2001 Dodge Ram complaints

2001 DODGE RAM. *JB *****DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT-OVER TO ARTEMIS***764104

AIR CONDITION IS LEAKING ON PASSANGER SIDE OF TRUCK I WAS TOLD BY A MR. BRENT IVIE THAT WORKS FOR HERB GORDEN. THAT DODGE KNOWS ABUT THE PROBLEM BUT HAS NOT DONE ANY THING ABOUT IT SO I AM DRIVING THIS TRUCK WITH A PUDDLE OF WATER ON THE FLOOR AND THE TRUCK IS STARTING TO SMELL THANK YOU FOR ANY HELP YOU CAN GIVE ME. *AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE STEERING HAS SLACK OR PLAY IN IT. *SLC

THE CONSUMER HAD A PROBLEM WITH BRAKES: POWER ASSIST:PRIMARY BOOSTER. WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY THERE IS A LOSS OF POWER CAUSING SHORTAGE OF BRAKES.

CONSUMER STATES THE VEHICLE HAS A SEVERE MOTOR KNOCK AND VALVE RATTLE NOISE WHICH OCCURS WHENEVER THE MOTOR WAS UNDER ANY LOAD, THE DEALER MADE ONE COMPUTER ADJUSTMENT THAT HELPED A LITTLE AND MADE SEVERAL SUGGESTIONS ABOUT THE TYPES OF GASOLINE TO USE, CONSUMER STATES WHEN GOING UP A SLIGHT HILL AGAIN UNDER ANY LOAD THE MOTOR RATTLE NOISE HAS RECURRED TO A NOTICEABLE DEGREE.*JB *NM

VEHICLE STEERS TOO QUICKLY. UNABLE TO CONTROL STEERING WHEEL.*AK VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED PER TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN AND IS STILL NOT OPERATING NORMALLY. *JG

THE HOOD BLEW UP WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE.*AK

(FATHER ON BEHALF OF SON) CONSUMER PURCHASED VEHICLE FOR HIS SON. THERE HAS BEEN A REOCCURING CONSTANT TRANSMISSION AND TRANSFER CASE LOCK UP. THERE HAVE BEEN ATTEMPTS TO RECTIFY THIS PROBLEM BUT TO NO AVAIL. *JG

WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE WILL STALL OUT WITHOUT ANY WARNING. DEALER CONTACTED.*AKDEALER REPALCED AIS MOTOR, RESET FUEL MEMORY IN PCM AND REPLACED MAP SENSORS. HOWEVER PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. PRNDL IS LOOSE. DEALER ADJUSTED PRNDLE. *TT

DRIVER SIDE FRONT TIRE HAS STRESS MARKS AND BULGING ON OUTISIDE OF TREAD. GOODYEAR TIRE, P233333575R15. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

CONSUMER STATES THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT MECHANISM WAS BROKEN. THIS CAUSED THE SEAT TO NOT BE STABLE WHILE DRIVING. THE SEAT WOULD ROCK BACK AND FORTH. *YD *NM

VEHICLE WILL PRODUCE TOO MUCH STATIC ELECTRICITY SO MUCH THAT CONSUMER WILL END UP WITH DISC COLOR ON HIS FINGERS. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER CANNOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH AND WITHOUT WARNING HOOD WAS RELEASED, RESULTING IN MINOR DAMAGE TO HOOD. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED; HOWEVER, WAS NOT WILLING TO INVESTIGATE MALFUNCTION.*AK

DEALERSHIP IS GIVING CONSUMER A RUN AROUND REGARDING RECALL 02V042 FOR THE CENTRAL POWER DISTRIBUTION CABLE. *AK CONSUMER HAS ATTEMPTED TO HAVE RECALL COMPLETED ON 3 OCCASIONS, HOWEVER THE DEALER HAS NEVER MADE REPAIRS. *SLC

AT LOW SPEED AND WITH OUT WARNING GEAR WILL POP OUT OF SET GEAR AND VEHICLE WILL THEN STALL. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. HOWEVER, MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM.*AK

CONSUMER STATES THE TORQUE CONVERTER WAS REPLACED TWICE, CAUSING ENGINE TO CUT OFF WHEN DRIVING. *TT

CONSUMER STARTED VEHICLE AND PUT VEHICLE IN GEAR AND THERE WAS NO RESISTANCE. GEARS WERE ABLE TO SLIDE UP AND DOWN INTO ANY GEAR. DRIVER HAD TO GO INTO HOOD OF VEHICLE AND MANUALLY PUT VEHICLE INTO GEAR TO DRIVE HOME. DEALER HAS VEHICLE.*AK *YH

COMBINATION SWITCH LIGHT BULB, LOCATED IN THE CLOVE COMPARTMENT BROKE, AND FELL INTO THE CLOVE COMPARTMENT. HEAT FROM BULB BURNED THE TISSUE THAT WAS IN THERE. BATTERY DIED.*AK

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER STATES CLUTCH SEIZED AND VEHICLE STALLED. DEALER REPLACED CLUTCH ASSEMBLY AND FLYWHEEL AND FOUND CLUTCH DISC BURNED OUT. CUSTOMER STATES THE TRANSMISSION CLUNKS WHEN SHIFTING. CUSTOMER STATES VEHICLE WILL BUCK WHEN ATTEMPTING TO START IN 1ST GEAR. VEHICLE SHUDDERS WHEN DRIVING AND CUSTOMER HAS COMPLETELY LOST CLUTCH.*TT *NM

WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH AND WITHOUT WARNING HOOD UNLATCHED, RESULTING IN A BROKEN WINDOW, AND CRUMPLED THE HOOD. DEALERSHIP WILL FIX THE PROBLEM BECAUSE VEHICLE IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY.*AK

THE COLUMN SHIFTER HAS BROKEN DOWN A TOTAL OF FIVE TIMES SINCE OCT 2001. IT HAS BEEN FIXED EACH TIME BY ANTWERPEN DODGE AT NO COST. WOULD LIKE TO THANK MR. ELLIOT ABASCAL OF ANTWERPEN DODGE AT 12420 AUTO DR., CLARKSVILLE, MD 21029, PHONE NUMBER 410 531 5701. THIS IS THE FIRST DODGE TRUCK THAT I OWNED AND IT'S BEEN A MAJOR DISAPPOINTMENT, CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT I PAID OVER $21,000.00 OF MY HARD EARNED MONEY AND HAVE TO REPEATEDLY TURN IT IN FOR SERVICE. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. MORE IMPORTANTLY, IF I WERE TO ENGAGE THE STEERING COLUM AND IT MALFUNCTIONED, I MAY GET INTO A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. SOMEBODY MAY BE HURT OR EVEN KILLED. DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO SAY EXCEPT THAT I WILL NOT BUY A DODGE RAM AGAIN UNLESS THIS MATTER IS RESOLVED. WILL GO BACK TO BUYING CHEVY TRUCKS. I CAN BE REACHED AT 410 674 2667 OR 301 429 5514 (WORK). RESPECTFULLY, LTC DANIEL L. BLOOM, JR.*AK

WHILE DRIVING HOOD UNLATCHED AND BLOCKED WINDSHIELD, UNABLING DRIVER TO SEE. HAD TO HOLD HOOD WITH ROPES. DEALER CONTACTED.*AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE BRAKES ON THE VEHICLE DO NOT WORK PROPERLY THE STOPPING DISTANCE HAS INCREASED ON THE VEHICLE AND THE CONSUMER ALSO HAS TROUBLE SLOWING THE VEHICLE DOWN AT TIMES. CONTACTED DEALER AND THE DEALER HAS LOOKED AT THE VEHICLE BUT HAVE NOT FOUND THE PROBLEM.*JB

WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES THERE IS A VIBRATION COMING THOUGH THE STEERING WHEEL AND BRAKE PEDAL. THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM.*JB

POWER STEERING FAILED TO OPERATE INTERMITTENTLY MAKING THE VEHICLE HARD TO STEER, CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER INDICATED IT WAS NORMAL FOR POWER STEERING NOT TO OPERATE AT ALL TIMES.*AK *NLM

WHEEL AXLE HUB NUTS HAVE BACKED UP THREE TIMES WHILE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING. DUE TO THIS PROBLEM BRAKES ON FRONT LEFT SIDE BECAME PREMATURELY WORN. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK *SLC

REAR AXLE IS LEAKING OIL. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 30MPH INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AND AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY ON IMPACT.*AK

TRUCK WANDERS ALL OVER THE ROAD WITH CONSTANT NEED FOR CORRECTION BY MOVING STEERING WHEEL BACK AND FORTH. ALSO STEERING WHEEL IS NOT ABLE TO BE MOVED WHEN TRUCK IS AT A STANDSTILL, POWER STEERING PUMP DOES NOT PUT OUT ENOUGH POWER TO TURN IF TRUCK IS NOT MOVING. *AK

VEHICLE IS PULLING TO RIGHT AT ALL TIMES, TAKEN TO DEALER 3 TIMES. DEALER DID ALIGNMENT, DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM.*AK WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE PARTED TO THE RIGHT. CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES AND ATTEMPTED TO MANEUVER VEHICLE TO AVOID A LIGHT POLE, HOWEVER VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP NOR TURN THEREBY HITTING A TREE INSTEAD. CONSUMER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. DEALER FOUND RIGHT FRONT CALIPER FROZEN AND WOULD NOT RELEASE. RIGHT FRONT BRAKE CALIPER REPLACED. CENTER CONSOLE LATCH INOPERATIVE. NEW CENTER CONSOLE LID REPLACED. *TT

VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE TRAVELING AND TOTALING VEHICLE. DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE AND WITHOUT WARNING, THROTTLE LINKAGE STUCK, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. PROBLEM OCCURRED A SECOND TIME; HOWEVER, WAS ABLE TO CRUISE VEHICLE TO SIDE OF THE ROAD. DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN NOTIFIED, AND STATE COULD NOT FIND CAUSE. REFERRED CONSUMER TO MANUFACTURER. *AK *YD

WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH AND WITHOUT WARNING, A HEAD-ON COLLISION OCCURRED. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.*AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE ACCELERATOR STUCK, CAUSING VEHICLE TO REV TO 6000 RPMS, VEHICLE HIT AN EMBANKMENT AND TORE DOWN A FENCE, THE LEFT REAR SEATBELT DID NOT HOLD ONE OF THE PASSENGERS, CAUSING INJURIES, DEALER STATED THE FAILURE WAS THE COMPUTER, THE MANUFACTURER STATED THE PROBLEM WAS THE FLOORMAT, CONSUMER STATES VEHICLES RPMS STILL FLUCTUATE TOO MUCH. *SLC

WHEN PULLING FIFTH WHEEL TRAILER OR GOING UP A HILL, TRANSMISSION TRIED TO FIND A GEAR OR KEEP SHIFTING BACK AND FORTH UNTIL A GEAR WAS FOUND. ALSO, ENGINE WILL OVER REV. CONTACTED DEALER WHO INDICATED TO SHIFT AUTOMATIC VEHICLE LIKE IT WAS A STANDARD. *AK CONSUMER STATES THE TRAILER IS ALWAYS PULLED WITH THE OVERDRIVE TURNED OFF AND THAT THE SHIFTING PROBLEM IS IN ANY GEAR WHEN THE RPMS DROP, BELOW 2000 RPMS. *SLC

VEHICLE WANDERS ALL OVER THE ROAD WHEN DRIVING. CONSUMER FINDS IT DIFFICULT TO CONTROL VEHICLE. DEALER INSPECTED VEHICLE 2-3 TIMES, AND STATED HE COULD NOT FIND CAUSE OF PROBLEM. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPER ARM PICKS UP OFF WINDSHIELD AT 70MPH WITHOUT WIND. WHEN THERE IS WIND WINDSHIELD WIPERS PICK UP OFF WINDSHIELD AT A SLOWER SPEED. TOOK TO DEALER AND DEALER REPLACED 3 SETS OF BLADES AND 2 WIPER ARMS, BUT PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. PLEASE ADD VIN. *AK

REARVIEW SIDE MIRRORS VIBRATE. TOOK TO DEALER ,AND DEALER IWAS AWARE OF PROBLEM, BUT DIDN'T HAVE REMEDY. PLEASE ADD VIN. *AK

WHEN HITTING A BUMP VEHICLE CONTINUES TO BOUNCE AFTER HITTING BUMP. TOOK TO DEALER, AND HAD SHOCKS REPLACED IT,, BUT PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. PLEASE ADD VIN. *AK

WHEN TAKING OFF AND VEHICLE GOES INTO HIGH GEAR IT STARTS CHUGGING. WHEN ACCELERATING VEHICLE WILL DECELERATE. DEALER CONTACTED. PLEASE ADD VIN. *AK

TWO TIMES WHILE BACKING OUT OF MY GARAGE MY POWER STEERING AND BRAKES WENT OUT. THE FIRST TIME RESULTED IN A POWER STEERING FLUID LEAKAGE. AFTER TEN MINUTES THE TRUCK WAS ABLE TO BE DRIVEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE POWER STEERING PUMP WAS REPLACED. THE SECOND TIME I WAS ALSO BACKING OUT OF MY GARAGE AND LOST BOTH THE POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES. THIS TIME THE MANUFACTURER HAD TO HAVE THE TRUCK HAULED TO THE DEALER. THE POWER STEERING PUMP WAS REPLACED. DEALER TOLD ME THAT THE BRAKES AND STEERING ARE RUN OFF THE SAME GEARING ON THE FRONT OF THE ENGINE. THIS TRUCK SEEMS TO REQUIRE CONSTANT CORRECTION TO THE STEERING TO MINIMIZE WANDER.*AK

TRANSMISSION HAS GONE OUT THREE TIMES: FIRST TIME WAS IN MAY 02 WHEN HIS CLUTCH PLATES BURNED OUT AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. SINCE THEN HE HAS HAD TO REPLACE HIS COVERTER TORCH WHICH WERE BAD, CAUSING SOLENOID PACK TO BE REPLACED. THEN, LAST TIME SELENOID HAD AGAIN TO BE REPLACED. *AKI

DODGE RAM 1500 SERIES.THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT COLLISION AT 25-35 MPH. UPON IMPACT NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED CAUSING THE PASSENGER TO HIT HEAD ON THE DASH. DAMAGE TO VEHICLE UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. NLM

WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH WHOLE FRONT END WILL SHAKE VIOLENTLY, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL. DEALERSHIP AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED AND HAVE NO SOLUTION. *AK *YH

WHILE DRIVING 4 WHEEL DRIVE KEPT GOING INTO HIGH 4 AND THEN IT GOES BACK OUT. THEN, THEIR WAS A LOUD NOISE,AND A BURNING SMELL.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AND AFTER HITTING ACCELERATOR THERE WILL NOT BE A SPEED INCREASE. *AK

WITHOUT WARNING AND WHILE PLACING VEHICLE IN REVERSE, A LOUD GRINDING NOISE CAME FROM UNDER THE HOOD. *AK *JB

VEHICLE IS DIFFICULT TO STEER, WANDERS ALL OVER THE ROAD. DEALER REPLACED STEERING BOX 3 TIMES, DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM.*AK

CONSUMER STATES THE TETHER STRAP DOES NOT WORK WITH ANY FORWARD FACING CAR SEATS. *YD

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE WILL NOT STAY IN A NEUTRAL POSITION IT WILL VEER TO THE RIGHT AND OR LEFT, THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN SERVICED 4 TIMES YET THE SAME MALFUNCTION REOCCURS. NLM

IMPOSSIBLE TO DRIVE STRAIGHT IN THIS VEHICLE, IT GOES ALL OVER THE ROAD, DEALER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM (RAM 2500). NLM