1994 Dodge Ram complaints

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF THE RECALL COMPONENT (00V-135) PRIOR TO RECALL NOTIFICATION WHICH RESULTED IN EXTENSIVE ENGINE REPAIRS AND REPLACEMENT. *MJS

RECALL00V135000/IGNITION SWITCH/WIRING: AFTER CONTACTING THE DEALER, HE REPLIED BY ASKING CONSUMER TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO WHERE HE BOUGHT IT. ASKING NHTSA TO SHARE SOME LIGHT ON THIS MATTER. *AK

DEFECTIVE WARNING BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH OVERHEATED AND CAUSES A FIRE ON THAT WIRING HARNESS. DEALER SAID IT WAS NOT PART OF THE IGNITION /WIRING HARNESS RECALL. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE TRAVLING NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM IGNITION . DEALER REPLACED IGNITION SWITCH AND PROBLEM RETURNED. *AK

RECALL # 00V135000 DAIMLERCHRYSLER/IGNTION SWITCH; AFTER KEEPING SCHEDULE APPOINTMENT, OWNER WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NO WAY THAT CAMPAIGN COULD BE COMPLETED IN ONE HOUR, AS STATED IN RECALL LETTER. OWNER WAS TOLD THAT IT COULD TAKE AS LONG AS A DAY AND A HALF. IT WAS ALSO SUGGESTED THAT HE TAKE HIS TRUCK TO DEALERSHIP WERE PURCHASED TO CORRECT CAMPAIGN.*AK

RECALL # 00V135000 DAIMLERCHRYSLER/IGNITION SWITCH/ WIRING. DEALER HAS NO PARTS TO CORRECT RECALL CAMPAIGN, AND HAS NO IDEA WHEN PART(S) WILL BE AVAILABLE. OWNER CONCERNED BECAUSE DEFECT COULD LEAD TO A FIRE. OWNER WAS TOLD TO KEEP CALLING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 55MPH ON TH HIGHWAY. DIMMER SWITCH HAS A DEFAULT. CONSUMER SAID THAT HEADLIGHTS WERE ON BRIGHT, AND THEN HE SWITCHED THE LIGHTS ON DIM LIGHTS WENT OUT. THERE WERE NO LIGHT AT ALL. WHEN THE LIGHTS CAME BACK ON, CONSUMER HIT A DEER IN THE PROCESS, AND FRONT BUMPER WAS DEMOLISHED. *AK

RECALL REPAIR (97V-199) WAS COMPLETED, HOWEVER AFTER REPAIR THE FUEL GAUGE FAILED TO WORK. *MJS

ON FOUR OCCASIONS CONSUMER CALLED DEALER TO GET A APPOINTMENT TO GET A MANUFACTURER'S RECALL HONORED CONCERNING IGNITION SWITCH. EVERY TIME DEALER WAS INFORMED THAT THEY WOULD RETURN THE CALLS. BUT CONSUMER STILL HAS NOT RECEIVED A CALL.*AK

WHILE PULLING INTO A GAS STATION WINDOWS WOULD NOT GO DOWN. ALSO, ABS LIGHT/ CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. DOORS WOULD NOT UNLOCK. THEN, CONSUMER COULD NOT TURN CAR OFF. CONSUMER HAD TO SHAKE STEERING WHEEL TO GET THE KEY OUT.*AK

WITHOUT WARNING SWAY BAR LINKAGE BROKE WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, CAUSING PART OF THE FRONT END TO FALL, RESULTING IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL.*AK

WHILE DRIVING THE STEERING COLUMN SNAPS AND POPS WHEN EVER A BUMP IS HIT. THE DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED.*AK

DEFECTIVE DESIGN OF THE BRAKE PADS ARE TOO SMALL FOR THE SIZE OF THIS VEHICLE WHICH CAUSES THE BRAKE PADS TO WEAR PREMATURELY, WHICH MAY CAUSE EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE AND MAY RESULT IN A CRASH. BRAKE PADS BEEN CHANGED ABOUT 10 TIMES. *AK

RECALL 99V214000 CONCERNING CRACKED FRONT SUSPENSION SPRING/SHOCK TOWER. AFTER CONTACTING DEALER TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE WELDING MACHINE WAS BROKEN. *AK

WHEN TRUCK CRASHED INTO A TREE HEAD-ON, TRAVELING AT 45 MPH, THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG. ENTIRE FRONT END WAS DAMAGED. *AK

WHILE AVOIDING A ACCIDENT, I LOCKED UP MY BRAKES AND THE LOWER CONTROL ARMS FAILED AND BENT APPROXIMATLEY 60 DEGREES. CAUSING THE FRONT WHEELS TO RUB THE BACK OF THE FENDER WELLS. ACCORDING TO THE SERVICE MGR. AT BERG CHRYSLER ADDITIONAL DAMAGES OCCURRED: BENT SHOCKS , STABILIZER BAR, AND SHEARED OFF BOLTS ON DRIVE SHAFT. APPROXIMATE COSTS $1700+. CHRYSLER CUSTOMER CENTER TOOK MY COMPLAINT ON MAY 22 GIVING ME FILE NO. 7194767. ACCORDING TO BERG`S SERVICE MGR., THE TRUCK IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND CLAIM IS DENIED. I CANNOT GET CHRYSLER TO RETURN MY PHONE CALLS. *AK

RECALL 97 084 000/TRANSMISSION COOLING LINE: TRANSMISSION COOLING LINE CONNECTOR OVERHEATS, CAUSING FLUID LEAKAGES WHICH COULD RESULT INTO A FIRE. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL. OWNER WOULD LIKE TO BE REIMBURSED FOR REPAIRS. *AK *ML

THROTTLE ASSEMBLY KEEPS FAILING, CAUSING ENGINE TO GO BACK TO IDLE, AND WILL SHUTDOWN. DEALER CLAIMS IT IS A COMMON DEFECT. *AK *ML

TRANSMISSION LINE QUICK CONNECTOR LEAKED. YH

CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER IN REFERENCE TO RECALL 99V214000/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 835/ SUSPENSION. DEALER CORRECTED THE RECALL WORK, BUT FAILED TO REPLACE THE BOLTS WITHIN THE BRAKE LINE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

RECALL # 99V214000 DAIMLER/CHRYSLER FRONT SUSPENSION; DEALER DOES NOT HAVE EQUIPMENT OR MECHANIC TO CORRECT RECALL DEFECT. *AK *ML

FRONT LEFT COIL SPRING TOWER BROKE. CONSUMER HAD TO HAVE IT WELDED. OTHER TOWER MAY NEED TO BE REPLACED. *AK.ET.

WHEN PUMPING THE BRAKES ON THE FOURTH TIME, THERE WAS NO BRAKNG ABILITY. TRUCK CONTINUED TO TRAVEL. THIS HAPPENED WHILE TRAVELING AT ANY SPEED IN FORWARD OR REVERSE. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED ABOUT THE PROBLEM. A VACCUM ASSIST CANISTER WAS INSTALLED BY THE DEALER AT NO CHARGE. PROBLEM WITH THE TRUCK CONTINUES. *ML

DEALER DOES NOT HAVE THE CERTIFIED TOOL TO REPAIR THIS RECALL #99V214000/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 835. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED SEVERAL DEALERS IN THE AREA. *AK

TRANSMISSION PAN HAS METAL CHIP WHICH CAUSES A GRINDING NOISE WHEN SHIFTING GEAR INTO DRIVE. *AK

FUEL LINE WAS ROUTED ALONG WIRING HARNESS NEAR TRANSMISSION. HOT SPLIT WIRES CAUSED A SPARK WHICH, IN TURN, CAUSED A HOLE IN THE FUEL LINE. DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED AT THE TIME. *AK

CAR WAS PARKED INSIDE THE GARAGE. NO EVIDENCE OF AN ACTUAL FIRE, BUT THERE WAS A TERRIFIC AMOUNT OF HEAT COMING FROM THE IGNITION SWITCH. *AK *ML

ON A COLD WINTRY DAY. I SLOWED TO MAKE A TURN AND LOST MY BRAKES AS SOON AS I'D APPLIED THEM. THE BRAKES CAME BACK AFTER SEVERAL PEDAL APPLICATIONS, BUT MADE A LOUD SCRAPING NOISE. LATE THAT EVENING, I PULLED THE WHEEL TO INSPECT THE DAMAGE AND SAW THAT THE FRICTION MATERIAL OF THE PAD, ON THE PISTON SIDE, HAD DISAPPEARED COMPLETELY. THERE WAS A SMALL SCRATCH ON THE ROTOR. I SAVED ALL OF THE ORIGINAL PADS TO THIS SET AFTER REPLACING THEM MYSELF. LAST YEAR I WAS MOVING THINGS AROUND IN THE GARAGE AND ACCIDENTLY DROPPED THE IDENTICAL (INTACT) PAD FOR THE RIGHT SIDE. THE PAD FELL ABOUT 40" TO A CONCRETE FLOOR AND SEPARATED INTO TWO PIECES, ONE BACKING PLATE, AND ONE FRICTION MATERIAL. THE ADHESIVE BOND LOOKED AS THOUGH IT HAD FAILED AND ALLOWED MOISTURE TO ICE UP BETWEEN THE MATERIALS, CAUSING MY NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCE. I HAD A COMPLETE LOSS OF STOPPING POWER. WITH A DUAL MASTER CYLINDER, I STILL WONDER WHY MY REAR BRAKES DIDN'T FUNCTION AS A BACK-UP SYSTEM. *AK

BATTERY EXPLODED UNDER HOOD. DAMAGE TO HIS VEHICLE. *AK

THE TRANSMISSION FLUID EXCEEDED THE MELTING POINT OF THE MATERIAL USED IN THE CONNECTOR TO RETAIN THE FLUID LINE TO THE TRANSMISSION WHICH RESULTED ON FLUID LEAKAGE. DEALER WOULD NOT REPAIR CONSUMERS CONNECTOR UNDER RECALL 97V084 BECAUSE VEHICLE USES DIESEL FUEL INSTEAD OF GAS. NLM

LEFT FRONT WHEEL BEARING FAILED, CAUSING THE TRUCK TO SWERVE VIOLENTLY INTO OTHER TRAFFIC. TOTAL COST OF REPAIRS WAS $800 DUE TO OVERHEATING OF THE FRONT SUSPENSION AND BRAKE COMPONENTS. *AK

TRANSMISSION COOLER FAILED WHEN THIS HAPPENS THIS DESTROYS THE TRANSMISSION. IF VEHICLE IS TRAVELING AT A LOW RATE OF SPEED, THIS COULD CAUSE REAR END TO LOCK UP POTENTIALLY, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT OR COLLISION. *AK

THE IGNITION SWITCH WIRING MELTED AND ALMOST CAUSED A FIRE! APPARENTLY THE IGNITION WIRING HARNESS INCORPORATES THE BLOWER MOTOR MAIN WIRE FEED AND OVERLOADS THE CUIRCUT CAUSING THE CONNECTION TO MELT. IT MELTED A HOLE IN THE STEERING COLUMN BACK COVER. I HAVE FOUND OUT SINCE THAT DODGE MUST BE AWARE OF THIS BECAUSE THEY NOW HAVE AN UPGRADE WITH A NEW WIRING HARNESS THAT HAS A SEPERATE CUIRCUT & RELAY FOR THE BLOWER MOTOR, INSTEAD OF RUNNING IT THROUGH THE IGNITION SWITCH.I FOUND THIS OUT ON THE WEB THROUGH AOL NEWSGROUP(ALT.AUTOS.DODGE.TRUCKS) DATED 10/30/99 BY [email protected]. HE WRITES THE SAME PROBLEM AND DODGES' PART NUMBER#4874996 SW PKG IG 8050083 AND INSTRUCTION SHEET # K6855214 DATED 2/26/1996 REVISED 3/13/1996. I ALSO FOUND OTHERS ON YOUR WEBSITE WITH THE SAME COMPLAINT. NHTSA # PE99031 & # EA99027. I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD AND YOU SHOULD INVESTIGATE IT . THERE IS A REAL FIRE POTENTIAL HERE. OBVISOULY DODGE IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM, BUT I THINK IT SHOULD BE A SAFETY RECALL AND NOT UP TO THE CONSUMER TO PAY FOR IT OR THEIR VEHICLE TO CATCH FIRE.

SMOKE WAS COMING FROM IGNITION SWITCH/ REPLACED IGNITION SWITCH AND WIRING. ALSO TRANSMISSION INTERMITTENTLY SHIFTS OUT OF OVERDRIVE. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY THE HEADLIGHTS BECOME INOPERABLE, OBSTRUCTING THE VIEW OF THE DRIVER. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 25 MPH HAD A DIRECT FRONTAL IMPACT WITH A POLE AND DRIVER'S AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY, WHICH DID NOT PROTECT THE OCCUPANT IN THIS CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

DUE TO A DEFECTIVE CHECK VALVE, THE FUEL GAUGE IS INOPERATIVE. OCCUPANT CANNOT DETERMINE HOW MUCH FUEL IS IN THE VEHICLE. *AK

ENGINE FAILURE APPARENTLY FROM TIMING CHAIN WEARING OUT. MECHANIC SAYS THERE IS A HOLE IN PISTON THROUGH WHICH AIR FLOWS FROM SPARK PLUG HOLE THROUGH TO OIL FILL PORT. OIL WAS CHANGED BY OWNERS EVERY 2500 MILES. CAR WAS APERSONAL, NOT FLEET VAN. MILES WERE NOT HARD DRIVEN MILES.

PROBLEM #1 ON 31 MARCH 1999, I VISITED MY GRANDSON IN CENTERVILLE, VA. I DROVE MY TRUCK THERE AND EXPERIENCED NO PROBLEMS. WHEN I LEFT TO GO HOME, I STARTED THE TRUCK, PLACED THE SHIFTER IN REVERSE AND LET IT ROLL BACKWARDS DOWN HIS SLOPED DRIVEWAY, BRAKING WHEN I GOT ON THE STREET. I PLACED THE SHIFTER IN DRIVE AND STEPPED ON THE ACCELERATOR BUT THE VEHICLE DID NOT RESPOND. IT CRAWLED FORWARD DOWN THE STREET. I PUMPED THE ACCELERATOR AND GOT NO RESPONSE. I STOPPED THE TRUCK, PLACED THE SHIFTER IN PARK, GOT OUT, AND THROUGH THE OPEN DOOR APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE ACCELERATOR WITH MY HAND. IT DID NOT HAVE ANY RESISTANCE. I OPENED THE HOOD AND LOOKED AT THE INJECTOR PUMP WITH MY FLASHLIGHT AND NOTICED A LINK HANGING DOWN FROM THE PUMP AND IT . THERE ALSO APPEARED THAT THERE WAS SLACK IN HE ACCELERATOR CABLE. I LET THE TRUCK IDLE BACK TO MY GRANDSON'S DRIVEWAY AND PULLED THE TRUCK OFF THE ROAD. HE DROVE ME HOME IN HIS CAR AND MADE ARRANGEMENTS TO HAVE THE TRUCK TOWED TO MY DEALER THE NEXT DAY, A DISTANCE OF OVER 50 MILES. THE SERVICE PEOPLE EXAMINED THE PROBLEM AND REPORTED THAT THE ACCELERATOR CABLE HAD SHREDDED AND WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED WITH A KIT THAT CHRYSLER PROVIDES. IT WAS NOT UNDER THE WARRANTY THEY SAID. THIS REPAIR COST ME $344.92. IT WAS COMPLETELY UNEXPECTED AND I WOULD HATE TO THINK OF THE POTENTIAL HAZAR IT WOULD HAVE CAUSED IF I HAD BEEN DRIVING 65 MPH IN THE FAST LANE OF AN INTERSTATE WHEN IT SNAPPED, REDUCING MY SPEED FROM 65 MPH TO IDLE. I ASKED THE SERVICE M

UPPER CONTROL ARM HAD BROKEN OFF THE FRAME. THIS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING 30MPH IN A SCHOOL ZONE. HAD CONTROL OF VEHICLE AT THE TIME. HAD NO PRIOR WARNING ALSO, ALIGNMENT WAS DONE PRIOR TO THIS. HAD CONTACTED MFG & DEALER. WAS INFORMED PROBLEM HAD NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE. *AK

HAD RECALL REPAIRS DONE FOR TRANSMISSION COOLING UNIT AND LINES UNDE R RECALL 97V084000. AFTERWARDS, TRANSMISSION CAUGHT ON FIRE TWICE. HAD THE PART REPLACED & TRANSMISSION REPLACED EACH TIME. THE SAME WOULD OCCUR. TRANSMISSION COOLER CONNECTOR WAS DEFECTIVE. THE FLUIDWAS NOT ABLE TO GET THROUGH OWNER HAS ALL BAD PARTS REPLACED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE AT APPROXIMATELY 40MPH, THE HOOD FLEW UP & OBSTRUCTED THE DRIVER'S VIEW. MANAGED TO PULL VEHICLE OVER & CHECKED LATCH ON HOOD. COULD NOT LOCATE ANY PROBLEM. WILL BE TAKING VEHICLE TO MECHANIC TO CHECK LATCH. *AK

TRANSMISSION SLIPPED, FLUID LEAKING FROM IT.

GREASY SEALS AND WHEEL CLYINDER LEAK, SATURATING THE BRAKE PADS WITH OIL AND GREASE, AND RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCES.MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THEY ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 55MPH SMOKE CAME FROM IGNITION SWITCH AREA AND MELTED STEERING COLUME COVER.

TRANSMISSION/ OVERDRIVE 1ST AND 2ND GEAR BURN OUT, CAUSING A SLIP IN GEARS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH SMOKE FILLED UP THE ENTIRE CAB DUE TO FRONT WIRING HARNESS CATCHING ON FIRE. *AK

POWER STEERING PUMP STARTED LEAKING. ALSO, WINDSHIELD WOULD LEAK AROUND THE BONDING SEAL AREA WHEN ITS RAINED HARD, AND TRANSMISSION MADE A LOT OF NOISE & WOULD SLIP. *AK

UPON TAPPING THE BRAKE PEDAL TO DISENGAGE THE CRUISE CONTROL, THE ENGINE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED TO FULL OPEN THROTTLE. UPON APPLICATION WITH BOTH FEET ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, VEHICLE CONTINUED TO BE STUCK IN THE FULL OPEN THROTTLE POSITION. AFTER GOING OFF THE ROAD AND HITTING A CONCRETE WALL, ENGINE WAS STILL WIDE OPEN, VEHICLE COULD NOT BE STOPPED. WAS PROJECTED INTO ONCOMING INTERSTATE TRAFFIC AND AN 18-WHEEL SEMI-TRUCK, COLLIDED WITH ME. THE DODGE IS DEMOLISHED AND I AM LUCKY TO BE ALIVE. *AK