1998 Dodge Ram complaints

WHILE TRAVELING AT 55 MPH AND AS A RESULT OF A FRONTAL ACCIDENT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

TREAD SEPERATED FROM CASING, CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO TRUCK( DOT NUMBER: B72K511X50 TIRE SIZE: 245/75-16 )

DRIVER SEATBELT WILL LOCKS UP WITHOUT APPLYING BRAKES/WITH OR WITHOUT THE KEY IN IGNITON, OR IF THE CONSUMER IS SITTING STILL OR MOVING, CAUSING CONSUMER TO BE TRAPPED AGAINST SEAT. DEALER HAS REPLACED SEATBELT, BUT DEFECT IS STILL OCCURRING . *AK THE DEALER IS UNWILLING TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THE UNPREDICTABILITY OF WHEN THE BELT WILL LOCK MAKES IT PARTICULARILY DANGEROUS. *YH

SEAT BELT CONTROL MODULE CAUSED CURRENT DRAW THAT DEPLETES BATTERY. DISCONNECTING THE MODULE STOPS CURRENT DRAW BUT DEACTIVATES THE SEAT BELTS. *AK

BEFORE FUEL WOULD BE 23 MILES PER GALLON. BUT, NOW 18 MILES PER GALLON AFTER A RECALL WAS MADE.*AK

TRAILER HITCH WAS CRACKED AND HAD TO BE WELDED BACK TOGETHER. THEIR IS A CURRENT RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM, THIS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK

WHEN DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 35-40MP AND APPLYING BRAKES, VEHICLE LOST CONTROL, AND CONTINUED TO SWAY FROM SIDE TO SIDE. HAS NOT TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP.*AK

VEHICLE HAS ANTIL-LOCK BRAKES. WHEN CONSUMER APPLIES BRAKES BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR, AND THERE IS PULSATION WITHIN THE BRAKES. ALSO, TRANSMISSION DOESN'T HAVE SPEED/GEARS SLIP, AND THERE IS A LEAK UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. *AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES ON WET PAVEMENT FRONT LEFT BRAKE LOCKS UP, CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

TRANSMISION FAILED WITH NO WARNING, I.E. SLIPPING. *AK

WHEN BRAKES ARE PRESSED HARD AND SUDDEN CAR WILL AUTOMATICALLY STEER TO THE LEFT. DEALERSHIP HAS FIXED THE PROBLEM TEMPORARILY ON 3 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. THIS COULD CAUSE CONSUMER TO HAVE AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT. *AK

CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO HAVE RECALL 00V-107 OF THE TRAILER BRACKETS REPAIR/REPLACED BUT THE DEALER HAD NOT PARTS AVAILABLE. NLM

BRAKES WERE WORN DOWN TO THE DRUMS AND THERE WAS NO INDICATION TO CONSUMER. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

SPEEDOMETER WAS NOT REGISTERING PROPERLY. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE SPEEDOMETER COULD BE OFF BY 10% AND STILL BE WITHIN VEHICLE'S SPECIFICATIONS. SPEEDOMETER CHECKED, AND FOUND TO BE ONLY OFF BY 1 MPH. *AK *ML

THE TRAILER HITCH IS TEARING AWAY FROM UNDER THE TRUCK. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED. HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. *AK *ML

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES VEHICLE GOES TO THE RIGHT OR LEFT. DEALER HAS SEEN VEHICLE AND CANT FIND THE CAUSE. *AK

WHEN DRIVING THE PLENUM WITHIN THE ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT. THIS PART HAS BLOWEN OUT EVERY 6 THOUSAND MILES, PARTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 872 SOLUTION FOR TRAILER HITCH WAS UNACCEPTABLE. *AK

WHEN PLACING TRANSMISSION GEAR IN REVERSE VEHICLE TOOK OFF AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED, CRASHING INTO A BRICK FENCE. ALSO, CONSUMER STEPPED ON BRAKE PEDAL AND REAR WHEELS WERE SPINNING. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. DEALER HAS MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS, BUT PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING AND WHEN DEPRESSING THE BRAKES THEY, WOULD MAKE NOISE. ALSO, VEHICLE PULLED TO THE RIGHT. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 65MPH WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE VEERED INTO CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. CONSUMER LOST CONTROL, AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG DIDN'TGO OFF. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING ON WET ROADS AND WHEN DEPRESSING THE BRAKES WHEELS WOULD LOCK UP. DEALERLR HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH MAY RESULT IN A CRASH. DEALER COULD NOT DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY DEALER'S SERVICE ADVISOR THAT SHE WILL BE CHARGED TO PERFORM RECALL 00V107000 REPAIRS/ OTHER PIECES: TRAILER, HITCHES AND ATTACHMENTS. CONSUMER DID NOT RECEIVE AN EXPLAINATION OR REASON WHY SHE IS BEING CHARGED FOR RECALL REPAIRS. *AK

HORN DOES NOT SOUND WHEN DEPRESSED; BACKUP LIGHTS LENS COVER IS TINTED. *AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION OF 35 MPH, AND DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY. PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG WAS TURNED OFF. DEALER / MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. *AK

AT 9,000 MILES FRONT ROTORS WARPED DUE TO OVERHEATING. AT 16,000 MILES NEW BRAKES HAD TO BE PUT ON. AT 40,000 MILES, NEW PADS AND ROTORS WERE PUT ON. THE PROBLEMS SEEMS TO BE THAT THE ROTORS ARE TOO SMALL FOR THE SIZE OF THE TRUCK, AND THE SELF ADJUSTORS ON THE BACK BRAKES DO NOT WORK. *AK *ML

HORN IS VERY HARD TO LOCATE ON STEERING COLUMN, AND IT IS VERY HARD TO DEPRESS TO GET IT TO BLOW. *AK THIS VEHICLE HAS NARROWLY MISSED BEING INVOLVED IN 2 OR 3 ACCIDENTS BECAUSE THE DRIVER COULD NOT USE THE HORN. *YH

WHEN APPLYING BRAKE PEDAL FRONT BRAKES TEND TO GRAB. ALSO, WEAR EXCESSIVELY. DEALER SAYS IT'S DUE TO OVERLOADING. *AK

HORN IS LOCATED ON TOP OF STEERING WHEEL WHERE THE AIRBAGS COME OUT. CONSUMER CANNOT PLACE ENTIRE HAND ON THE HORN TO MAKE IT WORK . ONLY A SINGLE POINT HE CAN PRESS WITH HIS FINGER ON THE STEERING COLUMN. THAT IS THE ONLY WAY HE CAN HEAR THE HORN. *AK *ML

VEHICLE PULLS TO THE RIGHT WHEN APPLYING BRAKES. ALSO, DEFECTIVE BRAKE CALIPERS. BRAKES HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPLACED TWICE, AND NEED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. FACTORY REPS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE THERE WHILE VEHICLE IS BEING REPAIRED. *AK

INSTRUMENT PANEL FAILURE. DEALER/MFR. NOTIFIED. PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

TRANAMISSION FAILED DUE TO INCORRECT INSTALLATION AT FACTORY. YH

THE TRUCK WHEN BOUGHT,THE STICKER IN THE WINDOW READ THAT IT WAS RATED TO RUN ON 87 OCTAIN,BUT WHEN I RUN THIS FEUL,IT PINGS AND KNOCKS AND A LOSS OF POWER WHILE CLIMING A HILL.THE ONLLY THING IT WILL RUN ON IS HIGHTEST."THIS WILL CAUSE A WRECK."THE SERVICE MANAGER AT BECKS TOLD ME THAT IT IS AN ON GOING PROBLEM,THAT THEY ARE TRING TO FIX. *AK

THE FRONT BRAKES ON THIS TRUCK FAILED TO WORK EVENLY. A SEVER PULL TO THE LEFT, RESULTING IN A NEAR JACK KNIFE SITUATION AND COLLISION WITH ON COMING TRAFFIC. I IMMEDIATELY TOOK THE TRUCK INTO THE DEALER. THEY HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL IN REPAIRING IT AND STATE THAT ONLY 5% OF THE TRUCKS IN THIS MODEL DO THAT, THEREFORE DODGE WILL NOT RECALL AND THE WARRANTY WILL NOT COVER THE REPAIRS. DODGES ANSWER IS TO "LIVE WITH IT". THIS PROBLEM IS SIGNIFICANT AND A DEFINITE SAFETY HAZARD. I REQUEST A REPRESENTATIVE CONTACT ME IMMEDIATELY ABOUT THIS SITUATION. *AK

EXCESSIVE WEAR OF ROTORS/PADS, AND CALIPERS. PROBLEM COMMENCED AT 6,270 MILES, AGAIN AT 21,000 MILES, AND REOCCURRED AT 33,000 MILES. DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THEY WERE DONE WITH REPAIRES. *AK *ML

AT APPROX. 7500MI. PROBLEMS BEGAN WITH BRAKES AND VIBRATIONS. THESE PROBLEMS STILL OCCUR ALONG WITH SEVERE AND DANGEROUS ENGINE STALLS AT ANY SPEED. AFTER CONTACTING DIAMLER CHRYSLER I AM SHOCKED TO FIND THAT HAZARD FOR MY FAMILY AND ANY INNOCENT BYSTANDERS. IT WOULD JUST BE NICE IF $42,000 COULD BUY SOMETHING THAT RUNS AND STOPS WITH OUT RISK OF MAJOR INJURY OR POSSIBLE DEATH.. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE, THE CONSUMER FOUND THAT THE CALIPERS ARE MADE OF PLASTIC AND FEELS THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BECAUSE A MINOR AMOUNT OF HEAT DAMAGED THE PLASTIC PISTONS, WHICH DIDN'T ALLOW THEM TO SLIDE PROPERLY IN THEIR CYLINDERS, THIS DIDN'T ALLOW THE PADS TO RETRACT FROM THE DISC BRAKE, CAUSING ADDITIONAL HEAT BUILD UP. *SLC

THE TRAILER HITCH BALL WAS NOT THE CORRECT SIZE FOR THE NEW TRAILER, RESULTING IN THE TRAILER DETACHING AND CHAINS BREAKING, TRAILER CAME OFF AND WENT INTO DITCH (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT). *MJS

WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED VEHICLE PULLS TO THE RIGHT. DEALER HAS INSPECTED AND REPAIRED VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES, AND THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK *ML

PREMATURE WEAR OF FRONT BEARINGS. FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS HAVE FAILED FIVE TIMES. DEALER HAS REPLACED THE SPINDLE, HUBS AND BEARINGS ON BOTH SIDES. *AK

HEADLIGHT WIRES MELTED. REPLACED BY DEALER. PROBLEM RENTURNED ON SECOND SET. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES ON WET PAVEMENT/GRAVEL/SNOW OR ICE, ANTI-LOCK BRAKES LOCKED UP AND VEHICLE KEPT MOVING WITHOUT STOPPING. DRIVER WAS INVOLVED IN A REAR END CRASH BECAUSE OF THE BRAKES. THE PROBLEM WAS REPORTED TO THE DEALERSHIP. DEALER TRIED TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM NUMEROUS TIMES. HOWEVER, PROBLEM CONTINUES TO EXIST. *AK.ET.

VEHICLE SHIFTS INTO NEUTRAL WHEN HITTING BUMPS IN THE ROAD, MANUFACTURER SAID THAT THIS IS NORMAL. NLM

DRIVER WAS PULLING INTO PARKING SPACE WHEN DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED, CAUSING INJUIRES. THERE WAS NO IMPACT TO VEHICLE. *AK

THESE ARE THE LAST TWO OF THE SEVEN INCIDENTS OF TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE FOR THIS VEHICLE. ALL INCIDENTS OCCURRED AT SPEEDS OF 25 - 60 MPH. 6 OF THE 7 WERE DURING NORMAL STOPPING CONDITIONS; 1 EMERGENCY STOP. WHEN STEPPING ON THE BRAKE PEDAL THERE IS NO BRAKING ACTION. THE PEDAL DOES NOT GO TO THE FLOOR. STEPPING ON THE BRAKE PEDAL 1-2 MORE TIMES AND THE BRAKES THEN GRAB. 1 INCIDENT FAILED TO STOP AT A STOP SIGN; 1 NECCESITATED VEERING OUT OF LANE. *AK

THE VEHICLE MAKES RIGHT TURNS UPON BRAKING, AT ANY SPEED. OF COURSE THE FASTER THE SPEED THE MORE DANGEROUS THE PROBLEM, ESP. IF YOU ARE ALSO MAKING A RIGHT TURN OR THERE ARE ANY IMPERFECTIONS IN THE ROAD SUCH AS DIRT, GRAVEL, BUMPS, OR HOLES, AT WHICH THIS POINT THE STEERING WHEEL JERKS, SOMETIMES COMPLETLY FROM YOUR HAND, WHIH WAS EXPERIENCED BUY THE TECH. DODGE ASKED TO TEST DRIVE W/ ME. I WAS TOLD CHRYSLER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BUT IS UNABLE , ( DOES NOT KNOW HOW ) TO FIX THE PROBLEM, THEY WILL PUT MY NAME ON A LIST AND WHEN THEY FIGURE OUT HOW TO FIX IT AND TO ENGINE NOISE THEY WILL CALL ME. I ASKED THEM TO PUT IN WRITING MY TRUCK WAS SAFE TO DRIVE ( KNOWING IT ISN'T) THEY REFUSED BUT AGAIN SAID CHRYSLER IS AWARE. WHEN I BOUGHT THE TRUCK WE WERE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM, BUT THEY ASSURED ME THEY WOULD FIX IT 5 TIMES IN THE SHOP NOW THEY TELL ME THEY CAN'T, AND WILL NOT TALK THE TRUCK BACK, I'M OUT 26,000.00$ AND I NEED A TRUCK FOR MY BUSINESS. I JUST WANT MY TRUCK FIXED OR REPLACED, OR THEM TO PURCHASE IT BACK SO THAT I MAY PURCHASE YET ANOTHER TRUCK. *AK

HAVE HAD MANY RECALLS ON THIS TRUCK, NOW TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. *AK

VEHICLE HAS A BROKEN PARK ROD WHICH IS A PART OF THE PARK GEAR. WHEN VEHICLE IS PLACED INTO PARK, IT WILL KEEP ROLLING. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK *ML

SEVERE BRAKE PULL, NEARLY UNCONTROLLABLE WHEN BRAKING FROM HIGHWAY SPEEDS. *AK