1999 Dodge Ram complaints

FRONT BRAKES WOULD PULL VEHICLE TO LEFT WHEN APPLIED. HAVE TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP, AND MECHANIC REPLACED CALIPERS AND PADS 3 TIMES. *AK CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE ALSO PULLS TO THE RIGHT. *SLC

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 55-60MPH WHEN REAR DRIVER'S TIRE POPPED OFF THE RIM. CONSUMER SWERVED ACROSS 3-4 LANES AND MANAGED TO GET TO SHOULDER OF ROAD. THERE WAS NO BLOW OUT, IT DEFLATED. TIRES ARE AFTERMARKET, NO MORE THAN 2 WEEKS OLD. CONSUMER WAS DRIVING A199, DODGE, RAM VAN. TIRE SIZE IS P235/75R1, DOT# & VIN # WILL BE ADDED. *AK TIRE WAS A FIRESTONE STEELTEX R4S, CONSUMER STATES THAT DEALER DISCOVERED A HOLE THAT HAD PENETRATED THROUGH THE ENTIRE TREAD. *SLC

THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE REPORST OF TRANSMISSION FAILURE ON THIS AND SEVERAL OTHER YEAR VEHICLES TO CHRYSLER OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. I WAS LUCKY AND IN MY CASE THE TRANSMISSION WNET OUT WHILE IN REVERSE IN A PARKING AREA AND I WAS ABLE TO RECRUIT HELP TO PUSH IT OUT OF TRAFFIC.*AK

EXCESSIVE BRAKE PADS AND ROTOR WEAR. VEHICLE ALWAYS PULLS TO THE LEFT.

GEAR BOX BROKE AND POWER STEERING LOCKED UP WHILE LEAVING PARKING LOT WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED LOSS OF CONTROL . DEALER REPLACED GEAR BOX AND POWER STEERING PUMP. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

EXPERIENCING EXCESSIVE EFFORT WHILE GOING UP HILLS AND A PINGING NOISE WHEN DRIVING. *AK

SLIDES ON FRONT BRAKE CALIPERS ARE POORLY DESIGNED AND ALLOW FOR CORROSION WHICH CAUSES THE SLIDES TO STAY OUT CAUSING EXCISSIVE BRAKE WEAR, A LOW BRAKE PEDAL AND SLOW BREAK RESPONSE.*AK

CRUISE CONTROL TURNED ON BY ITSELF AND VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. CONSUMER QUICKLY PLACED IT INTO REVERSE AND SHUT ENGINE OFF IN ORDER TO MAKE VEHICLE TO STOP MOVING. DEALER WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE PROBLEM. *AK DEALER CAN NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM. *SLC

LOSS OF ANTIFREEZE.*AK

LOSS OF ANTIFREEZE. *AK

WHEN DRIVING OVER BUMPS IN PAVEMENT VEHICLE JUMPS OUT OF DRIVE INTO NEUTRAL. DEALER CANNOT IDENTIFY CAUSE. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

THIS VEHICLE PULLS TO LEFT, CAUSING IRREGULAR WEAR ON FRONT TIRES. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

CONSUMER HAS HAD TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION 4 TIMES AND MOTOR ONCE SINCE PURCHASE BECAUSE PISTON HAD HOLE IN IT. DEALER CANNOT SAY WHY. *AK

VEHICLE PULLED FROM SIDE TO SIDE. WHILE PULLING TO ONE SIDE, WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, VEHICLE PULLED TO OTHER SIDE. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER DID NOT KNOW WHAT CAUSED IT. *AK HEADS HAVE CRACKED TWICE AND DEALER WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE PROBLEM. *SLC

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A 55 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH DRIVER'S AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK THE ADJUSTER FROM THE MANUFACTURER CERTIFIED THAT THE AIR BAG WAS OPERATING PROPERLY AND SHOULD NOT HAVE TO DEPLOY IN THAT ACCIDENT. *YH

WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER WOULD APPLY BRAKES AND VEHICLE WOULD PULL SEVERELY TO RIGHT OR LEFT. STEERING WHEEL WOULD BIND UP & BECOME HARD TO TURN. SOMETIMES THERE WOULD BE EXCESSIVE PLAY IN STEERING. *AK CONSUMER IS PURSUING THE LEMON LAW. *SLC

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 00V135 AND SET UP AN APPOINTMENT FOR REPAIRS FOR THIS RECALL PLUS TWO PRIOR RECALLS, CONSUMER IS ANGRY BECAUSE DEALER STATED THAT NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE FOR THE BLOWER MOTOR RELAY EVEN THOUGH AN APPOINTMENT HAD BEEN MADE, NONE OF THE RECALLS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. *SLC

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT 40-45 MPH WHEN SUDDENLY MOTOR FROZE, AND VEHICLE STARTED TO PULL TO LEFT/ LOST ALL STEERING CAPABILITY/HIT A CONCRETE DIVIDER ,AND THEN VEHICLE ROLLED OVER . CONSUMER NOTICED THAT OF ONE OF SCREWS THAT HELD POWER STEERING TO FRAME FELL OFF, AND IT GOT STUCK BETWEEN WHEEL AND FRAME WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO CRASH,CAUSING INJURIES. *AK

REAR BENCH SEAT BELT BUCKLES ON PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDES ARE COMING OUT FROM SEAT ABOUT 5-6 INCHES, AND MIDDLE SEAT BUCKLE WAS SITTING OUT ABOUT A FOOT WHICH CAUSED BELT TO SIT TO HIGH UP, AND NOT PROVIDING ANY SUPPORT. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER, DEALER STATED NORMAL OPERATION. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THEN STEPPING ON BRAKE PEDAL ANDCOMING TO A STOP BRAKES LOCK UP ON RIGHT FRONT TIRE UNTIL WEARING IT OUT.*AK THE PROPORTIONAL VALVE WAS REPLACED AND THE PROBLEM WAS SOLVED. *YH

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 75MPH ON HIGHWAY AND HAD CRUISE CONTROL ON. SHE HEARD A TICKING/ BANGING VEHICLE WAS THROWN INTO MEDIAN STRIP OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO SHOULDERS. THEN SHE NOTICED THAT DRIVER'S FRONT TIRE TREAD HAD SEPARATED FROM VEHICLE. TIRE WAS B.F.GOODRICH. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. TIRE SIZE LT285/75R16. *AK

TOOK CAR IN FOR RECALL 00V10700 REPAIRS CONCERNING TRAILER HITCHES AND ATTACHMENTS, AND DEALER REFUSED TO CORRECT RECALL. *AK

DEALER TOLD CONSUMER IT WOULD BE AT LEAST TWO MONTHS BEFORE THEY COULD SCHEDULE A TIME TO LOOK AT VEHICLE FOR RECALL 00V-107, DEALER DID NOT BOTHER TO INSPECT FOR CRACK WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS THERE, THE CONSUMER LIVES 125 MILES FROM THE DEALER. NLM

THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THE TRANSMISISION SERVICED, WITHIN 30 DAYS THE VEHICLE HAD TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS, COUNSUMER FOUND OUT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS 3 QUARTS LOW ON TRANSMISSION FLUID. CONSUMER IS HAVING TROUBLE OBTAINING INFORMATION ABOUT A RECALL (NO SPECIFIC DETAILS OF THE RECALL PROVIDED BY CONSUMER). NLM

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE MY FRONT BRAKES, THE FIRST TIME WAS APPROIMATELY. 4 MONTHS BEFORE THIS TIME. WHILE CHANGING THESE BRAKES I DISCOVERED THAT THE RIGHT SIDE HAD WORN A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT MORE THAN THE LEFT, THE LEFT ONE DIDNT NEED REPLACING. *AK

VEHICLE WILL PULL TO RIGHT WHEN STOPPING ,IT WILL ALSO PULL HARDER TO RIGHT WHEN PULLING TRAILOR AND BRAKES GETTING HOT. DEALER TOLD CONSUMER OF AN AFTER MARKET PART THAT WILL FIX DEFECT. *AK

HORN WLL NOT WORK UNLESS PUSHED WITH EXCESSIVE EFFORT WHEN IT IS COLD OR IN JUSTTHE RIGHT SPOT AT OTHER TIMES. *AK *SLC

BRAKE PROBLEMS; CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER 4 TIMES, BUT DEALER COULDN'T FIND CAUSE. WHEN APPLYING BRAKES PEDAL WENT DOWN TO FLOORBOARD, BUT THERE WAS NO BRAKING ACTION. ACCIDENT OCCURRED WITH $4100 DAMAGE. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE HORN IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. *SLC

MICHELIN ALL SEASON TIRE P245/75R16 DOT LT24575R16 EXPERIENCED BLOWOUT WHILE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING 15MPH AROUND A CORNER CLOSE TO A CURB, VEHICLE ONLY HAD 20000 MILES ON IT, AFTER INSPECTION OF THE OTHER TIRES, THEY TOO HAD CHUNKS OF TREAD COMING OFF OF THE TIRES. *SLC

ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT TIRES AT 16,000. SEVERE BLOWOUT, MULTIPLE SPLITS AND CHUNKS OF RUBBER MISSING IN 4" AREA OF OUTER SIDE WALL. *AK (TIRESIZE: 75R16 P245)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 75R16 P245 )

AT A SPEED OF 5 MPH APPLIED BRAKE , PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, NO BRAKING ACTION. BEING REPAIRED AT THIS TIME. *AK

HEATER CORE BLEWOUT, CAUSING COOLANT TO LEAK. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK

CONSUMER HAD FOUND OUT ABOUT LUMPS ON TIRES AFTER BEING REPLACED FROM THE FIRST TIME AFTER A TIRE HAD A BLOWOUT. P245/75R16, DOT WRLAPCVSB, DODGE, RAM 1999. *AK

TIRES, THOUGH WE HAVEN'T EXPERIENCED A BLOW OUT OR TREADS PEELING OFF, THE TIRES ARE WEARING MUCH QUICKER THAN THEY SHOULD. WITH ONLY 12,000 MILE ON THE VEHICLE, THE TIRES LOOK LIKE IT'S BEEN DRIVEN 50,000 MILES. MID OCTOBER WE CALLED CHRSYLER IN AUBURN HILLS, TO LET THEM KNOW HOW UNSAFE WE FEEL DRIVING THIS TRUCK. WE HAVE HAD THIS TRUCK BROUGHT BACK TO THE DEALER ELEVEN TIMES FOR WARRANTY WORK, EIGHT OF WHICH WERE FOR BRAKE PROBLEMS. *AK (DOT NUMBER: M32KERHX TIRESIZE: P245/75R16)

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

VEHICLE STALLS WHEN SHIFTING GEARS. TAKEN TO DEALER 5 TIMES, FAILED TO FIND REMEDY. DEALER ONLY RECORDED 2 OF THE 5 TIMES VEHICLE WAS IN FOR REPAIRS. *AK

TRANSFER CASE ASSEMBLY DRIVESHAFT GEARS BROKE. *AK

AFTER DRIVING THE VEHICLE WITH THE A/C ON MAX MODE THE WIRING HARNESS MELTED, SMOKE FILLED THE CAB WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS REPLACING A FLAT TIRE. NLM

HAVE 10AM APPT WITH LITHIA 11/6/00 TO LOOK AT PROBLEM. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK

CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE INTO DEALERSHIP, AND DRIVER/ PASSENGER SEATBELTS WERE WORKING. SHE AND HER HUSBAND PUT ON SEATBELTS ,AND THE SEATBELTS WOULDN'T MOVE AT ALL ON BOTH SIDES. SEATBELTS WERE STUCK. *AK

SPARK KNOCK WHICH THEY TELL ME IS NORMAL AND THERE IS NOTHING I CAN DO ABOUT IT ,BUT IT IS SO LOUD I CAN HEAR IT OVER THE RADIO AT MODERATE LEVEL,CONTACT FACTORY AND THEY STATE THIS NORMAL,NOW MY TRUCK IS OUT OF WARRANTY

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING MINOR INJURIES. MANUFACTURER WILL BE NOTIFIED.*AK

UPON DEPRESSION OF CLUTCH AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, TACHOMETER WILL SHOW RPM DROPPING BELOW IDLE SPEED, USUALLY LEADING TO STALL-OUT. IF VEHICLE IS IN MOTION, SUCH AS WHEN UPSHIFTING OR DOWNSHIFTING, AND VEHICLE STALLS, THERE IS ALSO LOSS OF POWER STEERING, DIMMING OF LIGHTS, LOSS OF ABS. THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES WHILE IN THE MIDDLE OF CURVES, AT NIGHT, AND TURNING INTO SHARP TURNS. THE DEALERSHIP HAS ATTEMTED TO LOCATE THE PROBLEM ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, AND COULDN'T DUPLICATE IT. THEY DID "FLASH" THE COMPUTER ONCE, BUT THIS DID NOT SOLVE A THING. I FEEL THAT EVENTUALLY THIS PROBLEM COULD LEAD TO A SERIOUS OR EVEN FATAL ACCIDENT IF NOT RESOLVED IMMEDIATELY.

I HAVE BEEN HAVING PROBLEM WITH THE FRONT BRAKES ON MY DODGE TRUCK. WHEN YOU BRAKE THE TRUCK PULLS TO THE RIGHT. TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT, IN A PANIC STOP I HAD TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL 3/4 TO THE LEFT TO KEEP FROM JUMPING INTO THE RIGHT LANE. I'VE HAD THIS MACHINE IN FOR REPAIRS 8 PLUS TIMES. THE FRONT ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES RESURFACED AT LEAST 9 TIMES. SIX SETS OF NEW BRAKE PADS ON THE FRONT NEW DRUMS ON THE FRONT. THREE SETS OF REAR DRUMS. TWO NEW SETS OF REAR SHOES. THIS MACHINE IS A HAZARD. I'VE TALKE TO OTHER OWNERS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND IT SEEMS I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE THIS IS HAPPENING TO. I NEED HELP GETTING THIS CORRECTED THE DEALER AND DODGE CAN'T SEEM TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE 16,637 MILE ON OUR 1999 DODGE RAM VAN. IN RECENT WEEKS WE NOTICE THAT THE FRONT AND REAR TIRES WERE WORN DOWN TO THE RADIAL BAR. IN ADDITION, THERE ARE SEVERAL AIR BUMPS FORMING ON ALL FOUR TIRES. WITHE RECENT FIRESTONE AND FORD PROBLEMS, I TOOK THE VAN TO MERCHANTS TIRE AND AUTO WHERE I NORMALLY DO BUSINESS. THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE TIRES WERE SHOT, ARE A SAFTEY CONCERN AND SHOULD BE REPLACED. I THEN TOOK THE VAN TO TIRE WAREHOUSE TO GET A SECOND OPION ON THE TIRES. AGAIN, I WAS TOLD THAT THE TIRES WERE IN VERY BAD CONDITION AND SHOULD BE REPLACED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. I CALLED THE GOODYEAR 800 NUMBER TO REQUEST MY RIGHTS AND IN WHAT DIRECTION I SHOULD GO, BUT I WAS ONLY GIVEN THE RUN-AROUND AND SWITCHED BROM OPERATOR TO OPERATOR. MY CONCERN WITH THIS TIRE IS THAT ON THE SIDE OF THE TIRE IT STATES THAT IT HAS A MAX WEIGHT OF 2,293 POUNDS. GIVEN THAT THE VAN IS A HALF TON, AND HAS ADDED AFTER MARKET CONVERSION PACKAGE, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE WEIGHT EXCEEDS THE LIMIT. I ASKED DODGE ABOUT THIS CONCERN, SINCE THEY SELL THE CONVERSION VAN, AND I WAS TOLD THAT IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE TIRES DO NOT MEET THE CURRENT WEIGHT OF THE TOTAL VAN PACKAGE. MY QUESTION IS, ARE THERE OTHER REPORTED INCEDENTS WITH THIS TIRE AND VANS, OR WITH THIS TIRE IN GENEREAL. ALSO, DO I HAVE A LEGAL RECOURSE AGAINST EITHER DODGE OR GOODYEAR TO PURSUE IN ORDER TO GET MY TIRES REPLACED BEFORE AN ACCIDENT . I USE THE VAN AS MY PRIMARY SOURCE OF TRANSPORTATION AND I TRANSPORT MY TEENAGE KIDS

I HAVE HAD 3 FAILURES OF MY FRONT BRAKES. THE FIRST TIME WAS WITHIN A WEEK OF PURCHASING THE TRUCK. THE SECOND BRAKE FAILURE WAS 6 MONTHS LATER AT APPROX. 18,000 MILES AND THE THIRD FAILURE WAS AT APPROX. 34,000 MILES ON OCT. 1ST 2000. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE BACK TO DODGE AND THEY HAVE REPORTED NOTHING WRONG WITH THE BRAKES. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC LOOKED AT THE BRAKES AND SAID THERE APPEARS TO BE SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE CALIPERS. THE TRUCK PULLS VIOLENTLY TO THE LEFT WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED AND I'VE ALSO HAD THE FRONT BRAKES LOCK UP.

DEFECTIVE ROTORS AND PADS/EXCESSIVE WEAR OF FRONT ROTORS AND PADS AT 18,000 MILES. INFORMED THAT POSSIBLE REPLACEMENT MAYBE NEEDED. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT WAS A NORMAL CONDITION FOR THAT VEHICLE. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

EXCESSIVE WEAR OF BRAKE PADS; AT 20,000 MILES, DEALER TURNED FRONT ROTORS AND REPLACED PADS AT CONSUMER'S COST. PROLEM CONTINUED TO REOCCUR A 24,700 MILES, 51,209 MILES AND AT 58,000 MILES. BRAKES PADS WERE REPLACED. *AK

I FILLED OUT THIS FORM ONCE BEFORE, BUT I HAVE NOT HEARD BACK...