FRONT STEERING IS VERY LOOSE, OWNER FEELS THAT IT WAS DESIGNED POORLY.
1995 Dodge Ram complaints
Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 1995 record →
BRAKING SYSTEM NOT DESIGNED TO OPERATE WHEN VEHICLE IS FULL.
OWNER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE IT VIOLENTLY SHAKES DUE TIE ROD CAMING APART. *AK
THE FRONT STABILIZER BRACKET BROKE WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH. *AK
APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE PADS ARE WEARING OUT AND VEHICLE SHAKES; THE VEHICLE HAS EXTENDED STOPPING AND ALSO THE VEHICLE PULLS TO ONE SIDE. *AK
WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES ON DRY OR WET PAVEMENT AT ANY RATE OF SPEED, THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM FAILS, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. OWNER HAS REPAIR BILLS. *AK
BRAKES: WHEN HITTING THE BRAKES THE FRONT BRAKES SEEM LIKE THEY ACTIVATE. VEHICLE ONLY SLOWS MINIMULLY AND IT IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM, ONE NEVER KNOW WHEN ITS GOING TO HAPPEN. REPAIR SHOP CAN'T FIND A PROBLEM. *AK
VEHICLE THROTTLE SYSTEM HAD 2 BE REPLACED, IT WAS CAUSING THE CAR TO STALL, LOSING ALL OF ITS CONTROLS. *AK
UPON IMPACT, DURING FRONTAL CRASH, WHEN HIT TREE, DRIVER'S AIRBAG DEPLOYED BY BREAKING THROUGH STEERING WHEEL COVER, THEN CAUGHT ON FIRE, CAUSING INTERIOR FIRE WHICH BURNED COAT DRIVER WAS WEARING. *AK
THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES AND THERE IS A VIBRATION DOWN THE WHOLE STEERING COLUMN. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN ON GOING SINCE 17,000, MILES, WORN THROUGH ONE SET OF TIRES, HAD TO PUT ON A NEW STABILIZER. DEALER IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM.*AK
LOCATION OF POST BETWEEN BACK DOUBLE DOOR AND PILLAR WAS SPOT WELDED 5/16 TOO FAR BACK., CAUSING DOOR NOT TO CLOSE PROPERLY. *AK
FRONT END COLLISION AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK
COMING TO STOP AT STOP LIGHT, BRAKE PEDAL IS SITUATED TOO CLOSE TO GAS PEDAL, BRAKE PEDAL WENT CLEAR FLY TO FLOOR & BELOW GAS PEDAL, HIT GAS PEDAL INSTEAD, VEHICLE HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE, WAS UNABLE TO STOP VEHICLE. AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE VEHICLE WILL PULL TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT AND CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO GO INTO ANOTHER LANE OF TRAFFIC. *AK
ENGINE FAILURE, IN FOR REPAIRS 3 TIMES, THE ENGINE NOISE, REPLACEMENT OF THE LIFTERS. *AK *JB
RETAINING PIN FELL OUT OF THE TRAILER HITCH, CAUSING TRAILER HITCH TO BECOME DISCONNECTED FROM THE TRUCK/ACCIDENT.
ANTILOCK BRAKES LOCK UP.
OWNER STATES THAT HIS SHIFT CABLE IS BAD , OWNER SAID THAT IT MAY BE THE THROTTLE POSTION SENSOR WHICH IS CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL. *AK *JB
PROBLEM WITH SLIDING SIDE DOOR DIFFICULT TO CLOSE AT TIMES.
ANTILOCK BRAKES FAILED TWICE.
SLIDING DOOR ASSEMBLY CONTINUED TO FAIL WHEN DOOR IS SLIDING BACK, CAME OFF THE TRACK. *AK
WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED TO SLOW DOWN THE VEHICLE PULLS TO THE LEFT. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT SOMETIMES VEHICLE WILL PULL SLIGHTLY AND SOMETIMES IT WILL PULL SO BAD THAT THE VEHICLE WILL TURN A CORNER ON ITS OWN, THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM SINCE TWO MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE. TRANSMISSION HAS LEAKED THREE TIMES. RADIO BROKE. POWER WINDOWS FAILED. FUEL PUMP FAILED. KNOCKING NOISE IN ENGINE. WEATHER STRIPPING FALLING OFF. *SLC
ANTILOCK BRAKES FAIL INTERMITTENTLY.
DRIVING ALONG HWY, ANOTHER VEHICLE'S LIGHTS WERE BLINDING, COULD NOT SEE, HIT CEMENT DIVIDERS, DRIVER'S AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
WAS DRIVING AND THE STEERING COLUMN CAME APART FROM THE FIREWALL *AK
FOR THE SIXTH TIME THE BRAKE ROTORS/PADS AND DRUMS WERE REPLACED . PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK
WHEN MAKING LEFT AND RIGHT TURNS THE STEERING COLUMN MAKES A LOUD SOUND, THE STEERING COLUMN SHAFT HAS BEEN REPLACED, PE95-004. *AK
WHILE DRIVING ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES NORMALLY THE VEHICLE PULLS TO THE LEFT. THE SYSTEM HAS ABS. AFTER BEING REPAIRED (6) TIMES THE VEHICLE IS NOW PULLING TO THE RIGHT. *AK
WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE MADE A LOUD CLUNKING NOISE ON TURNS OR WHEN DRIVING OVER BUMPS AND CAUSED UNEVEN TIRE WEAR. *AK
ANTILOCK BRAKES FAILED TWICE, ONCE CAUSING ACCIDENT.
FRONT END MISALIGNMENT, CAUSING EXCESSIVE/UNEVEN TIRE WEAR. *AK
ABS BRAKES FAILED, RESULTIN GIN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *AK
TIRES WERE WORN OUT, THE FRONT END VIBRATED BECAUSE THE TIRES WERE PITTED . PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP (11) TIMES FOR BRAKE PROBLEMS. WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE IT PULLS VERY HARD/IT FADES AND SOMETIMES THE BRAKES LOCK UP. THE SYSTEM HAS ABS. *AK
WHEN AIR CONDITIONER IS IN USE THE IGNITION WIRES HEAT UP TO THE POINT OF MELTING VINYL CASING.
PURCHASED TRUCK, CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND ALMOST HIT A DEER, STOPPED ON EMERGENCY, THE BACK SEAT BELT DIDN'T RESTRAIN CONSUMER, THEIR DAUGHTER (13) WAS IN THE BACK IN THE SEAT THAT FOLDED INTO A BED, CAME FORWARD, SHE WAS INJURED, HIT HEAD. *AK
VEHICLE EXPERIENCES A VIBRATION PROBLEM, FIXED SEVERAL TIMES BUT VIBRATION CONTINUES TO MANIFEST. *AK
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING, WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES TRUCK WOULDN'T STOP, THERE IS A GRINDING NOISE (ABS ANTI-LOCK BRAKE ) PLEASE DESCRIBE .*AK
ANTI-LOCK BRAKES FAILED, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, ALSO PASSENGER'S SEAT BELT DID NOT RETRACT/DIFFERENTIAL SLIPPED AND ALSO REPLACED TORQUE CONVERTER. *AK
WHEN APPLYING THE ABS BRAKES, THE VEHICLE PULLS TO THE RIGHT. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
CONSUMER WAS IN AN ACCIDENT REARENDED SOMEONE, THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DIDN'T DEPLOY . PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK
BRAKES ARE SPONGY AND THEY GO DOWN TO THE FLOOR. THE ABS LIGHT AND THE BRAKE LIGHT KEEP COMING ON. THIS HAPPENS ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS. *AK
CONSUMER STATES THAT THE TIE ROD END BAR BROKE LOOSE FROM THE DRIVER'S SIDE WHEEL WHICH CAUSED DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE STEERING AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE.*AK
PURCHASED TRUCK NEW AT 9,000 MILES AND REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION AND THE TWO BACK DRUMS , THERE IS A LEAK REAR WINDOW OF THE TRUCK, SOMETIMES POWER WINDOW DOESN'T WORK . PLEASE DESCRIBE .*AK
HIT A TREE HEAD-ON AND THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE GIVE MORE DETAIL INFORMATION. *AK
WHEN TURNING THE AIR CONDITIONER ON THERE IS A BAD SMELL ( ODORS) PLEASE DESCRIBE .*AK
ABS BRAKES INOPERATIVE, PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR WHEN APPLIED. LEFT REAR BRAKE LOCKS UP AND VACUUM LEAK. UP, AND LEAKS FLUID. EXPERIENCED SAME PROBLEM 6 TIMES, ALSO REAR WHEEL CYLINDER FAILED 3 TIMES. *AK
GOT INTO VEHICLE AND STARTED IT UP, WAS MOVING OUT OF YARD, CO-WORKER NOTICED FLAMES UNDER VEHICLE, TOLD THE DRIVER WHO GOT OUT AND SAW IT; TRIED PUTTING FLAMES BUT TO NO AVAIL; TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS LEAKING; FRONT AREA ONLY WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES.*AK
VEHICLE HAS EVAPORATER/CANISTER LEAK DUE TO ICE DEVELOPING UNDER THE HOOD OF ENGINE TO FIREWALL.*AK
SEAT BELT FAILED/ NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAGS DURING COLLISION.
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