2000 Dodge Ram 1500 complaints

BRAKE SYSTEM WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY; ROTOR/, PADS, AND CALIPERS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.

CONSUMER STATES CONVERSION VAN FUSE BOX BEHIND DRIVER SEAT STARTED BUZZING. IF IT OVER HEATS, AND SHORTS OUT IT WILL CAUSE A FIRE. NLM

THE YELLOW ABS AND RED BRAKE LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY, THE BRAKES DON'T FUNCTION PROPERLY WHEN THE LIGHTS ARE ON. DODGE HAS REPLACE SENSORS, DOESN'T FIX PROBLEM. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY, AND THIS CAUSING A CRASH. . ALSO THE TRANSMISSION ISN'T UPSHIFTING FROM 2ND GEAR. NLM

DRIVER FRONT THROUGH A BRAKE PAD AND DESTROYED THE ROTOR. REAR BRAKES DID NOT APPEAR TO BE WORKING PROPERLY EITHER. THE REAR BRAKES HAVE BEEN WORKED ON FOUR TIMES FOR VIOLENT GRABBING

THE ACCIDENT OCCURED AUGUST 23, 2001. THE TRUCK WAS BROUGHT TO AUTOPLEX 2000 IN BEAUMONT, TX. THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF THE TRUCK WAS HIT. THE ESTIMATED DAMAGES CAME TO BE AROUND $8,900.00. WHEN THE TRUCK WAS FIXED AND MY HUSBAND WAS TO GO AND PICK IT UP, WE RECIEVED A CALL THAT THE GATE IN THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT HAD HIT MY DRIVER SIDE DOOR. WELL IN ORDER FOR THEM TO FIX THE DOOR, THEY HAD TO TAKE OFF THE HEATED MIRROR. SINCE THAT WAS DONE AND WE GOT THE TRUCK BACK, WE COULD NO LONGER USE THE HEATED MIRRORS,HEATER, OR THE AIRCONDITIONING. WE HAD TO TAKE THE FUSE OUT BECAUSE THE SWITCH WOULD STAY ON. THE FUSE WOULD NOT BLOW OUT IT WOULD JUST STAY ON. WITH THE SWITCH STAYING ON THE WIRING IN THE DASH WOULD CATCH FIRE. THE PROBLEM WITH THE FRONT END IS THAT THE TIRES ON THE RIGHT, AND LEFT SIDE ARE BEING CUT INTO. THIS WAS NOT ACCURING BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. WE PUT TWO SETS OF NEW TIRES ON THE TRUCK IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO GET THE TRUCK BACK IN THE SHOP TO BE FIXED. WE WERE TOLD THAT WE HAD PUT TO BIG OF A TIRE ON THE TRUCK, THAT WAS THE CAUSE FOR THE TIRES BEING CUT. BUT WE STILL HAD OUR WINDOW STICKER FROM WHEN WE BOUGHT THE TRUCK AND SHOWED THEM THAT WITH THE OPTIONS PACKAGE ON THE TRUCK THAT SIZE OF TIRE IS WHAT CAME ON THE TRUCK. EVERYTHING THAT IS WRONG WITH THE TRUCK NOW IS STILL THINGS THAT DIDN'T GET CHECKED AND FIXED FROM THE ACCIDENT. THEY ARE SAYING IT ISN'T ACCIDENT RELATED. I HAVE A 5 YEAR OLD AND A 3 YEAR OLD. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE. MY HUSBAN

CONSUMER BROUGHT VEHICLE IN FOR EXCESSIVE VIBRATION AT SPEEDS OF 60-65 MPH. DEALER EXAMINED TIRES AND FOUND THAT THE TIRES WERE CUPPED DUE TO DEFECTIVE SUSPENSION SYSTEM AND THAT THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS WITH THE TIRES. *TT

WHILE TURING FRONT TIE RODS SEPARATED. DEALER HAS INSPECTED AND REPAIRED THE VEHICLE. *AK VIN INDICATES THAT MAKE IS FORD TRUCK, MODEL F150 AND YEAR 2000. *YD

LEFT FRONT END TIRE IS RUBBING LOWER A FRAME AND BOLTS ON SHOCK. *JG

WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH VEHICLE STOP SUDDENLY FOR NO REASON. TOOK TO DEALER AND DEALER INDICATED NEEDED TRANSMISSION. PLEASE ADD VIN

WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER SMELLED SMOKE, A FIRE HAD STARTED UNDER THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE, CLAIM 11-3818-794. *SLC

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE FIRE, INVESTIGATOR LOCATED A BLOWN ABS FUSE AS WELL, CLAIM 04-1283-455. *SLC

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING INSIDE OF A PARKING LOT AND HEARD A BUMPING THUMPING NOISE. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. FUEL TANK IS LOOSE AND DEFECTIVE. *AK

WHILE PROCEEDING THROUGH A GREEN LIGHT AT ABOUT 25 MPH ANOTHER VEHICLE TRAVELING AT 50 MPH RAN A RED LIGHT, CAUSING A HEAD ON COLLISION. CONSUMERS VEHICLE STRUCK OTHER VEHICLE ON FRONT DRIVERS SIDE. UPON IMPACT, NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED.*AK *SLC

VEHICLE WAS FORCED OFF THE ROAD INTO A CREEK, AND BOTH AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS MATTER. *AK

VEHICLE WAS SLIPPING OUT OF GEARS. ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY SAID IT WAS AN OVERDRIVE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER SMELLED SMOKE, A FIRE HAD STARTED UNDER THE HOOD, CLAIM 11-3818-794. *SLC

DURING A FRONTAL COLLISON THE AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY, THE MANUFACTURER REFUSED ANY ASSISTANCE STATING THAT THE THRESHOLD FOR AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT WAS NOT MET AND THAT THE IMPACT WAS ABSORBED BY THE VEHICLE CRUSH POINTS, THE INJURIES IN THE ACCIDENT WERE MINIMAL. NLM

CONSUMER STATES HE IS HAVING FRONT END PROBLEMS WHERE THE VEHICLE WOULD PULL TO THE RIGHT WHILE TRAVELING, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT UNEVEN TIRE WEAR WAS CAUSED BY NOT HAVING THE TIRES ROTATED, THE TIRES WERE REPLACED AND NOW THE VEHICLE PULLS TO THE LEFT.*YD

WHILE DRIVING AT 45MPH CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL CRASH, HITTING A DEER AND RAN INTO AN EMBANKMENT HEAD ON. UPON IMPACT, NEITHER DRIVER'S SIDE NOR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, CAUSING INJURIES TO DRIVER'S SIDE OCCUPANT. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. *AK THERE WERE FOUR PEOPLE TOTAL THAT WERE INJURED IN THE ACCIDENT. *SLC

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IS VERY JUMPY WHEN SHIFTING BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND GEARS, A "WHINING" NOISE IS COMING FROM REAR OF VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP HAS EXAMINED VEHICLE, BUT CANNOT DETERMINE A CAUSE FOR THE PROBLEM.*AK.*JB

FAULTY CONTROL ARMS CAUSED THE DRIVERS SIDE TIRE TO BECOME COMPLETELY WORN ON THE INSIDE IN A 360 DEGREE RADIUS, THE CONSUMER BELIEVES A DEFECT EXIST IN THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE (LOOSE FRONT SHOCK, CONTROL ARMS/BALL JOINTS). NLM

ENGINE FIRE, INVESTIGATOR LOCATED A BLOWN ABS FUSE AS WELL, CLAIM 04-1283-455. *SLC

CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO SHIFT GEAR INDICATOR WITHOUT APPLICATION OF BRAKES, ALLOWING GEARS TO BE SHIFTED BY MISTAKE AT ANY TIME WHILE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING. DEALER SAID IT WAS NORMAL AND PART OF DESIGN. *AK CONSUMER FEELS MANUFACTURER NEEDS TO WARN ALL OWNERS OF THIS. *SLC

CONSUMER MAKES A LEFT TURN AT ANY GIVEN SPEED TIRES RUB AGAINST SHOCK BRACKETS WHICH CAUSES A NOISE. DEALERSHIP HAS REPLACED SPINDLE TWICE AND STEERING GEAR BOX. WANTS TO PUT A 2MM SHIM ON THE BACK OF TIRE. *AK THE 2MM SHIMS WERE INSTALLED BUT THE TIRE ON LEFT SIDE WAS STILL RUBBING. *YH

LOST TRANSMISSION IN NORMAL DRIVE ON A FLAT ROAD , WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO ANY GEAR , HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THEY CHANGED THE FILTER AND TRANSMISSION FLUID WITH NO FURTHER INVESTIGATION INTO THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. IF THIS HAD HAPPENED IN TRAFFIC IT MAY HAVE BEEN THE CAUSE OF AN ACCIDENT AS THE VEHICLE LOST ALL FORWARD MOTION INSTANTLY

FRONT CRASH AT 35-40 MPH, REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. CONSUMER HAD WHIPLASH AND A CONCUSSION. $ 16000 DAMAGE TO FRONT END OF VEHICLE.*AK

SEVERE SHAKING IN FRONT WILL OCCUR WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHWY SPEEDS AND OVER A SMALL BUMP IN PAVEMENT OR HOLE. SHAKING WILL STOP WHEN CONSUMER REDUCES SPEED TO 30 MPH, BUT EVENUTALLY IT WILL REOCCUR.*AK CONSUMER STATES FRONT LEFT WHEEL WOULD LOCK DOWN ON SECOND OCCASION WHEEL BEARINGS OUT ON BOTH SIDES IN THE FRONT. *SLC

FRONTAL AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, AND WHEN CROSSING AN INTERSECTION, ANOTHER VEHICLE CROSSED IN FRONT AND HE HIT RIGHT FRONT OF OTHER VEHICLE AT APPROXIMATELY 35 TO 40 MPH. AIR BAG FAILURE TO DEPLOY HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED. *AK

POWER WINDOWS WILL NOT OPERATE DURING COLD WEATHER. *AK THE WIPER ALSO MALFUNCTION IN COLD WEATHER. THE MILEAGE PER GALLON OF GAS FOR THIS VEHICLE WAS VERY LOW. *YH

WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER OPERATES ERRATICALLY DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE, FIRE DEPARTMENT STATED FIRE WAS CAUSED DUE TO ELECTRICAL FAILURE AND STARTED WITH THE BATTERY, CLAIM 36-A171-271. *SLC

VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE, FIRE DEPARTMENT STATED THAT IT WAS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM AND IT STARTED WITH THE BATTERY, THERE WAS ADDITIONAL DAMAGE TO ANOTHER VEHICLE, THE ADJUSTER ALSO STATED THE FIRE STARTED NEAR THE BATTERY, CLAIM 36-A171-271. *SLC

THE VAN WOULD JERK BADLY WHEN PUT INTO DRIVE AND WHEN SITTING AT A RED LIGHT OR STOP SIGN IT WOULD BEGIN TO LURCH FORWARD REQUIRING ME TO PRESS HARD ON THE BRAKES.AFTER 8 DAYS IN THE DEALERSHIP AND NUMEROUS CALLS FROM THE SERVICE REP.SAYING THAT THEY KEEP FINDING MORE PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION.AFTER I GOT IT HOME I NOTICED THAT THE INVOICE SHOWED THAT ONE OF THE PARTS THAT HAD BEEN REPLACED WAS THE TORQUE CONVERTOR AND THAT IT HAD BEEN REPLACED WITH A REMANUFACTURED ONE.THIS VAN HAD ONLY 3762 MILES ON IT WHEN THE ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION FAILED.HOW SAFE WILL IT BE FOR ME TO DRIVE MY SMALL GRANDCHILDREN AROUND IN A NEW VEHICLE WITH A REBUILT TRANSMISSION WHEN THE ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION FAILED WITH ONLY 3700 MILES ON IT.THE CUSTOMER SERVICE REP. ADVISED ME THAT THE SHE WOULD CONTACT THE REGIONAL REP. TO MEET WITH ME .IT HAS BEEN THREE DAYS AND NO ONE HAS CONTACTED ME YET. NO ONERHRGRNUFACTURED ACEDINBN. *AK

VEHICLE INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION WITH A TREE, ESTIMATED SPEED OF IMPACT WAS NOT DTERMINED. UPON IMPACT FRONTAL AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. DEALER / MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. *AK CONSUMER SUFFERED INJURIES *JB

CONSUMER IS HAVING MAJOR ENGINE PROBLEMS ON START UP AND NORMAL OPERATION. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. HOWEVER, SOURCE OF THE DEFECT IN ENGINE CANNOT BE DETERMINED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

VEHICLE INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION OF 40-45 MPH WITH A 2000 DODGE, DURANGO. CONSUMERS VEHICLE T-BONED THE DURANGO AND UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER / MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

CRUISE CONTROL FAILURE. *AK CONSUMER STATES PASSING GEAR KICKS IN WHEN SPEED DROPS ABOUT 3 MPH. *SLC

BOTH SIDE MIRRORS ARE LOCATED TOO HIGH. WHEN CONSUMER ATTEMPTS TO MAKE A LEFT TURN, HEADLIGHTS OF VEHICLE BEHIND CONSUMER REFLECT DIRECTLY INTO CONSUMER'S EYES, CAUSING LOSS OF VISION. *AK

WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES TO AVOID HITTING A DEER, THE PASSENGER SEAT UNLOCKED AND ROLLED ALL THE WAY FORWARD TO THE END OF THE SEAT TRACK, FROM 6-30-00 TIL 11-27-00 THE SEAT HAD NOT BEN MOVED AND WAS IN THE LOCKED POSITION, LUCKILY THERE WAS NO PASSENGER IN THAT SEAT. NLM

CONSUMER HAS MULTIPLE PROBLEMS: FIRST, ABS LOCKED UP & WOULDN'T UNLOCK UNTIL VEHICLE STOPPED. DEALER HAS CHANGED EVERY PART THEY CAN THINK OFF, DIDN'T HAVE A CLUE TO A REMEDY. MANUFACTURER SAID ABS WAS ONLY USED FOR EMERGENCY PURPOSES. SECOND, PROBLEM INVOLVED BRAKE FLUID LEAKING. DEALER FOUND A SEAL LEAKING, AND PUT IN A NEW MASTER CYLINDER. CONSUMER PICKED VEHICLE UP, AND IT DIDN'T MAKE IT FOR 3 BLOCKS. FRONT WHEELS LOCKED UP. ONLY THING THAT DEALER HAD TO SAY WAS SOMETIMES THEY GET BAD PARTS. CONSUMER HAS MORE INFORMATION TO SEND IN.*AK FACTORY BATTERY SHORTED OUT ALONG WITH RADIO. THE DASH CLUSTER, THERMOSTAT AND HOUSING ON ENGIE,CRANK SENSOR, BOTH FRONT ROTORS AND CALIPERS AND STEERING GEAR BOX WERE REPLACED. *YH

A RIGHT FRONT SHOCK ABSORBER FAILED, CAUSING EXCESSIVE WEAR ON RIGHT TIRE. DEALER/MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

WHILE VEHICLE WAS IDLING, CONSUMER LEFT IT IN PARK AND EXITED VEHICLE WITH WIFE IN PASSENGER SEAT, THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE AND VEHICLE JUMPED TO REVERSE AT A FAST SPEED INTO A STORE. *SLC

GOODYEAR INVECTA GL TIRES EXPERIENCE UNEVEN AND PREMATURE WEAR, DEALER STATES TIRES ARE WRONG TYPE FOR VEHICLE, DODGE STATES TIRES ARE CORRECT, TIRES CAUSED VIBRATION AND CAUSED VEHICLE TO DRIFT, TIRE SIZE P235/75R15. BEZLE WAS LOOSE ON DRIVER DOOR PANEL, REAR DOORS LEAKED, DEALER ADJUSTED AND ALIGNED BOTH REAR DOORS DUE TO EXCESSIVE GAP. VEHICLE EXPERIENCED COOLANT LEAK. CONSUMER HEARS WIND NOISE. AIR CONDITIONER WOULD NOT COOL PROPERLY. THERE IS A LOUD NOISE FROM THE EXHAUST. VEHICLE GETS POOR GAS MILEAGE, ONLY GETS AROUND 9 MILES PER GALLON. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH ANOTHER VEHICLE WAS MAKING A TURN AND WAS "T" BONED BY TRUCK. NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED UPON IMPACT. DRIVER HAD SEAT BELT ON, BUT SUSTAINED FOLLOWING INJURIES, WHIPLASH/ HEAD HIT WINDOW AT CATACORNER POST, AND BACK PROBLEMS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, RIGHT FRONT MICHELIN TIRE P245/75R16 BLEWOUT AT THE SIDEWALL, MICHELIN WOULD NOT REPLACE TIRE. *SLC

THE PASSENGER QUAD DOOR SPEAKER BUZZES, DEALER REPLACED SPEAKER, THE BUZZING NOISE IS STILL PRESENT. *SLC

HEAD ON ACCIDENT, TRUCK TOTALED, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, NO ONE CAN FIGURE OUT WHY?*AK

A CONVERSION VAN; WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH + VEHICLE SWAYS FROM SIDE TO SIDE AND VIBRATES, ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING BEHIND A SEMI TRUCK. VEHICLE WANDERS ALL OVER HIGHWAYS. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN STEEERING WHEEL BECOMES EXTREMELY HARD TO MANEUVER, CAUSING TOTAL LOSS OF CONTROL, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

POWER STEERING SHAFT KEPT BREAKING. DEALER REPLACED / REPAIRED ON TWO OCCASIONS, AND CAUSE WAS STILL UNKNOWN. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK