TiresCrash
Filed Mar 13, 2001CA
ORIGINAL EQUIPTMENT MICHELIN TIRES, SIZE P24575R16. WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH RIGHT REAR TIRE SUDDENLY BLEWOUT. TREAD SEPARATED AROUND WHOLE TIRE. DODGE HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK
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2001 Dodge Ram 1500 complaints
Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 2001 record →
Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Mar 10, 2001GA
TRANSMISON DOES NOT SHIFT INTO PASSING GEAR BECAUSE COMPUTER WII NOT LET IT SERVICE MANAGER DAVID DYER SAID IT CANOT BE FIXED CHRYSLER REP WILL NOT RETURN CALLS.THIS IS A NEW TRUCK .DAVID SAID CHRYSLER HAS HAD OVER A 100 COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SAME TRUCK,BUT CHRYSLER WILL NOT HELP.THIS STARTED WITH 500 MILES ON TRUCK THE DEALERSHIP PUT A NEW COMPUTER IN BUT IT DID NOT HELP.I HAVE REPORTED THIS TO CHRYSLER CUST SERVICE MANY TIMES.TRUCK HAS LACK OF POWER BECAUSE OF THIS I WAS TOLD BY DAVID THE CHRYSLER REP SAID THEY MY HAVE A FIX IN JUNE ,BUT NO PROMISES .
Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Mar 9, 2001WV
THIS PROBLEM OCCURS WHEN THE VEHICLE IS COLD AND YOU SHIFT GEARS IT FEELS LIKE THE DRI VE TRAIN IS GOING TO COME OUT OF THE VEHICLE. SERVICE REP TOLD ME CHRYLER IS AWARE OF THIS AND HAVE BEEN FOR A AWHILE BUT THEY DOOT KNOW WHAT TO DO TO CORRECT PROBLEM. *AK
Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Mar 6, 2001PA
WITH 206 MILES ON THE VEHICLE THE TRANSMISSON WENT COMPLETLY OUT STRANDING ME ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD 86 MILES FROM HOME. *AK
Air Bags › FrontalCrash
Filed Feb 13, 2001TN
DAMAGE $ 12000.00 , FRONT CRASH AT 55 MPH, NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. *AK
Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Feb 13, 2001TX
TRANSMISSION PREMATURELY FAILED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO DIE ON ROAD. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO DEALER. DEALER WILL REPLACE TRANSMISSION. PRIOR TO INCIDENT, CONSUMER NOTICED CRUISE CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON. *AK
Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Jan 31, 2001KY
THE TRANSMISSION DROPS IN LOW GEAR WHILE DRIVING AT HIGH SPEEDS AND LOW SPEEDS, TRANSMISSION PROBLEM ALMOST CAUSED A CRASH, AFTER 8 TRIPS TO THE REPAIR SHOP SAME PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. CJ
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Brake Fluid Low Warning › Lamp
Filed Jan 18, 2001CA
WHEN APPLYING BRAKE PEDAL PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, AND BOTH ABS/BRAKE LIGHTS CAME ON. VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY LOST BRAKES. VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER FOR INSEPECTION. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK
Visibility › Power Window Devices and Controls
Filed Dec 26, 2000MD
FOR NO APPARENT REASON, PASSENGER'S DOOR WINDOW EXPLODED WITH TREMENDOUS FORCE SENDING A SHOWER OF SHARDS OF GLASS THROUGHOUT THE CAB.*AK
Electrical System › 12v/24v/48v Battery › CablesFire
Filed Nov 29, 2000VA
VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FIRE, IT ORIGINATED UNDER THE HOOD ON THE DRIVERS SIDE AT BATTERY CABLE TO POWERBOX, VEHICLE IS A TOTAL LOSS, CLAIM 46-0377-665. *SLC
Unknown or Other
Filed Jul 16, 2000PA
NO SUMMARY INCLUDED FOR THAT VEHICLE. *AK
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline
Filed Jul 11, 2000PA
ENGINE PING: DEALER NOTED PROBLEM AND ADVISED I MUST WAIT FOR CHRYSLER TSB TO BE RELEASED ON 2001 TRUCK. TRANSMISSION RATTLE: DEALER ADVISED THAT THIS IS GEAR RATTLE & IS NORMAL & NOT HARMFUL TO MY TRUCK. INJECTOR TAP: DEALER IDENTIFIED FAST CLICKING NOISE AS INJ. TAP & ADVISED THAT THIS IS NORMAL & NOT HARMFUL.*AK
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