2001 DODGE RAM Complaints

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  • 2001 DODGE RAM
    - PORT CLINTON, OH

    WINDSHIELD WIPER ARM PICKS UP OFF WINDSHIELD AT 70MPH WITHOUT WIND. WHEN THERE IS WIND WINDSHIELD WIPERS PICK UP OFF WINDSHIELD AT A SLOWER SPEED. TOOK TO DEALER AND DEALER REPLACED 3 SETS OF BLADES AND 2 WIPER ARMS, BUT PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. PLEASE ADD VIN. *AK

    Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE
  • 2001 DODGE RAM
    - MONROE, UT

    TWO TIMES WHILE BACKING OUT OF MY GARAGE MY POWER STEERING AND BRAKES WENT OUT. THE FIRST TIME RESULTED IN A POWER STEERING FLUID LEAKAGE. AFTER TEN MINUTES THE TRUCK WAS ABLE TO BE DRIVEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE POWER STEERING PUMP WAS REPLACED. THE SECOND TIME I WAS ALSO BACKING OUT OF MY GARAGE AND LOST BOTH THE POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES. THIS TIME THE MANUFACTURER HAD TO HAVE THE TRUCK HAULED TO THE DEALER. THE POWER STEERING PUMP WAS REPLACED. DEALER TOLD ME THAT THE BRAKES AND STEERING ARE RUN OFF THE SAME GEARING ON THE FRONT OF THE ENGINE. THIS TRUCK SEEMS TO REQUIRE CONSTANT CORRECTION TO THE STEERING TO MINIMIZE WANDER.*AK

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 2001 DODGE RAM
    - MISSION VIEJO, CA

    TRANSMISSION HAS GONE OUT THREE TIMES: FIRST TIME WAS IN MAY 02 WHEN HIS CLUTCH PLATES BURNED OUT AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. SINCE THEN HE HAS HAD TO REPLACE HIS COVERTER TORCH WHICH WERE BAD, CAUSING SOLENOID PACK TO BE REPLACED. THEN, LAST TIME SELENOID HAD AGAIN TO BE REPLACED. *AKI

    Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE
  • 2001 DODGE RAM
    - GRAYSON, GA

    DODGE RAM 1500 SERIES.THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT COLLISION AT 25-35 MPH. UPON IMPACT NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED CAUSING THE PASSENGER TO HIT HEAD ON THE DASH. DAMAGE TO VEHICLE UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. NLM

    Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE
  • 2001 DODGE RAM
    - VACAVILLE, CA

    WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH WHOLE FRONT END WILL SHAKE VIOLENTLY, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL. DEALERSHIP AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED AND HAVE NO SOLUTION. *AK *YH

    Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE
  • 2001 DODGE RAM
    - SAULT SAINT MARIE, MI

    WHILE DRIVING AND AFTER HITTING ACCELERATOR THERE WILL NOT BE A SPEED INCREASE. *AK

    Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE
  • 2001 DODGE RAM
    - SAULT SAINT MARIE, MI

    WHILE DRIVING 4 WHEEL DRIVE KEPT GOING INTO HIGH 4 AND THEN IT GOES BACK OUT. THEN, THEIR WAS A LOUD NOISE,AND A BURNING SMELL.*AK

    Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE
  • 2001 DODGE RAM
    - MCDOUGNA, GA

    WITHOUT WARNING AND WHILE PLACING VEHICLE IN REVERSE, A LOUD GRINDING NOISE CAME FROM UNDER THE HOOD. *AK *JB

    Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE
  • 2001 DODGE RAM
    - MONTROSE, CO

    VEHICLE IS DIFFICULT TO STEER, WANDERS ALL OVER THE ROAD. DEALER REPLACED STEERING BOX 3 TIMES, DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM.*AK

    Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE
  • 2001 DODGE RAM
    - LONG BEACH, CA

    CONSUMER STATES THE TETHER STRAP DOES NOT WORK WITH ANY FORWARD FACING CAR SEATS. *YD

    Source: NHTSA VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE