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1995 Dodge Ram 2500 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 1995 record →

Fuel System, Gasoline › Delivery › Hoses, Lines/Piping, and Fittings
Filed Apr 9, 1996IA

FUEL TANK LINE BROKE WHILE DRIVING CAUSING A LOSS OF FUEL. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Pads
Filed Mar 27, 1996GA

EXPERIENCING PREMATURE BRAKE PAD WEAR IN FRONT. HAD BRAKES REPLACED FIVE TIMES. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components
Filed Feb 21, 1996NC

IN MODERATE TO HEAVY BRAKING, VEHICLE WILL PULL TO LEFT AND RIGHT. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Feb 13, 1996MT

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKE TRUCK PULLS TO THE RIGHT SIDE HAVE ABS ANTI-LOCK BRAKE .

Steering › Steering Wheel/Handle Bar
Filed Feb 13, 1996MT

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND GOING STRAIGHT THE STEERING WHEEL TURNED . TT

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Pads
Filed Jan 31, 1996AZ

SEVERE FRONT BRAKES PULL WHEN APPLIED. DEALERS HAVE DONE EXTENSIVE REPLACEMENT OF CALIPERS, SHOES AND TURNED ROTORS. WHEEL ALIGNMENT DOESN'T CORRECT PROBLEM.

Vehicle Speed Control › Cruise Control
Filed Jan 11, 1996GA

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND LET OFF THE ACCELERATOR VEHICLE WILL BEGIN TO SHUTTER AND SHAKE. TT

Service Brakes, Air › Antilock
Filed Dec 4, 1995AL

ABS, BRAKE FAILURE, CONTINUE FRONT DISC PADS, AT A SPEED OF 25 SHEARED THE BRAKES OFF RIGHT WHEEL. TT

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Dec 1, 1995VA

W/ABS BRAKES; WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, STEERING WHEEL JERKED OUT OF HAND HITTING CURB. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Oct 13, 1995NV

REAR ABS BRAKES; WHEN BRAKING TRUCK WILL PULL RIGHT/LEFT NEED FIRM GRIP CONTROL. 2) BRAKE PEDAL FADES NO PRESSURE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT CONSUMR STATES WHILE BACKING DOWNHILL IN 4WD THE BRAKES GO TO THE FLOOR AND FAIL COMPLETELY, USUALLY VEHICLE PULLS TO THE LEFT WHEN BRAKING, HOWEVER SOMETIMES IT WILL PULL TO THE RIGHT AS WELL. *SLC

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components
Filed Oct 11, 1995OK

WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED, VEHICLE PULLS TO THE RIGHT, DEALER CANNOT FIX. TT CONSUMER HAS REPLACED THE TIRES AND RIMS AND HAS HAD VEHICLE ALIGNED, HOWEVER VIBRATION AND PULLING OF VEHICLE AT TIME OF BRAKE APPLICATION STILL OCCURS. *SLC

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc
Filed Sep 19, 1995WV

FRONT DISC BRAKES KEEP LOCKING UP ON THE HIGHWAY. TT

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Jul 24, 1995NJ

FOUR WHEEL ABS ANTI-LOCK BRAKE WHEN APPLY THE BRAKE TRUCK PULL LEFT OR RIGHT SOMETIME . TT

Seat Belts › Front › Buckle Assembly
Filed Jun 21, 1995MI

THE TWO REAR SEAT BELTS HAVE BROKEN ON THE INSIDE OF MECHANISM, AND THE RIGHT MIDDLE SEAT BELT IS THREADED WRONG. TT

Power Train › Automatic Transmission › Cooling Unit and Lines
Filed Jun 21, 1995MS

WHILE DRIVING TRANSMISSION LINE FELL OFF, FLUID WAS LEAKING OUT. TT

Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Apr 12, 1995TX

THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION HANGS IN GEAR, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO HAVE CONSTANT ACCELERATION EVEN WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. TT

Power Train › Axle AssemblyFire
Filed Feb 28, 1995AL

FRONT AXLE LUBE IS LEAKING ONTO THE AXLE, EXHAUST FUMES AND LEAKING ONTO THE CATAYTIC CONVERTER WHICH IS VERY HOT CAUSING TO SMOKE IN FOR REPAIR 7 TIMES. TT

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