1994 DODGE RAM Complaints

CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER IN REFERENCE TO RECALL 99V214000/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 835/ SUSPENSION. DEALER CORRECTED THE RECALL WORK, BUT FAILED TO REPLACE THE BOLTS WITHIN THE BRAKE LINE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

RECALL # 99V214000 DAIMLER/CHRYSLER FRONT SUSPENSION; DEALER DOES NOT HAVE EQUIPMENT OR MECHANIC TO CORRECT RECALL DEFECT. *AK *ML

FRONT LEFT COIL SPRING TOWER BROKE. CONSUMER HAD TO HAVE IT WELDED. OTHER TOWER MAY NEED TO BE REPLACED. *AK.ET.

WHEN PUMPING THE BRAKES ON THE FOURTH TIME, THERE WAS NO BRAKNG ABILITY. TRUCK CONTINUED TO TRAVEL. THIS HAPPENED WHILE TRAVELING AT ANY SPEED IN FORWARD OR REVERSE. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED ABOUT THE PROBLEM. A VACCUM ASSIST CANISTER WAS INSTALLED BY THE DEALER AT NO CHARGE. PROBLEM WITH THE TRUCK CONTINUES. *ML

DEALER DOES NOT HAVE THE CERTIFIED TOOL TO REPAIR THIS RECALL #99V214000/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 835. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED SEVERAL DEALERS IN THE AREA. *AK

TRANSMISSION PAN HAS METAL CHIP WHICH CAUSES A GRINDING NOISE WHEN SHIFTING GEAR INTO DRIVE. *AK

FUEL LINE WAS ROUTED ALONG WIRING HARNESS NEAR TRANSMISSION. HOT SPLIT WIRES CAUSED A SPARK WHICH, IN TURN, CAUSED A HOLE IN THE FUEL LINE. DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED AT THE TIME. *AK

CAR WAS PARKED INSIDE THE GARAGE. NO EVIDENCE OF AN ACTUAL FIRE, BUT THERE WAS A TERRIFIC AMOUNT OF HEAT COMING FROM THE IGNITION SWITCH. *AK *ML

ON A COLD WINTRY DAY. I SLOWED TO MAKE A TURN AND LOST MY BRAKES AS SOON AS I'D APPLIED THEM. THE BRAKES CAME BACK AFTER SEVERAL PEDAL APPLICATIONS, BUT MADE A LOUD SCRAPING NOISE. LATE THAT EVENING, I PULLED THE WHEEL TO INSPECT THE DAMAGE AND SAW THAT THE FRICTION MATERIAL OF THE PAD, ON THE PISTON SIDE, HAD DISAPPEARED COMPLETELY. THERE WAS A SMALL SCRATCH ON THE ROTOR. I SAVED ALL OF THE ORIGINAL PADS TO THIS SET AFTER REPLACING THEM MYSELF. LAST YEAR I WAS MOVING THINGS AROUND IN THE GARAGE AND ACCIDENTLY DROPPED THE IDENTICAL (INTACT) PAD FOR THE RIGHT SIDE. THE PAD FELL ABOUT 40" TO A CONCRETE FLOOR AND SEPARATED INTO TWO PIECES, ONE BACKING PLATE, AND ONE FRICTION MATERIAL. THE ADHESIVE BOND LOOKED AS THOUGH IT HAD FAILED AND ALLOWED MOISTURE TO ICE UP BETWEEN THE MATERIALS, CAUSING MY NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCE. I HAD A COMPLETE LOSS OF STOPPING POWER. WITH A DUAL MASTER CYLINDER, I STILL WONDER WHY MY REAR BRAKES DIDN'T FUNCTION AS A BACK-UP SYSTEM. *AK

THE TRANSMISSION FLUID EXCEEDED THE MELTING POINT OF THE MATERIAL USED IN THE CONNECTOR TO RETAIN THE FLUID LINE TO THE TRANSMISSION WHICH RESULTED ON FLUID LEAKAGE. DEALER WOULD NOT REPAIR CONSUMERS CONNECTOR UNDER RECALL 97V084 BECAUSE VEHICLE USES DIESEL FUEL INSTEAD OF GAS. NLM