1996 DODGE RAM Complaints

THE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE AND DID ABOUT $2000 IN DAMAGE TO REAR QUARTER PANEL. *AK

ONE TIRE FAILED DUE TO A SIDE WALL BLISTER AND THE OTHER FAILED FROM DRIVING OVER ROUGH STONES. NEITHER SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED ON A TRUCK TIRE. TIRE SIZE SPACE WOULD NOT RECIEVE ALL NUMBERS. THEY ARE AP P245/75R 16 M+S. *AK (TIRESIZE: AP P245/75)

WAS DRIVING DOWN A COUNTRY ROAD AT 60MPH AND THE HOOD OF MY 1996 DODGE CHOSE TO FLY UP. FORTUNATELY, ALL I DID WAS TAKE THE DITCH AND A GAURD RAIL. COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH WORSE. CHRYSLER SAID THEY TURNED IT OVER TO AN INVESTIGATION GROUP BACK IN EARLY MAY. STILL NO WORD!*AK

IN 1997 VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN FOR RECALL 97 V 084 000 REPAIRS. PROBLEM HAS REOCCURRED, TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS LEAKING. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

THROTTLE CABLE ON VEHICLE HAD FRAYED WITH ONE OR TWO STRANDS OF WIRE HOLDING THROTTLE. CONTACTED DEALER *AK RECALL 01V037 WAS ISSUED REGARDING THIS PROBLEM, HOWEVER CONSUMERS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO THE PLANT WHERE VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED, DEALER REPLACED CABLE AND LEVER AT CONSUMERS COST. *SLC

ABS BRAKING SYSTEM LIGHT COMES ON DASHBOARD AND STAYS ON. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

PE00 020; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 70MPH ON HIGHWAY AND HEARD A NOISE. WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER ONTO SHOULDERS, AND NOTICED THAT LEFT REAR TIRE SEPARATED FROM VEHICLE. FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS AT, LT265/75R126 MS, DOT VDW8AW2128. DEALERSHIP AND FIRESTONE WERE NOTFIED OF INCIDENT.*AK

HEADLIGHTS FAILED AT NIGHT. CYCLED SWITCH SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE LIGHTS CAME BACK ON. REPAIRED AT DEALER ON 06/08/01. DEALER FOUND SOME BURNT WIRES FROM HEADLIGHT SWITCH, THRU PLASTIC MULTIPIN CONNECTOR, TO FIREWALL. 1ST REPORT TO DODGE VIA INTERNET ON 06/05/01, REF # 8723405; TICKET # 369336. DODGE RESPONSE ON 06/06/01, TAKE IT TO THE DEALER FOR EVALUATION. ON 06/08/01 DEALER HAD TO REPLACE HEADLIGHT SWITCH AND SOME OF THE WIRING HARNESS BECAUSE OF BURNT WIRES, GOING THRU CONNECTOR TO THE DASH. ON 06/11/01, RE-NOTIFIED DODGE VIA INTERNET OF THIS POTENTIAL SAFETY/FIRE ISSUE SINCE NO FUSE "OPENED" TO PREVENT THE BURNT WIRES UNDER THE DASH. AND THE FACT THAT DEALER PERSONNEL (MECHANIC) SAID THEY'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE BUT HAVE HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH REPLACEMENT SWITCHES. NO RESPONSE FROM DODGE. CALLED 1-800 NUMBER 06/26/01 AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS ONLY ONE MESSAGE IN FILE, CUSTOMER SERVICE REP (DEREK) WOULD NOT ACKNOWLEDGE 2ND MSG INSPITE OF FACT I HAVE AUTOMATED RESPONSE CONFIRMATION OF RECEIPT ON 6/11/01. DEREK? SAID IF ITS PART OF A RECALL, I AM CONTACTING THE WRONG DEPARTMENT AND IF ITS NOT PART OF RECALL, "ITS A FIVE YEAR OLD TRUCK, ITS CUSTOMER RESPONSIBILITY". THERE IS A RECALL (#819) ON DODGE RAM 3500 FOR EXACTLY THE FAILURE I EXPERIENCED (EG OVERHEAT HEADLAMP SWITCH CAN CAUSE FIRE AND OR CAUSE SUDDEN LOSS OF HEADLIGHTS...). CUST OMER SERVICE REP (DEREK) REFUSED TO DISCUSS FURTHER...ITS A CUSTOMER RESPONSIBILITY..HELP

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES IN A PANIC STOP THEY LOCKED UP, RESULTING IN A COLLISION WHICH CAUSED MINOR INJURIES. *AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AT 55MPH. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, RESULTING IN MINOR INJURIES. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK