Dodge Ram Complaints (1999)

1,486 consumer complaints on file.

#857228February 18, 2000
SUSPENSION:FRONT, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE SEVERLY PULLS TO THE RIGHT OR THE LEFT. ALSO, WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES. ABS SYSTEM LOCKS UP, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#857089February 17, 2000
TIRES
RECALL NOTICE 99V322000 ONLY REQUIRES THE MANUFACTURER TO REPLACE A LABLE FOR UNDERRATED TIRES. DUE TO UNDERRATED TIRES, TIRES ARE WEARING EXCESSIVELY, CONSUMER REQUESTS THAT THE TIRES BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#857007February 16, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY
SLIGHT VIBRATION WILL OCCUR WHEN VEHICLE IS HEATING UP, GRADUALLY IT WILL INCREASE POSSIBLY DUE TO DRIVELINE/REAR AXLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#857064February 16, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
ENGINE WAS MAKING A LOUD KNOCKING AND TAPPING NOISE. IT WAS AFFECTING THE MILEAGE/ FUEL ECONOMY. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER 4 TIMES, AND DEALER CLAIMED THAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO FIX IT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#718673February 12, 2000
SUSPENSION:FRONT
TRUCK WONDERS ABOUT ,PULLS TO THE LEFT DODGE SAYS THIS IS NORMAL NOT SO. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#856606February 9, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES TRUCKS WILL PULL TO THE LEFT OR TO THE RIGHT. THIS HAPPENS WHEN BRAKING NORMALLY. T DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED ABOUT THE PROBLEM. THE DEALER TRIED TO FIX THE PROBLEM, BUT IT WAS NEVER FIXED RIGHTLY, AND ONLY LASTED A COUPLE OF DAYS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#856484February 8, 2000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WAS IN FRONT END COLLISION, AND AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#856193February 3, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN DRIVER APPLIES BRAKES PEDAL GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#855937February 1, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 65 MPH THE RIGHT FRONT BRAKES LOCKED WHEN MAKING AN EMERGENCY STOP. THIS CONDITION CAUSED A REAR END CRASH. THIS HAPPENED WHILE PULLING A 16 FOOT TRAILER AND A DRY SUNNY DAY. THE PROBLEM WAS REPORTED TO THE DEALERSHIP. DEALERSHIP COULD NOT FIND A PROLEM WITH THE TRUCK. NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE TRUCK. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#855939February 1, 2000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WAS IN AN ACCIDENT, AIR BAGS NEVER OPENED. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#855809January 31, 2000
STEERING, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC, SUSPENSION:FRONT:SHOCK ABSORBER
WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WHETHER IT IS 20 OR 60MPH, WHEN LOOSENING UP ON THE STEERING WHEEL IT WILL PULL EXTREMELY HARD TO THE RIGHT. WHEN DRIVING LONG DISTANCE, DRIVER HAS TO FIGHT THE STEERING WHEEL IN ORDER TO HOLD IT. IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP EIGHT TIMES. THEY HAVE REPLACED FRONT BRAKES, AND SHOCKS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#717977January 28, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
HEARD NOISE IN FRONT BRAKE SYSTEM. DEALER TURNED ROTORS AND INSTALLED NEW BRAKE PADS ON FRONT BRAKE SYSTEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#717837January 25, 2000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ON JANUARY 8, 2000, I WAS A PASSENGER IN A 1999 DODGE RAM PICKUP WESTBOUND ON INTERSTATE 44 NEAR MILEMARKER 274 IN MISSOURI. A FENTON FIRE DEPARTMENT PUMPER TRUCK CUT FROM THE CENTER LANE ACROSS THE PASSING LANE (WHICH WE WERE IN) AND TRIED TO GET ONTO THE SHOULDER. THIS MANEUVER WAS DONE WITHOUT ANY EMERGENCY LIGHTS, SIRENS, TURN SIGNALS, ETC. WE HAD APPROX. 2 SECONDS TO REACT AND THE DRIVER ONLY HAD TIME TO SLAM ON THE BRAKES. WE HIT THE RIGHT REAR CORNER OF THE FIRE TRUCK WHERE IT PROTRUDED INTO THE PASSING LANE AT APPROX 50 MPH. THE DODGE PICKUP WE WERE IN WAS TOTALLED PER SAFECO INSURACE COMPANY. SEATBELTS SAVED OUR LIVES, BUT WE WERE INJURED MUCH WORSE THAN WE WOULD HAVE BEEN IF THE AIRBAGS HAD GONE OFF. NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED DURING THE ACCIDENT. THE AIRBAGS REMAINED UNDEPLOYED UP UNTIL THE VEHICLE WAS LAST SEEN ON 1-13-2000. DODGE CLEARLY MADE A DEFECTIVE PRODUCT IF A CRASH OF THIS MAGNITUDE DID NOT SET OFF EITHER AIRBAG. I HAVE PICTURES OF THE DODGE, AND CAN E-MAILTHEM IF REQUESTED. THE AMBULANCE REPORT ALSO DOCUMENTS THE NON-DEPLOYMENT. THIS NEEDS LOOKED INTO. THE ODDS OF EVEN ONE AIRBAG NOT GOING OFF IN A CRASH THIS HARD MUST BE ASTRONOMICAL, BUT FOR BOTH TO NOT GO OFF, SOMETHING WAS SERIOUSLY WRONG. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#717697January 22, 2000
SUSPENSION:REAR
SERIOUS BOUNCE OF REAR AT ALL SPEEDS. WILL BE UNSAFE ON ROADS WITH LOOSE MATERIAL OR ICE. DISTRICT REP INSPECTED AND SAYS AWARE OF PROBLEM. CHRYSLER CANNOT FIX AND IS NORMAL FOR THIS VEHICLE. I WAS TOLD I HAD NO RECOURSE ON THIS PROBLEM AND THAT WAS FINAL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#855319January 21, 2000
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
STEERING COLUMN IS LOOSE. THIS CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO VEER OUT OF CONTROL SUDDENLY WITHOUT WARNING, AND THE SHIFTER DOES NOT SLIDE INTO THE GEAR PROPERLY. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#855147January 20, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN DRIVING AND APPLYING THE BRAKES VEHICLE PULLS TO THE LEFT. AT HIGH SPEED IT WILL JERK THE STEERING WHEEL OUT OF CONSUMER'S HAND. CONTACTED DEALER, AND HE WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. IT HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER FOUR TIMES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#855223January 20, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT
VEHICLE BEEN EXPERIENCING ONGOING PROBLEM WITH SHIFT LEVEL NOT SHIFTING PROPERLY INTO PARK. DEALER INFORMED CONSUMERTHAT NOTHING COULD BE DONE. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#717641January 20, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION JUMPS (POPS) OUT OF FIRST GEAR. PROBLEM OCCURS WHEN FROM A STOP, YOU START TO MOVE FORWARD IE; INTO A INTERSECTION, AND TRANSMISSION JUMPS (POPS) OUT OF GEAR. THIS PROBLEM IS A MAJOR SAFETY HAZARD DUE TO THE POSSIBILITY OF BEING HIT BY ANOTHER VEHICLE DUE TO TRANSMISSION JUMPING OUT OF GEAR. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#550483January 19, 2000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY, STEERING
THE STEERING UNIT FAILED CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL AND COLLISION WITH GUARDRAIL, DUE TO DESIGN OF THE GAS TANK, WHICH HANGS 3 INCHES BELOW FRAME, DURING IMPACT WITH THE GUARDRAIL, THE FUEL TANK RUPTURED AND CAUGHT FIRE, BURNING VEHICLE AND INJURY/BURNS TO CONSUMERS. YH
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#717568January 19, 2000
STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION), SUSPENSION:FRONT
THIS IS MY SECOND TRUCK FROM DODGE. THE FIRST TRUCK THEY REPLACED THE STEERING BOX 4-5 TIMES AND TRIED MANY OTHER THINGS LIKE ALIGNMENT, TIRE PRESSURE, TIRE ROTATION ETC, TO TRY TO CORRECT A SEVERE WONDERING PROBLEM AND THEY COULD NOT FIX THIS. CHRYSLER OFFERED ME A NEW TRUCK TO REPLACE THIS ONE AND I RELUCTANTLY AGREED. I FINALLY TOOK DELIVERY AFTER NUMEROUS PAPERWORK PROBLEMS AND IT TURNED OUT THAT THIS TRUCK HAS THE SAME PROBLEM ALONG WITH SEVERAL PROBLEMS. I HAVE HAD THE TRUCK TO BACK TO THE DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES FOR THE FRONT END AND THEY TRIED FRONT END ALIGNMENTS, TIRE ROTATIONS, MORE TOW ON THE FRONT END, NEW STEERING BOXES, REPLACED THE BRAKES & TURNED THE ROTORS AT 8,000 MILES, REPAINTED ABOUT HALF THE TRUCK ETC. WHEN I FIRST TEST DROVE THE VEHICLE I TOLD THE SALESPERSON (JOE ZAPPIA) AT WILSONS THAT THERE WAS A FRONT END PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE AND HE ASSURED ME THAT IT WOULD BE TAKEN CARE OF BEFORE DELIVERY. I TOOK DELIVERY OF THE VEHICLE AND I DROVE THE TRUCK DOWN THE STREET AND REALIZED THAT THE TRUCK WAS NEVER FIXED. I DROVE BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND SPOKE TO THE SERVICE MANAGER ON DUTY AND HE TOLD ME THAT THEY NEVER TOLD HIM THAT THER WAS A FRONT END PROBLEM. SO FROM THAT DAY ON IN JANUARY 1999 I HAVE BEEN VERY LUCKY TO KEEP MY TRUCK IN MY OWN LANE GOING DOWN THE ROAD!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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