1999 Dodge Ram complaints

STABILIZER BAR VERY WEAK FOR VEHICLE RESULTING IN BENDING WHEN RIDING OVER POT HOLE AND RUTS. MJS

TRUCK IS A DEATH TRAP CHANGES LANES OF TRAFFIC WHILE HOLDING STEERING STRAIGHT UNABLE TO CONTROL ON WET PAVEMENT

WHILE CONSUMER'S SPOUSE WAS DRIVING AT ABOUT 40-50 MPH WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT IMPACT ACCIDENT WITH AN UTILITY POST, AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

BRAKES PULL TO RIGHT AT ANY SPEED. REQUIRES SIGNIFICANT CORRECTION BY OPERATOR, INCREASING WITH SPEED. *AK

UPON ATTEMPTING TO ENTER THE REAR SEAT, PASSENGER STRUCK HIS HEAD ON THE REAR DOOR LATCHING MECHANISM, CAUSING A HEAD INJURY/DETACHED RETINA. DOOR LATCH IS A U-BOLT THAT EXTENDS DOWN FROM UPPER DOOR JAM.

THERE WAS A ELECTRICAL FIRE FROM THE POWER DISPERSEMENT BOX UNDER THE HOOD , WHICH THE WIRING HARNESS MELTED. THE VEHICLE IS STILL AT THE DEALER AWAITING PARTS. I FEEL THIS IS A SAFTEY HAZARD BUT THE DEALER IS ALREADY GIVING ME A HARD TIME ABOUT IT.

THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN BACK TO THE DEALER AT LEAST THREE TIMES FOR REPAIR AND THE DEALER HAS DETERMINED IT TO BE UNREPAIRBLE, WHEN YOU DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL EVEN WHEN YOU ARE HARDLY MOVING THE STEERING WHEEL TURNS TO THE RIGHT AND AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS YOU CHANGE LANES WITH THE SLIGHTEST PRESSURE ON THE BRAKE PEDAL IF YOU AREN'T HOLDING THE STEERING WHEEL FIRMLY

THE GEAR BOX ALSO WENT OUT ON MY DAD'S 1998 DODGE RAM QUAD CAB

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK

SINCE MY TRUCK WAS NEW THERE HAS BEEN PLAY/LOOSNESS IN THE STEERING, CAUSING THE STEERING TO BE JERKY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. SOMETIMES, THE STEERING WHEEL CAN BE JERKED FROM MY HAND. TAKEN TO DODGE AND SEEN BY THE CHRYSLER REPRESENTATIVE, AND I WAS TOLD IT WAS NORMAL. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE GEAR SHIFT BOLT BROKE OFF AND FLEW INTO THE MOTOR, CAUSING THE VEHICLE NOT TO GO INTO GEAR. IS CURRENTLY NOW UNABLE TO MOVE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40MPH TRANSMISSION DIED/STALLED OUT. IT HAD STARTED TO JERK BEFORE GOING OUT. THE RPMS WERE REVVED UP. TRANSMISSION WENT INTO NEUTRAL ON ITS OWN. THEN VEHICLE STOPPED. WAS VACATIONING IN SOUTH CAROLINA WHEN THIS OCCURRED.

WHEN DRIVING 55MPH ON FREEWAY TRUCK VIBRATES SO BADLY YOU GET A HEADACHE. TWO DIFFERENT DEALER'S SERVICE DEPTS. SAY IT IS A PROBLEM WITH 99'S AND THERE IS NO FIX. AN OUTSIDE EXPERT GOT HEADACHE, AND SAID TRUCK IS NOT DRIVEABLE. APPARENTLY, 1 IN 5 CUSTOMERS CAME BACK WITH THIS SAME COMPLAINT. THE DEALERS JUST TOLD THEM THATS THE WAY IT IS. DO A TEST ON CONCRETE FREEWAY ON THESE TRUCKS AND YOU'LL SEE FOR YOURSELF. APPARENTLY, CHRYSLER IS NOT ADMITTING THERE IS A PROBLEM BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT A RECALL. THE PEOPLE WHO DO COME BACK AND COMPLAIN, THE DEALER SEND A GUY TO DRIVE WITH THE CUSTOMER TO CONVINCE THEM THAT IT IS NORMAL AND THAT'S THE WAY IT IS. I KNOW ALL THIS BECAUSE MY HUSBAND IS A MECHANIC (25 YEARS) AND HE KNOWS A COUPLE OF MECHANICS AT CHRYSLER. *AK

BRAKE DESIGN REQUIRES BRAKE ADJUSTMENTS AT EVERY OIL CHANGE, POOR PERFORMANCE.

HEADLIGHT SWITCH/ DASHBOARD GETS EXTREMELY HOT WHEN HEADLIGHTS ARE ON. DEALER/MANUFACTURER CONTACTED AND ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. RELACEMENT HAS BEEN MADE AND PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

BALL JOINTS HAVE BROKEN TWICE ON RT. FT. OF VEH.POSSIBLE LOSS OF WHEEL AT HWY. SPEEDS