Dodge Ram Complaints (2001)

2,207 consumer complaints on file.

#745845May 24, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
CLOCK SPRING IN STEERING WHEEL WENT "CRUNCH" NO CRUISE CONTROL,WORRIED MAY SELF INITIATE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#745849May 24, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
ON 11/24/00, 01/15/01 AND 03/09/01 THE DEALER OVERFILLED THE CRANKCASE ON MY 6CYL MOTOR.THIS WAS TRACED TO THE DEALER'S WORK ORDER WHICH AUTOMATICALLY LISTED AN AMOUNT WHICH IS OVER THE CRANKCASE CAPACITY. DAMAGE TO ENGINE PROBABLE, NOW EXPERIENCING SIGNIFICANT ENGINE VIBRATION PROBLEMS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#561612May 23, 2001
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
THE VEHICLE COULD NOT SHIFT FROM 2ND TO 3RD AND TO 4TH WITHOUT GRINDING GEARS. THE CONSUMER STATES THE VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE AND WAS PERFORMING POORLY. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#745642May 21, 2001
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
THE TENSIONING CLIP FOR THE REAR AND PASSENGER SIDE SEATBELTS HAS FAILED TWICE SINCE PURCHASE. THESE CLIPS ARE MADE OF HARD PLASTIC AND HAVE SRINGS INSIDE TO PROVIDE TENSION TO KEEP BELT FROM SLIPPING. THE CLIPS ARE MANUFACTURED IN TWO PIECES AND SNAP TOGETHER. I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THESE CLIPS WOULD HOLD UP IN A CRASH AND WOULD FAIL, ALLOWING PASSENGER AND CAR SEATS TO MOVE FOWARD.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#888583May 18, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE
WHEN VEHICLE IS FIRST STARTED UP IT BLOWS BLACK SMOKE OUT FROM EXHAUST AND RUNS ROUGH UNTIL VEHICLE WARMS UP. DEALERSHIP EXAMINED VEHICLE, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT COMPONENT OF VEHICLE THAT IS CAUSING THIS DEFECT IS RELATED TO COMPUTER CONTROL MODULE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#888584May 18, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
CRUISE CONTROL INTERMITTENTLY DISENGAGED. WHEN PRESING BRAKES LIGHTLY IT WON'T TURN OFF. STEPPED ON BRAKES HARD AND VEHICLE FELT LIKE IT WAS WADING DOWN. DEALER INSISTED IT WAS NORMAL FOR 2001 VEHICLES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#888642May 18, 2001
SUSPENSION, POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY, WHEELS:RIM
CONSUMER'S SON WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 50 TO 60 MPH AND VEHICLE DRIFTED OFF ON SIDE OF ROAD, 6 TO 8 INCH DROP, WHICH CAUSED RIGHT REAR RIM TO BEND, RESULTING IN RIGHT REAR AXLE BREAKING. A PRIVATE MECHANIC INFORMED CONSUMER THAT AXLE DID NOT FUSE TOGETHER PROPERLY.*AK *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#745503May 18, 2001
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#888365May 16, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
BRAKING SYSTEM PERFORMS ERRATICALLY. PROBLEM WITH NOT STOPPING PROPERLY. DEALER / MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED, AND UNWILLING TO ASSIST IN THIS MATTER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS CONCERNING THIS SITUATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#888050May 11, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE, POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL, STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
RPMS ARE RACING DOWN AND UP, AND SOMETIMES GET STUCK IN UP POSITION. WHEN SHIFTING GEARS, A CLANKING NOISE OCCURS. ALSO, WHEN STARTING UP VEHICLE IT WILL SHAKE. CONSUMER WAS TOLD THESE PROBLEMS ARE DUE TO FAULTY COMPUTER AND CHRYSLER WILL NOT HAVE A REMEDY FOR ABOUT 2-3 MONTHS. *AK THERE WAS NOISE FROM REAR END WHEN SHIFTING GEAR. THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR WAS HARD TO CLOSE. THE ENGINE HAD ROUGH IDLE. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#887577May 7, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT
VEHICLE WOULD WANDER OVER ROAD, AND WAS NOT CONTROLLABLE AT ANY GIVEN TIME. WOULD BARELY TURN STEERING, AND VEHICLE WOULD GO 1 WAY. WOULD TRY TO CORRECT, WOULD GO OTHER WAY. CONTACTED MANUFACTURER'S DISTRICT MANAGER, AND BEEN TO DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES. MECHANIC READJUSTED STEERING BOX AND PLACED ON LASER ADJUSTER TO REALIGN FRONT END. NOTHING ELSE WAS DONE TO VEHICLE TO CORRECT PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#744977May 6, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHEN YOU START THE MOTOR AND PUT IT IN DRIVE THE TACK WINDS OUT AND THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS REAL BAD AND WHEN IT DOES GRAB THE MOTOR STALLS I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER THREE TIMES AND THE SAD TRUTH IS THEY SOLD ME A LEMON IS THERE ANY CHANCE FOR A REFUND. THIS WAS A SPECIAL ORDER VEHICLE I HAD TO WAIT THREE MONTHS FOR THIS. I PAID $35000 FOR A LEMON CAN YOU HELP ME?*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#744978May 6, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHEN YOU START IT AND PUT IT IN DRIVE THE TACK WINDS OUT AND THE TRANI SLIPS REAL BAD AND WHEN IT DOES CATCH IT KILLS THE MOTOR I TOOK MY TRUCK TO THE DEALER THREE TIMES . THE SAD TRUTH IS THEY SOLD ME A LEMON THIS WAS A SPECIAL ORDER VEHICLE I HAD TO WAIT THREE MONTHS FOR THIS. I PAID $35000 FOR A LEMON CAN YOU HELP ME?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#887530May 4, 2001
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
SEAT BELT WOULDN'T RETRACT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#744929May 4, 2001
STEERING:GEAR BOX:SHAFT SECTOR
IMPROPERLY HARDENED SHAFT USED IN THE STEERING COMPONENT. ROCKWELL HARDNESS NOT UP TO SPECS.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#744709April 29, 2001
STEERING, AIR BAGS, SUSPENSION:FRONT
AFTER MANY VISITS TO THE SELLING DEALER, AND A MEETING WITH THE CHRYSLER REP. MY TRUCK STILL EXHIBITS PROBLEMS SUCH AS SAT.4/28/01 WHILE DRIVING I TURNED THE TRUCK RIGHT AND NOTICED THE STEERING WAS EXTREMELY TIGHT, WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL WAS TURNED BACK TO THE STRAIGHT POSITION, SOMETHING INSIDE CRACKED, ALMOST IMMEDIATELY THE (AIR BAG) LIGHT CAME ON AND REMAINRED ON, TRUCK WAS BROUGHT TO DEALER AND WAS SET FOR AN APPOINTMENT FOR MONDAY, 4/30/01. THE OWNERSMANUAL STATES ( WARNING IGNORING THE AIR BAG LIGHT IN YOUR INSTRUMENT PANEL COULD MEAN YOU WON'T HAVE THE AIR BAGS TO PROTECT YOU IN A COLLISION) THE DEALER FAILED IN ATTEMPT AFTER ATTEMPT TO INVESTIGATE MY COMPLAINTS, AND NOW CAUSED ME TO HAVE TO DRIVE THIS DEFECTIVE TRUCK. THE BRAKES AT TIMES WHILE COMMING TO A STOP SHUDDER, OR DO YOU CALL IT WHEEL HOP , 3/15/01 DEPENDABLE DODGE REPLACED THE BRAKE DRUMS ON THE REAR AFTER THE SERVICE DIRECTOR DROVE THE TRUCK ON 3/9/01. THE TRUCK NOW THREE TIMES IS EXHIBITING FRONT TIRE WEAR, FIRST TIME THEY MATCH MOUNTED THE TIRES AS WELL AS TOOK ONE OF THE FRONT TIRES OFF THE RIM AND EXCHANGED IT WITH THE SPARE TIRE UNDER THE TRUCK, SECOND TIME THEY ALIGNED THE FRONTEND AND ROTATED THE TIRES, 200 MILES LATER THE TIRES SHOWED SIGNS OF WEAR AGAIN, TRUCK WAS TAKEN TO 2 DIFFERENT MICHELIN TIRE DEALERS AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE TIRES ARE WEARING PREMATURELY, TO SOON WITH ONLY 1000 MILES ON THEM SINCE THE ALIGNMENT. THE TRUCK EHIBITS WHAT THE SERVICE DIRECTOR SAYS IS A PING, I WAS INFORMED TO INCREASE THE OCTANE FROM 87 TO 89, WHICH HAS DONE NOTHING. I AM IN THE PROCESS OF ENTERING INTO THE LEMON LAW PROCESS AND AM VERY DISSAPOINTED WITH THE RESPONSE I HAVE RECEIVED FROM THE DEALER AS WELL AS THE MANUFACTURER. THANK YOU. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#886586April 24, 2001
VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:EXTERIOR, SUSPENSION, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD, STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED SIDE MIRRORS SHAKE, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. *AK CONSUMER STATES DEALER HAS REPLACED MIRRORS THREEE TIMES AND DEALER REFUSE TO FIX OR INVESTIGATE ANY FURTHER, THERE IS A FRONT END NOISE IN SUSPENSION WHILE DRIVING OVER SPEED BUMPS, SPRINGS,SJOCKS AND SWAY BAR WAS REPLACED AND THE NOISE STOPPED FOR TWO WEEKS AND REOCCURED, ENGINE IDLING ROUGH, POOR GAS MILEAGE, FOUND THAT SPARK PLUG MISFIRED, ENGINE STALLS WHEN IN GEAR CONSUMER ALSO STATES SEAL AROUND WINDSHIELD IS LOOSE WINDSHIELD HAD TO BE REPLACED..*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#886646April 24, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT
RIGHT FRONT TIRE ALMOST FELL OFF WHILE DRIVING. TOOK VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC, AND HE SAID THERE WAS NO GREASE IN BEARINGS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#886411April 23, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
VEHICLE WILL ACT AS IF OUT OF GAS AND START JERKING. RPMS WILL GO UP AND VEHICLE SEEMS AS IF IT IS GOING UP HILL. SOMETIMES DRIVER WILL PUT FOOT ON GAS FROM A STOPPED POSITION AND VEHICLE WILL GO NOWHERE. DEALER HAS SEEN VEHICLE TWICE AND HAD NO SOLUTION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#744397April 23, 2001
STRUCTURE:BODY:BUMPERS
I WAS INVOLVED IN A MINOR COLLISION WITH A SMALL ATV ON PUBLIC TRAILS ON DNR PROPERTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA. WHILE THE ATV ESCAPED DAMAGE, THE FRONT BUMPER OF MY TRUCK WAS A TOTAL LOSS. I WOULD HATE TO SEE THE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE AND THE LACK OF PROTECTION IF INVOLVED IN A CRASH WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. ALSO, ACCORDING TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IN THE GREENVILLE NEWS ON 04/21/2001, TESTS CONDUCTED BY THE INSURANCE INSTITUTE FOR HIGHWAY SAFETY SAID THAT THESE BUMPERS SUSTAINED "EXCESSIVE" DAMAGE IN 5 MPH CRASHES. REPAIR BILL FROM TEST--$2006. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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