1995 Dodge Ram 2500 complaints

PAINT ON PICK UP BED OF 2500 DODGE PEELED OFF LESS THAN TWO YEARS AFTER BUYING TRUCK. TALKED TO PAINT SPECIALIST AND WAS ASSURED IT WOULD BE REPAINTED. TRANSFERRED TO HAWAII AND WAS TOLD BY DEALER THAT THEY WOULD ONLY SPOT IT AND CHARGE ME 200 DOLLARS. THE PAINT IS PEELING OFF IN TWO INCH WIDE STRIPS.*AK

LIGHT SWITCH CIRCUITRY BURNED INSIDE DASH AND CAUSED HEAT DAMAGE TO DASH AND WIRING INSIDE. VEHICLE WAS RECALLED FOR WIRING AND WHEN RECALL WAS COMPLETE, FUEL GUAGE AND TEMPERATURE GUAGE FAILED TO OPERATE NORMALLY. LIGHT SWITCH FAILURE AND IGNITION SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONS BELIEVED TO BE RELATED.*AK

HEAD LIGHTS WENT OUT ON LOW BEAM WHEN SWITCHING FROM HIGH BEAM, SOMETIMES I HAVE TO SWITCH A COUPLE TIMES TO GET THEM TO COME BACK ON. *LA

FRONT BRAKES ARE NOT HOLDING PROPERLY THE VEHICLE. DEALER INSPECTED VEHICLE, AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE OR CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AK

SHORTLY AFTER TURNING ON HEADLAMPS, ODOR AND SMOKE CAME FROM THE DASH. THIS OCCURRED WHILE PULLING A TRAILER. HEADLAMPS WERE TURNED OFF, BUT HAD DIFFICULTY GETTING DASH LIGHTS AND TRAILER LIGHTS TO TURN OFF ALSO. KEPT HAVING TO TURN THE KNOB LEFT/RIGHT NUMEROUS TIMES TO GET ALL LIGHTING TO TURN OFF. ALSO, WHEN THE DOOR IS OPENED WITH THE IGNITION/HEADLAMPS OFF, THE BUZZER SOUNDS INDICATING THAT HEADLAMPS WERE LEFT ON, BUT NO HEADLAMPS WERE ON. I AM DRIVING A 95 DODGE RAM 2500 DIESEL 4 X 4 AND PULLING A 23FT SUNDOWNER GOOSENECK HORSE TRAILER.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, IF VEHICLE HITS THE SLIGHTEST BUMP IN THE ROAD, IT WILL SEVERELY JUMP OUT OF CONTROL. DEALERSHIP HAS SERVICED VEHICLE, BUT COULD NOT LOCATE PROBLEM. CAUSE UNKNOWN.*AK

DELAMINATION OF THE PAINT ON MY 1995 DODGE RAM 2500. AIMLERCHRYSLER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BUT REFUSE TO ADMIT IT. UNLESS YOU TAKE THEM TO SMALL CLAIMS COURT FORGET ABOUT ANY KIND OF SETTLEMENT. *AK

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION ON TWO OCCASIONS. ONCE THE THROTTLE CABLE BECAME STUCK AND THE CONSUMER MANAGED TO PULL THE PEDAL UP. THE SECOND TIME A LEVER BECAME JAMMED AND A MECHANIC HAD TO FREE UP THE LEVER WHICH WAS RUSTED. *AK *CB *NLM

CONSUMER STATES THAT DODGE RAM HAD HER STRANDED IN THE MOUNTAINS FOR 3 DAYS, BEFORE BEING RESCUED THE PLASTIC REAINIER IN THE TRANSMISSION COOLER PRESSURE LINE QUICK CONNECT FITTING HOSE MELTED AND SPRAYED FLUID ALL OVER ENGINE . THE ENGINE BEGAN TO SMOKE AND SHE THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO CATCH ON FIRE. SHE CALLED THE MANUFACTURER FOR HELP BUT BECAUSE IT WAS NOT A RECALL SHE WOULD NOT RECEIVE ANY HELP IN GETTING IT REPAIRED.*AK

IN AN EMERGANCY SITUATION I HAVE HIT THE BRAKES HARD! I HEAR A CLICK OR SNAP AND IT FEELS LIKE THE BRAKES ARE WET OR THEY OIL ON THEM, IT JUST KEEPS GOING I HAVE GONE OFF THE ROAD ON THE SHOULDER AND ALSO INTO THE DITCH A COUPLE OF TIMES TO AVOID THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. I PULL A 5TH WHEEL OFTEN SO FAR IT HASN'T HAPPENED WHEN I HAVE HAD THE TLR....BUT I AM AFRAID THAT IF IT I AM PULLING THE 5TH WHEEL AND IT HAPPENS SOMEBODY MAY BE INJURED OR EVEN WORSE KILLED, I AM VERY CONCERNED..*AK

FUEL QUANTITY INDICATED LOWER THAN ACTUAL FUEL IN TANK OF '95 DODGE RAM 2500 P/U. REMOVED CARTER FUEL MODULE; FOUND FLOAT DETERIORATED WITH ABSORBED FUEL WHICH MADE FLOAT HEAVY AND CAUSED FAULTY INDICATION. INSTALLED WALBRO FUEL MODULE, CHECKS OK. HOW DO I INFORM DODGE TO PROCESS BULLETIN OR RECALL THE FAULTY CARTER FUEL MODULES? THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN, OPERATORS NEED TO KNOW ACCURATE FUEL LOAD TO MAKE A SAFE TRIP. *JB

THIRD TIRE SEPARATION FROM A SET OF FOUR TIRES PURCHASED FROM AMERICAN TIRES. THE TIRE IS GOODYEAR WRANGLER GSA LT265/75R16 LOAD RANGE "D". THE SECOND TIRE SEPARATION CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE.*JB

THE FUEL TANK LEAKED DUE TO A FAULTY CRACK PIPE. *JB

THE SPARE TIRE FELL TO THE GROUND FROM THE ORIGINAL RACK. THE CABLE WHICH KEPT THE WHEEL AND TIRE SUSPENDED IN THE RACK RUSTED, AT THE POINT CLOSE TO THE END OF THE CABLE. *DT *JB

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE "POPPED" OUT OF GEAR AND CONSUMER WAS NOT ABLE TO PLACE BACK INTO GEAR. THE DEALER INDICATED THAT A NUT IN THE MANUAL TRANSMISSION OVERDRIVE CAME LOOSE KNOCKING THE VEHICLE OUT OF GEAR. *NLM

NAR 3-11-03 THE CONSUMER STATED THAT WHEN HIS TRUCK WAS USED FOR SNOW PLOWING, THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK TWISTED, WHICH CAUSED STRESS TO VARIOUS AREAS OF THE TRUCK. IN ADDITION THE CONSUMER FELT THAT THE SHOCK TOWER DEFECT RECALL(99V214000) MAY BE PART OF THE PROBLEM. IT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED BY THE CONSUMER THAT THE TRUCK BE RECALLED AND REPAIRED. *CB *JB

CONSUMER EXPLAINED THAT AFTER STEPPING ON THE BRAKES FOR THE THIRD TIME, THE POWER ASSIST BRAKES WERE NO LONGER OPERABLE AND THE BRAKE LIGHT APPEARED TO BE ON. *JG *JB

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE 25MPH. THE SPARE TIRE FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE CAME UNDONE STATES THE CABLE CORD THAT HOLDS TIRE UNDER THE VEHICLE SNAP. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS

STARTER STAYED ENGAGED WHILE DRIVING (DODGE DIESEL 95') RESULTING IN ENGINE FIRE.

PRIOR TO RECALL NOTIFICATION, CONSUMER HAD THE THROTTLE CABLE REPLACED ON THE VEHICLE, HOWEVER THE MANUFACTURER IS REFUSING TO REIMBURSE CONSUMER STATING THE REQUIRED CONDITIONS WERE NOT MET.*JB

MIDDLE SEATBELT CAME UNLATCHED WHILE TIGHTENING A CHILD CAR SEAT TWICE. FORTUNATELY CHILD WAS NOT IN THE CAR SEAT AT THE TIME. SEAT BELT BUTTON PROTRUDES SO THAT IT CAN BE HIT AND RELEASED ACCIDENTALLY! DT

CONSUMER STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FLUID COOLER LINE DISCONNECTED FROM THE TRANSMISSION SPEWING COOLANT ALL OVER ENGINE. TRANSMISSION ULITMATELY FAILED. INCIDENT ALMOST CAUSED A FIRE. TS

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING STARTED TO HEAR A CLUNK, STEERING WHEEL WAS SNAPPING AND BANGING. CONSUMER STATES THE LOWER SHAFT ASSEMBLE WAS CRACKED ALL THE WAY AROUND. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

CONSUMER STATES THE RUBBER VACUUM BLOCK THAT SITS ON TOP OF THE TRANSFER CASE IS DETERIORATING. CONSUMER STATES COULD CAUSE BRAKES TO FAIL. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

DEFECT WITH THE AUTOMATIC COOLER LINES. WHEN ENGINE GETS WARM TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKS ONTO EXHAUST MANIFOLD. CONSUMER STATED INCIDENT HAS OCCURED 8 TIMES. *MR

WITH CAMPER ON TRUCK, FOG LIGHTS ON AND ALL OTHER LIGHTS, HEAD,LIGHTS, TAIL LIGHTS, AND CLEARANCE LIGHTS ON AN ODOR WAS COMING FROM THE DASH. AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME A TRUCKER INFORMED ME BY CB RADIO THAT I HAD NO CLEARANCE LIGHTS OR TAIL LIGHTS AND I NOTICED THAT MY FOG LIGHTS ALSO WENT OUT. UPON REPLACING THE LIGHT SWITCH THE BLOCK WHICH ATTACHES THE WIRES TO THE LIGHT SWITCH HAD MELTED, THAT IS WHAT CAUSED THE ODOR. WHAT CAUSED THE OVERHEATING OF THE SWITCH I DO NOT KNOW. DODGE HAS A RECALL ON THE 3500 SERIES LIGHT SWITCH BUT NOT 2500.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH, RIGHT REAR TIRE HAD A BLOWOUT ON A 1995, DODGE, RAM 2500 WHICH DAMAGED THE VEHICLE. AFTERMARKET EQUIPMENT INSTALLED AT 108,314 MILES, TIRE SIZE 265/75R16, AND THE DOT# UPW8CIT418. COOPER MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED, COOPER HAS REPLACED THE OTHER 3 TIRES AT NO COST. *AK *NLM

CONSUMER PURCHASED 4 BRAND NEW TIRES ON OCT 18,2001, HOWEVER ON OR AROUND OCT 31,2001 CONSUMER WENT BACK TO THE STORE TO TRY AND GET REPLACEMENT TIRES BECAUSE 2 OUT OF THE 4 TIRES HAD WEAR BARS SHOWING, THE MANAGER INFORMED CONSUMER THERE WAS NO WARRANTY EVEN THOUGH THE TIRES WERE ONLY 1 YEAR OLD, THE TIRES WERE THEN ROTATED AND PLACED ON THE FRONT OF VEHICLE, BECAUSE THE OTHER 2 TIRES WERE STILL GOOD, CONSUMER HAS SINCE REPLACED ALL 4 TIRES AND IS SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE WORN TIRES THAT WERE REPLACED. TIRE SIZE LT 23585R16, NO OTHER TIRE INFO GIVEN. (PARENTS, CLAIRE & TONY SCHEEN ON BEHALF OF DAUGHTER CHRISTINE SCHEEN.)*JB

WHILE DRIVING AT 55MPH HOOD FLEW OPEN AND SHATTERED FRONT WINDSHIELD, CAUSING CONSUMER TO PULL OVER. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK CONSUMER STATES PROBLEM OCCURRED DUE TO A FAULTY HOOD LATCH. *SLC

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES AT HIGH SPEED FRONT END WANDERS TO LEFT OR RIGHT. FRAME OF THE VEHICLE WILL CHANGE DIRECTIONS WHEN HITTING A BUMP. DEALER HAS SEEN VEHICLE, AND CANT FIX IT. *AK

TRAILER HITCH RECEIVER WILL NOT BE PROPERLY ALIGNED, AND SOMETIMES LEFT WILL BE HIGHER THAN RIGHT. ALSO, THE OTHER WAY AROUND.*AK

THE METAL HANGERS IN FUEL PUMP WAS RUSTED. THE RUST FROM THE METAL HANGERS WENT THROUGH FUEL LINE AND CLOGGED FUEL TANK. DEALER CONTACTED. NLMCONSUMER HAD DEALER CLEAN FUEL SYSTEM FROM FRONT TO BACK. PROBLEM REOCCURED. CONSUMER FOUND OUT IT WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE FUEL PUMP NOT JUST THE HANGERS. SERVICEMAN AT THE DEALER REFUSES TO LOOK AT THE FUEL PUMP FOR FURTHER DIAGNOSIS. *JG

CONSUMER STATES THAT A FUEL LINE WAS LEAKING. *YH

WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 2 OR 3 MILES FROM HOME SUDDENLY THE HOOD FLEW UP AND OBSTRUCTED VIEW AND BROKE HOOD AND WINSHIELD. FORTUNETLY, THERE WAS NO OTHER TRAFFIC ON THE ROAD. THIS JUST HAPPENED AND WE LOOKED ON THE INTERNET TO SEE IF THERE WERE PROBLEMS WITH THE HOOD AND THE LATCH. WE WILL CONTACT THE DEALERSHIP AND DISCUSS PROBLEM. PLEASE ADVISE OF NECESSARY STEPS. THANK YOU. *AK

CONSUMER STATES RECALL ITEM THROTTLE CONTROL CABLE BROKE. THERE IS A RECALL (01V037000) POSSIBLY RELATING TO THE THROTTLE CABLE WHICH WAS NOT PERFORMED BECAUSE THE PARTS TO PERFORM THE RECALL WERE NOT AVAILABLE. AS A RESULT, CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO GET AN APPROVED PART AND RECEIVED REPAIRS THROUGH ANOTHER DODGE DEALERSHIP. HOWEVER, WHEN CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT, MANUFACTURER DECLINED CLAIM STATING THAT REPLACEMENT PART WAS NOT AN APPROVED PART. *TT

CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE IN TO DEALERSHIP TO HAVE RECALL REPAIR WORK PERFORMED ON VEHICLE, AFTER RECEIVING VEHICLE BACK CONSUMER STATED THE RADIO, DOME LIGHTS, MAP LIGHTS AND DOOR CHIME DID NOT WORK, AFTER VEHICLE WAS LOOKED AT, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED BY DEALERSHIP THAT WHEN THEY WERE WELDING THE REINFORCEMENTS A SPARK HIT THE GROUND BOX.*JB

THE MAIN PROBLEM WITH THIS COMPLAINT IS THAT WITH THE CUMMINS DIESEL THER IS A LOT OF VIBRATION FROM THE ENGINE, THUS CAUSSING THE TRANSMISSION LINE TO VIBERATE, SO MUCH AS TO CAUSE THE BRASS FITTING ON THE PRESSURE SIDE TO BREAK THUS CAUSING THE FLUID TO ESCAPE FROM THE TRANS. THIS DOES NOT MAKE FOR LONG LIFE OF THE AUTOMATIC TRANS. CHRYSLER HAS BEEN TOLD OF THIS PROBLEM ,AND HAS ADMITTED THIS BY CREATING AN UPGRADED PART WHICH HAS A PROVISSION BUILT IN THAT ALLOWS FLEXING , THEREFORE ELIMINATING VIBRATION, ( A SHORT PIECE OF FLEXIBLE HOSE) NO VIBRATION ,NO BROKEN FITTINGS, NO BROKEN FITTINGS, NO WORN OUT TRANSMISSION. YOU CANT RUN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS LOW ON OIL WITH-OUT SEVERE OUTCOMES. CHRYSLER DOES KNOW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM THAT IS WHY THEY HAVE DESIGNED THE NEW FLEXIBLE HOSE IN THE TRANSMISSION LINE , THERE NEEDS TO BE A RE-CALL TO FIX THIS PROBLEM

YOU HAVE A RECALL LISTED FOR THE 3500 SERIES, BUT NOT THE 2500. NO SAFETY DEFECT STATED. *AK

VEHICLE CAB WAS FILLING UP WITH SMOKE. LOSS OF HEADLIGHTS OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT, WHICH NEARLY CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

TRANSMISSION AND THE FRONT AXLE HOUSING FAILED. *YH

WHILE DRIVING 65-70 MPH VEHICLE STARTED TO SLOW DOWN, CONSUMER HAD TO SHIFT TO 4TH GEAR. THEN, NOTICED 5TH GEAR HAD GONE OUT. DEALER SAID THIS WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM, IT WAS A DEFECTIVE NUT THAT DEALER REPLACED TO RESOLVE PROBLEM.*AK *YH

CONSUMER RECEIVED MANUFACTURER'S RECALL NOTICE 970. TOOK VEHICLE IN 3 TIMES, AND EACH TIME THERE WERE NO PARTS. CONSUMER HAD AN APPOINTMENT FOR RECALL REPAIRS MADE BY DODGE MANUFACTURER , TOOK VEHICLE IN, AND STILL THERE WERE NO PARTS.*AK

THE IGNITION SWITCH FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE 00V-135 AND AS A RESULT THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED SMOLDERING AND BURN A HOLE IN STEERING WHEEL COVER, THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE CONSUMER HAD INSTALLED ADDITIONAL LIGHTS WHICH CAUSED THE FIRE AND REIMBURSED THE CONSUMER ONLY FOR THE PARTS. *YH

THE THROTTLE CABLE FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL 01V-037, AND THROTTLE ROD WAS WORN.*JB

DEALER PERFORMED TSB 21-10-98, 5TH GEAR CAME APART DUE TO THE SELF LOCKING NUT ON THE SHAFT CAME OFF. *SLC

3 OUT OF 4 OF THESE TIRES HAVE HAD HIGH SPEED TREAD SEPARATION FOLLOWED BY BLOWOUTS AND VEHICLE DAMAGE. AFTER THE FIRST FAILURE, MICHILIN DIRECTED ME TO HAVE ONE OF THEIR DEALERS INSPECT THE TIRE(S). THE DEALER'S LETTER INDICATED THAT THE "TIRES ARE DEFECTIVE" AND THAT THEY WERE PROPERLY MAINTAINED, HAD CORRECT PRESSURES, ETC. AT THIS POINT I AM OUT OVER $1000 NOT INCLUDING THE INSURANCE COMPANY'S $3500 LOSS FOR VEHICLE DAMAGES. AFTER SENDING THE FAILED TIRES TO MICHLIN, MICHLIN OFFERED TO PAY MY OUT OF POCKET EXPENSES PROVIDED I DID NOT DISCLOSE DETAILS OF THE FAILURES, PROVIDED I DID NOT TELL ANYONE THAT THEY HAD PAID ME, PROVIDED I WOULD NOT LET THE INSURANCE COMPANY SUBROGATE THE LOSS ON MY BEHALF. WHAT SHOULD I DO AT THIS POINT. I STILL HAVE THE INTACT 4TH TIRE. *AK (DOT NUMBER: BF11AKU088 TIRESIZE: LT245/75R)

WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH TRANSMISSION LINE BLEWOUT, DEALER REPLACED TRANSMISSION LINE. THIS HAPPENED AGAIN ON 12 AUG 2001. *AK

RUBBER FUEL HOSE IS SPRAYING FUEL ONTO ENGINE, CAUSING FIRE HAZARD. LEAK IS COMING FROM WHERE RUBBER FUEL LINE MEETS METAL FUEL LINE.*AK CONSUMER STATES HE FIRST NOTICED PROBLEM DUE TO VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AFTER IMMEDIATELY AFTER BEING PARKED OVERNIGHT, THIS PROBLEM BECAME WORSE OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, CONSUMER FEELS THE LOCATION OF THE FUEL LINIE IS HAZARDOUS. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING TRANSMISSION FLUID POURED OUT OF VEHICLE ONTO THE ROAD, AND CAUSED VEHICLE TO SMOKE. THIS WAS DUE TO THE RETAINING CLIP COMING LOOSE. DEALER HAS SEEN. *AK

WHILE BACKING OUT OF A GARAGE BRAKES FAILED TO ENGAGE, ALLOWING BRAKE PEDAL TO GO ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. POOR PERFORMANCE OF BRAKE SYSTEM CAUSED VEHICLE TO BACK INTO A CAR, CAUSING $700 DAMAGE. CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT FRONT LEFT WHEEL BEARING WAS IN POOR CONDITION. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK TECHNICIAN REPLACED R&R LEFT FRONY WHEEL BEARING, HUB AND ROTOR ASSEMBLY, THE BRAKES ARE WEARING MORE ON INDOARD PAD, LEFT FRONT TIRE IS WORN ON THE INSIDE. NLM