Dodge Ram Complaints (1998)

1,390 consumer complaints on file.

#725881July 24, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
ENIGINE DEVELOPED A VERY SERIOUS KNOCKING AND BANGING, AND RECENTLY LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE AND LOW OVER 3 QUARTS OF OIL IN ABOUT 800 MILES AFTER OIL CHANGE. THE KNOCKING AND BANGING GOT SO BAD THAT I COULDN'T MAINTAIN HIGHWAY SPEEDS CAUSING A TRAFFIC HAZARD. IF ATTEMPTING TO PULL OUT AND PASS THE KNOCK MAY PREVENT ACCELLERATION CAUSING A HEAD ON COLLISION. CONTINUED KNOCK WILL RESULT IN ENGINE FAILURE AND DAMAGE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#865584July 18, 2000
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
WHEN ACCELERATOR IS DEPRESSED THERE IS A LOUD HUMING SOUND. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAIL.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#864752July 5, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY WENT TO APPLIED THE BRAKES, AND BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. CONSUMER HAD TO APPLY EXCESSIVE FORCE, AND IT GETS WORST AS THE BRAKES GETS HOTTER. CONTACTED THE DEALER, AND DEALER SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG. THIS WAS PERFECTLY NORMAL.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#864337June 27, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 35-40MP AND APPLYING BRAKES, VEHICLE LOST CONTROL, AND CONTINUED TO SWAY FROM SIDE TO SIDE. HAS NOT TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#864240June 26, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
VEHICLE HAS ANTIL-LOCK BRAKES. WHEN CONSUMER APPLIES BRAKES BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR, AND THERE IS PULSATION WITHIN THE BRAKES. ALSO, TRANSMISSION DOESN'T HAVE SPEED/GEARS SLIP, AND THERE IS A LEAK UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#724463June 23, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISION FAILED WITH NO WARNING, I.E. SLIPPING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#864147June 23, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN APPLYING BRAKES ON WET PAVEMENT FRONT LEFT BRAKE LOCKS UP, CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#863497June 13, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER SHIFTED INDICATOR AND IT FAILED TO WORK PROPERLY. COULD NOT LOCATE WHAT GEAR TRANSMISSION WAS IN. POPS OUT OF GEAR INTERMITTENTLY WHEN GAS PEDAL PRESSED. ALSO, WHENEVER APPLYING BRAKES, VEHICLE WOULD CONSTANTLY INCREASE IN SPEED. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP & EACH TIME TEST DRIVEN, BUT NOTHING COULD BE FOUND. TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED 3 TIMES FOR FAULTY GEAR SHIFTING. IN ADDITION, FUEL TANK ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED DUE TO PROBLEM WITH TRANSMISSION. ONGOING PROBLEMS. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#723913June 12, 2000
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:SWITCH, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
THIN STREAM OF WHITE SMOKE EMITTING FROM DASHBOARD. HEADLIGHT SWITCH SHORTED OUT CAUSING WIRES TO BURN BEHIND DASH. VERY CLOSE TO AN ELECTRICAL FIRE. HAVE HEARD OTHER DODGE PICKUP OWNERS HAVING SAME DIFFICULTY (AT LEAST 3 THAT I KNOW). PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS PROBLEM!*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#723914June 12, 2000
VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:EXTERIOR
STRESS FRACTURE IN PASSENGER MIRROR AND DRIVER MIRROR. HEARD FROM DEALER THAT THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM, BUT DO NOT SEE IT LISTED ANYWHERE. HAS HAPPENED TO ME IN EACH MIRROR SEPARATELY. FIRST TIME WHILE USING THE MIRROR DEFOGGER, 2ND TIME WHILE JUST DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. THE MIRRORS JUST CRACK UP THE MIDDLE AND THE SOUND IS LIKE SOMEONE HAS THROWN A ROCK AT YOUR VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#863114June 6, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM:DRUM
REAR (ABS) BRAKES WOULD CAUSE A SHIMMYING EFFECT WHEN APPLIED. PROBLEM HAD OCCURRED TWICE BEFORE. FRONT (ABS) BRAKES WERE THREE TIMES REPLACED, INCLUDING PADS AND SHOES/ROTORS AND CALIPERS. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP & WAS INFORMED THAT DRUMS NEEDED TO BE CUT. THE PROBLEM WAS INTERMITTENT. DEALER OFFERED TO ACCEPT VEHICLE AS A TRADE-IN. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#863029June 5, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN BRAKES ARE PRESSED HARD AND SUDDEN CAR WILL AUTOMATICALLY STEER TO THE LEFT. DEALERSHIP HAS FIXED THE PROBLEM TEMPORARILY ON 3 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. THIS COULD CAUSE CONSUMER TO HAVE AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#552444May 31, 2000
TRAILER HITCHES
CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO HAVE RECALL 00V-107 OF THE TRAILER BRACKETS REPAIR/REPLACED BUT THE DEALER HAD NOT PARTS AVAILABLE. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#862658May 30, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
BRAKES WERE WORN DOWN TO THE DRUMS AND THERE WAS NO INDICATION TO CONSUMER. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#862689May 30, 2000
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE, SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WARNING LIGHT/DEVICES
WHILE GOING DOWN THE ROAD SEAT BELT LIGHT CAME ON, AND BELTS ON BOTH DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDE LOCKED UP. WENT TO DEALER, DEALER TRIED 7 TIMES TO REPAIR DEFECT, BUT WAS UNABLE. SEAT BELTS DIDN'T RELEASE UNTIL VEHICLE WAS SHUT OFF OR DOOR WAS OPENED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#862703May 30, 2000
POWER TRAIN
SPEEDOMETER WAS NOT REGISTERING PROPERLY. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE SPEEDOMETER COULD BE OFF BY 10% AND STILL BE WITHIN VEHICLE'S SPECIFICATIONS. SPEEDOMETER CHECKED, AND FOUND TO BE ONLY OFF BY 1 MPH. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#862432May 24, 2000
TRAILER HITCHES
THE TRAILER HITCH IS TEARING AWAY FROM UNDER THE TRUCK. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED. HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#723143May 24, 2000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
DRIVER HAD A FRONTAL COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. DRIVER WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH AT TIME OF INCIDENT, AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER HIT WINDSHIELD. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#552313May 17, 2000
AIR BAGS
AIR BAG FAILED AND REPLACED, DURING REPAIR DEALERSHIP DAMAGED VEHICLE. YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#722780May 16, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION WAS HARD TO SHIFT. DEALER CLAIMED TRANSMISSION WAS BAD. HAD TO REPLACED, COST WAS SPLIT BETWEEN DEALER AND MYSELF. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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