Dodge Ram Complaints

27,062 consumer complaints on file.

#10930182December 6, 2016
ENGINE
DIESEL FUMES INVADE THE CAB OF THE TRUCK WHEN IT IS UNDERGOING THE "REGENERATION" PHASE OF ITS EMISSIONS CYCLE. WE ARE LITERALLY CHOKING AND HOLDING OUR BREATH WHEN THIS HAPPENS ON A DAILY BASIS. THE FUMES ARE MUCH WORSE IF WE HAVE THE HEATER OR AC WORKING AT THE TIME. IT HAPPENS WHEN WE ARE MOVING BUT IT IS MUCH MORE PRONOUNCED WHEN THE VEHICLE IS STATIONARY AT A STOP LIGHT OR WHEN PARKING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10930220December 6, 2016
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V352000 (AIR BAGS). THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10930260December 6, 2016
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V352000 (AIR BAGS). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PARTS NEEDED FOR THE RECALL REMEDY WERE STILL NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10930274December 6, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
2004 DODGE RAM 1500 I'VE BEEN COMPLAINING SINCE THE TRUCK HAD 90000 MILES ON IT ABOUT THE HEADLIGHTS GOING OUT AND NOT TURNING BACK ON. I HAVE BEEN TOLD IT'S THE HEADLIGHT MODULE AND I REPLACED IT WITH A NEW AFTERMARKET ONE BUT THE TRUCKS STILL DOING THE SAME THING. I WAS DRIVING AND THE HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT AND I COULDN'T SEE AND HIT A DEER AT 20MPH ON A BACK ROAD . POLICE WERE NOT CALLED BECAUSE THE DAMAGE WAS ONLY THE BUMPER . BUT IF THIS DOESN'T GET FIXED SOMEONE COULD GET HURT AS WITHOUT LIGHT YOU CAN'T SEE TO DRIVE AND THE LIGHTS WON'T COME BACK ON. THIS IS JUST LIKE THE FORD RECALL I RECEIVED FOR MY CAR... *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10930272December 6, 2016
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
HEADLIGHTS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK AT 4PM ON 12-7-16 AND TURNED MY HEADLIGHTS ON AS I WAS DRIVING PEOPLE WERE HONKING AT ME AND THEN I NOTICED THE HEADLIGHTS WERE OUT . WENT AND INSTALLED NEW BULBS AND THEY WORKED BUT WENT OUT AND NOW THEIR STAYING OUT EXCEPT FOR THE HAZARD LIGHTS!!! I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED 67 MILES HOME AS IT'S DARK AND I COULDN'T SEE AND WITH THE SPEED LIMIT BEING 65MPH ON HIGHWAY, I COULDN'T WALK. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10929921December 5, 2016
AIR BAGS
TAKATA RECALL COMPLAINT RECALL NUMBER R26 / NHTSA 15V-312 I TOOK MY TRUCK TO THE DEALERSHIP TO GET THE RECALLED PASSENGER TAKATA AIRBAG INFLATOR REPLACED UNDER THE RECALL. I WAS TOLD BY ONE OF THE SERVICE ADVISORS THAT DODGE WILL REPLACE ANY PARTS THAT ARE BROKEN FREE OF CHARGE DURING THE REPLACEMENT OF THE INFLATORS. WELL THAT WAS A LIE, AS YOU CAN SEE THAT THE DASHBOARD ON THIS SAME 2003 RAM 2500 MODEL HAS MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT IT CRACKING AND LITERALLY BREAKING APART DUE IT BECOMING BRITTLE. MINE HAS 5 CRACKS ON THE DASHBOARD AND IT IS BLOWING BROKEN PIECES OUT THE VENTS INTO MY FACE WHILE DRIVING DUE TO THE PROBLEM WITH THE DASHBOARDS. WELL THEN THE DEALERSHIP ADVISED ME THAT THE DASHBOARD WILL CRACK AND BREAK INTO PIECES DURING THE REPLACEMENT OF THE FAULTY TAKATA INFLATOR AND THEY WANTED ME TO PAY TO REPLACE THE DASHBOARD AND OTHER ASSOCIATED PARTS THAT WILL BREAK APART DURING THE REPLACEMENT SO I DECLINED THE REPAIR. THEY TOLD ME THAT SINCE MY DASHBOARD HAS CRACKS ALREADY THAT THEY WOULD NOT PAY FOR THE PARTS THAT WOULD BREAK DURING THE REPLACEMENT OF THE INFLATOR. I DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE DASHBOARD. SO NOW EVERY TIME MY WIFE IS A PASSENGER IN THE TRUCK I HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT HER GETTING INJURED WORSE IN AN ACCIDENT DUE THE FAULTY INFLATOR. I FIND THIS UNACCEPTABLE THAT DODGE INSTALLED CHEAP PLASTIC DASHBOARDS AND NOW I HAVE A DEFECTIVE INFLATOR THAT CAN NOT BE REPLACED WITH OUT COSTING ME THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS DUE TO THE DEFECTIVE DASHBOARDS. I THINK DODGE SHOULD PAY FOR EVERYTHING SINCE THEY USED FAULTY PARTS AND THE RECALL REPAIRS SHOULD NOT COST ME ANYTHING TO GET IT FIXED NO MATTER HOW MANY PARTS THEY HAVE TO REPLACE FREE OF CHARGE ATTACHED IS THE REPAIR TICKET I RECEIVED FROM THE DEALERSHIP. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10929923December 5, 2016
SUSPENSION
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE RAM 1500. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE MADE AN ABNORMAL METAL SCRAPING NOISE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS LEAKING BLACK OIL FROM THE REAR AXLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 135,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10929939December 5, 2016
AIR BAGS
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V352000 (AIR BAGS). THE PART NEEDED FOR THE REPAIR WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE. UPDATED 01/27/17*LJ
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10929955December 5, 2016
AIR BAGS
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 14V770000 (AIR BAGS), 15V313000 (AIR BAGS), AND 16V352000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10930023December 5, 2016
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V352000 (AIR BAGS). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PARTS NEEDED FOR THE RECALL REMEDY WERE STILL NOT AVAILABLE AND THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10930026December 5, 2016
AIR BAGS
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 16V352000 (AIR BAGS) AND 15V313000 (AIR BAGS). THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME FRAME TO SCHEDULE THE RECALL REPAIR. THE DEALER SCHEDULED A RECALL REPAIR APPOINTMENT MONTHS AGO, BUT THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE TO RECEIVE THE REPAIR. THE DEALER DID NOT GIVE A SPECIFIC DATE FOR WHEN THE PART WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER COULD NOT PROVIDE AN ESTIMATED DATE FOR WHEN THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WOULD RECEIVE THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT WAS NOT EXPERIENCING A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10930083December 5, 2016
STRUCTURE:BODY, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
WHILE DRIVING TO WORK I HEARD A STRANGE SOUND UNDERNEATH MY TRUCK. I PULLED OFF THE ROAD TO HAVE A LOOK AND NOTICED THE STRAP THAT HOLDS THE GAS TANK DETACHED ON ONE SIDE AND THE FRONT OF THE FUEL TANK WAS HANGING DOWN. APPARENTLY THE STRAP SUPPORT IN THE FRAME ROTTED OUT. THE REAR STRAP ATTACHMENT ALSO SEEMS TO BE CORRODING. I HATE TO THINK WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF BOTH STRAPS DETACHED AT THE SAME TIME WITH A FULL TANK OF FUEL. I TEMPORARILY STRAPPED THE TANK TO THE FRAME, USING A RATCHET STRAP, AND BROUGHT THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER. THEY CONFIRMED WHAT HAD HAPPENED, NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY, AND SAID I HAD TO TAKE THE TRUCK TO A BODY SHOP TO BE REPAIRED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10929806December 4, 2016
STRUCTURE:BODY, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
YESTERDAY I NOTICED SOMETHING HANGING DOWN UNDER MY DODGE RAM. AFTER A CLOSER LOOK I SAW IT WAS MY GAS TANK AND THE FORWARD STRAP HAD CAME OUT OF ITS ANCHOR POINT. I THOUGHT ALL I WOULD HAVE TO DO IS PUT IT BACK IN TO THE FRAME BUT THEN I DISCOVERED THAT THE STRAP HAD ACTUALLY PULLED THROUGH ITS ANCHOR SPOT ON THE FRAME AND DISFIGURED THE ANCHOR POINT THAT I CAN NO LONGER PUT THE STRAP BACK ON. I CAN'T HELP BUT THINK WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED IF MY GAS TANK HAD DISLODGED FROM MY TRUCK WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. *TR ...UPDATED 08/08/17 *BF *CN
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10929741December 3, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
DASH IS CRACKING AND I AM AFRAID THAT IF I WERE TO GET IN AN ACCIDENT THERE WOULD BE SHARP PIECES OF PLASTIC SENT INTO THE OCCUPANTS OF THE CAB SPECIFICALLY MY CHILDREN. THE DASHES SHOULD BE RECALLED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10929742December 3, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
2001 DODGE RAM 1500 BOUGHT NEW,I'M ORIGINAL OWNER ,AFTER OWNING 1 YEAR DASH STARTED CRACKING, I EVENTUALLY CALLED CHRYSLER AND COMPLAINED, THEY SAID IT WAS A SUN PROBLEM AFTER 3 YEARS I CALLED AGAIN AND COMPLAINED AFTER NOTICING HUNDREDS OF PROBLEMS WITH DODGE DASHBOARDS ALL CRACKING THEY SAID ITS OUT OF WARRANTY WELL NOW NOV 2016 IT'S BASICALLY COMING APART ALL OVER I DON' T KNOW IF ANYONE HAS BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED FROM THIS.I ONLY HAVE 65,000 ON THIS TRUCK.MY SUGGESTION IS TO GET A CLASS ACTION SUIT AGAINST THIS CRAPPY COMPANY, THEN MAYBE THE THOUSANDS OF VEHICLES IN QUESTION WILL BE REPAIRED,OR GIVE US OUR PURCHASE PRICE BACK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10929510December 2, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
"TAKATA RECALL" TRUCK STALLS WHILE DRIVING. WAS SERVICED AT AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP, THEY COULDN'T GET IT TO STALL, CLAIMED IT WAS PCM MODULE, REPLACED, VERY COSTLY. STALLING BEGAN AGAIN, RETURNED TO DEALER, WAS CHARGED FOR DIAGNOSTICS AND TOLD NOTHING WRONG. TRUCK CONTINUES TO HAVE MAJOR SAFETY ISSUES IN STALLING. ONE EVENT WITH CHILDREN GOING DOWN A HILL AND LOST ALL POWER TO VEHICLE, COULD HAVE BEEN VERY SERIOUS. RESEARCH ONLINE FINDING OUT COMMON ISSUE IN IGNITION SWITCH/MODULE. CONCERNED WHY DEALERSHIP CONTINUES TO OVERLOOK THIS? I AM ALSO SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE UNNECESSARY SERVICES AND CHARGES TO THIS VEHICLE THAT HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10929621December 2, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
DASH CRACKED A FEW YEARS BACK, NOW IT IS ALMOST COMPLETELY DISINTEGRATED. BESIDES THE DANGER OF FLYING PROJECTILES THE DEFROSTER AIR VENTS NO LONGER DIRECT THE AIR FLOW.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10928942December 1, 2016
ENGINE
PARKED TRUCK AT BROOKSHIRES TO GET GAS, STARTED TRUCK UP AND BAM BLEW THE INTAKE OUT THE BACK KILLED THE ENGINE EVERYONE HIT THE PAVEMENT IT WAS SO LOUD LIKE A BOMB! STARTED IT BACK UP BAD KNOCKING AND STARTED TO REV ITSELF UP TO 5K RPMS DUE TO VACUUM LEAK WITH INSERT DAMAGED ON BACK OF INTAKE. TOOK ENGINE ALL APART TO FIND A VALVE SEAT SHATTERED DESTROYING THE HEAD ON BOTH SIDES DUE TO THE VALVESEAT BREAKING INTO ABOUT 20 SMALL PIECES IT SUCKED A FEW OVER ACROSS THE ENGINE TO CYLINDERS ACROSS RUINING 2 PISTONS, BOTH HEADS, HAVE ALL EVIDENCE STILL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10928988December 1, 2016
SUSPENSION:FRONT:STABILIZER BAR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 RAM 2500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE CONTACT DROVE OVER A BUMP AND THE STEERING WHEEL SHOOK VIOLENTLY. THE VEHICLE VIBRATED AND BECAME VERY UNSTABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE STABILIZATION BAR FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 73,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10929002December 1, 2016
VISIBILITY/WIPER
THE SPRAY NOZZLES ON ALL DODGES ARE BREAKING WAY BEFORE THEY SHOULD. THE HARD PLASTIC NOZZLE BREAKS WHERE IT IS ATTACHED TO THE FLUID TUBE. THIS MAKES IT SO THE NOZZLE DOES NOT SPRAY THE WINDSHIELD TO CLEAN IT WITH THE WIPERS. MY TRUCK IS ONLY 5 YEARS OLD AND BOTH NOZZLES HAVE BEEN REPLACED. THERE ARE MANY OTHER DODGE OWNERS WITH THIS PROBLEM, MANY VIDEOS TO SEE ON YOUTUBE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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