1996 Dodge Ram complaints

NO COMPRESSION IN THE #6 CYLINDER MAY HAVE CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO LOOSE POWER WHEN GOING UP GRADES.

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WHILE DRIVING DRIVER SMELT SOMETHING BURNING AND THE COMPARTMENT FILLED UP WITH SMOKE, AND THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH BURNED UP. OWNER REPLACED HEADLIGHT SWITCH HIMSELF. PROBLEM WAS REPORTED TO CHRYSLER. *AK

DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH ENGINE PISTON RINGS, FAILED CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL ON THE HIGHWAY. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN WITHOUT WARNING. VEHICLE HAS TO BE PUT INTO NEUTRAL TO RESTART CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHEN DRIVING OVER A BUMP OR POTHOLE, FRONT SUSPENSION WILL SHIMMY VIOLENTLY. SHIMMYING CONTINUES UNTIL VEHICLE IS PULLED TO SIDE OF ROAD AND SPEED IS REDUCED. SHOCKS HAVE BEEN REPLACED, AND DID NOT RESOLVE PROBLEM. THERE IS NO RHYME OR REASON TO CAUSE. SOME BUMPS AND POTHOLES CAUSE, SOME DO NOT. SOMETIMES, SHIMMY STARTS MILDLY AND PROGRESSIVELY GETS WORSE. ALTHOUGH OCCURRED AT 65, ALSO OCCURS AT SLOWER HIGHWAY SPEEDS. IF YOU KNOW OF A FIX THAT IS AVAILABLE (E.G., DEALER RETROFIT), PLEASE E-MAIL ME! ALTHOUGH THIS HAS NOT CAUSED AN ACCIDENT, CHANCES ARE IT EVENTUALLY WILL! *AK

AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, VEHICLE HAS VIBRATION. FEELS LIKE TIRE SLIGHTLY OUT OF BALANCE, BUT TIRES HAVE BEEN BALANCED REPEATEDLY, WHEELS HAVE BEEN CHECKED FOR TRUE, AND TIRES HAVE BEEN CHECKED FOR OUT OF ROUND. DEALER STATED THAT STOCK GOODYEAR TIRES "ARE KNOWN FOR HAVING A ROUGH RIDE" BUT ARE NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY BECAUSE THEY ARE "WEAR ITEMS". DEALER SUGGESTED REPLACING WHEELS AND TIRES, BOTH OF WHICH WERE DONE, BUT NOT AT DEALER; PROBLEM WAS NOT RESOLVED AND COST NEARLY $2000. VIBRATION IS SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH THAT FRONT PASSENGER SEAT CAN BE SEEN VIBRATING. THIS IS MORE OF A NUISANCE THAN A SAFETY HAZARD, BUT CAN MAKE FOR AN UNCOMFORTABLE RIDE. DEALER'S COMMENT HAS BEEN THAT "THAT'S THE WAY A TRUCK RIDES," AND STATED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THAT THEY COULD DO TO RESOLVE IT. *AK

CONSUMER NOT NOTIFIED OF RECALL OF TRANSMISSION COOLER PRESSURE LINE QUICK CONNECTS WHICH FROM INCORRECT SEATING OR EXTREME HEAT CAUSED FLUID LOSS RRSULTING IN SEVERE TRANSMISSION DAMAGE.

TRANSMISSION REPLACED LAST FALL. NOW LOST REVERSE IN TRANSMISSION. TOOK TO DEALER & INFORMED NEEDED A KIT TO CORRECT PROBLEM IN TRANSMISSION AT OWNER'S COST. THE MANUFACTURER KNOWS ABOUT LOST REVERSE GEAR. *AK

VEHICLE PLACED IN SERVICE 10/95 SO OUT OF WARRANTY. MANUFACTURER REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING BECAUSE IT WAS NOT REPAIRED BY THEM. THIS IS THE SAME PROBLEM THAT THE 95 TRUCKS HAD (8/82).

I REAR ENDED ANOTHER PICKUP TRUCK AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH. THERE WAS EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE NOSE AND POSSIBLE FRAME DAMAGE ALSO. THE DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. ALTHOUGH I WAS WEARING THE SEATBELT, MY HEAD STILL MADE CONTACT WITH THE STEERING WHEEL. A FELLOW FIREFIGHTER IN TOWN HAD A SIMILAR EXPERIANCE, IN THAT HE HIT AN AUTO AT SPEED, AND HIS AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY EITHER. IS THIS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE NEW STYLE DODGE PICKUPS?

ON THREE OCCASIONS BRAKES HAVE LOST PRESSURE TO HYDRAULIC SYSTEM. ON LAST INCIDENT ACCIDENT WAS THE RESULT OF LOSING BRAKING ENTIRELY. SINCE SYSTEM TOTALLY FAILED AND INSPECTION OF BRAKING COMPONENTS,EXCLUDING ABS, HAVE NOT UNCOVERED DEFECT IT,BUT LIGHT ON ABS SYSTEM HAS TURNED ON -INDICATING SYSTEM PROBLEM - I BELIEVE ABS COMPONENTS MAY BE FAULTY

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE VIBRATES AND STEEERING IS VERY UNSTABLE, CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER REPLACED SHOCK ABSORBER BAR WHICH DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

THE BRAKES HAVE NOT BEEN 100% SINCE I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AT41,000 MILES AND COMPLAINED ABOUT LOW PEDAL . I WAS TOLD THAT THE PADS AND SHOES WERE FINE. AT ABOUT 50,000 MILES, THE BRAKE BOOSTER FAILED AND THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALER. SQUEALING NOISE FROM UNDER THE HOOD WAS FOUND TO BE THE WATER PUMP.

SPENT $1200 TO REBUILD ENTIRE FRONT END OF CAR DUE TO EXCESSIVE CLUNKING AND LOOSENESS AFTER ONLY 40,000 MILES OF LITE STREET USE. FACTORY INSTALLED COMPONANTS OBVOIUSLY INFERIOR QUALITY OR DEFECTIVE. DAILMER CHRYSLER WAS WILLING TO ASSIST IN THE COSTS OF THE REPAIR UNTIL THE BILLS CAME IN. DAIMLER CHRYSLER WALKED AWAY FROM THE ISSUE. REAR WINDOW WATER LEAK - SUGGEST OTHER OWNERS TO LOOK ON PASSENGER SIDE FOR WATER PONDING ADJACENT TO SILL PLATE AT REAR OF SEAT. REAR FACTORY SLIDING WINDOW DEFECTIVE. MUST REPLACE WITH ALTERNATE SELECTION. HEADLINER WILL NOT FIT PROPERLY ON ALTERNATE SELECTION - BEWARE. DODGE RAM OWNERS BEWARE. THIS OWNER JUMPING SHIP FROM DODGE/CHRYSLER PRODUCTS. ONLY OWNED THIS VEHICAL FOR 11 MONTHS.

WHEN DRIVING AT 20 MPH AND WHITOUT PRIOR WARNING THE STEERING GEAR BOX BROKE, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND CONSUMER CRASHED INTO A STONE WALL. *AK

LOUD CLUNKING NOISE AND SENSATION IN STEERING LINKAGE WHILE BRAKING AND TURNING CORNERS. DEALER HAD SAME PROBLEM WITH ANOTHER RAM PICKUP. DEALER REPLACED UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS. FIXED PROBLEM. HOWEVER, AFTER ADDITIONAL 10,000 MILES PROBLEM IS RE-OCCURRING. ALSO, THREE OF ORIGINAL FIVE TIRES HAD DEFECTS INCLUDING SIGNIFICANT BULGING AND PLY SEPARATION. RESULTED IN POOR TRACTION, EXCELERATED WEAR, AND BOUNCING. OWNER REPLACED TWO TIRES. WHEN THIRD TIRE FAILED, OWNER REPLACED ALL THE TIRES. DEALER STATED THEY RECEIVE MANY TIRE COMPLAINTS FROM NEW VEHICLE OWNERS WITH GOODYEAR TIRES.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P245 75R16 )

TRANSMISSION FAILS TO CHANGE GEARS AT 35MPH. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER TO HAVE TRANSMISSION CHECKED & REPLACED. HAD NOTICED THE FRONT CLUTCH WAS LEAKING FLUID. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS MOTOR HAS BURNED OUT, CAUSING THE WIPERS TO WORK OFF AND ON AT TIMES. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

STEERING COLUMN IS VERY LOOSE AND SHAKES, THIS PROBLEM ALSO GIVES IT TROUBLE PLACING THE VEHICLE INTO PARK. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

EXCESSIVE PEDAL EFFORT REQUIRED TO STOP VEHICLE IN NORMAL BRAKING SITUATIONS. FRONT BRAKES SMOKE DURING HARD STOPS OR IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC. IT ALSO GIVES OFF A BURNING SMELL. BROUGHT BACK TO DEALER 2 TIMES AND THEY STATE THAT IT IS "NORMAL". I JUST FOUND OUT THAT IN 1997, DODGE CHANGED THE MASTER CYLINDER ON THIS TRUCK TO A LARGER UNIT. THE REST OF THE BRAKE SYSTEM COMPONENTS ARE THE SAME. I WOULD THINK THAT THIS WOULD SOLVE MY PROBLEM. *AK

NO SUMMARY PROVIDED BY CONSUMER

THERE ARE 2 EXTRA PIECES ON CAMSHAFT ON ENGINE. NO PLATE (LIFTER KEEPER). THIS CAUSES THE ENGINE TO SOUND/RUN LIKE A DIESEL. ROCKALE ASSEMBLY RODS CUT INTO CAMSHAFT, LEAVING 1/2 GROOVE. TAKEN TO DEALER FOR REPAIRS. THE MECHANIC CHANGE OIL & FILTER WHICH WAS FULL OF SHAVING 3 TIMES BUT THE ENGINE NOT RIGHT.*AK.ET.

1500 BOTH MIRRORS HAVE BECOME SO LOSE AS TO BE FOLDED BACK TOWARDS THE VEHICLE WHEN DRIVING OVER THIRTY MILES PER HOUR. CONTACTED LOCAL DEALER. WAS TOLD THAT DUE TO THE AFTERMARKET BUG SHIELD THE AIR HAS BEEN REDIRECTED IN A WAY THAT THE MIRRORS WERE LOOSENED. THEY SUGGESTION: SUPER GLUE THE MIRRORS IN PLACE???

CONSUMER EXPERIENCING ONGOING PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE ON VAROUIS PARTS. 1. TRANSMISSION FAILED TO OPERATE AT 58,000 MILE OF WEAR 2. INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET BROKE, AND 3. FUEL PUMP FAILED TO OPERATE. DEALER NOTIFIED AND REFUSED TO REPAIR BECAUSE THE CONSUMER DID NOT HAVE EXTENDED WARRANTY. *AK

TRANSMISSION GOES INTO FIRST GEAR AT A STOP POSITION, AND WON'T SHIFT TO SECOND, MOVING THE TRANSMISSION WINDS. REPLACED WITH NEW, SAME PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

3500 PICKUP WHILE DRIVING UP A 7% GRADE THE TRANSMISSION COOLER LINE CAME LOOSE AND I LOST ALL TRANSMISSION FLUID. THE TOW TRUCK DEALER SAID THERE WAS A PLASTIC SNAP FITTING ON THIS COOLER LINE THAT OFTEN RUPTURES. WHEN THEY CALLED IN THE DISPATCHER SAID, " ANOTHER DODGE?" WE HAD JUST COME DOWN A SEVERE GRADE. IF THIS HAD FAILED ON THAT SLOPE WE'D PROBABLY BEEN KILLED.

THE BRAKES WERE REPLACED AT LEAST 5 DIFFERENT TIMES. BRAKE LINING OVERHEATS WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. VEHICLE NOT STOPPING WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED QUICKLY. DEALER CANNOT FIND PROBLEM. *AK *ML

THE FRONT TRACKING BAR THAT HOLDS THE FRONT AXLE IN PLACE IS VERY LOOSE AND IS ABOUT TO BREAK WHICH MAY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK

VAN 250 TRANSMISSIOON FAILURE, AT 48,000 MI TRANSMISSION DOES NOT SHIFT INTO 3RD GEAR. REVERSE GEAR DOES NOT INGAGE UNTIL YOU RACE THE ENGINE IN REVERSE THEN BANGS. DEALER CLAIMS UPPER CLUCHES LEAKING AND TRANSMISSION HAS TO BE REBUILT. THIS IS A HEAVY DUTY TRANSMISSION AND IT SHOULD NOT GO OUT AT ONLY 48,000 MILES

WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AND TOWING A TRAILER THE THROTTLE LINKAGE JAMMED ALL THE WAY ON. I HAD TO TURN THE IGNITION OFF TO STOP. THE THROTTLE CABLE HAD BECOME FRAYED INSIDE OF A SHEATH ON THE LINKAGE CABLE AND JAMMED INSIDE THE SHEATH.

THE WINDSHIELD CHIPS WHEN STRUCK WITH EVEN SMALL OBJECTS ALSO THE ENTIRE WINDSHIELD APPEARS AS IF IT WAS SANDBLASTED AND IS DIFFICULT TO SEE THROUGH WHEN DRIVING INTO THE SETTING SUN.. THIS SEEMS EXCESSIVE WHEN THE MILAGE (34000) IS CONSIDERED

ONGOING PROBLEM WITH REAR BRAKES ADJUSTING AT LEAST 5 DIFFERENT TIMES. BRAKES FAIL TO WORK. THE SELF ADJUSTOR DOES NOT WORK. HAD TO HAVE THEM MANUALLY ADJUSTED. *AK *ML

VEHICLE WOULD NOT START BECAUSE THERE WAS A HOLE IN THE FUEL RETURN LINE WHICH RESULTED IN LEAKAGE.

FRONT OF THE ENGINE FRAME IS BROKEN ,AND THAT THE ENGINE IS ABOUT TO FALL ON THE GROUND. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

CHRYSLER CUSTOMER RELATIONS WAS NOTIFIED THAT THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY UPON A FRONTAL IMPACT AND AGREED TO SEND A SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS CREW TO LOOK AT THE VEHICLE. THERE CONCLUSION WAS THAT THE IMPACT WAS NOT IN THE DIRECT CENTER OF THE VEHICLE AND THAT THE AIR BAG SYSTEM STILL SHOWED TO BE FUNCTIONAL AND READY. NONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE SEEN THIS VEHICLE COULD BELIEVE THAT THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY, ESPECIALLY WITH THE DAMAGED INCURRED! THIS INCLUDES THE INSURANCE CLAIMS ADJUSTER AND THE BODY SHOP WHO REPAIRED THE VEHICLE ! IN MY OPINION THIS IS FALSE ADVERTISEMENT BY THE VEHICLE MANUFACTURER THAT STATES THE AIR BAG WILL DEPLOY IN A FRONTAL IMPACT OVER 20 MPH. IT DOESNT STATE THAT THE IMPACT HAS TO BE DEAD CENTER OF THE VEHICLE !

WHILE AT A STOP LIGHT ANOTHER VEHICLE HIT THE CONSUMER FROM BEHIND THE SEAT BELTS DISCONNECTED FROM THE ANCHORS, CAUSING INJURY TO THE CONSUMER AND CHILDREN. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

SEATS DO NOT LOCK INTO POSITION. SEAT BACKS DO NOT LOCK INTO POSITION.

WHILE DRIVING AND APPLYING THE BRAKES THERE IS A LOUD NOISE AND THE FRONT BRAKES PADS ARE GONE COMPLETELY AND THE ROTORS ARE IN BAD SHAPE. CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER AND THEY WON'T FIX THE VEHICLE UNLESS THE CONSUMER PAYS FOR THE REPAIRS. *AK

VEHICLE HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE FROM THE FRONT AT 45MPH AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN THE VEHICLE. *AK

FRONT END SHIMMY WHEN GOING OVER BUMP OR POT HOLE, DUE TO POOR STEERING DESIGN, DAMPNER KIT AVAILABLE TO CORRECT DESIGN PROBLEM.

WHILE THE TRUCK WAS PARKED IT CAUGHT ON FIRE NEAR EXHAUST PIPE. OWNER HAD JUST DRIVEN TRUCK ABOUT 3/4 OF A MILE. OWNER WAS ABLE TO PUT OUT THE FIRE. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED ABOUT THE FIRE. THE TRUCK HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING WITH THE SIGNAL LIGHTS ON, THEY MAY GO OFF, ALSO EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS WITH HIGH BEAMS AND THE LOW BEAMS.*AK *JB

INNER TIE ROD TRUCK GOES OUT AND STEERING GOES TO THE RIGHT. *AK

REAR OF VEHICLE SAGGING DUE TO INSUFFICIENT SUPPORT CAUSING CAB TO SEPARATE FROM THE MOTORHOME BODY.

WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH THE TRANSMISSION WILL SLIP FROM DRIVE TINO NEUTRAL WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSING UNKNOWN. DEALER CANNOT IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES THE VEHICLE WILL MOVE TO THE RIGHT LANE UNEXPECTEDLY. HAS TO RELEASE THE BRAKES IN ORDER TO MOVE BACK INTO THE ORGINAL LANE, WHICH MAY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE PROBLEM. DEALER REPLACE CONTROL ARMS, BRAKE PADS ETC. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS. *AK

THERE IS NO RESERVE CANISTER FOR BRAKE VACUUM CAUSING LOSS OF BRAKES IN HEAVY STOP AND GO TRAFFIC.

ABS BRAKES; WHEN APPLYING BRAKES IN A PANIC STOP, THE BRAKES FAIL TO STOP THE VEHICLE, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS. *AK

WITHIN THE FIRST 1000 FEET OF DRIVING ENGINE IS VERY SLUGGISH, USUALLY AFTER VEHICLE HAS SAT OVERNIGHT. (QCAW)