1994 DODGE RAM Complaints

DRIVING VERY SLOWLY ACROSS POND LEVEE, MASHED ACCELERATOR,ENGINE INCREASED SPEED TO APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, BRAKES WOULD NOT STOP IT. VEHICLE PLUNGED INTO LAKE, SEVERLY INJURING DRIVER AND PASSENGER, AND HITTING DRAIN PLUG OF LAKE, CAUSING DRAINAGE AND LOSS OF FISH, ETC.,LAKE APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET DEEP AND, BOTH INJURED PASSENGERS ALMOST DROWNED. BOTH SUSTAINED PERMANENT INJURIES. *AK

VEHICLE EXPRIENCED SUDDEN ACELERATION WHEN CRUISE CONTROL WAS ENGAGED. CRUISE CONTROL WOULD NOT DISENGAGE WHEN BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED. CAUSING A HEAD-ON COLLISON WITH A TRACKER TRAILER AND A BRICK WALL. THREE PASSENGERS WERE INJURED. DEALER/MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. *AK

DESIGN FLAW OR DEFECT CAUSED THE METAL AROUND MOUNT BOLTS (WHICH ARE WELDED IN PLACE) FOR WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR TORE CAUSING THE WIPERS TO JAM AND BECOME INOPERATIVE. MANUFATURER (DAIMLER-CHYRSLER CUSTOMER SERVICE) REFUSED TO LOOK INTO THE PROBLEM BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRENTY. ALSO REFUSED TO LET ME TALK WITH HER SUPERVISOR.

THE FRONT SEATBELTS WILL NOT ALWAYS RELEASE FROM THE ANCHORS. WHICH MEANS WE CANNOT ALWAYS WEAR THEM, WHICH IS A VIOLATION OF THE LAW AND IS DANGEROUS. THE OTHER COMPLAINT IS, THE MIDDLE AND BACK SEATS ROCK BACK AND FORTH, THEY DO NOT SEEM TO BE LOCKED IN PLACE. *MJS

DRIVER'S SEATBACK BROKE, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO FALL BACK WHILE DRIVING. IT ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE HOOD FLEW UP AND SEPARATED FROM VEHICLE DUE TO A FAULTY LATCH. DEALER SAYS THE VEHICLE NEEDS NEW HOOD. *AK

METAL ON METAL SCRAPING SOUND WHEN COLD. AFTER WARM UP NOISE IS REDUCED TO A LOUD WINE. DEALER INDICATES BRASS FILINGS ARE PRESENT IN PAN AND FILTER OF TRANSMISSION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING SMOKE WAS COMING FROM STEERING COLUMN SHROUD, VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. UPON PULLING OVER, PULLED BATTERY CABLES FROM THE BATTERY. TOOK SHROUD OFF. PROBLEM HAS NOT REOCCURRED. DEALER NOT AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. PROBLEM MAY STILL EXIST. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER AUGUST OF 1998 CONCERNING GAS TANK ASSEMBLY. 5 MONTHS AGO, CONTACTED DEALER AND THEY DID NOT HAVE PARTS. DEALER CONTACTED AGAIN IN JANUARY 1999, AND THEY STILL ARE NOT ABLE TO REPAIR THE RECALL. *AK

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE "BRAKE" & "ABS" WARNING LIGHTS WILL COME ON AND THE BRAKE PEDAL BECOMES VERY HARD TO PUSH! THERE IS NO BRAKING ACTION, AND THE PEDAL IS ABOUT 1 INCH FROM THE FLOOR. IT THEN TAKES BOTH FEET TO GET ANY BRAKES! IF IT IDLES FOR SEVERAL MINUTES, THE LIGHTS WILL THEN GO OFF, AND THE BRAKES RETURN TO NORMAL. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON NUMEROUS OCASIONS FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW, BUT JUST FOUND YOUR SITE ON THE INTERNET. *AK