Dodge Ram Complaints (1999)

1,486 consumer complaints on file.

#877027December 27, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN
BRAKE PROBLEMS; CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER 4 TIMES, BUT DEALER COULDN'T FIND CAUSE. WHEN APPLYING BRAKES PEDAL WENT DOWN TO FLOORBOARD, BUT THERE WAS NO BRAKING ACTION. ACCIDENT OCCURRED WITH $4100 DAMAGE. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE HORN IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. *SLC
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#877086December 27, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
MICHELIN ALL SEASON TIRE P245/75R16 DOT LT24575R16 EXPERIENCED BLOWOUT WHILE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING 15MPH AROUND A CORNER CLOSE TO A CURB, VEHICLE ONLY HAD 20000 MILES ON IT, AFTER INSPECTION OF THE OTHER TIRES, THEY TOO HAD CHUNKS OF TREAD COMING OFF OF THE TIRES. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#738277December 26, 2000
TIRES
ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT TIRES AT 16,000. SEVERE BLOWOUT, MULTIPLE SPLITS AND CHUNKS OF RUBBER MISSING IN 4" AREA OF OUTER SIDE WALL. *AK (TIRESIZE: 75R16 P245)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 75R16 P245 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#738212December 24, 2000
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
WINSHIELD WIPERS OCCASIONALLY QUIT WORKING WHEN FIRST TURNING THEM ON FOR USE. IT DID NOT MAKE A DIFFERENCE IF VEHICLE WAS RUNNING FOR AWHILE OR JUST STARTING VEHICLE. IF WIPERS WERE LEFT ON EVEN THOUGH INOPERABLE, THEY SOMETIMES STARTED WORKING LATER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#738174December 23, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
ALSO CAN HEAR CLUNK WHEN ENGAGING OVERDRIVE AT 45MPH. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#738107December 21, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
BRAKES INTERMITTENTLY PULL TO THE LEFT WHEN BRAKING AT 35MPH OR ABOVE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#876825December 20, 2000
SUSPENSION, STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION)
CONSUMER HAS TO CONTINUOUSLY FIGHT TO KEEP VEHICLE ON ROAD. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY REPLACED STEERING BOX. BUT PROBLEM REOCCURRED, AND VEHICLE HAS BEEN AT DEALERS 6 TIMES SINCE THEN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#876725December 19, 2000
TRAILER HITCHES
AFTER TAKING VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR RECALL REPAIRS ON TRAILER HITCH, FOUND OUT THAT HITCH WAS CRACKING. *AK *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#876662December 18, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
VEHICLE COMES OUT OF GEAR AND THIS CAUSES LOSS OF CONTROL. *AK THE TRANSMISSION SHIFT SENSOR MALFLUNCTIONS. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#876380December 12, 2000
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER FEELS LIKE VEHICLE SHIFTS FROM FIRST GEAR TO SECOND GEAR, AND SOMETIMES TRANSMISSION WILL GO INTO NEUTRAL WITHOUT APPLICATION OF POWER. *AK TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED, THERE WAS A TSB REGARDING THE DIRECT CLUTCH INNER SEAL, MECHANIC TOLD CONSUMER THIS WAS WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#876304December 11, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
AT A SPEED OF 5 MPH APPLIED BRAKE , PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, NO BRAKING ACTION. BEING REPAIRED AT THIS TIME. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#876316December 11, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHENEVER BRAKES ARE APPLIED IN A SUDDEN / EMERGENCY STOP IT CAUSES VEHICLE TO CONTINUE ON BEFORE STOPPING. VEHICLE BEEN AT THREE DIFFERENT DEALER SHOPS; TWO DEALERS INFORMED CONSUMER THAT NOTHING COULD BE FOUND, AND OTHER DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT ABS SYSTEM NEEDED REPLACMENT. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#876113December 7, 2000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 50MPH, AND ANOTHER VEHICLE CUT CONSUMER OFF TO MAKE A U-TURN. OTHER VEHICLE STOPPED DEAD IN FRONT & CAUSED CONSUMER TO REAREND IT. UPON IMPACT, FRONT AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. DELAERSHIP WILL BE CONTACTED. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#737410December 6, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
FRONT DISC BRAKES PULL TO LEFT, BEEN TO DEALER UP TO 10 OR MORE TIME, DEALER STATES THAT CHYSLER KNOWS OF PROBLEM, BRAKE USED IN PANIC STOPS PULLS VEHICLE INTO LEFT LANE SHARPLY, ESTIMATED 5 NEAR MISS ACCIDENTS, I WANT TO KNOW FROM YOU IF THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM, AND CAN CHRYSLER BE FORCED INTO RECALL FOR FINAL FIX?*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#876089December 6, 2000
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE
HEATER CORE BLEWOUT, CAUSING COOLANT TO LEAK. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#875987December 5, 2000
STEERING
WHILE DRIVING STEERING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING FRONT WHEELS TO DROP WHICH ALMOST CAUSED A CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#557860December 4, 2000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
NO DEPLOYMENT OF BOTH FRONTAL AIRBAGS DURING COLLISION, TWO INJURIES DURING COLLISION. *MJS
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#875852December 1, 2000
TIRES
CONSUMER HAD FOUND OUT ABOUT LUMPS ON TIRES AFTER BEING REPLACED FROM THE FIRST TIME AFTER A TIRE HAD A BLOWOUT. P245/75R16, DOT WRLAPCVSB, DODGE, RAM 1999. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#875556November 28, 2000
WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS
WHILE DRIVING 50-55 MPH 3 OF 5 BOLTS CAME OFF RIGHT FRONT TIRE. RIM WAS DAMAGED, DEALER TOLD CONSUMER SINCE HE ROTATED TIRES HIMSELF HE WAS TO BLAME FOR BOLTS COMING OFF. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#736912November 27, 2000
SUSPENSION
LOOSE AND UNSTABLE AREA IN STEERING, VEHICLE WONDERS TO BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT, MUST CONTINULY CORRECT TO KEEP IN DRIVING LANE. UNEVEN ROAD SURFACE AND WIND SEEM TO INCREASE PROBLEM, CAN FEEL THE FRONT WHEELS PULLING AT STEERING WHEEL AT TIMES. THIS IS NOT A SAFE SITUATION. HAVE HAD TO DEALER, THEY SAID THIS WAS NORMAL AND THAT CHRYSLER WOULD NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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