1996 DODGE RAM Complaints

WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, A NUT FELL OFF FROM CENTER OF REAREND THAT HOLDS YOLK, THIS CAUSED DRIVESHAFT TO FALL OUT OF VEHICLE, AND REAR END TO LOCK UP. *AK *SLC

WELDS ON FRAME BROKE WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING MOTOR TO DROP ON SUSPENSION. THIS CAUSED VEHICLE TO PULL TO RIGHT. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES ABS BRAKING SYSTEM LIGHTS COMES ON DASHBOARD PANEL. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. PEDAL IS HARD AND STICKS A LITTLE.*AK

ON JANUARY 26, 2001 DURING AN INSPECTION, I NOTICED SEVERAL FRAYED STRANDS ON THE ACCELERATOR CABLE WHERE IT EMERGES FROM THE SHEATH NEAR THE INJECTOR PUMP. I BOUGHT A NEW CABLE THAT SAME DAY AND NOTICED IT IS OF A DIFFERENT DESIGN THAN THE ORIGINAL. IF THERE WAS ENOUGH OF A PROBLEM TO CAUSE A REDESIGN OF THE PART, IT SEEMS DC CORP. SHOULD HAVE NOTIFIED THE OWNERS. WITH THE POWERFUL TORQUE OF THIS ENGINE, THIS IS A DEFINATE SAFETY CONCERN AS IT WOULD BE HARD TO BRING IT TO A STOP SHOULD THE CABLE FAIL AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS.*AK

STEERING HAS TO MUCH PLAY, ALSO THERE IS A POPPING SOUND, TO DEALER 4 TIMES, CANNOT FIND PROBLEM. VEHICLE WILL NOT STAY IN OVERDRIVE. *AK

FRONT RIGHT TIRE SEPARATED AT 65MPH ALMOST CAUSING A MAJOR ACCIDENT AND POSSIBLE DEATH. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AT 2,410 MILEAGE ABOUT FRONT END VIBRATION/SHIMMY. NO CAUSE FOUND. VIBRATION IN FRONT END REPORTED NUMEROUS TIMES TO DEALER WITHOUT PROBLEM BEING FOUND SINCE IT CONTINUED. WAS TOLD "NORMAL RIDE" FOR TRUCK. TRUCK EXPERIENCED NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH FRONT END SUSPENSION, RATTLES IN DASH FROM VIBRATION, STEERING COLUMN EXCESSIVE PLAY ETC, ETC, ETC. REMAINING TIRES SHOW SIGNS OF BLUGING AND CRACKING. TIRE WAS DEFECTIVE FROM BEGINING IN MY OPINION AND PUT ME AT RISK! DEALER REBALANCED/ROTATED TIRES MANY TIMES AND SIMPLY CONCLUDED THE VIBRATION/SHIMMY WAS NORMAL FOR TRUCK AND STATED I MIGHT HAVE A BETTER RIDE WHEN LOADED. (DOT NUMBER: LOAD E TIRESIZE: LT24575R16)

ENGINE WOULD HESITATE BEFORE SHIFTING GEARS. 3RD GEAR WAS BURNING OUT. DEALER SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH IT. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE INTO AN AMOCO, AND TEST DROVE IT TO FIND PROBLEM. *AK DEALER REPLACED THE TRANSDUCER AND SOLENOID. *SLC

DRIVER'S SIDE SEATBACK BROKE OFF FROM BOTTOM OF SEAT, CAUSING DRIVER TO FALL INTO BACK SEAT.*AK

FRONT RIGHT BRAKE CALIPER KEEPS PULLING SHORTLY AFTER REPLACEMENT. 4 HAVE BEEN REPLACED. SOMETIMES A VERY STRONG PULL WHERE STEERING IS PULLED FROM HANDS. ESPECIALLY DANGERIOUS WHEN PULLING A TRAVEL TRAILER. -- FUEL CELL HAS A BADLY WORN SLEEVE WHICH CAUSES FLOATING SUCTION TO HANG UP CAUSING AIR SUCTION AND RUNNING OUT OF FUEL AT 1/2 TANK PLUS OR MINUS. *AK

VEHICLE WAS BACKED UP TO A LAKE TO DROPA BOATWITH EMERGENCY BRAKE ON. UPON RETURNING TO SHORE, CONSUMER FOUND VEHICLE SUBMERGED IN WATER, EMERGENCY BRAKE HAD COME LOOSE. *AK