1995 Dodge Ram complaints

THE DOOR WAS PUT BACK ON TRACK. HAS SINCE BEEN DIFFICULT TO OPEN, HAS GOTTEN WORSE AND NOW I CAN NOT OPEN IT WITHOUT THE ASSISTANCE OF MY HUSBAND. WE CAN NOT AFFORD TO HAVE FIXED FROM ORIGINAL PROBLEM.

WHEN PURCHASED USED TRUCK IN 12/97 NOTICED THAT THE STEERING WAS VERY LOOSE. MENTIONED TO USED DEALER AND SAID THAT ALL TRUCKS HAVE LOOSE STEERING. NOT CONTENT WITH THAT ANSWER TOOK TO CHRYSLER/DODGE SHOP TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT. THE SHOP REPLACED THE TIE RODS, SHOCKS, AND TRAC BAR ON THE FRONT SUSPENSION. TOLD ME THAT THE STEERING GEAR BOX WAS WORN. TOLD THEM NOT TO REPLACE THAT BECASUE I WANTED TO INVESTIGATE FOR MORE INFO. AFTER WORK WAS COMPLETED, STILL A LOT OF STEERING PLAY. NOT SATISFIED. NEED TO REPLACE THE STEERING GEAR BOX, BUT I NEED TO KNOW IF THIS IS GOING TO BE COVERED BY DODGE OR NOT. LOCAL DODGE SHOP SAYS THEY WILL NOT COVER IT.

2500 WITHIN TWO MONTHS OF PURCHASING MY 1995 DODGE RAM I BEGAN TO FEEL AN UNUSUAL SHIFTING IN THE TRANSMISSION ON AN INTERMITTENT BASIS. I CARRIED THE VEHICLE TO HUNTSVILLE DODGE AT 6519 UNIVERSITY DR. HUNTSVILLE, AL 35806, TELEPHONE 256-721-9560. THE VEHICLE WAS CARRIED TO THIS DEALERSHIP SINCE IT IS MUCH CLOSER TO MY HOME. THEY COULD FIND NO PROBLEM. AT FIRST THE SHIFTING WAS ON AN INTERMITTENT BASIS BUT CONTINUED TO PROGESS IN FREQUENCY UNTIL IT FINALLY WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF LOW GEAR. THIS IS THE POINT WHEN I COULD FINALLY GET SOMEONE AT THE DEALERSHIP IN THE VEHICLE WHEN THE PROBLEM WAS PRESENT. THEY REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AND NOW WITH LESS THAN 10,000 MILES ON THE NEW TRANSMISSION I AM BEGINNING TO SEE THE SAME PROBLEM AGAIN. IT HAS ONCE AGAIN STARTED OFF ON AN INTERMITTENT BASIS. THE DEALERSHIP AT HUNTSVILLE DODGE KEPT THE VEHICLE FOR A COMPLETE DAY AND STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM. I HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE IN AT THE DODGE DEALERSHIP IN FAYETTEVILLE, TN ALSO IN AN EFFORT TO FIND SOMEONE WHO CAN HELP ME WITH THIS PROBLEM. ALL TOTAL BETWEEN THE TWO TRANSMISSIONS I HAVE HAD THIS VEHICLE IN AT ONE DEALERSHIP OR ANOTHER OVER 15 TIMES FOR THE SAME PROBLEM AND NO ONE SEEMS TO BE ABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM UNTIL IT GETS SO BAD THAT YOU LITERALLY CANNOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE.

TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT PROPERLY. WOULD BE VERY SLUGGISH. WHEN WEATHER IS COLD, VERY HARD TO SHIFT INTO GEAR. *AK

CONSUMER SAYS WHILE DRIVING UNDER ANY DRIVING CONDITIONS THE BRAKES FADE OUT AND COME BACK IN WHEN APPLIED,THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR, GIVING NO RESPONSE AND THEN IT WILL PUMP BACK UP ON ITS OWN TO RESPOND. THE DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

THE PROBLEM WITH THIS DODGE RAM PICK-UP IS ENGINE STALLING. IT CAN HAPPEN UP TO 20 TIMES ON ONE DAY BUT MAY NOT HAPPEN FOR A WEEK OR TWO IN BETWEEN. THIS IS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS WHEN TURNING BECAUSE WITHOUT THE POWER STEERING IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO COMPLETE THE TURN. *MJS

THE SHOCKS AND THE SPRINGS ATTACHED TO THE FRAME HAVE BROKEN ON THE LEFT SIDE AND THE RIGHT SIDE ARE CRACKED. PROBLEM CORRECTED UNDER RECALL SOME TIME AGO. OWNER IS EXPERIENCING SAME PROBLEM AGAIN. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

HORN SENSOR DOES NOT WORK, CAUSING THE HORN TO BECOME INOPERABLE. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

FUEL TANK ROLLOVER VALVE FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTIFICATION, CAUSING STALLING.

3500 - STARTED AT 6000 MILES THE FRONT BRAKES WORE OUT. REPLACED WITH NEW ONES. THEN AGAIN AT 12000 MILES FRONT BRAKES, ROTORS, REPLACED. THEN AT 20000 MILES CALIBERS, BRAKE PADS, AND ROTORS REPLACED. AT 30000 MILES MASTER CYLINDER, BRAKE HOSES, REPLACED. AGAIN AT 40000 MILES ALL THE ABOVE REPLACED. AT 50000 MILES BRAKE PADS REPLACED AGAIN. AT 60000 MILES EVERYTHING CHECKED, TIRES CHANGED, AND STILL THE TRUCK PULLS TO THE LEFT AT BRAKING. CONTACTED DODGE CUSTOMER SERVICE TELLING THEM WHAT HAS HAPPENED. THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT HELP ME. A SERVICE BULLETIN HAD BEEN ISSUED MONTHS AGO PERTAINING TO THIS PROBLEM BUT THE DEALER REFUSED TO HELP.

WHEN DRIVING NOTICED TRANSMISSION FUEL COMING FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE AND THE CLIP BROKE, CAUSING MORE FUEL TO LEAK FROM THE VEHICLE. THERE IS A STRONG SMELL, AND THE CONSUMER IS CONCERNED ABOUT A FIRE. *AK *ML

SUMMARY NOT PROVIDED BY CONSUMER

VEHICLE HAS HAD TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION ON THREE OCCASIONS.

WHILE DRIVING DOWN FREEWAY AT 70 MPH TRIED TO SLOW DOWN AND COULD NOT.THROTTLE WAS STUCK SO HAD TO APPLY BRAKES VERY HARD TO MANEUVER THROUGH TRAFFIC.GOT TO SHOULDER OF ROAD AND TURNED OFF IGNITION AT VERY HIGH RPM.FOUND FRAID THROTTLE CABLE WITH PART OF IT INSIDE THROTTLE CABLE HOUSING.DEALER SAID THEY COULD NOT FIX FOR 3 DAYS.TOOK IT TO STEVE'S AUTO AND DIESEL REPAIR 408 E. RIO VISTA BURLINGTON WA. 98233.PH.# 360-755-1212.THEY WHERE REAL BUSY BUT TOOK US IN BECAUSE THEY SAID IT WAS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE TRUCK THAT WAY.PAID $84.35 FOR NEW CABLE AND LABOR.SUGGEST ALL TRUCK OWNERS INSPECT THROTTLE CABLES CLOSELY.COULD HAVE BEEN A MAJOR ACCIDENT WITH FALITIES WITH LESS EXPERIENCED DRIVER.

BED OF TRUCK IS SPLITING IN HALF, AND THE AIR CONDITIONER IS LEAKING FLUID. *AK

THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION STILL OVER HEATS WHEN DECENDING A LONG 7% GRADE WHILE TOWING MY FIFTH WHEEL TRAILER IN SECOND GEAR. IT IS NOT SAFE TO BE DECENDING MOUNTAIN GRADES, AND HAVE TO KEEP LOOKING AT THE TRANSMISSION WARNING LIGHT. WHEN THE LIGHT COMES ON, YOU ARE TO STOP AND COOL THE TRANS. IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND A SAFE AREA TO PULL OFF THE ROAD. DODGE CHECHED OUT THE TRUCK, AND STATED THAT IT IS OK. THE TRUCK IS NOT OVERLOADED.

THE DIAODE IN THE AIR CONDITIONING ELECTRICAL SYSTEM BURNED OUT CAUSING THE HORN FUSE TO FAIL ALSO.

THROTTLE CABLE STICKS AND BINDS. PROBELM HAS OCCURRED 3 TIMES. WHEN THROTTLE STICKS VEHICLE RUNS AT FULL SPEED. *AK

BRAKES STARTED SCRAPPING AND MAKING NOISE, THE INSIDE PADS ON FRONT WERE GROUNDED INTO THE ROTOR, METAL AGAINST METAL, DEALER CONTACTED AND CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. CONSUMER MADE REPAIRS, CONTACTED MANUFACTURER AND THEY CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

HEADLIGHTS FAIL WHEN SWITCHING FROM HIGH BEAMS TO LOW.

THE THROTTLE STUCK OPEN BECAUSE OF A FRAYED CABLE. WHEN I LEFT THE INTERSTATE I ALMOST RAN INTO THE REAR OF THE VEHICLES IN FRONT OF ME. I HAD TO SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL SO THAT I COULD STOP. IF I WOULD HAVE TURNED OFF THE ENGINE I WOULD NOT HAVE HAD ANY POWER BRAKES. THE MANUFACTURE MUST HAS BEEN AWAIR OF THIS PROBLEM AS THE REPLACEMENT CABLE WAS ENTIRELY DIFFERENT AND INCASED IN PLASTIC SO THAT IT COULD NOT BEND AND FRAY.

ENGINE WOULD CUT OFF WHEN FUEL TANK REACHES 1/2 FULL. THIS CODITION OCCURS AFTER DEALER REPLACED ENGINE. VEHICLE BEEN IN THE DEALER SHOP ON FOUR OCCASIONS, AND PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED. VEHICLE IS NOW AT ANOTHER DEALER'S SHOP AND CONDITION STILL UNABLE TO BE RESOLVED AT THIS TIME. *AK

PARKING BRAKE ROD FAILED.

IGNITION SWITCH GETS HOT WHILE DRIVING. ALSO, SWITCH HAS BEEN REPLACED AND A HEAT SHIELD WAS ADDED PROBLEM RETURNED. DEALER FOUND CAUSE TO BE TOO MANY AMPS FROM VEHICLE ACCESSORIES, CAUSING OVERLOADING OF SWITCH AND OVERHEATING

IN A SUDDEN STOP WHEN BRAKING THE VEHICLE SWAYS TO THE LEFT SIDE, ALMOST RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT, CAUSE UNKNOWN. DLR REPLACED SHIMS/ FRONT BRAKE PADS/ ROTOR AND CONTROL ARM, ETC. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE DEFECTIVE WIRING OF THE TAIL LIGHTS AND MARKER LIGHTS WENT OUT, COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. SMELLED LIKE WIRING BURNING. CURRENTLY AT THE DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS. *AK

UPON HOOKING THE UTILITY TRAILER TO TRUCK THE WIRING HAS BURNED MIDWAY TO THE TRUCK AND THE FUSE BOX, RESULTING IN LOSS OF HEADLIGHTS. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

WELLS FARGO BOX TRAILER 1995 VIN #[XXX], DUEL WHEELS FELL OFF HITTING OTHER VEHICLE. (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT). INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

WHILE DRIVING THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED, WITHOUT REASON. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS. *AK

RIGHT REAR AXLE LEAKS AFTER SEVERAL REPAIR ATTEMPTS. (QCAW)

AFTER HAVING RECALL WORK DONE ON STEERING COLUMN, THE STEERING LOCKED UP AND VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE IGNITION. RECALL # 96V230000. *AK

VAPOR CANISTER RECALL REPAIR REFUSED.

VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND RUNNING. WHILE CONSUMER WENT INTO OFFICE TO PICK UP SOMETHING, SMELLED SMOKE AND NOTICED FIRE COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. DEALER NOTIFIED, NO INVESTIGATION WAS DONE AT THIS TIME. *AK

WHILE PARKED AN ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE WIRING UNDER DASH, CAUSED VEHICLE TO CATCH ON FIRE. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS. *AK

WHEN DRIVING THE HEADLIGHTS SOMETIMES WORK AND SOMETIMES GO OUT. IT MAY BE A FUSE BLOWN. ONE NEVER KNOWS WHEN IT WILL BLOW OUT. ALSO CAUSES THE TAIL LIGHT AND THE SIGNAL LIGHTS TO GO OUT. DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

PITS AND MARKS IN WINDSHIELD CAUSES POOR VISIBILITY.

CUMMINS DEISEL TRUCK : ACCELERATOR LINKAGE BROKE AND CABLE IS FRAGILE. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING LEFT FRONT BRAKES MALFUNCTIONED. THE BRAKE ROTORS AND PADS WERE DESTROYED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

TOW BAR BROKE CAUSING LOAD TO SPILL. (OHIO STATE POLICE)

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ABOUT 40 MPH CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE DID NOT HAVE STEERING WHEEL CONTROL, AND VEHICLE KEPT GOING STRAIGHT, FORCING CONSUMER TO STEP ON THE BRAKES. AT LAST VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED. DEALER WAS CONTACTED. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCING LEAKAGE INTO INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE EVERY TIME IT RAINS. NLM

96V230000, STEEERING COLUMN; THE RECALL NOTICE WAS RECEIVED, AND DEALER WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED REFUSES TO DO THE WORK. ANOTHER STATES THAT IT WILL BE TWO MONTHS BEFORE THEY CAN LOOK AT THE VEHICLE TO DO THE WORK. CONSUMER REQUESTED THE PARTS TO DO THE WORK HIMSELFF BECAUSE HE UTILIZES THE VEHICLE EVERY DAY, AND HIS REQUEST WAS REFUSED. *AK

BOTH HEADLIGHTS FAILED AT SAME TIME.

BRAKES CONTINUE TO FAIL ALTHOUGH MANY COMPONENTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED (VACUUM LINES,PUMP,BOOSTER,ROTORS,MASTER CYLINDER) RESULTING IN GRABBING, FADING, AND PULLING.

WHENEVER BRAKE PEDAL IS PRESSED DOWNWARD TO SLOW OR STOP VEHICLE, IT WOULD NOT STOP. VEHICLE WOULD COAST, INSTEAD. TOOK TO DEALER & SERVICE MANAGER SAID THAT THE BRAKES HAD FADED. THE BRAKES WERE A CONSTANT PROBLEM. HAD THE BRAKE PADS REPLACED, BUT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT SOLVED. *AK

ABS BRAKE FAILURE. ALSO FRONT BRAKE CALIPERS/PADS AND ROTORS MALFUNCTIONED. IN ADDITION, DISTRIBUTOR CAP POINTS PLUGS WIRES NEEDED REPLACEMENT.

COIL SPRING/TORSION BAR/STEERING ARM AND MOUNTING TOWER, CAME LOOSE AND BROKE AWAY FROM AXLE DUE TO STREES/CRACKS/METAL FATIGUE AND BAD WELDING.

RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE (#97V084000) TRANSMISSION COOLING SYSTEM. VEHICLE IN ACCIDENT. ORIGINAL OWNER REFUSED TO REPAIR. INSURANCE COMPANY TOTALED IT. WAS REPAIRABLE. BROUGHT/REPAIRED & SOLD BY BODY SHOP. 2ND OWNER RECEIVED NOTICE & TOOK TO DEALERSHIP. MECHANIC CALLED ZONE REPRESENTATIVE WHO REFUSED TO HAVE VEHICLE REPAIRED DUE TO NO WARRANTY & SALVAGED VEHICLE. MANUFACTURER AGREED W/ZONE REPRESENTATIVE. *AK

RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE 95V056000, SECONDARY HOOD LATCH; BECAUSE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT & OWNER REFUSED REPAIRS, INSURANCE COMPANY TOTALED IT. BODY SHOP BROUGHT, REPAIRED & SOLD VEHICLE. OWNER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR RECALL & MECHANIC CALLED ZONE REPRESENTATIVE WHO REFUSED TO HAVE DEALER DO RECALL REPAIRS DUE TO VEHICLE NOT HAVING ANY WARRANTIES & WAS SALVAGED. *AK

RECEIVED NOTICE (96V230000), STEERING COLUMN SHAFT; VEHICLE INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. OWNER REFUSED HAVE REPAIRS DONE. INSURANCE COMPANY TOTALED VEHICLE. A BODY SHOP BROUGHT, REPAIRED & SOLD VEHICLE. NEW OWNER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICES & TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER. EACH TIME, MECHANIC CALLED ZONE REPRESENTATIVE & WAS INFORMED WILL NOT REPAIR VEHICLE UNDER RECALL. MANUFACTURER ALSO AGREED W/ZONE REPRESENTATIVE. *AK