Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Hoses, Lines/Piping, and Fittings
Filed Jun 28, 200510,500 milesNJ
BRAKES FAILED DUE TO METAL LINE TUBE BREAKING AND RELEASED ALL BRAKE FLUID FROM MASTER CYLINDER.
1996 Dodge Ram Pickup
Fatalities reported
Owners filed 6 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the brakes. No safety recall has been issued.
Most common 1996 Dodge Ram Pickup problems
2 of the 6 complaints (33%) are about the brakes.
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle Speed Control › Accelerator Pedal · throttle and acceleration | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Steering › Steering Wheel/Handle Bar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steering | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Hoses, Lines/Piping, and Fittings · brakes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Rotor · brakes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Latches/Locks/Linkages › Hood › Latch · door locks and latches | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsVehicle Speed Control › Accelerator PedalCrash1 injured1 killed
Filed May 4, 2003AL
GAS PEDAL STICKING ON 1996 DODGE RAM PICKUP CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO IMMEDIATELY ACCELERATE. PEDAL HAD TO BE MANUALLY PULLED "UP" TO STOP THE ACCELERATION. *JB
Latches/Locks/Linkages › Hood › Latch
Filed Jun 7, 2002UN
CONSUMER WAS CHARGED FOR RECALL REPAIR 01V-040 OF THE SECONDARY HOOD LATCH. NLM
Steering
Filed Mar 26, 2001TX
STEERING WHEEL JERKED, AND STEERING WHEEL WILL TURN COMPLETELY AROUND AND AROUND.*AK
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Rotor
Filed Oct 24, 2000IN
FRONT ROTORS FAILED.*ET
Steering › Steering Wheel/Handle Bar
Filed Jan 8, 1997NJ
STEERING FAILURE, COUPLING ASSEMBLY HAS A UNIVERSAL JOINT AND BETWEEN THE ASSEMBLY THERE IS SLIDING SHAFT THAT HAS MOVEMENT WHICH CAUSES THE VEHICLE NOT TO STEER CORRECTLY AND PULL TO THE RIGHT OR LEFT WHILE DRIVING. *AK
All 6 complaints, reproduced as filed.
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1 death reported in complaints filed with NHTSA.
Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.