2001 Dodge Ram 1500 complaints

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH AFTER THE GEARS CHANGED THE TRANSMISSION FAILED IN THE VEHICLE. THERE WAS NO WARNING OR WARNING LIGHTS TO ALERT THE CONTACT OF THIS FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP, UPON INSPECTION THE PROBLEM WAS THE INPUT SHAFT IN THE TRANSMISSION HAD FAILED. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN ALERTED, NO REPAIRS MADE.

MY 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 HAS TWO CRACKS IN THE DASH AT THE AIR REGISTERS. I AM CONCERNED THAT THE ONE ONE THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE DASH WILL AFFECT THE AIRBAG, TEARING IT UPON DEPLOYMENT AND CONTAMINATION OF THE AIRBAG SYSTEM FROM THE TOP OF THE DASH INTO THOSE COMPONENTS. *NM

WHILE DRIVING A 2001 DODGE RAM PICKUP WITH AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION THE TORQUE CONVERTER DISINTEGRATED. THE DAMAGE CASCADED THROUGH THE TRANSMISSION AND MADE IT BARELY OPERABLE. THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE OVERHAULED. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THERE WAS AN ODOR OF GAS. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER AND THERE WAS VAPOR COMING FROM THE HOOD. THE CONTACT LIFTED THE HOOD AND FOUND GAS ON THE ENGINE. AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP DETERMINED THE PLASTIC TUBE THAT CONNECTS THE FUEL INJECTION RAIL RUPTURED. UPDATED 3/3/2006 - *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE WAS LOST CAUSING IT TO CRASH INTO A TREE. UPON IMPACT THE FRONTAL AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. ALTHOUGH THE CONTACT WAS WEARING THE SEAT BELT THERE WERE INJURIES SUSTAINED TO THE NECK AND HEAD. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN AWAY FROM THE CRASH SITE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED. UPDATED 2/28/2006 - *NM

I AM ABOUT TO PUT 4TH TRANSMISSION IN 2001-1500-DODGE RAM-4X4 I HAVE NEVER PULLED A THING AND HAVE HAD IT IN 4X4 LESS THAN 10 TIMES. MY DASHBOARD HAS CRACKED IN SEVERAL PLACES AND I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH A DODGE. THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM IS COMMON IN THESE TRUCKS. THE FIRST TRANSMISSION I HAD REPLACED WAS DONE BY A DEALER. THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT THE PART THAT CAUSED THE PROBLEM WAS A PART THAT DODGE HAD "REDESIGNED". SO BASICALLY DODGE KNEW THERE WAS A PROBLEM AND DID NOT OFFER TO PAY FOR WHAT THEY KNEW WAS A FAILURE. *AK

WHILE VISITING MY COUSIN IN FREDERICKSBURG VA, HE NOTICE NOISE FROM THE FRONT OF THE CAR, WE SPOT THE BROKEN COIL SPRING AND ALSO NOTICE THE BRAND NEW TIRE (FRONT, DRIVER SIDE HAS SCRATCH ON THE SIDE WALL WE ASSUME THE BROKEN COIL SPRING CAUSE THAT. I TOOK THE TRUCK IN AT STAFFORD DODGE IN VA TO HAVE THE COIL SPRING REPLACE. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THE CONTROL AND UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE WEARING OUT NEED TO BE REPLACE IT WILL COST ABOUT $2500. I CALL IN TO CHRYSLER MOTOR TO LET THEM KNOW THAT FOR 5 YEARS OLD TRUCK, I HAVE TO REPLACE COIL SPRING $527.44 AND CONTROL ARM WHEN I HAVE MONEY TO REPLACE $2500.00. THAT JUST NOT RIGHT. *NM

THIS SUMMER THE DASH ON MY 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 TRUCK CRACKED WHILE DRIVING THE TRUCK. THE TRUCK HAD ONLY ABOUT 35,000 MILES ON IT WHEN THE DASH CRACKED. THE CRACK IS FROM THE WINDSHIELD TO THE END OF THE DASH. I HAVE READ ON THE INTERNET THAT IS IS A PROBLEM WHIT THESE DODGE TRUCKS. *NM

THE ENTIRE DASH INCLUDING SUB-FRAME FOR MY DASH ON MY 2001 DODGE 1500 STARTED CRACKING AND HAS CONTINUED TO FALL APART. I HAVE READ ON THE INTERNET OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SAME PROBLEM. I SEARCHED FOR A USED DASH FROM USED AUTO PARTS YARDS AND THEY INDICATE THEY ARE DEFECTIVE AND ALL CRACK AND FALL APART IF YOU ATTEMPT TO REMOVE THEM. THE DEALERS CHARGE IN EXCESS OF $2000.00 TO REPLACE THE PARTS WITH NO WARRANTIES AGAINST DEFECTS. *JB

THE DASH IS CRACKED ON MY 2001 DODGE 1500. I HAVE TALKED TO OTHERS AND THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM. *NM

SEVERELY CRACKED DASHBOARD ON DODGE RAM TRUCKS 1994-2001.*JB

DASH IS CRACKED ON THE RIGHT SIDE NEAR THE VENT AND AIR BAG. I AM CONCERNED THAT THE AIR BAG COULD BE SNAGGED BY THE CRACKED PLASTIC AND MALFUNCTION IN THE EVENT OF A COLLISION. *NM

CRACKED DASH IN 2 DIFFERENT SPOTS. APPEARS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH SEVERAL 2ND GEN RAMS. I'M WORRIED ABOUT AIRBAG SAFETY AND DURABILITY DURING AN ACCIDENT. *NM

2001 DODGE 4X4, 1500 QUAD CAB TRUCK. WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HWY GOING 75 MPH, AT NIGHT TIME, THE HEAD LIGHT TURNED OFF AND WOULD NOT COME BACK ON UNTIL YOU KEPT FLICKING THE HIGH AND LOW BEAMS. VEHILCE WAS TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY REPLACED THE (MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH) IF THERE WOULD HAVE NOT BEEN OTHER VEHILCE DRIVNG IN FRONT OF MY VEHICLE, IT COULD OF BEEN A SERIOUS OR DEADLY CRASH WITH NO LIGHTS AT NIGHT GOING THE HWY SPEED LIMITE ON WINDING ROADWAYS. *NM

WHEN IN PANIC STOP BRAKE PEDAL IS HARD , BUT BRAKES DO NOT APPLY. ALMOST FEELS LIKE SLIDING ON ICE, ALSO HAD THIS HAPPEN ON 91 DAKOTA. *NM

DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO RELEASE THE PARKING BRAKE HE TOUCHED THE HOOD LATCH AND IT CAME UP. THE VEHICLE HAD A SECONDARY LATCH THAT SUPPOSE TO BE UNLATCHED ON THE OUTSIDE, BUT IT DID NOT HOLD THE HOOD. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD THE CONTACT TO BRING THE VEHICLE FOR SERVICE. THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE OLDER MODELS. THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVING FUNNY. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION. THEY DETERMINED THE BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT 40,000 MILES. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AT THE CONTACT'S EXPENSE WITH NO ASSISTANCE FROM THE MANUFACTURER. *AK

THE FRONT WHEEL ASSEMBLY, CONTROL ARMS, AND WHEEL HUBS HAD TO BE REPLACED BY LOCAL DEALER. I WAS TOLD BY A TRAINED TECHNICIAN THAT THE WHEEL'S COULD HAVE BROKEN AWAY FROM THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING. THE ENGINE HEATER CORE AND AIR CONDITIONING MAIN ELEMENT STOPPED FUNCTIONING AND HAD TO BE REPLACED BY LOCAL DEALER. THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL, PINION BEARINGS AND CUPS STOPPED WORKING AT 77,400 MILES AND HAD TO BE REPLACED BY LOCAL DEALER. THIS WAS JUST 2,000 MILES AFTER THE PREVIOUS STATED PARTS HAD MALFUNCTIONED. OLD PARTS ARE ONLY AVAILABLE FROM THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL, BUT INVOICES ARE AVAILABLE FOR ALL WORK PERFORMED. *NM

I WAS GOING HOME FROM WORK, TRAFFIC REAL HEAVY STOPPED FOR TRAFFIC, STARTED TO GO TRUCK WOULD NOT MOVE, COULD NOT DRIVE IT OUT OF THE TRAFFIC OR ON THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. I HAD IT TOWED FOUND OUT THE TRANSMISSION WAS GONE IN IT. HAD IT FIXED, VERY HIGH PRICED. I KNOW THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION, SHOULDN'T IT BE A RECALL ON THIS. IT COULD HAVE COST ME MY LIFE OR OTHERS. THERE WAS NO OTHER SIGNS, OTHER THAN IT WOULD NOT MOVE. THIS YEAR TRUCK MODELS HAS BEEN A NIGHTMARE. FIRST THE DASH SPIT IN MANY PLACES ,THEN THE AIR CONDITION WENT OUT AND THEN THE TRANSMISSION. WHEN IT STARTED IT WAS ONLY 3 YEARS OLD, ITS NOT PAID FOR. I WILL NEVER BUY A DODGE AGAIN, UNLESS THE DODGE COMPANY SHOWS ME THAT THEY ARE A BIT CONCERN. NONE OF THESE THINGS WERE FIXED BY THEM OR A RECALL. I HAVE BEEN TALKING TO A LOT OF THE TRUCK OWNERS AND THEY ARE HAVING THESE SAME PROBLEMS. THERE SHOULD AT LEAST BE A RECALL ON THE TRANSMISSION, THANK GOD THAT IT WASN'T ANYONE HURT BUT IT WAS VERY MUCH DANGEROUS. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS MODEL, ITS NOT WHAT I AM PAYING FOR. THANK YOU. *JB

DT: THE CONTACT STATES WHEN THE VEHICLE IS AT AN IDLE THE ENGINE STALLS AND SUDDENLY DIES. THIS PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT IN NATURE AND IS MOST COMMON IN COLD TEMPERATURES. HE HAS NOT TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER FOR INSPECTION OF THE PROBLEM. HE HAS CLEANED THE THROTTLE BODY AND REPLACED THE TEMPERATURE SENSOR. THESE REPAIRS HAVE NOT CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. NO FURTHER REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE. *AK

DASH PANEL HAS WENT OUT ON MY TRUCK 3 TIMES ALREADY AND IS ACTING UP NOW. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS BEEN ON MORE THAN IT HAS STAYED OFF. *JB

DT: THE CONSUMER OWNS A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD CAB. UPON DECELERATION THE CONSUMER HEARD A ROARING SOUND COMING FROM THE REAR END OF THE VEHICLE. WHEN HE ACCELERATED THE ROARING SOUND WENT AWAY. WHEN THE CONSUMER LET OFF OF THE ACCELERATOR THE SECOND TIME HE HEARD AN EXPLOSION SOUND, AND THE REAR END LOCKED. UPON INSPECTION IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE NUT ON THE PINION GEAR HAD COME ALOOSE AND CAUSED THE REAR END TO COME APART. THE DRIVE SHAFT PUNCTURED THE QUAD CAB'S INTERIOR FLOORBOARD. THE SERVICE DEALER REFERRED HIM TO THE MANUFACTURER'S CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPARTMENT. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THIS WAS A MECHANICAL FAILURE AND NOT A DEFECT WITHIN THE VEHICLE. *AK (11/22/05) COMPONENTS AFFECTED ARE: REAR DIFFERENTIAL ASSEMBLY, TRANSMISSION, TRANSFER CASE AND DRIVESHAFT. *SC

SEPTEMBER 2005 WHILE AT WORK I GOT OUT OF MY 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 6 CYLINDER. TRUCK FOR ABOUT 1 MINUTE. I LEFT THE MOTOR RUNNING AND SOMEHOW IT WENT FROM PARK TO REVERSE AND CAUSED 2,800 DOLLARS WORTH OF DAMAGE TO ANOTHER VEHICLE. *JB

TRANSMISSION FAILURE REBUILT 2 TIMES. *JB

DT: 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 EXTENDED CAB PICK UP TRUCK. CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH. THIS HAPPENED ABOUT 1 MONTH AGO. DRIVER OF OTHER VEHICLE LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE AT 60 MPH ON A WET SURFACE. UPON IMPACT, THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED AND PUSHED THE BRAKES DOWN AND AT THE TIME OF IMPACT, THE CONSUMER FELT SOMETHING HIT HIM IN THE CHEST. DID NOT KNOW WHAT HIT HIM, BUT ONCE THE CONSUMER LOOKED HE DISCOVERED THAT THE STEERING COLUMN BRACKET SHEARED OFF DURING THE IMPACT ,AND THE STEERING WHEEL WENT UNDER THE AIR BAG HITTING THE CONSUMER'S LOWER RIGHT RIB CAGE. THE INSURANCE INSPECTOR DID NOT REALLY PAY MUCH ATTENTION TO THE STEERING WHEEL BRACKET THAT SHEARED OFF DURING THE CRASH. THE CONSUMER HAS PHOTOS OF THE CRASH, AND A POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN. *AK *NM WHEN THE AIR BAG DEPLOYED THE CONSUMERS UPPER BRIDGE IN HIS MOUTH BECAME LOOSE AND ALSO THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED BRUISES ON HIS UPPER CHEST. UPDATED 11/02/05 *JB

I CHECKED THE OIL LEVEL ON THE VEHICLE AND CLOSED THE HOOD. I THEN TRIED TO LIFT THE HOOD AFTER IT WAS CLOSED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS WELL CLOSED. I COULD NOT. I THEN PROCEEDED TO DRIVE ON THE STREET AT 30-40 MILES PER HOUR AND 5 MINUTES AFTER CHECKING THE OIL, THE HOOD POPPED UP, BENT BACKWARDS, AND SMASHED THE FRONT WINDSHIELD. NO POLICE REPORT WAS FILED BUT IT OCCURRED AT 10:30 AM IN FRONT OF THE EAST GREENBUSH, NY WALMART, AND AN EAST GREENBUSH POLICE OFFICER DID STOP TO HELP ME REATTACH THE BENT HOOD AND SECURE IT SO I COULD DRIVE HOME TO ARRANGE REPAIRS. I HAVE NO IDEA WHY THE HOOD POPPED UP. IT SHOULD HAVE STAYED CLOSED. I WONDER WHY EVEN THE HOOD SAFETY LATCH APPEARED TO HAVE FAILED. THE FRONT HOOD HAD TO BE REPLACED AS WELL AS THE FRONT WINDSHIELD, THE SAFETY LATCH, AND THE HOOD BRACKETS ($1800). I KEPT THE OLD PARTS AFTER THEY WERE REPLACED. I NOTICED THAT THE HOOD SAFETY LATCH HAD BEEN RECALLED ON THE DODGE RAM 1994-1999. THE 2001 DODGE RAM HAS THE SAME BODY. IS THE LATCH STILL DEFECTIVE? *NM

I WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH ON 8-26-05 / GOING WEST BOUND, AND AN EAST BOUND VEHICLE OVER CORRECTED ON A CURVE AND HIT MY PICK UP AT 30-35 MPH IN THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE AREA, THROWING US OFF THE ROAD AND INTO A TELEPHONE POLE - AND NEITHER OF MY AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. THIS CAUSED INJURY TO MYSELF, AND MY DAUGHTER LUCKILY JUST BUSTED HER LIP ON THE DASH. *NM

DT THE RETURN HOSE TO THE POWER STEERING RUBBED A WHOLE IN THE HOSE AND IT LEAK FLUID. WHICH CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO HAVE NO POWER STEERING. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER AND THEY OFFERED TO ORDER A NEW HOSES. T HIS HAPPENED ON JULY 18, 2005.

1) NO EVENTS LEADING UP TO FAILURE 2) HEADLIGHT FAILURE - NO LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS 3)FAILURE FOUND TO BE A BROKEN WIRE IN THE STEERING COULMN AT THE HEADLIGHT DIMMER SWITCH - WIRE REPAIRED BY DEALER

THE LEFT REAR MAIN LEAF SPRING FAILED WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH. AT THE TIME OF FAILURE THE TRUCK HAD APPROXIMATELY 35000 MILES ON IT AND THE REPAIR WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. WITH APPROXIMATELY 70000 MILES ON THE TRUCK THE RIGHT REAR MAIN LEAF FAILED AS WELL. THIS REPAIR WAS NOT COVERED AND I WAS INFORMED BY THE "CERTIFIED CHRYSLER REPAIR FACILITY" THAT THEY HAD NEVER SEEN THIS PROBLEM BEFORE AND THERE WERE NO RECALLS OR BULLETINS CONCERNING THIS FAILURE. THIS TRUCK HAS NEVER CARRIED A LOAD AND HAS NEVER BEEN ABUSED. BOTH SPRINGS BROKE IN THE SAME PLACE (WHERE THE STEEL IS ROLLED TO ACCOMMODATE THE SHACKLE BOLT). THIS IS A CLEAN STRAIGHT BREAK AND APPEARS TO BE THE RESULT OF EXCESSIVE HEAT IN THE MANUFACTURE PROCESS. THIS IS MOST DEFINITELY A "MANUFACTURER DEFECT" AND AS SUCH SHOULD BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CHRYSLER CORPORATION. *NM

DT: THE HOOD FLEW UP WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT 30 MPH. THIS WAS THE FIRST INCIDENT. UPON INSPECTION THE WAS NOT WORKING. TOOK VEHICLE TO A DEALER, WHO SAID THE SECONDARY HOOD LATCH FROZE. REPAIRS WERE SCHEDULED AT THIS TIME. CONTACTED DAIMLER/CHRYSLER, WHO CLAIMED VEHICLE IT WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY, AND THERE WAS NO RECALL. OWNER'S MANUAL SUGGESTED LUBRICATION AT OIL CHANGES, AND CONSUMER SHOULD CONATCT INSURANCE COMPANY. CONSUMER WISHED TO ADD THAT THERE WERE OTHER RECALLS ON OLDER DODGE MODELS FOR THE SAME ISSUE, BUT NOT ON THIS. *AK

DT: CALLER SAID THAT WHILE H DRIVING AND HE SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING AND THE STEERING WHEEL WAS PULLING TO THE LEFT. WHEN HE REMOVED THE WHEEL SAW THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE BOTTOM SLID FOR THE BRAKE SHOES WERE NOT LETTING THE SHOE SLID AWAY FROM THE ROTOR. DEALER SAID THERE WAS NO RECALL. MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED YET. *AK

DT: 2001, DODGE, RAM, CONSUMER CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND TOLD THEM THAT VEHICLE WAS USING ABOUT 2-3 QUARTS OF OIL WEEKLY. MANUFACTURER CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND INDICATED THERE WERE NO RECORDS OF ANYONE HAVING THIS PROBLEM. TOOK VEHICLE TO LAUREL VALLEY DODGE IN LATROBE, PA. THEY HAD SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ABOUT A PAPER GASKET BETWEEN THE MANIFOLD AND THE HEADS LEFT A HOLE THERE, AND IT WAS DUMPING OIL INTO THE MANIFOLD, AND BURNING THE OIL. DEALER SAID THEY COULD TAKE THE PAPER GASKET OUT AND PUT A METAL GASKET AT THE COST OF $600.00. CONSUMER WAS TOLD THERE WAS NO RECALLS ON THIS PROBLEM. THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING AND HAD NOT SEIZED AS OF YET.*AK

BRAKE LIGHT COMPUTER CONTROL BOARD HAD ELECTRICAL SHORT THAT CAUSED LIGHT NOT TO WORK. HAD TO REPLACE BOARD TO GET BRAKE LIGHT TO WORK. COULD CAUSE REAR END ACCIDENTS IF BRAKE LIGHTS DO NOT WORK. DEALER(CASS BURCH QUITMAN, GA.) ADVISED NO MANFACTURER RECALL AND THEY HAVE REPLACED SEVERAL.

I HAVE A DODGE 1500 V6 TRUCK THAT HAS BEEN A PAIN EVERY SINCE I HAVE HAD IT. IT NEVER RAN RIGHT FROM DAY ONE AND I WOULD TAKE IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH IT. NOW AT 64,000 MILES THE TRANSMISSION IS BLOWN. THEY REALLY SUCK THIS WAS MY 3RD VEHICLE FROM DODGE AND I HAD PROBLEMS WITH EVERYONE

RE:"SERVICE ISSUE" UPON PURCHASE, WAS TOLD BY DEALER NO CODES, YET RECIEVED CONSTANT ENGINE WARNING LIGHT. ANOTHER DEALER IN S.C. ADDY DODGE, CHARGED $270 TO FIX,WHILE ON VACATION THERE WHICH MADE THE PROBLEM WORSE BY ILLUMINATING MORE DASH LIGHTS. ADDY DODGE THEN STATED I NEEDED A TORGE CONVERTOR FOR $2200. THE '01 RAM HAD 32K MILES AND RAN FINE WITH NO SHIFT PROBLEM HOWEVER I WAS SOLD A CONVERTOR ON THE PREMISE IT "WOULD NOT MAKE IT HOME" AFTER THE FIRST REPAIR THE DAY BEFORE. I DROVE OUT TO THE DEALER TO SEE FOR MYSELF AND THE TRUCK WAS COMPLETED IN RECORD TIME, LEFT IN FRONT OF THE DEALER WHO COULD NOT PROVIED THE "OLD PARTS". I PAID FOR THE UNIT AND HAD ADDY DODGE DELIVER IT TO MY VACATION CONDO. 2 HOURS LATER IT WAS STOLEN FROM THE 5TH FLOOR OF THE CONDO. NO OTHER STOLEN VEHICLE HISTORY AT THAT ADDRESS, ONE WAY IN AND OUT AND MANY OTHER BIKES AND TRUCKS ON FLOORS 1-5. I SUSPECT THE ENTIRE EPISODE RELATED TO THE DEALER AND CANNOT GET HELP FROM CHRYSLER AS THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY IN" TIME" YET LUSTINE DODGE OF WOODBRIDGE COULD NOT FIND THIS ISSUE FROM POINT OF SALE TO REPAIR AT ANOTHER DEALER.

I PURCHASED A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD CAB, VIN [XXX], FROM FOWLER DODGE IN OKLAHOMA CITY. THE VEHICLE WAS SOLD AS IS WITH ENGINE PROBLEMS. UPON TAKING THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC, I WAS TOLD THAT IT WILL NEED OVER $2000 IN REPAIRS IN ORDER TO BE SAFE AND RELIABLE. THE PROBLEMS ARE AS FOLLOWS: #1 ENGINE CYLINDER HAS BURNT VALVE, NOT CREATING ADEQUATE CYLINDER PRESSURE #5 CYLINDER HAS BURNT VALVE, NOT CREATING ADEQUATE PRESSURE #8 CYLINDER HAS BURNT VALVE, NOT CREATING ANY PRESSURE BRAKES ROTORS REQUIRE REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION SLIPPING BETWEEN 1ST AND 2ND GEAR HEADLIGHTS OPERATE IN FULL HIGH BEAM ONLY, ALL THE TIME. FAULTY HEADLGHT SWITCH THE MECHANIC I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO HAS RECCOMMENDED THAT I GET A LAWYER, WRITE TO YOU AND CHRYSLER AND GIVE FOWLER DODGE A CHANCE TO MAKE THE REPAIRS UNDER GOOD FAITH. THE MECHANIC ALSO STATED THAT ON NUMEROUS DODGE RAM MAINTENANCE FORUMS, THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. I HAVE SEEN THESE FIRST HAND AND IT IS TRUE. I HAVE SEEN POSTS WITH PEOPLE STATING THAT THEIR DEALER TOLD THEM THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE CYLINDER HEADS WHICH LEAD TO BURNT VALVES, REQUIRING CYLINDER HEAD REPLACEMENT. *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

DT: THE FRONT DISC BRAKES HAVE A FIVE INCH U SHAPE METAL CLIP ON CALIPER. THE CLIP BACKED OUT AND CUTS THE WHEEL. CONSUMER HAS TO TAKE A SCREWDRIVER AND PUSH IT BACK IN WHEN HE HEARS IT CLICKING. CONSUMER PREVIOUSLY OWNED A 2000 DODGE RAM AND IT HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. CONSUMER HAS NOT TAKEN THIS VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP. BUT ON THE PREVIOUS VEHICLE THEY REPLACED THE CLIP AND WHEEL.*AK

2001 DODGE 1500 QUAD CAB I CALLED THE DAIMLER CHRYSLER IN MARSHALL TEXAS AND THEY TOLD ME THEY HAVE SEEN A FEW OF THE DASHBOARDS. I EXPLAINED IT WAS CRUMBLING. HE TOLD ME IT WOULDN'T HURT ANYTHING AS THE AIR BAGS ARE BOLTED IN HE ALSO STATED IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. I CALLED THE MAIN CUSTOMER 800 SERVICE LINE THAT TX DEALER GAVE TO ME AND ONCE AGAIN I WAS TOLD IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AND THEY DIDN'T CARE WHO I CONTACTED AFTER I TALKED TO THEM AS IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. I EVEN TOLD THEM I WOULD CALL THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU AND THEY STILL DIDN'T CARE. THE DASHBOARD HAS CRACKS RUNNING ACROSS THE ENTIRE BOARD. WILL IT FALL? WILL IT CAUSE AN ACCIDENT? I HAVE PICTURES THAT I WILL BE SENDING WHEN I HEAR FROM YOU. *JB *SC

DT: HAD THE VEHICLE SERVICED AT A LITTLE OVER 30,000 MILES AND NOTICED THE (MIL) LIGHT CAME ON THEN WENT OFF, AND CURRENTLY S BACK ON A AND WAS STAYING ON. CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY WANT TO CHARGE CONSUMER TO LOOK AT IT. *AK

DT: DODGE RAM 2001 318. WHILE DRIVING NOTICED VAPOR COMING OUT OF TAIL PIPE. CHECKED ALL FLUIDS AND COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. TOOK VEHICLE TO MECHANIC, RAN A PRESSURE TEST, AND FOUND A LEAK,. HE SENT BOTH HEADS TO MACHINE AND BOTH HEADS WERE CRACKED. MECHANIC SAD IF THE TEMPERATURE GOES UP THE LEAST BIT THE HEAD WILL BLOW. THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE NEVER GOT ABOVE NORMAL. *AK

TRANSMISSION HAS GONE BAD ON 2001 DODGE RAM. WEEK LATER ENGINE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE OF "OIL SLUDGE". HAVE SEEN SAME PROBLEM DOCUMENTED ON OTHER SITES ABOUT DODGE ENGINES.

DODGE (2001) 1500 RAM PICKUP (4X2) --- 1- MAJOR LOWER ENGINE FAILURE. ENGINE OIL PRESSURE WARNING LAMP ACTIVATED FOLLOWED BY ENGINE MAKING "TICKING" NOISE. IN DOING RESEARCH, I HAVE FOUND THAT THIS "OIL PRESSURE / MAJOR ENGINE ISSUES" IS COMMON FOR THE DODGE RAM. 2- SECOND MAJOR DODGE ISSUE--- TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE TOTALLY REPLACED. AGAIN, IN DOING RESEARCH, I HAVE FOUND NUMEROUS DOCUMENTED ISSUES WITH THE 2001 DODGE RAM TRANSMISSION FAILURES..

UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS ARE WORN OUT @ 60,000 MILES. DIAGNOSED BY DODGE DEALERSHIP. CAUSING EXCESSIVE TIRE WEAR AND HANDLING PROBLEMS. DODGE CUSTONMER SERVICE (FILE 13615741) REFUSED TO FIX PROBLEM EVEN THOUGH DURANGOS HAVE HAD A RECALL FOR SIMILAR ISSUE.

5/19/05 I HAD TO REPLACE ALL (4) TIRES DUE TO A DEFECT IN THE TIRE. THE TIRES WERE COMING APART AROUND THE CROWN ON EVERY TIRE. I WAS TOLD THAT THEY COULD BLOW AT ANYTIME AND IT WAS BEST THAT I REPLACE THEM ALL. I BOUGHT THE TRUCK THEY WERE ON USED (2001 DODGE RAM 1500), IT HAD 27,291 MILES ON IT WHEN I BOUGHT IT AND THE TIRES WERE NEW. I NOW HAVE 66,556 MILES ON IT. THE TREAD ON ALL TIRES WAS GOOD TO GO FOR ANOTHER 40-60,000 MILES. BUT BECAUSE OF THE DEFECT AND THE FACT THAT I TRAVEL A LOT I HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO REPLACE THE TIRES. I HAVE KEPT ONE OF THEM AS PROOF SHOULD SOMEONE WANT TO SEE IT. THE POINT BEING THAT I SHOULD NOT HAVE HAD TO PURCHASE NEW TIRES AT THIS TIME. I HAVE HEARD OF RECALLS YOU HAVE HAD ON TIRES AND DON'T KNOW IF THIS WAS ONE OF THEM OR NOT. THE NUMBER ON THE TIRE IS 255/70R16 AND THEY WERE ALL IN A VERY DANGEROUS STATE WHEN REPLACED. I SPENT 678.42 ON THE REPLACEMENT TIRES AND I DON'T EXPECT A FULL REFUND BUT I DO THINK THAT FIRESTONE SHOULD COMPENSATE ME DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT WAS YOUR TIRE DEFECT THAT CAUSED THE PROBLEM. WHICH OF COURSE CAUSED ME TO HAVE TO PAY OUT MONEY I DIDN'T HAVE TO REPLACE ALL (4) TIRES FOR SAFETY PURPOSES. I HAVE A COPY OF THE INVOICE FOR THE REPLACEMENT TIRES WITH A WRITTEN NOTE SPECIFYING THAT THEY WERE DEFECTIVE TIRES. I HAVE WRITTEN TO YOU BEFORE, ABOUT 2-3 WEEKS AGO AND HAVE HEARD NOTHING BACK SO I'M GOING THROUGH THIS AGAIN. PLEASE ADVISE ME WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO AND IF YOU NEED ANYMORE INFO FROM ME. I DO EXPECT A REF

DRIVING 40MPH MY HOOD RELEASED AND STOOD STRAIGHT UP NEARLY TOUCHING THE WINDSHIELD. THIS BENT THE HOOD ATTACHMENT BRACKETS ON BOTH SIDES, AND BENT THE EDGE OF THE HOOD AT THE BRACKET AREAS. I HAD TO LOOK UNDER THE HOOD TO PULL OVER ON THE SHOULDER. MY DODGE RAM IS A 2001 AND WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE OTHER RECALLS FOR THIS INCEDENT WHICH INCLUDED MODEL YEARS 1994-1999. AFTER LOOKING AT THE HOOD LATCH ASSEMBLY IT IS VERY CORRODED AND FAILED DUE TO THIS CORROSION. AFTER STANDING ON MY WINDSHIELD AND FORCING THE HOOD BACK DOWN I IT WOULD NOT ENGAGE BEYOND THE SECONDARY LATCH. I SLOWLY DROVE HOME AND APPLIED TONS OF WD40 WHICH HAS TEMPORARILY LOOSED THE LATCH ASSEMBLY ENOUGH FOR IT TO WORK. HOWEVER, THE BRACKETS AND HOOD ARE STILL BENT AND I CANNOT OPEN THE HOOD FURTHER THAN A FOOT OR SO. I HAVE SECURED THE HOOD SHUT WITH STRAPPING UNTILL I CAN GET THIS FIXED.

STEERING GEAR WAS TOTALLY SHOT AND HAD TO BE REPLACED AT 38000 MILES. I INFORMED DEALER THAT VEHICLE HAD ALWAYS STEERED THAT WAY-OVERLY RESPONSIVE TO THE POINT OF BEING DANGEROUS. SLIGHT MOVEMENT OF STEERING WHEEL CAUSED SUDDEN CHANGES.

2001 DODGE RAM 1500 TRAVELING 25 MPH .DRIVER LOST CONTROL AFTER HITTING BLACK ICE AND CONTROL WAS NEVER REGAINED. VEHICLE TRAVELED DITCH LINE AND PROCEEDED DOWN 50+ FOOT EMBANKMENT TO HIT ON THE NOSE OF THE TRUCK AT AN ESTIMATED TRAVEL OF 50 MPH. VEHICLE STOOD ON FRONT END THEN FELL ON TO THE DRIVERS SIDE.DRIVER WAS TREATED AT HOSPITAL FOR NECK,BACK AND LEFT SHOULDER INJURIES. AIR BAGS NEVER DEPLOYED.MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF AIR BAG FAILURE AND AFTER SEVERAL WEEKS WE WERE NOTIFIED THAT IMPACT WAS NOT ENOUGH TO ACTIVATE SENSORS. WHEN I CALLED INVESTIGATOR, I WAS TOLD THAT A LETTER WOULD COME ABOUT DECISION AND NO FUTHER ACTIONS WOULD BE TAKEN. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED AND DRIVER IS STILL UNDER GOING TREATMENT FOR INJURIES TO BACK.OTHER CALLS WERE PLACED TO MANUFACTURER ,ESPECIALLY AFTER WE RECEIVED A RECALL ON THE VEHICLE FOR THE AIR BAGS 30 DAYS AFTER THE INCIDENT. WE WERE TOLD THIS DID NOT AFFECT OUR VEHICLE. WE ARE NOT SATISFIED WITH THE REPORT AND RESULTS AND ARE UNCERTAIN IF ANYONE EVEN LOOKED AT THE VEHICLE SINCE IT WAS TOWED TO A LOCKED FACITILITY AND THE OWNER OF THE FACILITY HAD LET INSURANCE ADJUSTER AND OWNERS ONLY IN TO THE SECURED SITE. FACILITY OWNER STATED HE SEEN NO ONE ELSE REQUESTING TO VIEW OR TEST THIS VEHICLE FOR MALFUNCTIONS. WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE EXACT METHOD AND RESULTS OF THE MANUFACTURERS DETERMINATION OF NO DEFECT. WE ARE STILL PURSUING THIS INVESTIGATION.

DT: TRANSMISSION IS GETTING TOO HOT. CONSUMER WENT TO DEALERSHIP WHO SAID THEY HAVE HAD SIMILAR PROBLEMS, BUT THERE IS NO RECALL. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPAIRED FOR THIS PROBLEM ONCE ALREADY AND THE PROBLEM IS OCCURRING AGAIN. *TT

VEHICLE HAS 70,000 MILES AND ON HIGHWAY CRUISING ABOUT 65 MPH THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING ABOUT 3 TIMES A MINUTE. I HAVE DONE TRANSMISSION MAINTENANCE AT 68,500 MILES. AND THE FIRST GEAR WAS NOT WORKING CORRECTLY AND HAS NOT CHANGE EVER SINCE AND.