Dodge Ram Complaints (1996)

1,362 consumer complaints on file.

#10115313February 14, 2005
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
COMPLAINT ABOUT RECALL 97V199000, ROLLOVER VALVE TO BE REPLACED. *BF THE CONSUMER STATED HIS VEHICLE HAS A LEAK COMING FROM THE ROLLOVER VALVE, BUT WHEN HE TOOK HIS VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, HE WA TOLD HIS VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10109663February 2, 2005
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
THE VEHICLE STARTED SHAKING UNCONTROLLABLY. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL, AND PULLED OVER. DRIVER NOTICED THAT THE RIGHT SIDE TIRE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE WHEEL. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO CHANGE THE TIRE. GOODYEAR WRANGLER AT, 265/75R16, #DOT PD73MFHR2403.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10109185January 28, 2005
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
DRIVER HEARD A SQUEAKING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT. VEHICLE VIBRATED UNCONTROLLABLY. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALER. THE FRONT BUMPER FELL OFF AT THE DEALERSHIP, AND MECHANIC INFORMED THE DRIVER THAT FRONT BUMPER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10107825January 24, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
VEHICLE TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT WITHOUT TAKING FOOT OFF ACCELERATOR TO LOWER RPM. DEALER STATES INTERNAL SEAL FAILURE AND TRANSMISSION NEEDS REBUILDING. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10104661December 28, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
MY HUSBAND WAS LETTING HIS 96 DODGE WARM UP AFTER A BIG SNOW AND ICE STORM AND SOMEONE STOPPED TO TELL HIM IT WAS ON FIRE. THE FIRE STARTED UNDER THE BED OF THE TRUCK . THEY TRIED TO PUT IT OUT WITH EXTINGUISHERS AND WATER BUT TO NO AVAIL IT WAS COMPLETELY LOST BY THE TIME THE FIRE TRUCK ARRIVED. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10099360December 6, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
WHILE DRIVING FROM COLD START ENGINE PERFORMED ROUGHLY, AND SMOKE CAME OUT OF THE EXHAUST TAIL PIPE. CONSUMER CHANGED FUEL, BUT THERE WAS NO IMPROVEMENT IN PERFORMANCE. CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY A DEALER THAT THE INTAKE PLENUM GASKET WAS THE CAUSE. CONSUMER WAS AWARE OF OTHERS WITH SAME PROBLEM. *AK *TC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10100969December 2, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I HAVE THIS TRUCK FOR 2 YEARS AND IN THAT 2 YEARS I HAVE MANY COMPLICATIONS WITH THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. THE MAIN PROBLEM IS THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH MELTING AND BURNING THE WIRES IN THE DASH. I HAVE HAD THE SWITCH REPLACED TWICE AND IT CONTINUES TO BURN OUT AND MELT. I AM SO SCARED THE TRUCK IS GOING TO CATCH ON FIRE ONE DAY THAT RARELEY DRIVE THE TRUCK. I STILL HAVE THE OLD PARTS THAT WERE REPLACED BUT DONT FEEL IT IS THE SWITCH CAUSING ALL THE PROBLEMS. I FEEL IT IS THE WHOLE WIRING SYSTEM. I READ THE CUSTOM REPORTS ON MYCARSTATS.COM IT SEEMS THE 1996 DODGE DAKOTA HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS. THERE WERE EVEN REPORTS OF THE TRUCK CATCHING ON FIRE. IF THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED ON MANY DIFFERNET OCCAIONS; WHY HAVENT THEY RECALLED IT??? I WOULD APPRECIATE A RESPONSE AND HOPEFULLY DODGE TAKING CARE OF THIS PROBLEM FREE OF CHARGE. PLEASE HELP!!! [email protected]
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10100469November 24, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
SLUDGE BUILD UP IN ENGINE STOPPING UP THE OIL PAN PICK UP,CAUSING TRUCK TO LOOSE OIL PRESSURE. NOW AT 121000 MILES THE TRANSMISSION BLEW. THE TRUCK HAS BEEN LOSING OIL PRESSURE FROM THE SLUDGE SINCE I BOUGHT IT NEW IN 1996, I WAS TOLD SEVERAL TIMES BY THE DEALER,THIS WAS CAUSED BY THE LACQUER THAT THE ENGINE BUILDER USED TO SHIP THE ENGINE TO THE USA, 318CUI BUILT IN JAPAN. THE DEALER CLEANED THE ENGINE SEVERAL TIMES, THE LAST TIME WAS IN JULY 2003 COSTING ABOUT $1000 TO ME. I HAVE BEEN GETTING THE RUN AROUND FROM DODGE AND THE DEALER, SINCE THE TRUCK WAS UNDER WARRANTY WHEN THIS FIRST STARTED AND NOW AT 121000 MILES THE TRANSMISSION BLEW UP. THE SLUDGE BUILD UP HAS HAPPENED 4 TIMES OVER THE PAST YEARS, SEEMS LIKE ABOUT EVERY 30000 MILES, INSTEAD OF FIXING TRUCK ALL THEY DID WAS CLEANUP THE MESS AFTERWARD. WHEN THE TRANSMISSION BLEW THE MOTOR LOST OIL PRESSURE AGAIN, SO THIS MAKE 5 TIMES THE TRUCK HAS DONE THIS, THIS HAS BEEN REPORTED TO DODGE SEVERAL TIMES BUT NO HELP FROM THEM, THEY DON,T WANT TO STAND BY THEIR TRUCK AND IT DON,T LOOK LIKE I CAN DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. THANKS JAMES C. ROSE. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10101398November 19, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES
CONSUMER CONTACTED MANUFACTURER TO VERIFY IF MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 722 REPAIRS WERE DONE. MANUFACTURER INSISTED THAT REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED BUT THEY HAD NO RECORDS OF IT DONE. VEHICLE WAS THEN INVOLVED IN A FIRE WHICH WAS CAUSED BY THE TRANSMISSION COOLING UNIT AND LINE QUICK CONNECTION MELTING . THERE WERE NO INJURIES.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10101315November 18, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
WHILE TURNING RIGHT OR LEFT CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT. CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE FRONT TIRES WERE RUBBING AGAINST THE BRAKE LINES. THIS CAUSED THE BRAKE LINES TO WEAR OUT PREMATURELY. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10099578November 8, 2004
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS
CONSUMER WAS CHANGING THE ALTERANTER AND HAEARD A SQUEAKING UNDERNEATH THE VEHILCE. CONSUMER LOOKED DOWN AND FOUND THAT IT WAS A CRACKED FRAME ABOVE THE COIL SPRING HOUSING. CONSUMER CONTACED THE CHRYSLER CORPORATION. HOWEVER, CONSMER WAS TOLD THAT THERY WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10099499November 5, 2004
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
VEHICLE WAS EXPERIENCING A PROBLEM WITH THE DOOR LATCH ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE. WHILE BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR FLEW OPEN INADVERTANTLY ALTHOUGH THE DOORS WERE LOCKED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10097885October 27, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
CONSUMER STATED VEHICLE LEAKED EXCESSIVE FUEL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10097569October 25, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES
RECALL 97V084000 CONCERNING TRANSMISSION COOLING LINE. WHILE PULLING A 5TH WHEEL TRAILER UP A INCLINE AT 30 MPH VEHICLE STOPPED WHILE IN MOTION, AND WHITE SMOKE CAME FROM UNDER THE HOOD. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THAT RECALL.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10093801October 8, 2004
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
PAINT STARTED PEELING OFF IN 2000, AND BY 2003..IT WAS PEELING OFF IN CHUNKS WEEKLY. NOW IN 2004, THERE IS HARDLY ANY PAINT ON THE HOOD OR THE TOP OF THE CAB WITH OTHER PEELING ON THE OTHER PARTS AS WELL. THE ROCKWALL, TX DODGE DEALERSHIP'S REP SAID HE WOULD TAKE CARE OF THE DEFECTIVE PAINT JOB, AND WE'D PAY $700 TOWARD THE PAINT JOB. AFTER THAT ESTIMATE, WE HELD OFF GETTING IT PAINTED BECAUSE OF MOVING TO MISSISSIPPI, SO I WENT TO THE HOWARD WILSON DODGE DEALER IN FLOWOOD, MS. THAT DEALERSHIP'S REP WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING-0. THIS IS NOT RIGHT. WHY WOULD THE TEXAS CRYSLER REP SAY YES, THAT THE PAINT PEELING OFF IN CHUNKS WAS AN INFERIOR PAINT JOB, BUT THE MISSISSIPPI CRYSLER REP SAYS HE WILL DO NOTHING. I WOULD NOT NEED TO BE PAINTING IT AT ALL, IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE DEFECTIVE PAINT JOB. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10091411September 21, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
HEADLIGHT SWITCH REPLACED (3) THREE TIMES. THE LAST TIME HAD TO REPLACE THE CANNON PLUG ALSO DUE TO IT BURNING WIRES ALONG WITH HEADLIGHT SWITCH TERMINALS BURNED. TALKED WITH OTHER 1994 THROUGH 1997 DODGE RAM 2500 OWNERS AND TURNS OUT THAT THIS PROBLEM OCCURS FREQUENTLY. IS THERE ANYWAY SOMETHING CAN BE DONE, THIS COULD POSSIBLY CAUSE A FIRE AN PEOPLE INJURED OR KILLED! REFERENCE: 854783. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10091446September 7, 2004
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH
WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH THE HOOD FLEW UP WITHOUT WARNING. AS A RESULT THE WINDSHIELD WAS SHATTERED. NO IMPACT REPORTED. THE DEALER STATED THE SECONDARY HOOD LATCH HAD FAILED. *JB *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10087158August 4, 2004
TIRES, TIRES:TREAD/BELT
WHILE INSPECTING THE TIRES CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THEY DRY ROTTED AND SEPARATED AT THE BASE WHERE THE TREAD WAS CONNECTED . DEALERSHIP INSPECTED THE TIRES, AND ACKNOWLEDGED THE FAILURE. BUT DID NOT PROVIDE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE, INSTEAD OFFERED CONSUMER 50% OFF A NEW SET OF TIRES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10078878June 27, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
WHILE OPERATING MY 1996 DODGE RAM 2500 EXT CAB 4X4 DIESEL, I SUDDENLY LOST THE NORMAL BRAKING, ON THE VEHICLE I SWERVED TO THE RIGHT TO AVOID HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE, JUST BARELY MISSING ANOTHER IN SLOWING/STOPPING(ONLY HAD FRONT BRAKES). THE REAR STEEL BRAKE LINE HAD RUSTED THROUGH, LOCATED INSIDE REAR FRAME RAIL DRIVERS SIDE, NEXT TO FUEL TANK,WHERE THE BRACKET HOLDS THE LINE NEXT TO THE FRAME. THIS VEHICLE IS ONLY 8 YEARS OLD, AND EXTREMELY WELL MAINTAINED(MAINTENANCE RECORDS AVAILABLE) I ALSO NOTICED THAT THE OTHER COATED (ZINK) LINES ARE ALSO RUSTING. THE LINE WAS REPLACED. SHOULD THIS BE HAPPENING????????? SYSTEM HAS SILICONE BRAKE FLUID.*** I HAVE THE RUSTED BRAKE LINE IF SOMEONE NEEDS TO INSPECT IT.*** IF SOMEONE NEEDS TO SEE IT. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10074413June 25, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
THE ENGINE RACED AT A HIGH RPM WHEN IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN IDLING AS IT SLOWED DOWN. WHEN THIS OCCURRED, THE CONSUMER PUT THE VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL WHICH SLOWED THE ENGINE. THE DEALERSHIP PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC TEST IN WHICH NO FAILURE CODE WAS FOUND. THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM WAS UNDETERMINED. THE DEALERSHIP TOOK AN EDUCATED GUESS AND REPLACED THE AIS MOTOR AND TPS SENSOR AND DID SOME GENERAL CLEANING. THUS FAR THE PROBLEM HASN'T RECURRED. *LA *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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