2000 Dodge Ram complaints

HAD A SHORT BLOCK PLACED ON ENGINE DUE TO MAKING A PECKING NOISE. ALSO, TRANSMISSION WOULD MAKE A WHINNING SOUND WHEN SHIFTING INTO GEAR. THIS HAPPENS ANYTIME WHEN EITHER STOPPING OR STARTING OFF.*AK AIR CONDITIONER AND HEATER ARE INOPERABLE. VIBRATION IS FELT AT 48-60 MPH. DEALER REPLACED ENGINE, HOWEVER PROBLEM IS STILL PRESENT, DEALER TOLD CONSUMER TO USE 30 WEIGHT OIL, CONSUMER WANTS DEALER TO BUY BACK VEHICLE, HE FEELS HE HAS A LEMON. *SLC

CONSUMER WAS GOING 35-40MPH AND HIT OTHER VEHICLE BROADSIDE. MASSIVE FRONT END DAMAGE.STEERING WHEEL HAD TO BE LIFTED FOR CONSUMER GET OUT OF VEHICLE. FRONT AIRBAGS GAVE NO SIGNS OF TRYING TO DEPLOY. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. DODGE SENT OUT AN INDEPENDENT INSPECTOR TO BODY SHOP. CONSUMER HASN'T GOTTEN A REASON FROM ANYONE WHY AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. *AK

PINON GEAR IN REAR DIFFERENTIAL END WAS GRINDING. HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER 3 TIMES FOR SAME PROBLEM. MECHANIC REFUSED REPAIR IT AGAIN. EACH TIME IT WAS REPAIRED, GRINDING WOULD COME BACK.*AK THE CONSUMER SAYS THE REAR END OF THE VEHICLE WAS FLAWED AND SHOULD BE REPLACED BY A BETTER DESIGN. THE MANUFACTURER HAD BEEN CONTACTED BUT WAS NOT TAKING ANY ACTION. *YH

REPORTING A RENTAL VEHICLE FROM EXPRESS WAY DODGE EXPERIENCED A FIRE UNDERNEATH VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED OF 55-60 MPH. *AK CONSUMER FEELS THE FIRE WAS CAUSED BY EITHER THE FUEL PUMP OR A TRANSMISSION LEAK. *SLC

CONSUMER WA SREAR ENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE AT 30 MPH IN WHICH NEITHER DRIVER'S SIDE NOR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

REAR VIEW MIRROR IS NOT RELIABLE ENOUGH TO HELP CONSUMER TO BACK UP OR CHANGE LANES. CONSUMER HAS ALREADY HIT A TREE, AND ALMOST HIT OTHER VEHICLES WHEN CHANGING LANES. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED EMISSONS CONTROL DEPARTMENT, AND THEY SAID THEY HAVE RECEIVED NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON SAME ISSUE. *AK OBJECTS IN REAR MIRROR ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR. *YH

CONSUMERS HAD FOUND ON A ROUTINE CHECK CRACKS ON HITCH. MANUFACTURER SAID THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY, AND THERE WAS NO WAY TO HELP CONSUMER IN THIS SITUATION. *AK THE CONSUMER SUGGESTS THAT THE MANUFACTURER CONDUCT INSPECTION ON 3500 SERIES VEHICLES IF ANY OTHER HITCH FAILURES OTHER THAN THE ONE ON RECALL, HAVE OCCURED. *YH

VEHICLE HAS BEEN RUNNING VERY ROUGH. WHEN VEHICLE IS PLACED IN GEAR A LOUD NOISE IS HEARD. ALSO, VEHICLE STALLS WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. IN ADDITION, VEHICLE PULLS TO ONE SIDE, DRIVER'S SIDE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

I HAD A RECALL FOR TRAILER HITCH, (FIXED) HAD A RECALL FOR EMISSIONS, ( COMPUTER ADJUSTMENT)AFTER THAT FUEL MILEAGE DROPED FROM 13.5 TO 8.8.TOOK IT TO DEALER IN FLORIDA AND THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.I WOULD LIKE TO GET IT SET BACK TO 13 MILES PER GAL.WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT THIS?*AK

WHEN IN PARK POSITION, CONSUMER CAN SHIFT INTO ANY GEAR WIHTOUT HAVING TO APPLY BRAKES WHICH COULD RESULT IN ACCIDENT OR INJURIES. *AK CONSUMER STATES THIS IS AN EVERY DAY SITUATION. *SLC

WHEN TRANSMISSION IS SHIFTED VEHICLE JERKS BACKWARD AND FORWARD ON COLD STARTS. DEALER HAS INSPECTED AND REPAIRED VEHICLE, AND IT STILL JERKS.*AK ALSO THE VEHICLE STALLS WHILE IDLING AND DURING FORWARD OR REVERSE DRIVING. *YH

I WAS TRAVELING AROUND 30MPH. CAME UP ON STOP SIGN ROAD TURNED TO ICE COUD NOT STOP HIT ENBANKMENT HEAD ON SHOULDER STRAP DID NOT CATCH FACE HIT WINDSHIELD CRACKED NOSE IN TWO PLACES.IF AIR BAGS WOULD HAVE DEPLOYED INJURIES WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN SO BAD !!!*AK

JUNE 1,2000 (2958ML) ENGINE STARTS PINGING, DRIVER SIDE WINDOW THUMPS WHEN ROLLING UP & DOWN. JULY 21,2000 (6840ML) ENGINE STILL PINGS, KNOCKING SOUND UNDER VEHICLE, THUMPING IN WINDOW STILL PRESENT , OIL PRESSURE FALLS WHILE DRIVING. JULY 31,2000 (7509ML) ENGINE STILL PINGS, KNOCKING UNDER VEHICLE STILL PRESENT.LEFT CYLINDER HEAD CRACKED, #2 CYLINDER REPLACED. SEPT. 12,2000 (9420ML) ENGINE STILL PINGS, KNOCKING UNDER VEHICLE STILL PRESENT , OIL PRESSURE STILL FALLS WHILE DRIVING , THUMPING IN WINDOW STILL PRESENT, FINAL REPAIR ATTEMPT. DEC. 7,2000(14128ML) HAD TO HAVE CRANKSHAFT,ROD BEARINGS, MAIN BEARINGS, #4 CYLINDER ROD AND PISTON, OIL PUMP REPALCED.RETURNED ON 12/14/00. DEC. 15,2000 (14169ML) NO OIL PRESSURE. HAD TO HAVE OIL SENDING UNIT, OIL PUMP, & SCREEN REPLACED.. *AK

CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGES AT ANY GIVEN TIME. DEALER NOTICED TRANSMISSION SENDING UNIT CABLE GOT LOOSE. *AK CONSUMER STATES MOST COMMON SCENARIO IS CRUISE CONTROL BEING SET AT SPEED, THEN BEING CANCELLED BY CONSUMER EITHER BY CANCEL BUTTON OR BY BRAKING, CRUISE WILL THEN REENGAGE AT SET SPEED. *SLC

THE VEHICLE CERTIFICATION LABEL HAS THE WRONG TIRE SIZE AND INFLATION PRESSURE ON IT. IT STATES THE TRUCK HAS P225/75R16 TIRES WITH A PRESSURE OF 41PSI. THE TRUCK WAS MANUFACTURED WITH P245/75R16 TIRES WITH A MAX PSI OF 35. THIS COULD RESULT IN OVERINFLATION OF THE TIRES IF A PERSON WENT BY THE PRESSURE ON THE LABEL INSTEAD OF THE TIRES. I HAVE TALKED WITH THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THEY COULD NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM AND THAT IT IS COMMON. IF THAT IS THE CASE, WHY DOES THE DOT REQUIRE THE INFORMATION BE THERE?

RIGHT FRONT BRAKES WOULD HANG UP. WHENEVER APPLYING BRAKES, THEY WOULD GRAB & PULL HARD TO THE RIGHT. TOOK TO DEALER AT LEAST 3-4 TIMES FOR BRAKE PROBLEM. MECHANIC WOULD NOT REPLACE THE BRAKES DUE TO NOT ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM WHICH WAS INTERMITTENT. *AK

THE POWER CONTROL MODULE AND BODY CONTROL MODULES BLEW OUT TWICE WITHIN THE FIRST 4000 MILES OF THE TRUCKS LIFE THE LEAKY INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS DETECTED AFTER SEVERAL COMPLAINTS OF A TAPPING NOISE IN ENGINE THAT WAS WORSE WHEN ACCELERATING. STILL NOT FIXED VEHICLE STILL HAS REAL BAD TAPPING IN ENGINE. TRUCK DIED WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD , LEFT ME STRANDED. DIAGNOSIS WAS THAT THE FUEL PUMP MODULE WENT OUT. ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE ALSO SHORTED OUT THE CASSETTE PLAYER. I HAVE ALSO HEARD STRANGE BUZZING NOISES IN THE CAB WHILE DRIVING. TOOK BACK TO DEALER AND THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. VEHICLE IS STILL NOT RUNNING PROPERLY.

9-26-00 STEERING GREASED 10-12-00 PARTS NOT INSTALLED SAY NEED NEW STEERING ASSEMBLY. *AK

CUSTOMER STATES CLUNK NOISE HEARD AT IDLE IN PARK - NOISE COMING FROM DRIVERS SIDE FLOORBOARD. DEALER VERIFIED CONCERN - SHIFT LINKAGE VIBRATION TRANSFER THROUGH COLUMN AND FLOORBOARD. NORMAL CONDITION AT THIS TIME. NO MANF. FIX FOR PROBLEM.

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 50MPH ON HIGHWAY AND WAS GOING EAST, AND SECOND VEHICLE WAS GOING SOUTH. ALSO, CONSUMER'S VEHICLE RAN THE STOP SIGN, AND HIT OTHER VEHICLE ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. DEALERSHIP WILL BE NOTIFIED.*AK

NON DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER AIR BAG. *AK

ENGINE SURGES AT INTERSECTIONS AND STOP SIGNS, ROUGH IDLING AND NO POWER. *SLC

VEHICLE WAS AT A STAND STILL WAS WAS REAR ENDED IN WHICH BOTH DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDE SEATBACK BOLTS BROKE, CAUSING SEAT TO FALL BACKWARDS IN THE RECLININNG POSITION, AND CAUSING INJURIES TO BOTH DRIVER SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE OCCUPANTS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

THIS VAN IS RATED AT APPROX. 13MPG CITY AND 18 HIGHWAY. I GET SINGLE DIGIT MPG AND ALL MY DRIVING IS HIGHWAY MILES. I TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY RAN ALL DIAGNOTICS AND CODES AND SAID THAT EVERYTHING CHECKS OUT O.K. I CONSTANTLY MONITOR MY FUEL TANK WHEN FULL AND DIVIDE BY 17,5 GALLONS(IT HAS A 35 GALLON TANK) INTO MILES ON ODOMETER AFTER RESET AND TANK FULL UP. I ONLY GET ABOUT 170 MILES PER HALF TANK. PLEASE HELP.

TIRE IS CUT INTO ON LEFT TURNS AND U TURNS BY A-FRAME. RETURNED TO WEISNER (DODGE DEALER NEAREST MY HOME) THEY INFORMED ME IT WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE 2000 DODGE RAM PICKUPS. THEY TOLD ME THE ONLY THING I COULD DO WAS HAVE THE A-FRAME GROUND WITH A GRINDER. I THE TOOK IT TO THE DEALER I PURCHASED IT FROM AND THEY TOLD ME IT WAS A DODGE PROBLEM AND THEY WOULD CONTACT THEM. WHEN I DIDN'T HEAR FROM THEM I CONTACTED DODGE MYSELF AND THEY TOLD ME THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO TO FIX IT. THE LAST DEALER (DOWELL MOTORS) EVEN PUT A NEW TRUCK ON THE RACK NEXT TO MINE AND IT DOES THE SAME THING. TRUCK IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. IF NOT CAREFUL NOT TO MAKE SHARP TURNS I WILL CUT THROUGH ENTIRE SIDEWALL OF MY TIRE. HAVE ROTATED SEVERAL TIMES

DRIVER AIRBAG DID NOT INFLATE WHEN THE VEHICLE WRECKED

MY THREE YEAR OLD PUT MY TRUCK IN GEAR IF I WAS NOT THERE TO STOP IT HE COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY HURT . SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE TO FIX THIS PROBLEM ,I AM NOT THE ONLY MOTHER THAT DRIVES A TRUCK THAT HAS CHILDREN, I KNOW THAT IT IS MANDATORY FOR LIGHT TRUCKS ,BUT WHY NOT THESE? SOMEONE IS GOING TO BE HURT SERIOUSLY FROM THIS.

WHEN PUTTING ON BRAKES REAL HARD VEHICLE WILL PULL TO LEFT. IF TURNING JUST SLIGHTLY LEFT OR RIGHT, VEHICLE WILL QUICKLY GO LEFT OR RIGHT. CONSUMER HAS TO REALLY WATCH THE ROAD. THE REAR BUMPER IS 24 INCHES OFF THE GROUND WHERE AS THE FRONT BUMPER IS ONLY 21 INCHES. *AK

WHILE DRIVING STEERING MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO MOVE TO RIGHT AND LEFT, WHICH MAY CAUSE A LOSS OF CONTROL. ALSO, WHILE TURNING TO LEFT, THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD LOCK IN PLACE. DEALER COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM.*AK THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKING UP HAS BEEN SOLVED BY REALIGNMENT AND REPLACING SOME PARTS, BUT THE WONDERING OVER THE ROAD IS STILL NOT FIXED. *YH

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION WITH A CHEVORLET CAPRICE 1984 AT A 45 MPH IMPACT IN WHICH BOTH AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER/MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHEN DRIVING BETWEEN 38-45 MPH OR WHEN MAKING A LEFT OR RIGHT HAND FRONT END BOUNCE AS IF THE VEHICLE IS OUT OF ROUND. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. *AK AS A POSSIBLE CAUSE, ALL FOUR TIRES AND TWO RIMS WERE REPLACED. THE REPAIR SHOP STATES THAT THE FRONT END BOUNCING IS NORMAL. *YH

WHEN BRAKE PEDAL IS APPLIED IT FEELS LIKE A ROCK, VEHICLE DOSE NOT RESPOND TO THE APPLICATION OF THE BRAKES, VEHICLE WILL NOT SLOW DOWN. THIS HAPPENS INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK

FIRE APPEARED TO HAVE STARTED FROM THE ALTERNATOR, FIRE CAUSED BATTERY TO EXPLODE/MELT AND GOT ACID ALL OVER, CONSUMER STATED IN MARCH THE ENGINE HAD TO BE REBUILT, THE OIL HAD BEEN CHANGED 1-2 WEEKS PRIOR TO FIRE, CLAIM 16-N124-673. *SLC

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY WITH HIS SON IN THE REAR/CENTER SEAT. SON TOLD HIS FATHER THAT SEAT BELT WAS BROKEN. UPON EXAMINATION, CONSUMER NOTICED THAT ANCHOR PART OF THE SEATBELT WAS NEVER BOLTED IN. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY VEHICLE ACCELERATED UNEXPECTEDLY. DEALER HAS INSPECTED THE VEHICLE, AND HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

AFTER 2555 MILES, I STARTED GETTING A VERY MUSTY ODOR COMING FROM MY A/C VENTS. I BROUGHT IT TO CLOSEST DEALER (MASSEY-YARDLEY). WORK DONE STATES "CHECK FOR A LEAK, EVAPORATOR LEAKING,REPLACE EVAPORATOR." AT 5099 MILEAGE, I WENT TO THE DEALER BECAUSE I WAS STILL GETTING A MUSTY ODOR. I STATED I HAD ALLERGY TESTING DONE WHICH CAME BACK POSITIVE FOR MOLD & MILDEW AND I WAS HAVING HEALTH PROBLEMS DUE TO THIS CONDITION AND COULD NOT USE MY VEHICLE. THIS TIME THE DEALER CLEANED AND DEODERIZED THE CARPET AND TOLD ME TO REMOVE THE RUBBER MATS, WHICH I DID. THERE WAS NO MOISTURE UNDER THE MATS. I DO NOT HAVE PETS NOR DO I SMOKE, NO CHILDREN. THIS IS A PERSONAL VEHICLE THAT IS NOT USED FOR WORK. I AM A RETIRED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. THE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF VEHICLE IS ALWAYS KEPT IMMACUATELY CLEAN. THE RUBBER MATS I HAD BOUGHT WERE OF GOOD QUALITY AND ARE AFTERALL, MADE OF INERT RUBBER WHICH DID NOT GIVE OFF ANY ODOR WHATSOEVER. ON MAY 24TH I WENT TO THE DEALER, STATED THAT I HAVE KEPT THE MATS OUT AND THAT IT DIDN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE AND I WAS STILL GETTING A MUSTY ODOR WHICH WAS MAKING ME SICK. DEALER SPRAYED A FOAMING PRODUCT MANUFACTURED BY PETRO CHEMICAL PRODUCTS, INC. INTO THE DRAIN OUTLET AND ALSO SPRAYED SOME CONDITION AIR AUTOMOTIVE REFRESHENER ALSO BY THAT SAME COMPANY. I WAS ALSO TOLD BY THE DEALER NOT TO USE THE MAX A/C SETTING BUT TO USE THE OUTSIDE AIR WHICH IS IN CONTRADICTION TO THE INSTRUCTIONS IN THE OWNER'S MANUAL WHICH STATES, "SELECT MAX A/C WHEN THE OUTSIDE

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 00V107000 CONCERNING TRAILER HITCH AND ATTACHMENT. CONSUMER STATED THAT THE RECALL REPAIRS WERE NOT SUFFICIENT ENOUGH TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AK *ML

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AT 60 MPH, AND AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED.*AK

THE PLACEMENT AND SIZE OF THE DRIVER-SIDE AND PASSENGER-SIDE DOOR WINDOW ALONG WITH THE POSITION OF THE DRIVER SEAT IN THE REAR POSITION LIMITS VISIBILITY TO THE POINT OF CREATING A HAZARD. AVERAGE-SIZED (AND LARGER) DRIVERS MUST LEAN FORWARD WHILE SITTING IN THE SEAT TO SEE OUT BEFORE PULLING INTO TRAFFIC. A NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS AND NEAR-MISS COLLISIONS DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITY HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO THE SAFETY OFFICE BY MAINTENANCE WORKERS ASSIGNED TO SUBJECT VANS. A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION BY SAFETY OFFICIALS HAS BEEN COMPLETED; ALLEGED CONDITIONS ARE FOUNDED. REQUEST FURTHER INVESTIGATION AND COORDINATION WITH CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION. PLEASE ADVISE. *AK

WHILE RAINING CONSUMER FELL A SLEEP AT THE WHEEL AND HIT A TELEPHONE POLE. THEN HIT AN ENBANKMENT AND LANDED IN THE WATER. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY, RESULTING IN INJURIES. *AK

SLOT WHICH GUIDES THE SEAT BELT ON DRIVER'S SIDE CAUSES THE BELT TO TWIST AND JAM BY ITSELF. DEALER/MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. *AK

WHILE TRYING TO PARK WITH FOOT ON BRAKES AND TURNING STEERING WHEEL, THERE WAS NO POWER STEERING. TRUCK HAS BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP THREE TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM. DEALER STATES THAT IT IS NORMAL.*AK.ET.

WHEN DRIVING AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 50-60 MPH ENTIRE FRONT END WILL SHAKE, GRADUALLY GETTING WORSE. DEALER IS AWARE OF PROBLEM IN VEHICLES WITH V6 ENGINES. *AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION, AND THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, RESULTING IN MINOR INJURIES. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH HAD A DIRECT FRONTAL IMPACT, DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, WHICH DID NOT PROTECT THE OCCUPANTS IN THE CRASH. MANUFACTURER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE, AND AIRBAGS WOULD NOT DEPLOY BECAUSE VEHICLE DECELERATED. *AK

WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IT SMELLED OF FUEL. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER , AND THE TECHNICIAN HAD TOLD HER THAT TANK WAS PUNCTURED ON THE BOTTOM. *AK *ML