2001 Dodge Ram 3500 complaints

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED UP HILL AND NO WARNING TRANSMISSION WILL DECELERATE EVEN WHEN FOOT IS ON THE ACCELERATOR, AND IT WILL BE HARD FOR THE CONSUMER TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

THE POWER STEERING FAILED OR LOCKED UP, WHICH CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. THE VEHICLE ROLLED OVER SEVERAL TIMES. CONSUMER HAD TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES PRIOR TO INCIDENT. THERE WERE INJURIES.*JB

NAR 03/17/2003 IN REFERENCE TO A PRODUCT EVALUATION QUESTIONNAIRE BY CORRECT TRACK INC (REAR WHEEL ALIGNMENT SYSTEM) CORPORATION. *CB *JB

VEHICLE HANDLING.......STEERING WANDER.......SWAY........FAILURE TO TRACK.

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND NO WARNING THE FRONT TIRES HAVE SIDEWALL SEPARATION CAUSING A DISTRACTION TO THE CONSUMER. SIZE#24575R16 PLEASE PROVIDE THE DOT#. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS *DT

CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE FRONT BOLT JOINTS. DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND HAVE STATED THAT SOME OF THE VEHICLES HAVE THAT PROBLEM AND THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO ABOUT IT. TS

VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO DEALER A MINIMUN OF 8 TIMES BETWEEN SEPT AND DEC. 02. STEERING AND BRAKE PROBLEM HAVE NEVER BEEN CORRECTED. DEALER HAS REPLACED POWER STEERING / BRAKE FULID WHICH HAD TURNED BLACK. REPLACED LOWER BALL JOINT, TIE ROD, POWER STEERING PUMP, STEERING GEAR BOX. WITH MY PERMISSION THE TRUCK WAS TAKEN TO THE DODGE TECH CENTER WHERE THE TECH / TRAINER USED MY VEHICLE FOR DEMONSTRATION LESSON /DIAGNOSIS AND DETERMINED THAT THE HYDRA PUMP (BRAKE CYLINDER) WAS DEFECTIVE. THIS TOO WAS REPLACED WITH NO BETTER RESULTS. PLEASE BE AWARE THAT HYDRAULIC BRAKES AND STEERING ARE A PART OF THE SAME SYSTEM AND SHARE 1 PUMP. THE TECH ADVISOR AS WELL AS THE SERVICE MANAGER TOGETHER WITH THE MECHANIC AGREE THAT THIS SYSTEM IS INADEQUATE. DT

2 YEAR OLD BRAKE PADS WITH LIGHT USE AND LESS THAN 50% WEAR FELL APART LOOSING PARTIAL BRAKING ABILITY. PAD SEPERATED FROM METAL BACKER AND FELL OUT OF ONE SIDE CAUSING METAL BACKING TO GRIND INTO AN LOCK BETWEEN ROTOR AND CALIPER, OTHER SIDE FELL APART ON REMOVAL OF CALIPER. DT

TRUCK CAUGHT A FIRE WHILE IT WAS TURNED OFF---AT THE FUEL TANK AND BURNED THE WHOLE BED, TIRES, COMPANY MATERIAL, EMPLOYEES TOOLS--ALL THE WAY TO THE DASH

WHEN DRIVING, THE FRONT END WOULD SHAKE AND THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD MAKE A JERKING MOTION. CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE SERVICED AT SEVERAL DEALERSHIPS, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. MR JG *JB

THE CONSUMER FEELS THAT THE 40 AMP FUSE IN THE TRAVEL TRAILER POWERS TOO MAY PINS IN THE SEVEN WIRE TRAILER RECEPTACLE. WHEN THIS FUSE BLOWS THE FOLLOWING FUNCTIONS ARE LOST: 1) TRAILER MARKER AND TAIL LIGHTS 2) 12 VOLT 3) ELECTRIC BRAKE. *MR *NLM

WHEN PULLING A TRAILER AND GOING UPHILL TRANSMISSION SHIFTS DOWN. DEALER REPLACED TRANSMISSION UNDER WARRANTY, DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM.*AK

SIDEWALL CRACKING ON ALL SIX TIRES. GOODYEAR, WRANGLER AT 23585R16. DOT # MDOR DOWV 299. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK *TT

THERE'S A BOLT THAT KEEPS BACKING OUT OF ENGINE. WHEN THIS HAPPENS VEHICLE OVERHEATS, AND HEAD GASKETS ARE BLOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

TRAILOR HITCH IS BEING REPLACED FOR THE SECOND TIME DUE TO CRACKING OF FORMAT FROM FRAME. REPLACEMENT HITCH WAS A REVISED PART FROM MANUFATURER THAT REPEATED THE SAME PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AKI

WHILE APPLYING ABS AT LOW SPEEDS, BRAKES FAILED, RESULTING IN A MINOR COLLISION. DEALERSHIP FOUND THAT SEALS OF MASTER CYLINDER/ FRONT DISC ROTORS, AND CALIPERS WERE RUINED. *AK THE CALIPERS WERE LEAKING FLUID ON THE RIGHT FRONT SIDE. THE PADS WERE REPLACED. THE BRAKES WERE FINE SO CONSUMER DROVE ON. THE NEXT DAY THE BRAKES FALIED TO STOP VEHICLE CAUSING CONSUMER TO HIT A SEMI TRUCK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THE BRAKES, CALIPERS AND REAR SHOES WERE REPLACED. THIS DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. THE MECHANIC DISCOVERED THE MASTER CYLINDER WAS BAD AND NEEDED REPLACING. *JG

VEHICLE WILL JUST IDLE WITHOUT ANY WARNING. HAVE TO RESTART VEHICLE.*AK

15 PASSENGER VAN WELDS ON FLOORBOARD FILLED UP WITH WATER BECAUSE SEAL WAS OMITTED FROM FACTORY. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

VEHICLE WAS WIRED TO PULL A FIFTH WHEEL, WHILE DRIVING, THE COMPUTER CHIP AND ALTERNATOR BURNED OUT AND WAS INFORMED BY DEALER THAT THE WIRING SHORTED IT OUT, WIRE AND POWER CONTROL MODULE, APPEARS CAUSATION IS ELECTRIC BRAKE WIRE THAT WAS RUN ALONG FIREWALL COWL PLUGS FROM HITCH TO TRAILER, CLAIM 55-S270-703. *SLC

VEHICLE WANDERS LEFT AND RIGHT AT ANY SPEED. VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER 5 TIMES, REPLACED STEERING BOX AND TIE ROD END, DID WHEEL ALIGNMENT. DID NOT REMEDY PROBLEM. VEHICLE AT DEALERSHIP AT THIS TIME. *AK *TT

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE AND DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BEGAN TO MOVE UP, CAUSING STEERING WHEEL TO BREAK ONCE AIR BAG DEFLATED. ALSO, SEATS WERE NOT REINFORCED ONCE LATCH WAS BROKEN. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

ENGINE WILL DIE AT ANYTIME, AND HAS DIED IN MIDDLE OF A BUSY INTERSECTION. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER WAS UNABLE STEER VEHICLE IN ONE LANE, IT START TO WEAVE BETWEEN THE LANES (PLEASURE-WAY RECREATION BODY INSTALLED ON A DODGE RAM 3500 CHASSIS). *ET

VEHICLE WANDERS ALL OVER THE ROAD. STEERING IS UNPREDICTABLE. DEALER ALIGNED TWICE. NO FIX AT THIS TIME PER DEALER SERVICE MANAGER. HAVE TO LIVE WITH THE PROBLEM PER SERVICE MANAGER.*AK

VEHICLE WOULD WANDER OVER ROAD, AND WAS NOT CONTROLLABLE AT ANY GIVEN TIME. WOULD BARELY TURN STEERING, AND VEHICLE WOULD GO 1 WAY. WOULD TRY TO CORRECT, WOULD GO OTHER WAY. CONTACTED MANUFACTURER'S DISTRICT MANAGER, AND BEEN TO DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES. MECHANIC READJUSTED STEERING BOX AND PLACED ON LASER ADJUSTER TO REALIGN FRONT END. NOTHING ELSE WAS DONE TO VEHICLE TO CORRECT PROBLEM. *AK

VEHICLE WANDERS ALL OVER ROAD, IN BOTH DIRECTIONS, DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. TO DEALER WHO ALIGNED VEHICLE MECHANIC STATED THAT DODGE HAD A STEERING BOX PROBLEM. CONSUMER ALMOST ROLLED VEHICLE DUE TO THIS. *AK

STEERING IS MESSED UP, IT WILL NOT ALLOW THEM TO STAY ON ROAD ABOVE 45MPH. *AK STEERING GEAR BOX REPLACED, CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE WOULD NOT TRACK, ANY CORRECTION WOULD CAUSE FISHTAILING AND VEHICLE WOULD OVER CORRECT ITSELF. *SLC

HEAD LIGHT SWITCH HEATS UP AFTER ONE HOUR OF OPERATION, THE DASH BOARD ABOVE THE LIGHT SWITCH BECOMES HOT TO THE TOUCH. MY CONCERN IS THAT IF THE LIGHTS ARE USED LONGER THAN I HAVE HAD TO USE THEM WILL THE SWITCH FAIL? THE DEALER HAS BEEN HELPFUL BUT THIS PROBLEM I BELIEVE IS BEYOND THE DEALER AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BY THE MANUFACTURE. THE DEALER HAS REPLACED THE SWITCH ONCE BUT THE NEW ONE ALSO HEATS UP. I AM ALSO CONCERNED THAT WHEN I START TOWING A TRAILER WITH MORE LIGHTS ON WILL THE SWITCH HEAT UP EVEN MORE AND CAUSE A FIRE.

WHILE SHIFTING DOWN TO 2ND GEAR, LET OUT CLUTCH AND RPMS WENT UP TO 300 WITHOUT TOUCHING GAS PEDAL. VEHICLE LURCHED FORWARD. CONSUMER WENT INTO GUARDRAIL. BEEN TO A COUPLE OF DODGE DEALERS, SAID THIS WAS NORMAL, AND DODGE COMPANY KNEW ABOUT THIS. THERE JUST HAVE NOT BEEN ENOUGH COMPLAINTS. *AK *SLC

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ON A ROAD ONTO A SERVICE RAMP AND WAS TURNING LEFT. WHEN TURNING VEHICLE BACK TO RIGHT STEERING DIDN'T MOVE AT ALL. ALSO, AIRBAG LIGHT STAYED ON THE PANEL, AND THE CRUISE CONTROL WASN'T OPERABLE.*AK