Dodge Ram Complaints (2001)

2,207 consumer complaints on file.

#8018996September 18, 2002
STRUCTURE
WHILE SITTING IN THE VEHICLE A FIRE DEVELOPED UNDER THE HOOD.*AK CONSUMER STATED THAT THE RUBBER MOULDING THAT SEALS THE BACK OF THE HOOD AT THE FIRE WALL HAD NO WAY TO SECURE IT AND IT SLIPPED OFF, HANGING DOWN ON TOP OF THE TURBO CHARGER AND CUGHT FIRE. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#767289September 17, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8018625September 13, 2002
STEERING
CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH THE CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND RAN OFF THE ROAD CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE FRONT AND REAR OF THE VEHICLE AND ALSO BENT THE FRAME. CONTACTED DEALER AND THE DEALER HAS TAKEN A LOOK AT THE VEHICLE BUT YET THEY ARE NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING. NLM
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8018464September 12, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED OIL WILL BURN OUT QUICKLY, AND CONSUMER WILL BE FORCED TO PULL OVER AND REFILL VEHICLE WITH OIL. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8018470September 12, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
CAMSHAFT LEAKING FLUID, AND IS STARTING TO CAUSE PROBLEMS TO TRANSMISSION.CONTACTED DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8018555September 12, 2002
SUSPENSION, STEERING
UNABLE TO STEER VEHICLE STRAIGHT. IT WILL EITHER PULL TO THE LEFT OR THE RIGHT AND WHEN DRIVER ACCELERATES VEHICLE WILL TURN TO THE LEFT.*AKCONSUMER HAS HAD VEHICLE IN FOR THE SAME PROBLEM ON SIX DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. THE PROBLEM WAS ALMOST CORRECTED. WITHIN 1000 MILES THE PROBLEM REOCCURED. CHRYSLER REFUSES TO OBIDE BY ILLINOIS LAW WHICH STATES THAT A VEHICLE REPAIRED FOUR TIMES WITHOUT CORRECTING THE PROBLEM, THE VEHICLE WILL BE REPLACED. CONSUMER WAS TOLD NOT TO CALL AGAIN. *JG
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8018570September 12, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER
BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER "BLEW UP" WHILE DRIVING.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8018178September 9, 2002
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
VEHICLE WILL SURGE WHEN WHILE CONSUMER WAS CHANGING GEARS FROM SECOND TO THIRD. CONTACTED DEALER,AND DEALER STATED THAT IT WAS NORMAL FOR VEHICLE TO DO THAT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8018132September 6, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS
WHILE DRIVING 45MPH BRAKE PADS WERE RATTLING. DEALER SAID CLIPS WERE MISSING.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#766782September 6, 2002
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER
FUEL GUAGE READ BETWEEN 1/8 AND 1/4 TANK BUT WAS EMPTY CAUSING ME TO RUN OUT OF GAS IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE AND EXPERIENCE A $169 TOWING AND REPAIR BILL!*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#766609September 3, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I GOT 2 MONTH OUT OF THE REPLACEMENT PART BECAUSE OF THE MILEAGE NOW I HAVE TO REPLACE IT AGAIN 550.00 EVERY 2 MONTH BECAUSE DODGE DOESN'T WANT TO ADMIT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THIS TRANSMISSION (47RE). *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8017657August 30, 2002
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
WHILE DRIVING ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK AND VEHICLE COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO STOP. CONSUMER SUSTAINED INJURIES.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#766437August 29, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
THIS VEHICLE SHUT DOWN THE IGNITION AT 70 MPH ON HIGHWAY.SEVERAL TIMES. IT WOULD RESTART AFTER A WAITING PEROID OF 10 -15 MINUTES.TOOK TO DEALER INITALLY AND WAS TOLD NOTHING WRONG. I TOLD THEM THE IGNITION SHUT DOWN I THOUGHT DUE TO ASD TIMING FAILURE SENSED. BUT NO ACTION TAKEN BY DEALER . I WAS PAYING AS WARRANTY EXPIRED. DID IT AGAIN IN 3 WEEKS. TOOK TO DEALER AND HE CHANGED CRANK PROX SWITCH ALTHOUGH THE TRUCK WAS DRIVEN TO DEALER. FOR A VEHICLE TO SHUT DOWN FROM A COMPUTER "GLITCH" AT SPEED WHEN THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WRONG MECHANICALLY WITH IT IS STRANGE LOGIC AND DANGEROUS. DAN JOHNSON. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8017309August 27, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES AT 35 MPH, PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. DEALER REPLACED ABS SENSOR. ON 26 AUGUST 2002 AT 40-45 MPH ABS LIGHT CAME ON, BRAKE WAS APPLIED, AND PEDAL AGAIN WENT TO THE FLOOR. VEHICLE IS AT DEALERSHIP AT THIS TIME. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8017336August 27, 2002
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
WHILE DRIVING ON FLAT SURFACE AND WITH NO WARNING IF VEHICLE HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD STEERING WHEEL WILL JUMP AROUND,AND IT COULD CAUSE CONSUMER TO LOSE STEERING CONTROL. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8017376August 27, 2002
STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION)
WHEN TURNING STEERING WHEEL COMPLETELY TO RIGHT OR LEFT, THE WHEEL TURNS TOO FAR. THERE IS NO STOP IN GEAR BOX. ALSO WHEN THIS HAPPENS, TIRE HITS SHOCK ABSORBER BRACKET, AND IS SLOWLY SHREDDING THE TIRE.*AK CONSUMER REPLACED TIRES WITH NARROWER TIRES. THEY STILL RUB AGAINST THE SHOCK ABSORBER BRACKET. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE ADVICE GIVEN WAS TO REPLACE THE STEERING GEAR BOX THAT HAD INTERNAL STOPS. THIS VEHICLES GEAR BOX WAS NOT EQUIPPED WITH THAT FEATURE. *JG
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#766210August 26, 2002
STEERING:GEAR BOX:SHAFT SECTOR
I CAN FEEL THE STEERING SHAFT CLUNKING/CHUNKING/MOVING WITHIN THE STEERING COLUMN. THIS PROBLEM APPEARED WITHIN LAST 2 WEEKS. ADDITIONALLY, THE STEERING WHEEL IS NO LONGER CENTERED BUT ROTATED ABOUT 2 INCHES LEFT OF CENTER IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN STRAIGHT LINE OF DRIVING. I AM CONVCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THIS VEHICLE, BOTH TO OCCUPANTS AND OTHER MOTORISTS BECAUSE THE STEERING MAY FAIL. THE POWER STEERING PUMP WAS REPLACED LAST YEAR AS IT WAS LEAKING. I HAVE SEEN ON THE INTERNET THAT THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN SERIOUS CRASHES DUE TO STEERING ABNORMALITIES AND DAIMLERCHRYSLER HAS REPURCHASED NUMBERS OF THESE UNITS BOTH FROM THE STATE OF MAIN AND INDIVIDUALS. I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU WOULD FORCE DM TO RECALL ALL 2001 2500 DODGE RAMS TO REPAIR THE STEERING DEFECTS OR ORDER THEM TO BUY THEM BACK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8017040August 22, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE DRIVING DUE TO TRANSMISSION SENSOR. CONSUMER WAS ALMOST INVOLVED IN A COLLISION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#567175August 21, 2002
STEERING
THE STEERING WHEEL HAS A CONSTANT TENSION TO THE LEFT AND CAUSES STRAIN TO THE DRIVERS ARM. *YH *CB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8016761August 20, 2002
TIRES:SIDEWALL
WHILE DRIVING AND WITH NO WARNING LEFT REAR TIRE SIDEWALL STARTED TO SEPARATE, CAUSING A TIRE BLOWOUT. DEALER NOTIFED.SIZE P21575R15. *AK CONSUMER STATES THREE OUT OF THE FOUR TIRES HAD SIDE WALL SEPARATION. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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