1998 Dodge Ram complaints

CAB BOLTS RECALL.

TRANSMISSION, 4X4 SENDING UNIT.

CONSOLE LID.

REPLACED GAS GAUGE AND MOTOR ON POWER ADJ. DRIVERS SEAT.

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT.

VEHICLE WAS IN THE SHOP BEING REPAIRED FOR BRAKES WHEN THE ENTIRE BRAKE SYSTEM, INCLUDING ROTORS WENT OUT, AND TRUCK WAS PULLING TO ONE SIDE. *AK

THERE IS NO SUPPORT D IN RIVER'S SEAT FOR LEFT THIGH AND BUTTOCKS. THE SEAT SLANTS TOWARDS THE DOOR. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER AND MANUFACTURER. *AK

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FUEL PUMP HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO ENGINE DYING OUT. ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON & THEN DIED OUT. HAD FUSE REPLACED DUE TO BLOWING OUT CONSTANTLY. ENGINE & CATALYTIC CONVERTER AFFECTED. *AK

HORN HAS TWO SMALL BUTTONS ON BOTH SIDE OF AIRBAG COVER WHICH ARE TOO SMALL TO LOCATE AND HARD TO PRESS, NOT ALLOWING DRIVER TO COMMUNICATE WITH OTHER DRIVERS. MANUFACTURER STATES THERE IS NO PLAN TO REVISE HORN. *AK

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AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION HAS SLIPPED AND FAILED TO ENGAGE SINCE PURCHASE. HAVE RETURNED TO DEALER MORE THAN ONCE AND WAS TOLD NOTHING WRONG. IWAS TOLD THAT MY FOOT ON THE GAS PEDAL IS FASTER THAN THE COMPUTER WORKING THE TRANS.

1. MIRROR VIBRATION ON DRIVERS SIDE TO THE DEGREE THAT YOU CANNOT SEE TO MAKE SAFE LANE CHANGES. 2. ALARM INOPERABLE AT TIMES AND DOME LIGHT DOES NOT ILUMINATE SO YOU CANNOT SEE IF SOMEONE IS HIDING IN YOUR VEHICLE. 3. ROUGH RIDE 4. POPPING NOISE IN FRONT SUSPENSION 5. NUTS THAT HOLD DOWN THE SEATS DAMAGED WHEN CARPET REPAIRED 6. BRAKE FAILURE WHILE PULLING OUR BOAT 7. PINGING NOISE IN ENGINE LIKE IT IS ABOUT TO BLOW UP

SHIFTER LINKAGE BOLTS SHEERED OFF, UNABLE TO PUT INTO PARK

HORN DIFFICULT TO OPERATE; TRANS SHIFTS OUT OF DRIVE INTO NEUTRAL WHEN DRIVING OVER BUMPS AND ENGINE IS UNDER LOAD

WHILE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT 50 MPH, REAR ENDED A TRAILER WHICH DIDN'T HAVE ANY TYPE OF LIGHTS. ALSO, DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

TRANSFER REPLACED W/IN 4 MTHS OF PURCHASE, TRANSMISSION NOW DOES NOT WISH TO SHIFT...DEALER IS QUESTIONING

FUSE TO DASH LIGHTS/TAIL LIGHTS BLEW WHEN HEADLIGHT SWITCH FAILED.

PASSENGER SEAT BELT BUCKLE IS BROKEN AND CRACKED. *AK

VEHICLE ACCELERATED FROM STOP TO HIGH SPEED AT ENGINE STARTUP. "BURNED RUBBER" FOR 30 FEET BEFORE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED. DRIVER REFUSED TO DRIVE VEHICLE AFTER INCIDENT. DEALER CONTACTED BUT ADVISED THAT NO PREVIOUS EVENT SIMILAR TO THIS HAD EVER OCCURED TO THEIR KNOWLEDGE. IS THIS SIMILAR TO ANY OTHER EVENT WITH 1998 DODGE RAM 1500 WITH 360 CID ENGINE?

SINCE WE PURCHASED THE VAN THE DEALER SAID WE HAD A BAD TIRE BOTH TIMES WE PICKED IT UP , BUT IT STILL DRIFTS AND HAS SPUNGY STREEING . I.E. IT GOES WERE IT WANT TO AND WHEN YOU TURN THE WHEEL TO CORRECT IT THE STREERING TAKES IT TIME TO GO THE OTHER WAY. MY OTHER PROBLEM IS THE RIGHT REAR FRAME LEAKS WATER BAD, AT FIRST THE DEALERS BODY SHOP SAID THE WELD HAD BROKE AT THE SEAM WERE IT WAS PUT TOGETHER AND THAT THEY HAD 3 OF THEM IN THE LAST 6 WEEKS. WE HAVE HAD THE VAN IN THE SHOP MANY TIMES TO GET THIS FIXED . IT STILL LEAKS!!!!

THE FRONT AND REAR DRIVER'S WHEEL WAS NOT WELDED CORRECTLY, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SHAKE HARD. ALSO, RIM CAME OFF. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

TRUCK HAS DEVELOPED A BRAKE PULL TO LEFT UNDER MODERATE TO HEAVY BRAKING SITUATIONS AND HAS BEEN TO HUNTINGTON BEACH DODGE FOR REPAIR WITH NO SUCESS

THE TRUCK HAS A SEVERE BRAKE PULL TO THE RIGHT, WHICH MAKES THE VEHICLE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. THE BRAKE PULL OCCURS AT ANY SPEED, BUT IT IS MOST PROMINENT AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND THEREFORE PRESENTS A SAFETY HAZARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN FOR SERVICE FOUR TIMES IN NINE MONTHS ON THIS ISSUE. IT IS OBVIOUS THAT CHRYSLER IS NOT INTERESTED IN FIXING THE PROBLEM IN AN EXPEDIENT MANNER.

LEFT AND RIGHT MIRRORS VIBRATE EXCESSIVELY, AND MAKE THEM USELESS ABOVE 35 MPH

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AT 45-50 MPH, AND THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

ONGOING/INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WITH CRUISE CONTROL, WHENEVER CRUISE CONTROL IS ENGAGED, VEHICLE WILL GO BEYOND CONTROL SETTING. CONSUMER HAS AN APPIONTMENT FOR VEHICLE INSPECTION. *AK *SLC

AT 35-45 MPH VEHICLE VIBRATES . THE DEALER HAS PUT 5 SETS OF TIRES ON THE VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AROUND A CORNER AT APPROXIMATELY 15MPH THE SWAY BAR FELL OUT. DROVE TO DEALER & MECHANIC NOTICED THE SWAY BAR HANGING & HAD TO REPAIR IT. THE 2ND INCIDENT: HAD LOST STEERING CONTROL & HIT A TREE. NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED UPON IMPACT. *AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AND AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES, AND VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. MANUFACTURER WILL BE NOTIFIED. *AK

CONSUMER REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE AT ABOUT 50 TO 55 MPH, AND NEITHER DRIVER'S OR PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

WHEN CONSUMER TURNED ON ENGINE AND MOVED THE TRANSMISSION PAWL FROM PARK TO DRIVE, AND UPON STEPPING ON BRAKE PEDAL, VEHICLE TOOK OFF IN REVERSE, CRASHING INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. *AK

HEADLIGHT SWITCH FAILED TO CONNECT 3 OR 4 TIMES WHEN PULLED AS THOUGH SHAFT WAS SIMPLY IN A HOLE. ACCELERATOR STUCK AND I HAD TO BRAKE HEAVILY BEFORE IT RELEASED. *AK

MANY OF MY FRIENDS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH 1998 DODGE TRUCKS, CHRYSLER SAYS IT IS "NORMAL" AND WILL NOT FIX. HORN BUTTON WAS RE-DESIGNED FOR 1999 AND DOES NOT HAVE THE PROBLEM.

NO SUMMARY MENTIONE DFOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE MAKING A TURN DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED FOR NO REASON. DRIVER WAS UNJURED ON BOTH HANDS. SKIN WAS SCRAPED FROM KNUCLES AND HAD NUMBNESS FOR 48 HOURS. *AK

PULLS SERVERELY TO LEFT & RIGHT. ROTORS/CALIPERS/PADS ALL REPLACED # OF TIMES, STILL PULLS. *AK

HORN DIFFICULT TO ACTIVATE, REQUIRES EXTREME FORCE IN VERY SPECIFIC LOCATION.

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, SPEED IS ACTING INTERMITTENTLY IN WHICH THE ENGINE IS IDLING HIGH DUE TO THE VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL MODULE. *AK

THERE IS A LOCK UP IN TRANSMISSION/TORQUE CONVERTER. COMPUTER PROGRAM THAT TELLS TORQUE CONVERTER WHEN TO LOCK UP AND UNLOCK HAS A PROBLEM, CAUSING TORQUE CONVERTER TO LOCKUP AND UNLOCK SPORADICALLY. DEALER HAS NISPECTED VEHICLE . MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 40-45MPH VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AND THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, RESULTING IN MINOR INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. THE MANUFACTURER WILL BE NOTIFIED. *AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE IN APRIL 98, CONCERNING IDLE SPEED CONTROL UNIT. HE HAS BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE DEALER AND THE PARTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE. 98V209. *AK

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING APPOXIMATELY 50 MPH. UPON IMPACT, WHILE DRIVING AN UNFAMILIAR ROAD WHICH TURNED INTO A CURVE, LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE. HIT A TREE AT 50MPH,AND NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. VEHICLE HIT HEAD-ON ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE. *AK

FAILURE OF THE INTAKE GASKET CAUSED THE ENGINE'S OIL SUPPLY TO BE EVACUATED THROUGH THE VACUUM SYSTEM. NOT ONLY WAS THIS EVENT DETRIMENTAL TO THE ENGINE ITSELF BUT IT ALSO CONTAMINATED THE VACUUM AND EXHAUST SYSTEMS.

THE FIRST INCIDENT OF LOSING 5TH GEAR WAS IN ELIZABETHTOWN KY. THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN @ 55MPH AND LOST 5TH GEAR. THE TRUCK WAS TAKEN TO SWOPE AUTO CENTER IN ELIZABETHTOWN AND THE DESCRIPTION OF REPAIRS IS THAT 5TH GEAR WAS LOOSE. REPAIRS WERE MADE AS FOLLOWS: INSTLLED NUT PKG., INSTALLED SEALER, INSTALLED LUBRICANT, REPLACED THE NUT AND WASHER AND THEN REASSEMBLED. BREAK-DOWN #2 OCCURRED 4/19/99 THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN @ 55MPH AND SUDDENLY LOST ALL POWER. IT WAS TAKEN TO TAYLOR CHRYSLER PLYMOUTH DODGE IN KANKAKEE IL. THE MILEAGE IS AT 70590, IT HAS BEEN FOUND THAT FIFTH GEAR IS LOST, AND THE INPUT SHAFT IS BAD. THE ORIGINAL REPAIR WAS $1100.00 AND NOW THIS REPAIR IS ESTIMATED AT $3200.00. AFTER READING YOUR SERVICE BULLETIN, I FOUND THERE ARE TWO LISTED ON THE TRANSMISSION ALONE, SB#980911211098, AND SB#980925211098, THEY BOTH HAVE TO DO WITH THE LOSS OF 5TH GEAR. *AK

BRAKE PULLING PROBLEM, HOWEVER THERE IS NO CONSISTANCY AS TO WHEN, STARTING AT ABOUT 20000 MILES 10/28/98, I HAVE HAD IT BACK AT LEAST 10 TIMES, DEALER HAS REPLACED CALIPERS/ PADS/STEERING BOX, AND SHIMS BETWEEN RIGHT FRONT ROTOR AND RIM. THEY NOW HAVE A 5MM SHIM AND SAY THE NEXT STEP IS A 7.5 PER THEIR TSB. I DON'T LIKE THIS SHIM BUSINESS AND THE INCONSISTENT BRAKING PATTERN. *AK

I AM EXPERIENCING A BRAKE PULL PROBLEM. THIS IS AN ONGOUNG PROBLEM AND DODGE TECHNICAL REPRESENTATIVES HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED A PROBLEM WITH THE FRONT BRAKE CALIPERS. THEY HAVE NOT OFFERED A SOLUTION YET. YOU WILL RECEIVE A NUMBER OF SIMILAR REPORTS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS FROM FOLKS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT AFFECTS THE TRUCK AND OCCUPANTS AND POSSIBLY OTHER FOLKS ON THE ROAD. I HAVE ALREADY RUN OFF THE HIGHWAY WHEN THIS BRAKE PULL PROBLEM OCCURRED. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. I AMM LOOKING FORWARD TO RECEIVING YOUR HELP WITH THIS MATTER. *AK

THE BRAKES PULL LEFT OR RIGHT. MOST LIKELY DUE TO WEAK CALIPERS. THE EXPERTS I'VE TALKED TO INDICATE MY ONE TON 7000 LB TRUCK HAS THE SAME SINGLE PISTON CALIPERS A LITTLE ISUZU RODEO OR MITSUBISHI HAS. IT'S HORRIFYING TO THINK THIS BIG TRUCK HAS NO MORE BRAKES THAN A 2000 LB LITTLE CAR. THE $2000 'DAMAGE' IS A REPAIR ESTIMATE FOR NEW OEM PARTS -- WHICH THE DEALER HAS REPLAED. IT STILL PULLS. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. SOMETIMES IT PULLS HARD ENOUGH TO CAUSE A LANE CHANGE. HAVE HAD NEAR MISS OF HEAD-ON COLLISION. *AK

TRANSMISSION SHIFTS LATE ON CERTAIN OCCASIONS JUMPING INTO GEAR, DIAGNOSTICS' WERE PERFORMED BY DEALERSHIP RESULTING IN A NEGATIVE RESULT, THE TRUCK STILL PERSIST'S WITH THE PROBLEM USUALLY AT SPEEDS' 35 MPH AND UNDER. THE TRUCK HAS PULLED RIGHT UPON DELIVERY, DEALERSHIP REPLACED CALIPERS STATING THAT THE O.E.M. CALIPERS WERE SEIZED FROM FACTORY, THREE DAYS LATER THE PROBLEM WAS BACK, DEALERSHIP PERFORMED ALIGNMENT, PROBLEM STILL PERSISTED AND CONTINUES TO DO SO. THE REASON I PUT POWER STEERING DOWN UNDER THE COMMENTS SECTION IS BECAUSE OF MY BELIEF THAT THE PROBLEM RESIDES IN THE STEERING GEAR-BOX, WHICH HAS NOT BEEN CHECKED. THE BACK-UP LIGHTS DID NOT WORK UPON DELIVERY BUT WERE FIXED IMMEDIATELY AND HAVE BEEN FINE EVER-SINCE. THE DRVER-SIDE WINDOW MOLDING LEAKS AND ON CERTAIN DAYS CAUSES FOGGING OF THE WINDOW RESULTING IN A LOSS OF VISION AND AN UNSAFE DRIVING CONDITION. O.E.M. JACKSTAND IS ALSO TO SHORT TO REPLACE TIRE ON INDEPENDENT FRONT SUSPENSION.

TRANSMISSION SHIFTS LATE, JUMPING INTO GEAR ON DIFFERENT OCCASIONS USUALLY BETWEEN 10-35 M.P.H. DEALERSHIP ANALYZED PROBLEM, BUT FOUND NOTHING. PROBLEM STILL PERSISTS. *AK