1996 DODGE RAM Complaints

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A 50 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSE UNKNOWN.*AK *JB

VEHICLE WAS REARENDED. UPON IMPACT DRIVER'S SEATBACK COLLAPSED INTO REAR SEAT, RESULTING IN MINOR INJURY. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED, AND WILL LOOK INTO THE MATTER.*AK

WHILE MAKE ANY TURNS CONSUMER NOTICED A CLICKING NOISE FROM STEERING . DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK THE DEALER USED A SPRAY TO FIX THE CLICKING NOISE IN THE STEERING COLUMN, BUT IT DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. *YH

SECONDARY HOOD LATCH RUSTED WHICH CAUSED HOOD TO FLY UP WHILE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

UNDER NORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS WHEN TRAVELING AROUND 50 TO 60 MPH AND HITTING A BUMP, FRONT END WILL VIBRATE VIOLENTLY. CONSUMER MUST STOP VEHICLE IN ORDER TO GET VIBRATION TO GO AWAY. DEALERSHIP HAS EXAMINED VEHICLE TWICE: DURING FIRST INCIDENT DEALERSHIP REPLACED TRACK BAR, AND AT SECOND INCIDENT, DEALERSHIP COULD NOT DETERMINE CAUSE. *AK THE STEERING DAMPER HAS BEEN REPLACED AND CONSUMER HOPES THAT THIS SOLVES THE PROBLEM. *SLC

WHILE PULLING OUT OF DRIVEWAY HOOD CAME OPEN DUE TO THE SECONDARY LATCH NOT PERFORMING.*AK

WHILE DRIVING HOOD FLEW UP, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON VEHICLE'S MAKE AND MODEL; HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. THE MANUFACTURER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE.*AK DURING INSPECTION INSPECTOR SHOWED CONSUMER WHERE LATCH AND SECONDARY LATCHES WERE RUSTED, THE SECONDARY LATCH ONCE OPENED WOULD NOT SPRING BACK INTO POSITION. *SLC

3 OF 4 WHEELS BENT ON HEAVY DUTY PICKUP TRUCK USED FOR CITY DRIVING AND TO TOW A SMALL 5T.H WHEEL TRAILER.PROBLEM DISCOVERED DURING PURCHASE OF NEW TIRES. *AK

WHILE CHANGING THE MOTOR OIL, I NOTICED THE REAR OF THE MOTOR WET WITH OIL. TRACED OIL LEAK VIA MECHANIC BACK TO THE REAR OF THE HEADS ON BOTH SIDES. LOSING APPROX 1/2 QT OF OIL BETWEEN CHANGES.*AK

BOLT IN STEERING ARM SEPARATED, CAUSING LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK