2003 Dodge Ram 1500 complaints

PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE'S TAILGATE.*MR THE CONSUMERS TAILGATE HAD FELL DOWN AND HIT A CHILD IN HEAD FOR NO APPARENT REASON. THE CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED IN QUALITY AND STRUCTURE IN WHICH IS MADE BECAUSE IT WAS NOT PROPERLY FUNCTIONING TO RELEASE ON IT OWN. PLEASE REVIEW FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATIONS. *CB

MAJOR WATER LEAKAGE THROUGH THE HANDLES LOCATED ON BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER WINDOW FRAMES. *JB

DEFECTIVE ROTORS - 2003 DODGE RAM PICK-UPS THE BRAKES ON MY 2003 DODGE RAM P/U BEGAN VIBRATING AT AROUND 17,000 MI AND GOT VERY BAD TO THE POINT OF TAKING TO DEALER AT 21000 MILES. DEALER WOULD NOT ACKNOWLEDGE KNOWN CUSTOMER PROBLEMS. THERE IS EXTENSIVE DOCUMENTATION ONLINE IN DODGE TRUCK OWNER SITES, ABOUT THIS COMMON PROBLEM. *JB

CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION. WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IN REVERSE IT GETS STUCK IN THE GEARS. MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED AT THE TIME OF THIS CALL. *PH

BECAUSE OF ITS DESIGN, TAILGATE WHEN IT IS IN THE DOWN POSITION, IT FALLS COMPLETELY OFF ITS HINGE AND ONTO THE ROAD WHEN VEHICLE GOES OVER A PUMP.*AK

CONSUMER STATED TRANSMISSION SHIFTED HARD AT TIMES, STALLED AND HESITATED. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK THIS HAPPENED WHEN PULLING INTO TRAFFIC. ON THREE OCCASIONS, VEHICLE HAD FAILED TO START. WHEN IT DID RESTART BLACK SMOKE EMITTED FROM THE VEHICLE. *PH *JB

PURCHASED A DODGE RAM 1500 W/HEMI ENGINE ON 5-29-03. ON JULY 4, 2003 AT APPROXIMATELY 2030 HRS THE THROTTLE ON THE VEH BECAME STUCK AT APRROXIMATELY 1750 MILES. THE VEH COULD NOT ACCELERATE OR DECELERATE AND THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL INDICATOR WAS FLASHING. VEH WAS TRAVELLING APPROXIMATELY 15 MHP AT 1500 RPM AND IT WOULD NOT SLOW DOWN OR ACCELERATE. ON 7-5-03 AT APPROXIMATELY 0830 HRS, VEH'S THROTTLE GOT STUCK AGAIN, THIS TIME IT GOT STUCK AT A MUCH HIGER SPEED, APPROXIMATELY 30 MHP.*AK

SECOND COMPLAINT, TRUCK STILL IN THE SHOP, I HAVE BEEN WAITING 16 DAYS FOR PARTS, DEALER IS UNABLE TO GET ALL THE NEW REPLACEMENT PARTS TO FIX MY OIL LEAK. THIS OIL LEAK IS BECAUSE THE DEALER THAT REPLACED MY ENGINE DIDN'T INSTALL IT CORRECTLY. THEY PUT ONE OF THE SUSPECTED BAD PARTS BACK IN WITH TWO NEW SEALS AROUND IT, I DON'T THINK THAT IS RIGHT. I BOUGHT A NEW TRUCK, I SHOULD GET NEW REPLACEMENT PARTS WHEN IT BREAKS DOWN. DEALERS NAME IS LARRY MILLER DODGE 623-815-2250. MY TRUCK ONLY HAS 2400 MILES ON IT. I HAVE ONLY OWNED IT FOR TWO AND A HALF MONTHS, NO ONE WILL RETURN MY CALLS FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE TRUCK. IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR OVER 30 DAYS. *JB

RAM 1500 HEMI, WITH 1900 MILES ON IT, IT BROKE A VALVE SPRING, CRACKED THE BLOCK, LOST THE MOTOR. IT TOOK 14 DAYS TO GET THE MOTOR REPLACED, NOW IT HAS A REAR MAIN SEAL LEAK. WAITING ON PARTS, 12 DAYS. MY TRUCK HAS BEEN IT SHOP FOR 26 DAYS, I'VE ONLY OWNED IT FOR TWO AND HALF MONTHS. AFTER 30 DAYS IT FALLS UNDER THE LEMON LAW. *NLM

(SECOND TIME) WE WHERE DRIVING ON THE 10 FWY WITH OUR GIRLS TO DROP THEM FOR THE WEEK BECAUSE WE WHERE GOING ON VACATION TO VEGAS. THAT IS WHEN THE "BRAND NEW TRUCK DIED" IT WAS DUE TO THE SAME REASONS SENSOR AND OTHER PROBLEM. IT HAD BEEN IN THE MOSS DODGE DEALERSHIP SINCE JUNE 13, 2003 . TODAY IS JUNE 20, 2003 WE HAVE NOT HEARD FROM THEM SINCE TUESDAY. AS WE WHERE DRIVING ON THE 10 FWY THE TRUCK DIED COMPLETELY WITH THE TRAFFIC BEHIND US IN THE FAST LANE ON THE FREEWAY. I BELIEVE THAT THIS TRUCK IS NOT REPAIRABLE. I ALSO BELIEVE THAT THERE IS TO MUCH WRONG WITH THIS TRUCKS SENSOR WHICH GIVE THE POWER TO DRIVE. THIS TRUCK TO ME AND MY FAMILY IS CONSIDER DANGEROUS TO DRIVE FROM THE EXPERIENCE WE HAD ON JUNE 13, 2003. WE HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING BUT NOT EVEN THE GENERAL MANAGER HAS CALLED US BACK. WE EVEN ASKED FOR A CORP. OFFICE THEY SAID THEY DID NOT HAVE ONE. WHICH IS HARD TO BELIEVE. *NLM

WE HAD JUST PURCHASED A DODGE RAM 1500 ON MARCH 29. 2003 WHEN THE NEXT DAY IT DIED ON US. WE HAD IT TOWED TO THE NEAREST DEALER SHIP. AT THAT TIME THEY SAID IT HAD TO WITH THE SENSOR THEN LATER ON A FEW DAYS LATER THEY CALLED BACK AND SAID THAT IT WAS ALSO THE MODULE THAT WAS DEFECTED WITH THE SENSOR. TOLD IT WAS FIXED AFTER THEY HAD ORDER THOSE PARTS. (THIS IS ONLY FIRST TIME TRUCK DIED). *NLM

DODGE RAM 1500 HEMI. BOUGHT ON 5-26-03. ON 6-2-03 THE TRUCK BROKE DOWN. BROKEN VALVE SPRING. FIRST IT WAS THOUGHT THE COMPUTER. NOW DODGE WANTS MOTOR BACK. TRUCK IS STILL IN THE SHOP WITH THE REPLACEMENT MOTOR NOT IN SIGHT. IS THIS A PROBLEM WITH THE NEW HEMI STYLE MOTOR? MAY NEED TO LOOK INTO THIS. *NLM

VEHICLE WITH AN UNSAFE POWER WINDOW SWITCH. *JB

MY NEW TRUCK TURNS OFF ALL THE TIME WHEN SITTING AT IDLE FOR 2 MINUTES OR MORE. *NLM

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE PULLED TO THE SIDE WITHOUT WARNING. *NLM

TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT INTO REVERSE WHEN LEFT OUTSIDE IN THE COLD. VEHICLE HAS 1200 MILES ON IT. VEHICLE WAS IMPORTED FROM CANADA AND CHRYSLER CORP. WILL NOT WARRANTY, NOR WILL SELLING DEALER TAKE VEHICLE BACK. I PURCHASED VEHICLE 5 WEEKS AGO. I WAS TOLD BY REPAIR STATION THAT THERE IS A RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE BECAUSE OF PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION BUT IT DOES NOT SURFACE ON CARFAX NOR ON THIS WEBSITE BECAUSE DODGE DOES NOT REPORT RECALLS TO EITHER. *JB

THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION, AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. *JB

NOTE: I HAD TO WRITE DOWN FLORIDA FOR THE STATE, BECAUSE THERE IS NO OPTION FOR PUERTO RICO. WHILE DRIVING IN A MOUNTANOUS AREA WITH CURVES(ASPHALTED ROAD), AFTER A CURVE AT APPROXIMATELY 10-20 MPH, I FELT THE TRUCK LOST THE RIGHT SIDE FRONT TIRE, WHEN I CHECKED I HAD LOST THE PART OF THE FRONT SUSPENSION THAT HOLDS THE DISC, CALIPER BEARING, TIRE, BALL JOINTS AND ALL OTHER RELATED PARTS. I RECOVERED THE ASSEMBLY THAT INCLUDED THE ABOVE PARTS. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE CHRYSLER DEALER, THEY TOLD ME THEY HAD TO WAIT FOR A CHRYSLER ENGINEER TO DETERMINE IF IT WAS A DEFECT( THE CAR WAS BRAND NEW AND HAD ABOUT 1700 MILES AND THREE WEEKS OLD). THE ENGINEER ARRIVED TO PUERTO RICO LAST THURSDAY MARCH 20 2003, AND IN A COUPLE OF HOURS (2-3 HOURS) DETERMINED THAT IT WAS ALL AN ACCIDENT( I AM A MECHANICAL ENGINEER). I ASKED FOR THIS INFORMATION IN WRITING- I STILL HAVEN'T RECEIVED IT). SINCE THE FIRST WEEK I HAD THE RAM, I FELT A NOISE THAT REALLY SOUNDED LIKE A LOOSE PART UNDER THE DASH, OTHER THAN THAT I DID NOT FEEL ANYTHING ABNORMAL IN THE DRIVING CHARACTERISTICS, I HAD SPOKE WITH THE SALESMAN AND ASKED HIM ABOUT THE WARRANTY PROCEDURE, TO TAKE THE RAM IN FOR THIS NOISE.

THE TRANSMISSION LOCKED UP, WHICH CAUSED CONSUMER TO ABRUPTLY PULL OVER.*JB

THE VEHICLE STALLED ON FIVE OCCASIONS, AND WAS UNABLE TO BE FIXED. *JB SCC

WHILE EXITING THE INTERSTATE(EXIT 5, I20), I CUT THE CRUSIE CONTROL OFF AND TRIED TO CONTROL THE SPEED WITH THE ACCELERATOR, IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO ACCELERATE TO EXIT THE OFF RAMP. THE ACCELERATOR WAS ON THE FLOOR BOARD, THE LINKAGE HAD COME LOOSE. A BRACKET, HOLDING THE CABLE, HAD COME APART WAS ABLE TO MAKE A TEMPORARY REPAIR. WILL CONTACT THE DEALER IN THE A.M. DT