Dodge Ram Complaints

27,062 consumer complaints on file.

#845129August 16, 1999
SEAT BELTS
LAP BELTS DO NOT COME ACROSS LAP. BELTS RIDE HIGH ON ABDOMEN. CAN CAUSE SERIOUS PROBLMS IF ACCIDENT HAPPENS. ALSO, SHOULDER BELTS CUT TOO CLOSE TO NECK & JAW LINE AREA. WILL BE TAKING TO DEALER TO BE CORRECTED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#709998August 14, 1999
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT
THIS PAST FRIDAY AUGUST 6, 1999 I HAD A MAJOR FIRE BREAK OUT IN THE BACK OF MY TRUCK IT DESTORYED EVERYTHING THE FIRE WAS SO INTENSED IT MELTED MY LADDERS AND POWER TOOLS THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS UNKNOWN
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#709939August 13, 1999
STEERING:LINKAGES, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
DATES LISTED WERE THE LAST TIME THE VEHICLE WAS IN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#709950August 13, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
WHEN DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD THE ENGINE CUTS OFF AND WILL NOT RESTART. THIS ALSO CAUSES A LOSS OF STEERING, BRAKING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#709962August 13, 1999
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:SWITCH
FUSE TO DASH LIGHTS/TAIL LIGHTS BLEW WHEN HEADLIGHT SWITCH FAILED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#844940August 12, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE DRIVING AND APPLYING BRAKES WITHOUT TOUCHING THE PEDAL, BRAKES LOCK UP. DEALER CONTACTED, AND STATED PROBLEM WITH ABS SYSTEM. PROBLEMS STILL EXISTS. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#844967August 12, 1999
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
PASSENGER SEAT BELT BUCKLE IS BROKEN AND CRACKED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#709911August 12, 1999
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
WHILE DRIVING AT 55MPH SMOKE CAME FROM IGNITION SWITCH AREA AND MELTED STEERING COLUME COVER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#844888August 11, 1999
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:PUMP
GOING AROUND CORNER & VEHICLE KEPT STRAIGHT. HAD NO STEERING CONTROL. COULD TURN LEFT, BUT NOT RIGHT. AT DEALER, WAS INFORMED NEEDED STEERING PUMP, BUT IT WAS ON BACK ORDER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#547882August 10, 1999
SUSPENSION:FRONT, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER, SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:VACUUM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CRANKCASE (PCV), SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:FUEL GAUGE SYSTEM
VEHICLE OUT OF ALIGNMENT, CAUSED EXCESSIVE WEAR TO TIRES. MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#844761August 10, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER
WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. ALSO, DEALER HAS REPLACED THE MASTER CYLINDER AND THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#842086August 10, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES
TRANSMISSION COOLING LINES LEAK, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL UNEXPECTEDLY, WHICH MAY RESULT IN A FIRE. THE TRANSMISSION COOLING LINES HAVE BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#844671August 9, 1999
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
VEHICLE STARTED SMOKING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DETERMINED THAT THE STARTER AND WIRES WERE THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE. THE DEALER IS INSPECTING THE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#709716August 7, 1999
STEERING:LINKAGES
MY WIFE WAS TURNING VEHICLE AROUND IN DRIVEWAY WHEN STEERING BROKE LOOSE RESULTING IN A COMPLETE LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. FORTUNATELY THIS DID NOT HAPPEN ON THE HIGHWAY AT HIGH SPEEDS. MECHANIC INFORMED ME THAT CAUSE MIGHT HAVE BEEN, "A BAD BATCH OF LOCKTITE." SERVICE MANAGER LATER TOLD ME THE BOLT WAS TIGHT AND THAT THIS SORT OF THING SHOULD NOT HAPPEN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#844583August 6, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
ONGOING PROBLEM WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; TRANSMISSION HAS NO REVERSE, AND WILL NOT SHIFT INTO 3RD GEAR. DEALER/MANUFACTURER NOTIFED, AND MANUFACTURER IS WILLING TO SHARE COST; BUT CONSUMER BELIEVES MANUFACTURER. SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR FULL COST. CAN NHTSA PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS MATTER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#709654August 6, 1999
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
VEHICLE ACCELERATED FROM STOP TO HIGH SPEED AT ENGINE STARTUP. "BURNED RUBBER" FOR 30 FEET BEFORE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED. DRIVER REFUSED TO DRIVE VEHICLE AFTER INCIDENT. DEALER CONTACTED BUT ADVISED THAT NO PREVIOUS EVENT SIMILAR TO THIS HAD EVER OCCURED TO THEIR KNOWLEDGE. IS THIS SIMILAR TO ANY OTHER EVENT WITH 1998 DODGE RAM 1500 WITH 360 CID ENGINE?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#709656August 6, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
BRAKE PERFORMANCE DIMINISHED, TAKES HEAVY BRAKE PEDAL PRESSURE TO STOP. PARKING BRAKE DOES NOT HOLD VEHICLE, WITH PARKING BRAKE PUSHED ON HARD THE VEHICLE CAN STILL CREEP. FRONT BRAKE PADS WEARING VERY QUCIKLY, REAR BRAKE SHOES GLAZED. REAR BRAKE SHOES REPLACED THREE TIMES, A NEW SET OF "HEAVY DUTY" REAR WHEEL CYLINDERS WERE INSTALLED BY THE DEALER. THE WHEEL CYLINDERS HELPED SOME BUT THE TRUCK HAS POOR BRAKING PERFORMANCE, ESPECIALLY WITH A LIGHT LOAD IN THE BED OR TOWING AN EMPTY 16' FLAT BED TRAILER. REPLACED FRONT BRAKE PADS AND THEY WERE WORN UNEVENLY. I DON'T KNOW IF A PROPORTINING VALVE WOULD CAUSE THIS KIND OF PROBLEM. THE DEALER HAS TRIED WHAT THEY THOUGHT WOULD FIX THE PROBLEM. THE TRUCK IS OUT OF WARRANTY NOW SINCE OCTOBER OF 1999.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#844447August 5, 1999
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
BACK SEAT WAS MADE WITH A HEAD REST.CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER AND MANUFACTURER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#709651August 5, 1999
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS, STEERING
SINCE WE PURCHASED THE VAN THE DEALER SAID WE HAD A BAD TIRE BOTH TIMES WE PICKED IT UP , BUT IT STILL DRIFTS AND HAS SPUNGY STREEING . I.E. IT GOES WERE IT WANT TO AND WHEN YOU TURN THE WHEEL TO CORRECT IT THE STREERING TAKES IT TIME TO GO THE OTHER WAY. MY OTHER PROBLEM IS THE RIGHT REAR FRAME LEAKS WATER BAD, AT FIRST THE DEALERS BODY SHOP SAID THE WELD HAD BROKE AT THE SEAM WERE IT WAS PUT TOGETHER AND THAT THEY HAD 3 OF THEM IN THE LAST 6 WEEKS. WE HAVE HAD THE VAN IN THE SHOP MANY TIMES TO GET THIS FIXED . IT STILL LEAKS!!!!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#844329August 4, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, AIR BAGS:FRONTAL, STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
JUST PULLED AWAY FROM GREEN LIGHT WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE PULLED OUT ALSO. CONSUMER'S VEHICLE'S ENGINE ROARED AFTER BEING HIT. TRAVELED 30FT & HIT TELEPHONE POLE. HAD NO STEERING OR BRAKE CONTROL. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY UPON IMPACT WITH THE POLE. THE RIGHT FRONT END WAS ONLY HIT SLIGHTLY. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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