1996 DODGE RAM Complaints

RECALL 01 V 037 000/THROTTLE CABLE: DEALER / MANUFACTURER IS TELLING CONSUMER THAT THIS RECALL DOES NOT EXIST; ASKING NHTSA HELP IN THIS MATTER.*AK *SLC

WHILE TRAVELING AT 30 MPH WITH A HALF TO 1/4 OF TANK OF FUEL, FUEL INJECTOR STOPPED OPERATING, CAUSING VEHICLE TO LOSE POWER. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK CHECK THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AS THE VEHICLE STARTED TO CUT OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND SERVICED. *YH

ON THREE OCCASIONS VEHICLE ACCELERATED SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH HOOD UNEXPECTEDLY FLEW UP, CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK HOOD FAILURE CAUSED $500 IN DAMAGES. *SLC

CIRCUIT BREAKER HAD BURNED WHILE DRIVING. PRIOR TO PROBLEM GENERATOR LIGHT HAD CAME ON, AND VOLTAGE REGULATOR WENT VERY LOW. VEHICLE HAD STOPPED DEAD.*AK

TRAILOR HITCH HAS BROKEN OFF. CONSUMER CLAIMED IT WAS SAME DEFECT AS MENTIONED IN RECALL 00V107000. BUT, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. *AK *JB

THERE ARE TWO RECALLS FOR THIS PROBLEMS #828 & #838. THEY DO NOT INCLUDE THE 1996 TWO WHEEL DRIVE, THE CLUTCH HYDRAULIC IS THE SAME AND WE HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS. THEY FIXED IT AT 98,000 MILES AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED 15,000 MILES LATER. THEIR FIX DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. THEY INSTALLED A SHIELD BUT THE PLASTIC CLUTCH LINE RUNS NEXT TO THE SHIELD AND TOUCHES. PLASTIC NEXT TO METAL MELTS AND THE LINE BURST CAUSING OR CAN CAUSE A FIRE. THEY WILL NOT FIX IT AGAIN. THE RECALL ALSO NEED TO BE EXPANDED.. *AK

I WAS NOT ABLE TO ENTER THE VIN # HERE IT IS: [XXX]. I WAS TRAVELING @ 75 MPH IN THE FAST LANE OF INTERSTATE 95 IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. FELT SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER & DECLINE OF SPEED, NARROWLY ESCAPED MAJOR ACCIDENT. FOUND THAT TRANSMISSION LOST 5TH GEAR. RESEARCHED AND FOUND MANUFACTURER PUBLISHED SERVICE BULLETIN (#21-10-98A) SEPT. 98. I WAS NEVER MADE AWARE OF THIS KNOWN PROBLEM. DODGE DOES NOT CONSIDER THIS A SAFETY CONCERN - I WISH THEY WERE IN THE VEHICLE WHEN THIS HAPPENED INSTEAD OF MY TWO SONS & I.*AK INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

THE J2 WIRE FROM IGNITION CAUSED A POWER SPIKE,CAUSING HEADLIGHTS TO BURN. A TSB HAS BEEN ISSUED ON VEHICLE. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK

THROTTLE CABLE FRAYED ONCE AT 70MPH. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED..*AK CRUISE CONTROL CABLE ALSO FRAYED. *YH