS A RECALL FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE TRANSFER PUMP DUE TO PREMATURE INTERNAL ARMATURE SHAFT BUSHING WEAR. THIS WAS A RECALL BY DODGE. THE SECOND INCIDENT OCCURRED AUGUST 24,2004. 2. THE FAILURE CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO RUN EXTREMELY ROUGH, AND MAKES THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DRIVABLE. FAILURE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS WOULD CAUSE A SUDDEN SLOWDOWN OF THE VEHICLE. 3. IN BOTH INSTANCES, THE TRANSFER PUMP HAD TO BE REPLACED. CURRENTLY, THIS VEHICLE ONLY HAS 31,000 MILES ON IT. THE COST TO REPLACE THESE PUMPS CAN BE EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE TO THE VEHICLE OWNER. THIS APPEARS TO BE A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS WITH DODGE TRUCKS WHICH HAVE THE CUMMINS DIESEL ENGINE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10118496April 26, 2005
FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL
I OWN A 2001 DODGE 3500 DIESEL PICKUP. THESE TRUCKS YEAR MODELS 1998.5-2002 EQUIPPED WITH THE DIESEL OPTION ARE NOTORIOUS FOR THE FUEL TRANSFER PUMP FAILING. I FEEL THIS FAILURE CAUSES AN ACCIDENT HAZARD, BECAUSE WHEN IT FAILS THE TRUCK STOPS RIGHT THERE WHETHER YOU ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A HIGH SPEED INTERSECTION OR ON THE HIGHWAY IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. AS YOU CAN SEE EITHER OF THESE CASES COULD RESULT IN CAUSALITY OR EVEN DEATH OF THE DRIVER, PASSENGERS AND OTHER MOTORIST. GIVEN THE NATURE OF THE VEHICLES INTENDED USES OF THIS MODEL IT IS NOT UNCOMMON TO SEE THESE TRUCKS LOADED WITH TRAILERS OF VARIOUS SIZES MOST OF WHICH WEIGHT 7000 LBS AND OVER. COMBINE THAT WITH THE FORCES OF ANOTHER PASSENGER VEHICLE, AND THE RESULT IS VERY DANGEROUS. THERE IS A WEBSITE (WWW.TDR1.COM) DEDICATED TO THE DODGE DIESEL THAT HAS INFORMATION ABOUT THESE ISSUES THAT WOULD KEEP YOU READING FOR DAYS ABOUT FAILURES. I BRING THIS UP BECAUSE I HAVE EXPERIENCED 3 FAILURES IN THE PAST YEAR. ONE WAS IN MY DRIVEWAY SO I DID NOT CAUSE AN INCIDENT, BUT THE OTHER TWO WERE IN DANGEROUS SITUATIONS THE LAST WAS WHEN MY WIFE WAS PULLING ONE OF OUR HORSES IN A TRAILER THAT WEIGHS 6000 LBS ADD THE WEIGHT OF THE HORSE AND GEAR AND IT BRINGS THAT UP TO ABOUT 8000 LBS NOW ADD THE TRUCK WHICH IS ABOUND 6900 LBS AND YOU HAVE CLOSE TO 15000 LBS OF DEAD WEIGHT SITTING ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY NOW TAKE A 4000 LBS SUV AND SLAM IT INTO THE BACK OF THE TRAILER. NOW I'M NO PHYSICISTS BUT I KNOW AT LEAST ONE PERSON IS NOT WALKING AWAY. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN IS FOR DODGE THE STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND ADMIT THERE IS A BLATANT DISREGARD TO SAFETY ATTRIBUTED TO A SYSTEM MALFUNCTION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10119210April 26, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON AND REMAINED ILLUMINATED. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, AND DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE ABS MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. CONSUMER ANTICIPATED THIS PART TO BE A PREMATURE WEAR WITH LESS THEN 45,000 MILES OF WEAR.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10118435April 25, 2005
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
OVER A PERIOD OF A FEW MONTHS THE FREON IN MY PICKUP'S AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM ESCAPED UNDER PRESSURE (WHEN THE A/C OR DEFROSTER WERE TURNED ON AND ENGINE RUNNING) INTO THE CAB OF THE TRUCK. I PERIODICALLY NOTICED AN OILY RESIDUE ON THE INSIDE OF THE WIND SHIELD WHEN THE A/C OR DEFROSTER WERE TURNED ON, BUT THOUGHT LITTLE OF IT. SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THE FREON LEAKING UNDER PRESSURE INTO THE CAB, I DEVELOPED SERIOUS MEDICAL PROBLEMS INCLUDING A DIAGNOSIS BY A NEUROLOGIST OF POLYNEUROPATHY FOLLOWING ASCENDING PERIPHAL NEUROPATHY. I LOST FORTY POUNDS IN A TWO MONTH PERIOD. I DID NOT KNOW THE CAUSE OF MY ILLNESS UNTIL THE A/C STOPPED WORKING DUE TO A LACK OF FREON, AND THE MECHANIC TRACED THE LEAK TO THE INSIDE OF THE CAB. I HAVE NOT FULLY RECOVERED FROM THE PROLONGED EFFECTS OF BREATHING THE FREON.IT SEEMS THERE SHOULD BE SOME SORT OF DETECTOR TO INDICATE WHEN A PROBLEM SUCH AS THIS OCCURS. SINCE MY DODGE PICKUP HAD THIS PROBLEM, I SUSPECT THAT OTHERS MAY HAVE HAD THE SAME MALUFUNCTION, AND WOULD LIKE TO WARN OTHER DRIVERS. FORTUNATELY, I WAS THE ONLY USER OF THE TRUCK AND I AM OVER 60 YEARS OLD. MY DR. TELLS ME THAT THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF REGULARLY BREATHING FREON ALMOST DAILY FOR SEVERAL WEEKS IS UNKNOWN AND THAT I MIGHT RECOVER FROM THE NEUROPATHY OR POSSIBLY NOT. MY WEIGHT LOSS OCCURRED CONSIDERABLY IN THE ARMS AND LEGS (CONSISTENT WITH PERIPHAL NEUROPATHY ASSOCIATED WITH BREATHING FREON). PLEASE WARN OTHERS OF THIS PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10118343April 24, 2005
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
REPEATED FAILURES OF DODGE COMMINS DIESEL FUEL LIFT PUMPS AND INJECTION PUMPS MAY LEAD TO ENGINE STOPPAGE AND LOSS OF STEERING AND BRAKES. DODGE WILL NOT ADDRESS THESE PROBLEMS ON 1998 TO 2002 DIESEL ENGINES. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10118153April 20, 2005
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
BALL JOINTS ON 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 TRUCK ARE BAD AT LESS THAN 40,000 MILES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10118105April 19, 2005
SUSPENSION
VEHICLE STARTED EXHIBITING STEERING PROBLEM AT 3000 MILES. THE ORIGINAL DEALERSHIP DID A REALIGNMENT OF THE FRONT END, INSTALLED NEW SHOCKS, WE REPLACED THE TIRES EVEN THOUGH THE ORIGINAL TIRES WERE NOT WORN OUT, AND THE PROBLEM CONTINUED TO GET WORSE. WE HAD THE SHOCKS REPLACED UNDER THE WARRANTY TWICE WITHOUT ANY DIFFERENCE. WE HAD THE FRONT END REALIGNED AT OUR EXPENSE THREE TIMES WITHOUT ANY DIFFERENCE. THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE PITMAN ARM AND TIE ROD END SLEEVE, AND REALIGNED THE FRONT END TO THE TUNE OF $345.00, AND SAID THIS WOULD SOLVE THE PROBLEM. WHEN THE TRUCK HIT A BUMP OR UNEVEN PLACE IN THE PAVEMENT AT FREEWAY SPEEDS IT WILL START TO SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY, BUT THIS IS NOT CONSISTENT. IT DOESN'T HAPPEN WITH EVERY BUMP, AND THERE IS NO PREDICTING WHEN IT WILL HAPPEN. IN ORDER TO REGAIN CONTROL, YOU HAVE TO STOP IMMEDIATELY, AND THERE IS GOING TO COME THE TIME WHEN THIS IS GOING TO CAUSE A MULTI-CAR CRASH ON THE FREEWAY! FORTUNATELY THIS HAS NOT HAPPENED YET. THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP, NOT WHERE WE BOUGHT THE TRUCK SINCE WE DON'T LIVE THERE ANYMORE, WANTS TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE FRONT END TO THE TUNE OF $2000.00, BUT THEY DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IS WRONG , AND DODGE SAYS THEY WON'T WARRANTY THIS WORK EVEN THOUGH THIS HAS BEEN ONGOING SINCE 3000 MILES. ALL MILEAGE ON THE TRUCK HAS BEEN HIGHWAY OR CITY MILES. OBVIOUSLY THERE WAS A DEFECTIVE PART INSTALLED ORIGINALLY, AND HAS STEADILY GOTTEN WORSE, BUT THE DEALERSHIP CAN'T PINPOINT THIS DEFECTIVE PART. THE SITUATION HAS NOW GOTTEN VERY DANGEROUS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10116709April 11, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSON: THIRD TIME IN FOR REPIAR. 1. TRANSMISSON CONNECTOR WENT CAUSING LOSS OF ALL FLUID WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY; 2. LINKAGE NEEDED TO BE TIGHTNED WOULD NOT SHIFT. PROBLEMS STARTING. . UNKNOWN PROBLME WITH 4 WHEEL DRIVE AND TRANSMISSON OVERHEATING.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10116671April 9, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I TOOK MY TRUCK TO A DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION LOOKED OUT BEFORE THE WARRANTY OF 36,000 WENT OUT AND THEY STATED THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT.THEN WHEN THE TRANSMISSION HAD 50,200 MILES THE TRANSMISSION BURNED UP ..I HAD TO PAY 3200.00 .I CALLED DAIMLER CHRYSLER IN BONHAM.TX AND SPOKE TO A MECHANIC AND STATED IT I COULD FIND THE CAUSE AND IF IT WAS A MANUFACTURING PROBLEM THEY WOULD PAY TO FIX.THEN WHEN WE DID FIND IT WAS A MANUFACTURING PROBLEM DAIMLER CHRYSLER BACKTRACKED AND STATED WAS NOT THEIR PROBLEM .*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10117597April 7, 2005
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE
NHTSA CAMPAIGN 01V153000; DAIMLER CHRSYLER ISSUED A CLOCK SPRING MATERIAL RECALL. HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN ALTHOUGH THE AIR BAG CHECK LIGHT REMAINED ON. OWNER'S MANUAL STATED THAT THE THAT AIR BAG WOULD NOT OPERATE IF THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED CONSTANTLY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10117562April 6, 2005
WHEELS:RIM
WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH VEHICLE STARTED TO PULLING TO ONE SIDE. HAD STOPPED VEHICLE, CHECKED OUT TIRES AND NOTICED THAT RIGHT FRONT TIRE WAS LOSING AIR, LIKE A SLOW LEAK. PUT AIR IN TIRE AND STARTED DRIVING, BUT TIRE CONTINUED TO LEAK. ARRIVED HOME, TOOK CLOSER LOOK, AND DISCOVERED THAT ALUMINUM ALLOY RIM FROM MANUFACTURER, HAD A CRACK THAT CAUSED THE LEAKING PROBLEM. CHECKED OTHER RIMS AND THEY WERE ALSO CRACKED. HAD NOT TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10117487April 5, 2005
STEERING:COLUMN
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED DRIVER HEARD A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT, AND THE VEHICLE VIBRATED UNCONTROLLABLY. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT STEERING COLUMN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10113135March 30, 2005
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE SPARE TIRE JUST DROPPED/COMPLETELY DISENGAGED FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER WAS ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE CABLE BROKE. *AK THE CABLE IS OF INSUFFICIENT STRENGTH ON THIS MODEL. BECAUSE THIS IS A HEAVY DUTY TRUCK THE TIRES ARE 10 PLY AND THE WHEELS HEAVIER THAN ON A NORMAL 1/2 OR 3/4 TON PICKUP. *BF *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10113519March 30, 2005
STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE LEFT SIDE SUPPORT CABLE WAS BROKEN ON HIS TRUCK WHILE PARKED. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE TRUCK WAS NOT COVERED UNDER A RECALL. *JB TAIL GATE SUPPORT STRAP BROKEN (RIGHT SIDE). TAIL GATE SUPPORT STRAP ALMOST BROKE (LEFT SIDE). *BF *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10117004March 28, 2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED. VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND TOTALED BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY. *AK...CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED THAT THERE MIGHT BE A PROBLEM THAT WAS NIT PECULIAR TO THIS VEHICLE BUT THAT COULD BE REPEATED IN OTHER DAIMLER CHRYSLER VEHICLES. IF THERE HAD BEEN A CHILD OR AN ELDERLY PERSON AS A PASSENGER IN THE VEHICLE CONSUMER WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GET THEM OUT BEFORE THE FLAMES ENGULFED THE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10115938March 28, 2005
UNKNOWN OR OTHER, TIRES:TEMPORARY/EMERGENCY SPARE TIRE
I REMOVED THE SPARE TIRE TO FIX A FLAT. IT WAS THE ORIGINAL SPARE AND HAD NEVER BEEN USED BEFORE. AFTER HAVING TIRE REPAIRED I TRIED TO RETURN THE SPARE TO IT'S STOW AREA UNDER THE BED BUT THE WINCH WOULD NOT LIFT IT. IT WILL WORK WHEN THE CABLE DOES NOT HAVE WEIGHT ON IT BUT IT WILL NOT LIFT THE SPARE. THE WINCH APPEARS TO HAVE PLASTIC PARTS. I FEEL THIS COULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE IF IT WOULD FAIL WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10114423March 21, 2005
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
BOTH UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS HAD TO BE REPLACED AT 25000 MILES UNDER WARRENTY NOW AGAIN AT 50000 THE DEALER SAID THERE BAD AGAIN AND WON'T COVER CHARGES. THE TRUCK HAS NEVER BEEN DRIVEN ON A DIRT ROAD AND HAS BEEN EXTREAMLY WELL MAINTAINED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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