2001 DODGE RAM Complaints

COMBINATION SWITCH LIGHT BULB, LOCATED IN THE CLOVE COMPARTMENT BROKE, AND FELL INTO THE CLOVE COMPARTMENT. HEAT FROM BULB BURNED THE TISSUE THAT WAS IN THERE. BATTERY DIED.*AK

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER STATES CLUTCH SEIZED AND VEHICLE STALLED. DEALER REPLACED CLUTCH ASSEMBLY AND FLYWHEEL AND FOUND CLUTCH DISC BURNED OUT. CUSTOMER STATES THE TRANSMISSION CLUNKS WHEN SHIFTING. CUSTOMER STATES VEHICLE WILL BUCK WHEN ATTEMPTING TO START IN 1ST GEAR. VEHICLE SHUDDERS WHEN DRIVING AND CUSTOMER HAS COMPLETELY LOST CLUTCH.*TT *NM

WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH AND WITHOUT WARNING HOOD UNLATCHED, RESULTING IN A BROKEN WINDOW, AND CRUMPLED THE HOOD. DEALERSHIP WILL FIX THE PROBLEM BECAUSE VEHICLE IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY.*AK

THE COLUMN SHIFTER HAS BROKEN DOWN A TOTAL OF FIVE TIMES SINCE OCT 2001. IT HAS BEEN FIXED EACH TIME BY ANTWERPEN DODGE AT NO COST. WOULD LIKE TO THANK MR. ELLIOT ABASCAL OF ANTWERPEN DODGE AT 12420 AUTO DR., CLARKSVILLE, MD 21029, PHONE NUMBER 410 531 5701. THIS IS THE FIRST DODGE TRUCK THAT I OWNED AND IT'S BEEN A MAJOR DISAPPOINTMENT, CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT I PAID OVER $21,000.00 OF MY HARD EARNED MONEY AND HAVE TO REPEATEDLY TURN IT IN FOR SERVICE. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. MORE IMPORTANTLY, IF I WERE TO ENGAGE THE STEERING COLUM AND IT MALFUNCTIONED, I MAY GET INTO A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. SOMEBODY MAY BE HURT OR EVEN KILLED. DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO SAY EXCEPT THAT I WILL NOT BUY A DODGE RAM AGAIN UNLESS THIS MATTER IS RESOLVED. WILL GO BACK TO BUYING CHEVY TRUCKS. I CAN BE REACHED AT 410 674 2667 OR 301 429 5514 (WORK). RESPECTFULLY, LTC DANIEL L. BLOOM, JR.*AK

WHILE DRIVING HOOD UNLATCHED AND BLOCKED WINDSHIELD, UNABLING DRIVER TO SEE. HAD TO HOLD HOOD WITH ROPES. DEALER CONTACTED.*AK

WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES THERE IS A VIBRATION COMING THOUGH THE STEERING WHEEL AND BRAKE PEDAL. THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM.*JB

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE BRAKES ON THE VEHICLE DO NOT WORK PROPERLY THE STOPPING DISTANCE HAS INCREASED ON THE VEHICLE AND THE CONSUMER ALSO HAS TROUBLE SLOWING THE VEHICLE DOWN AT TIMES. CONTACTED DEALER AND THE DEALER HAS LOOKED AT THE VEHICLE BUT HAVE NOT FOUND THE PROBLEM.*JB

WHEEL AXLE HUB NUTS HAVE BACKED UP THREE TIMES WHILE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING. DUE TO THIS PROBLEM BRAKES ON FRONT LEFT SIDE BECAME PREMATURELY WORN. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK *SLC

POWER STEERING FAILED TO OPERATE INTERMITTENTLY MAKING THE VEHICLE HARD TO STEER, CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER INDICATED IT WAS NORMAL FOR POWER STEERING NOT TO OPERATE AT ALL TIMES.*AK *NLM

WHILE DRIVING AT 30MPH INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AND AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY ON IMPACT.*AK