1995 Dodge Ram complaints

TRUCK EXHIBITS SERIOUS PULL TO THE LEFT WHEN BRAKING. BEEN FOR SERVICE SEVERAL TIMES, REPLACING ENTIRE BRAKING SYSTEM, SPENT $2000+ ON REPAIRS, PROBLEM GOES AWAY FOR A COUPLE MONTHS THEN COMES BACK. TRUCK CANNOT BE SAFELY DRIVEN BECAUSE THE BRAKE PULL IS SO SERIOUS. HITTING THE BRAKES CAN MAKE THE TRUCK CHANGE LANES TO THE LEFT (ONCOMING TRAFFIC). CANNOT AFFORD TO DUMP MORE MONEY INTO REPAIRS FOR A PROBLEM THAT DOES NOT SEEM REPAIRABLE (OUT OF WARRANTY). SAW MANY COMPLAINTS ON INTERNET OF SAME PROBLEM. DODGE MUST ISSUE A RECALL. VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM MAKING LEMONS OUT OF 4-5 YEAR OLD TRUCKS. PLEASE HELP.

STEERING SHAFT DISINTEGRATED. MJS

WHILE REFUELING AT SERVICE STATION NOTICED GAS GAUGE FAILED TO REGISTER. DEALER /MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. *AK

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, THE HOOD LATCH LET GO CAUSING THE HOOD TO FLY BACK AND HID THE CAB.

FUEL HAS FAILED TWICE, THE ORGINAL ONE AND THE DEALER'S REPLACEMENT. BOTH TIMES IN THE MIDDLE OF BUSY INTERSECTIONS. ALCARO'S WAS NOT THE DEALER TO REPLACE THE PUMP, BEDARD'S IN CHESIRE, MA REPLACED IT.

PE 99 031, IGNITION SWITCH; VEHICLE EXPERIENCING PROBLEM WITH IGNITION SWITCH CAUSING SMOKE FROM STEERING COLUMN; ALSO WHEN CONDITION GETS TOO HOT IT MELTS THE BOTTOM OF STEERING COLUMN COVER, AND UNABLE TO REMOVE FROM IGNITION SWITCH. SEEKING HELP FROM NHTSA IN THIS MATTER . *AK

A FIRE BROKE OUT IN THE CAB OF THE VEHICLE WHICH MELTED THE STEERING COLUMN. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURR HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

DEISEL FUEL IS LEAKING DUE TO A RUPTURED FUEL LINE. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK

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CONSUMER STATED, WHILE TRAVELING 35MPH THE HOOD ASSEMBLY DISENGAGED AND FLEW BACKWARDS, CAUSING POOR VISBILIT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.

CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER IN REFERENCE TO RECALL NUMBER 99V024000 REGARDING HEASLIGHT FAILURE. DEALER STATED VEHICLE NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *AK

CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER IN REFERENCE TO RECALL NUMBER 99V024000. DEALER REFUSED TO CORRECT RECAL., DEALER STATED THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK

CONTACTED MANUFACTURER AND THEY WANTED NO PART OF THIS COMPLAINT EVERY DODGE RAM CLUB CAB OWNER IVE SPOKEN WITH SAID THEY HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THEIR DODGE RAM CLUBCAB

NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 97V084000 - OUR DODGE DIESEL PICK UP HAD THE EXACT PROBLEMS DESCRIBED IN TH AFORE MENTIOND CAMPAIGN NUMBER. BEACUSE IT AS A DIESEL, DOGE NEVER ISSUED A RECALL OR TOOK ANY ACTION TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM . AS A RESULT WE HAD TO HAVE ALL OF THE TRANSMISSION COOLING LINES AND FITTINGS REPLACED AT A COST OF $640.00.

THE LOW PRESSURE SUPPLY AND RETUN FUEL LINES ON THE DRIVER SIDE NEAR THE FRONT WHEEL CRACKED AND AS THEY WORSENED SPRYED DIESEL FUEL ON THE ENGINE AND THE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM CARRIED THE FUMES INTO THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT CAUSING NAUSEA , HEADACHES AND LUNG CONJESTION. THIS HAPPENED OVER A PERIOD OF SEVERAL DAYS, GRADUALLY WORSENING UNTIL THE PROBLEM BECAME APPARENT AND ACTION COULD BE TAKEN.

WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. ALSO, DEALER HAS REPLACED THE MASTER CYLINDER AND THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

PE99031, THE WIRING HARNESS TO THE IGNITION SWITCH MELTED TOGETHER AND BURNED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO BE INOPERATIVE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION AND VIN#.

VIOLENT LATERAL PULL UPON BRAKE APPLICATION. OCCURES ABOUT ONCE TO FIVE TIMES EVERY 150 APPLICATIONS. *AK

STEERING COLUMN EXPERIENCING NOISE WHEN TURNING & BRAKING. *YC

THROTTLE CABLE STUCK, CAUSING THROTTLE TO REMAIN OPEN AT ABOUT 1600 RPMS, AND MAKING IT VERY DIFFICULT TO SLOW THE ENGINE. THE REPLACEMENT CABLE WAS A DIFFERENT DESIGN, INDICATING THAT CHRYSLER WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM WITH THE ORIGINAL. *AK

HEADLIGHT SWITCH BURNED OUT. OWNER REPLACED THE SWITCH AT HIS EXPENSE. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED , THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLIDED IN THE RECALL. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

PE99031, DEFECTIVE WIRING HARNESS, CAUSED MALFUNCTIONING OF THE IGNITION SWITCH. ALSO POWER WINDOW WOULD NOT OPERATE/ AIRBAG LIGHT STAYED ON/ AIR CONDITIONER FAN MALFUNCTIONED, AND THE WIRES WERE MELTED TOGETHER, WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSED A FIRE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

THE LATCH THAT ALLOWS THE DRIVERS SEATBACK TO BE ADJUSTED BACK AND FORTH HAS BROKEN WHILE DRIVING AND SEAT WILL COLLAPSE BACKWARDS. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

VEHICLE WAS PARKED FOR TWO DAYS AND THE IGNITION CAUGHT ON FIRE, TOTALLING THE VEHICLE. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

VEHICLE WAS PARKED FOR TWO DAYS WHEN THE IGNITION CAUGHT ON FIRE. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED . *AK

DEALER WAS ASKED TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION AFTER LAST FAILURE. THEY INDICATED TO US THAT THEY DID REPALCE THE TRANSMISSION. FAILURE CAUSES THE TRANSMISSION TO LOCK UP AT HIGH SPEED AND ALSO CAUSES SEVERE HESITATION DURING TAKE OFF AND PASSING. COULD RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK

CONSUMER TURNED ENGINE OFF, AFTER A WHILE WHEN HE TRIED TO START ENGINE, THE DASHBOARD WAS ILLUMINATED/ AIR BAG AND ABS DID NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY/ WINDOWS WOULD NOT GO UP AND DOWN, AND AIR CONDITIONER DID NOT START. ALSO, WIRING HARNESS GOT SO HOT THAT IT IT DISCOLORED THE STEERING COLUMN. *AK

THROTTLE CABLE STARTING TO FRAY BETWEEN CABLE SOCKET AND RUBBER GROMMET. *AK

WHILE DRIVING DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS, CAB FILLED WITH NOXIOUS FUMES AND SOME SMOKE. TOOK TO DODGE DEALER IN PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA. THEY DISCOVERED THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH HAD MELTED. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCING PROBLEM WITH LOWER COVER OF THE STREEING COLUMN OVERHEATING FROM THE INSIDE OF VEHICLE. BELIEVED THIS CONDITION IS A RESULT OF IGNITION WIRING RUNING THROUGH THE COVER. COVER WAS REMOVED AND CONNECTOR WAS CLEANED OFF AND COVER REPLACED. BUT CONDITION STILL OCCURS WHENEVER THE FAN TO THE A/C IS USED. DEALER/MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. *AK

THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO SHIFT ABNORMALLY AND THEN NOT SHIFT AT ALL. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN MAINTAINED ACCORDING TO OWNERS MANUAL FOR TRANSMISSION SERVICE AND ALL OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS ACCORDING TO MANUAL. ALL THIS HAS BEEN DONE AT LOCAL DEALER. TRANSMISSION REQUIRED OVERHAUL AT COST OF $1250.00. *AK

DUE TO A DESIGN FLAW TRANSMISSION LINES RUB TOGETHER AND CAUSE A HOLE IN THE LINES, RESULTING A TRANSMISSION LEAK WHICH SPRAYS FLUID ONTO EXHAUST MANIFOLD. THIS COULD CAUSE A FIRE. DEALER REPLACED THE LINES, AND INSTALLED A PART TO KEEP THE LINES SEPARATE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

AIR CONDITIONER/HEATING SYSTEM DOES NOT PUT OUT HEAT OR AIR THROUGH VENTS. COMES OUT DEFROSTER ONLY. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER & WAS INFORMED IT WAS A FAULTY ACTUATOR. THE ACTUATOR WAS REPLACED. THE DOOR LEVER WAS FAULTY & PARTS BEING ORDERED. THE HVAC WAS CONTAMINATED WITH OIL FROM VACCUM PUMP.*AK

POWER BRAKE VACUUM BOOST FAILURE. HOSE THAT CONNECTS BELT DRIVEN VACUUM PUMP TO THE BRAKE BOOST CANNISTER WAS PARTIALLY COLLAPSED. TRUCK HAD BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER 2 MONTHS EARLIER FOR LOSS OF BOOST IN BRAKING SYSTEM. DEALER CLAIMED BRAKING SYSTEM WAS OPERATING PROPERLY. TRUCK WAS INVOLVED IN ACCIDENT ON 5-30-1998. TRAFFIC SITUATION WAS STOP AND GO. BRAKES HAD BEEN APPLIED ONCE, AND THEN HAD TO BE APPLIED AGAIN. TRUCK COULD NOT BE STOPPED FROM 6 CAR LENGTH DISTANCE FROM 30 MPH - ABOUT 100 FT. BRAKES HAD LOST ALL BOOST AND EVEN BOTH FEET APPLIED AS HARD AS POSSIBLE ONLY PROVIDED MARGINAL BRAKING. AFTER THE ACCIDENT I FOUND OUT THAT THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL (97V06800) ON SOME 1995 DODGE RAM DIESEL TRUCKS TO ADD AN EXTERNAL CHECK VALVE TO THE VACUUM PUMP AND REPLACE THE HOSE WITH AN OIL RESISTANT VERSION. CHRYSLER CLAIMS THAT SINCE MY TRUCK WAS NOT RECALLED (IT HAS PUMP WITH INTERNAL CHECK VALVE) THEY ARE NOT REPSONSIBLE TO REPAIR. IT IS CLEAR THAT EVEN WITH THE INTERNAL VALVE, OVER TIME SOME AMOUNT OF OIL MIST GETS INTO THE HOSE AN CAUSES IT TO WEAKEN, RESULTING IN COLLAPSE. THE VACUMM PUMP INTERANL BEARING IS LUBRICASTED BY AN ENGINE OIL FEED. THE CHECK VALVE DOES NOT COMPLETELY CONTAIN ALL OIL VAPOR FROM ENTERING THE HOSE. CHRYSLER OBVIOUSLY KNOWS THIS BY INCLUDING A OIL RESISTANT HOSE IN THE RECALL KIT. HOWEVER, THAT TRUCKS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL WERE LEFT ON THE ROAD WITH A STANDARD NON-OIL RESISTANT VACUUM HOSE. I HAVE TALKED TO NUMEROUS OTHER DODGE TRUCK OWNER WHO HA

RECALL REPAIR ON THE AIRBAG ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE CAN NOT BE COMPLETED DUE TO (COMPUTER NOT ACCEPTING CODE) (99V-023). MJS

RECALL REPAIR FOR THE AIRBAG ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE REFUSED BY DEALERSHIP, VEHICLE DOES NOT APPLY WITH NO PASSENGER AIRBAG INSTALLED. (99V-023). MJS

WHENEVER SLIDING ACROSS THE BENCH SEAT OF VAN ON A DRY DAY OR WET DAY, DRIVER WOULD EXPERIENCE AN ELECTRICAL SHOCK WHEN TOUCHING ANY METAL OBJECT. OWNER FEELS IT'S THE TYPE OF SEATS THAT WERE INSTALLED. *AK

INQUIRE ABOUT LEMON LAW ON AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION OF DODGE 2500 DIESEL TRUCK

THE CYLINDER RING BROKE AND TOOK OFF PISTON'S TOP CAUSING THE ENTIRE ENGINE TO FAIL. YH

BELIEVE REFRIGERANT 134A ROTTING EVAPORATOR CUASING LEAKS

THE BRAKE HOSE FAILED BECAUSE OF A DESIGN DEFECT. THE BRACKET THAT IS PART OF THE HOSE ASSEMBLY CAUSES A BEND IN THE HOSE THAT FORCES THE HOSE TO CONTACT THE WHEEL WEARING A HOLE IN THE HOSE. THE REPLACEMENT HOSE IS DESIGNED TO ELIMINATE THIS BEND. THE RIGHT HOSE IS DESIGNED THE SAME WAY. APPARENTLY, CHRYSLER FOUND THIS PROBLEM AND CORRECTED IT BUT DID NOT RECALL THE DEFECTIVE PARTS. *AK

NOW MY AIR CONTIONER HAS A MUSTY SMELL AND DOES NOT BLOW OUT COLD AIR,

LOSS OF VACUUM TO POWER BRAKE BOOSTER. (CONSUMER IS ATTORNEY).

FUEL LINE FAILED CAUSING ENGINE COMPARTMENT FUEL LEAK AND LOSS OF TRANSFER PUMP PRIME RESULTING IN FAILURE TO START ENGINE.

THIS VEHICLE,AND OTHERS OF SAME MODEL AND YEAR, HAVE CHRONICALLY WEAK BRAKING. HAVE DISCUSSED IT SEVERAL TIMES WITH DEALER; NO REMEDIES OFFERED. NEARLY UNABLE TO STOP AT MODERATE SPEEDS MUCH OF THE TIME. SEEMS TO GET SOMEWHAT BETTER AFTER REPEATED USAGE. I CONSIDER IT TO BE UNSAFE WITH NORMAL DRIVING PRACTICES. *AK

HEAD LIGHT SWITCH BURNED OUT AT 2AM THE WEATHER CONDTIONS WERE BAD AND THE CAB FILLED UP WITH SMOKE CAUSING A NEAR ACCIDENT

NO SUMMARY LISTE DON THIS VEHICLE. *AK

MY LOCAL DODGE DEALER HAS A BULLETIN ON A HIGHER OUTPUT WATER PUMP FOR THE V-10 MOTOR, DUE TO LOW HEAT OUTPUT. MY TRUCK WINDSHIELD ICED UP DURING DRIVING ALLOWING 0 VISIBILITY OUT ON A COUNTRY ROAD. THE THERMOSTAT FAILED AND A 120 AMP FUSE LINK BLEW PER MY LOCAL DODGE DEALER..MY TRUCK STILL PUTS OUT LOW HEAT TEMP. SO I NEED TO KNOW IF CHRYSLER IS RESPONSIBLE SINCE THERE IS A BULLETIN OUT ON IT.? THANK YOU.

POSSIBLE FAILURE OF STEERING SHAFT, PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE, MAY HAVE CAUSED LOSS OF CONTROL OF VEHICLE (ACCIDENT) IN WHICH DRIVE SUSTAINED SKULL FRACTURE, LARGE LACERATION ON LEFT ARM AS A RESULT OF THE CRASH AND WAS UNCONSCIOUS AT THE SCENE.